Initiation of the Body

[zenmaster]

If work in consciousness requires that we reflect on and accept all outwardly projected personalities, then that must mean we are to reflect on the physical attributes of others also, how that affects our consciousness, and then balance that.

Examples would be:

- Do you immediately make judgements based on looks? "He looks shady."
- Are you more willing to attempt to connect with someone who is "beautiful"? In other words, they are worth your attention.
- Do you disregard those who are not?
- Are you able to look past the illusory body and see the beauty?

These questions may have some relevance to knowing the body, but why would not each of these examples already have been fully addressed in the (prerequisite) mind exercise related to understanding the personality? These are all related to superficial judgments on appearances which is a reflection of mind bias. I think Ra was talking about something deeper, related to the function of the body itself.

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One thing I've noticed is the body does provide feedback on its condition, but this is often ignored. For example, very minor discomfort due to poor posture. If concern is raised, one can be constantly mindful of one's posture for correction. However, there is a disconnect with that relationship and it's a bit like babysitting oneself. Even if eventually this corrective behavior became a habit, it would seem to be from limited awareness. If the body was truly 'known', would there be a more 'automatic' correction?

It could be that negative thought towards others also manifests conditions in the body of the self and others. We know that causes cancer. But also, the life-span decreased the more separative the mind of the collective became. So the ability of the body to retain health deteriorated.

Also, in the coming years this could be how thought manifests. Separative thinking may be more directly experienced with the body as a receptor.

But the body functions as a receptor in this manner only for unprocessed catalyst (unconsciously). What generally causes the diseases is simply ignoring feedback, which would otherwise serve to balance, while one's life (body/mind) entropy continues to build. Carl Jung actually observed the (hazardous) effects of ignoring catalyst as well and wrote about it many times.