(03-17-2012, 11:21 AM)Diana Wrote: Your body is a result of your mind in the sense that our thoughts about ourselves shape it, our beliefs direct it, and traumas/tensions get stored in it. This makes the body something we are not. We also can take on others' energies.
When the body is cleared of these things with body work, inner work, releasing, inner child work, etc., then we might say the body has become what it was meant to be originally without the distortions of what the mind and environment (and interpretation of the environment) have made it into. It needs to be done with detachment because any attachment will hold in some way what one is trying to release.
That makes sense. I figured as much, but sometimes it seems that Ra is giving advanced advice but many are already past such exercises, so it can be easy to read too far into some of the statements.
(03-17-2012, 11:42 AM)zenmaster Wrote: 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.