what is initiation of the body?

[Sacred Fool]

3.16 Questioner: Does the shape of the pyramid itself— is that a key function in the initiation process?

Ra: This is a large question. We feel that we shall begin and ask you to re-evaluate and ask further at a later session, this somewhat, shall we say, informative point.

To begin. There are two main functions of the pyramid in relation to the initiatory procedures. One has to do with the body. Before the body can be initiated, the mind must be initiated. This is the point at which most adepts of your present cycle find their mind/body/spirit complexes distorted from. When the character and personality that is the true identity of the mind has been discovered, the body then must be known in each and every way. Thus, the various functions of the body need understanding and control with detachment. The first use of the pyramid, then, is the going down into the pyramid for purposes of deprivation of sensory input so that the body may, in a sense, be dead and another life begin.

What is your understanding of the meaning of "initiation of the body"? I'd like to hear anyone who may have experienced it. Would the "enlightenment" (I can't think a better term) experience through meditation be considered a form of initiation of the body? Would the atunement in reiki practice be consider a form of initiation of the body? Or does it have to be some form of death-like experience? 

How could one recognize that the body has been through such an initiation process? What would be the changes one will notice after the initiation? Would such an initiation result in one gaining special abilities, such as clairaudience? I would like to hear the understanding and experiences with regard to this topic, the more specific the better.

Many thanks!

Here's my limited perspective.  Ra's bias is towards LOO, therefore their idea of initiation has to do with removing the obstructions which prevent us from experiencing oneness.  "Initiation of the mind" would be balancing and neutralizing mental constructs which create a sense of separation, "initiation of the body" would be neutralizing a visceral, physical sense of separation.  Some form of accelerating this awareness is likely what went on in the Queen's Chamber.  It is stated later on that physical death would also be one form of this.

81.13 Questioner: [We have] already discussed the Significator, so I will skip to number thirteen. Transformation of Body is called Death, for with death the body is transformed to a higher-vibration body for additional learning. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct and may be seen to be additionally correct in that each moment and certainly each diurnal period of the bodily incarnation offers death and rebirth to one which is attempting to use the catalyst which is offered it.

81.14 Questioner: And finally, the fourteenth, the Way of the Body is called the Alchemist because there is an infinity of time for the various bodies to operate within to learn the lessons necessary for evolution. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is less than completely correct as the Great Way of the Body must be seen, as are all the archetypes of the body, to be a mirror image of the thrust of the activity of the mind. The body is the creature of the mind and is the instrument of manifestation for the fruits of mind and spirit. Therefore, you may see the body as providing the athanor through which the alchemist manifests gold.

Happily, it ain't all about clearing away those pesky obstructions.  Now and then one can work with the "fruits of the mind and spirit."