Questioner: We have decided to accept, if offered, the honor/duty of
( W; f" {- @9 ylearning/teaching the healing process. I would ask as to the first step which c! ]1 S* p t0 c
we should accomplish in becoming effective healers.9 e. p Y+ o$ S. v: G) L ?# A6 Z
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Ra: I am Ra. We shall begin with the first of the three teachings/learnings.3 b- e5 o' f/ b- B
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We begin with the mental learn/teaching necessary for contact with# j6 F8 _' p, f- F' ^
intelligent infinity. The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain- E! s; ?' W% w8 l! t: B1 A) X& V& h) p
silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be
- I$ b, Y8 z5 r5 B+ y1 ?) Sopened like a door. The key is silence.
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Within the door lies an hierarchical construction you may liken unto8 }5 X* [! A2 X1 [$ ?+ I
geography and in some ways geometry, for the hierarchy is quite regular,
% h5 u1 `5 [8 ]# Gbearing inner relationships.
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2 g" L5 }) M' t; d: E! Q \To begin to master the concept of mental disciplines it is necessary to* d q5 C# S1 U
examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized.5 H2 V2 R7 K9 z# P! D" L
Where you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the
+ s& Y* ]: h6 v9 ]0 X) Ycorresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought a being has, has in
5 d' Z6 l* p4 Aits turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all,
8 @$ i" V) I& O2 C; K6 n Hidentifying both those things of which you approve and those things of, y" N, j! A: q. y% T. Q
which you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every
. i4 S" B# x' |positive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things.
/ P2 ?. X [5 u8 p, hTherefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.3 Y! d" A9 ^) ]
( G& K9 Y: |9 q" B* U5 I2 eThe second mental discipline is acceptance of the completeness within your E/ w* T! o" V
consciousness. It is not for a being of polarity in the physical consciousness
; h. J& g3 ]# p, D2 ~to pick and choose among attributes, thus building the roles that cause/ b( T" Z. E; P' o; J2 y% V: H8 A
blockages and confusions in the already distorted mind complex. Each
$ }% x/ w* |+ o% ?& n" [2 C( ~acceptance smoothes part of the many distortions that the faculty you call
0 b8 L8 w _. o- _: [judgment engenders.
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$ ?- q; R* q$ M8 {" |" EThe third discipline of the mind is a repetition of the first but with the gaze/ y% R0 p5 p/ I; ?( ~+ L
outward toward the fellow entities that it meets. In each entity there exists
. V9 f, [. X" N; ?completeness. Thus, the ability to understand each balance is necessary.
: R) A/ {* t! {, U6 h+ _When you view patience, you are responsible for mirroring in your mental
; {* V$ U e0 d3 `understandings, patience/impatience. When you view impatience, it is
: U- Q/ E. R4 w2 q* t6 `3 Lnecessary for your mental configuration of understanding to be) m- k' }( r: T; d9 G
impatience/patience. We use this as a simple example. Most configurations/ e8 ^ q2 H# @. y9 Q# e
of mind have many facets, and understanding of either self polarities, or
+ M, H! A1 x* u y1 M5 Jwhat you would call other-self polarities, can and must be understood as
; W) C3 _, B3 e- q* J, `subtle work.
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7 o% t3 [9 z' y7 I- y" eThe next step is the acceptance of the other-self polarities, which mirrors
4 y8 f$ S4 `8 V. \; o$ r: y1 Uthe second step. These are the first four steps of learning mental disciplines.4 J4 `2 V0 G2 w
1 s1 m& C4 _& e1 ?: h5 VThe fifth step involves observing the geographical and geometrical* L: o2 M u8 u
relationships and ratios of the mind, the other mind, the mass mind, and
- ^5 C" T& a6 n- B/ s! {1 m5 Q8 F* b% Mthe infinite mind.$ D: C, P: Z: V( s- j
1 }) y4 V% c4 Q rThe second area of learn/teaching is the study/understanding of the body- U7 y* {9 M+ X( e: Y
complexes. It is necessary to know your body well. This is a matter of using5 J C/ F- I3 C# X2 w2 J% o
the mind to examine how the feelings, the biases, what you would call the
8 |7 j# j- O4 h/ e4 E d2 zemotions, affect various portions of the body complex. It shall be necessary% `# K3 E4 o1 k1 S
to both understand the bodily polarity and to accept them, repeating in a
7 u5 C$ M' T9 x0 c! G+ jchemical/physical manifestation the work you have done upon the mind% Y3 d0 M9 F5 B# x2 K3 I
bethinking the consciousness.
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# G, [& N! q1 i8 x Q! |The body is a creature of the mind’s creation. It has its biases. The6 o9 e w% c( z* N+ c' ]
biological bias must be first completely understood and then the opposite, d1 \& T1 t* l! V; y$ W8 a# A2 m) _- p
bias allowed to find full expression in understanding. Again, the process of, o9 w& h( v# r
acceptance of the body as a balanced, as well as polarized, individual may
! s& B9 R( F% c& }4 ^then be accomplished. It is then the task to extend this understanding to the( r/ \ d" _/ }: t( k2 w
bodies of the other-selves whom you will meet.. w2 Z* P& T3 {: g
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The simplest example of this is the understanding that each biological male
h$ H+ Q& m5 w* p- sis female; each biological female is male. This is a simple example. However,
7 P/ S4 }: }. d P$ d0 {% zin almost every case wherein you are attempting the understanding of the. @. R) d- E" F* [# V5 V8 p
body of self or other-self, you will again find that the most subtle e4 ?7 g3 ?5 Z, ^
discernment is necessary in order to fully grasp the polarity complexes
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