WHEN YOUR MIND IS ACTIVE

                                                           ACTIVE MIND

             ALL TIMES, WHEN MY MIND HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE, IT HAS ACQUIRED SUCH MOMENTUM THAT I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE MY ATTENTION AWAY FROM IT AND FEEL THE INNER BODY. THIS HAPPENS PARTICULARLY WHEN I GET INTO A WORRY OR ANXIETY PATTERN. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?

          IF AT ANY TIME YOU ARE FINDING IT HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE INNER BODY, IT IS USUALLY EASIER TO FOCUS ON YOUR BREATHING FIRST. CONSCIOUS BREATHING, WHICH IS A POWERFUL MEDITATION IN ITS OWN RIGHT, WILL GRADUALLY PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE BODY. FOLLOW THE BREATH WITH YOUR ATTENTION AS IT MOVES IN AND OUT OF YOUR BODY. BREATHE INTOTHE BODY, AND FEEL YOUR ABDOMEN EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING SLIGHTLY WITH EACH INHALATION AND EXHALATION. IF YOU FIND IT EASY TO VISUALIZE, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE YOURSELF SURROUNDED BY LIGHT OR IMMERSED IN A LUMINOUS SUBSTANCE- A SEA OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THEN BREATHE IN THAT LIGHT. FEEL THAT LUMINOUS SUBSTANCE- A SEA OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THEN BREATHE IN THAT LIGHT. FEEL THAT LUMINOUS SUBSTANCE FILLING  UP YOUR BODY AND MAKING IT LUMINOUS ALSO. THEN GRADUALLY FOCUS MORE ON THE FEELING. YOU ARE NOW IN YOUR BODY. DON'T GET ATTACHED TO ANY VISUAL IMAGE.

                                                    CREATIVE USE OF MIND

               IF YOU NEED TO USE YOUR MIND FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, USE IT CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR INNER BODY. ONLY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO BE CONSCIOUS WITHOUT THOUGHT CAN YOU USE YOUR MIND CREATIVELY, AND THE EASIEST WAY TO ENTER THAT STATE IS THROUGH YOUR BODY. WHENEVER AN ANSWER, A SOLUTION, IR A CREATIVE IDEA IS NEEDED, STOP THINKING FOR A MOMENT BY FOCUSING ATTENTION ON YOUR INNER ENERGY FIELD. BECOME AWARE OF THE STILLNESS. WHEN YOU RESUME THINKING, IT WILL BE FRESH AND CREATIVE. IN ANY THOUGHT ACTIVITY, MAKE IT A HABIT TO GO BACK AND FORTH EVERY FEW MINUTES OR SO BETWEEN THINKING AND AN INNER KIND OF LISTENING, AN INNER STILLNESS. WE COULD SAY, DON'T JUST THINK WITH YOUR HEAD, THINK WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY.

      

                                                      THE ART OF LISTENING

               WHEN LISTENING TO ANOTHER PERSON, DON'T JUST LISTEN WITH YOUR MIND, LISTEN WITH YOUR WHOLE BODY. FEEL THE ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR INNER BODY AS YOU LISTEN. THAT TAKES ATTENTION AWAY FROM THINKING AND CRETES A STILL SPACE THAT ENABLES YOU TO TRULY LISTEN WITHOUT THE MIND INTERFERING. YOU ARE GIVING THE OTHER PERSON SPACE- SPACE TO BE.IT IS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT YOU CAN GIVE. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LISTEN BECAUSE THE MAJOR PART OF THEIR ATTENTION IS TAKEN UP BY THINKIN. THEY PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THAT THAN TO WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IS SAYING, AND NONE AT ALL TO WHAT REALLY MATTERS. THE BEING OF THE OTHER PERSON UNDERNEATH THE WORDS AND THE MIND, OF COURSE, YOU CANNOT FEEL SOMEONE ELSE'S BEING EXCEPT THROUGH YOUR OWN. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE REALIZATION OF ONENESS, WHICH IS LOVE. AT THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF BEING, YOU ARE ONE WITH ALL THAT IS.

                 MOST HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS CONSIST MAINLY OF MINDS INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER, NOT OF HUMAN BEINGS COMMUNICATING, BEING IN COMMUNION. NO RELATIONSHIP CAN THRIVE IN THAT WAY, AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS SO MUCH CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS. WHEN THE MIND IS RUNNING YOUR LIFE, CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS. WHEN THE MIND IS RUNNING YOUR LIFE, CONFLICT, STRIFE AND PROBLEMS ARE INEVITABLE. BEING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR INNER BODY CREATES A CLEAR SPACE OF NO-MIND WITHIN WHICH THE RELATIONSHIP CAN FLOWER.

                                    SLOWING DOWN THE AGING PROCESS

                    IN THE MEANTIME, AWARENESS OF THE INNER BODY HAS OTHER BENEFITS IN THE PHYSICAL REALM. ONE OF THEM IS A SIGNIFICANT SLOWING DOWN OF THE AGING OF THE PHYSICAL BODY.

                     WHEREAS THE OUTER BODY NORMALLY APPEARS TO GROW OLD AND WITHER FAIRLY QUICKLY, THE INNER BODY DOES NOT CHANGE WITH TIME, EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY FEEL IT MORE DEEPLY AND BECOME IT MORE FULLY. IF YOU ARE TWENTY YEARS OLD NOW, THE ENERGY FIELD OF YOUR INNER BODY WILL FELL JUST THE SAME WHEN YOU ARE EIGHTY. IT WILL BE JUST AS VIBRANTLY ALIVE. AS SOON AS YOUR HABITUAL STATE CHANGES FROM BEING OUT-OF-THE-BODY AND TRAPPED IN YOUR MIND TO BEING IN-THE-BODY AND PRESENT IN THE NOW, YOUR PHYSICAL BODY WILL FEEL LIGHTER, CLEARER, MORE ALIVE. AS THERE IS MORE CONSCIOUNESS IN THE BODY, ITS MOLECULAR STRUCTURE ACTUALLY BECOMES LESS DENSE. MORE CONSCIOUSNESS MEANS A LESSENING OF THE ILLUSION OF MATERIALITY.

                     WHEN YOU BECOME IDENTIFIED MORE WITH THE TIMELESS INNER BODY THAN WITH THE OUTER BODY, WHEN PREENCE BECOMES YOUR PSYCHE AND IN THE CELLS OF THE BODY. THE ACCUMULATION OF TIME AS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDEN OF PAST AND FUTURE GREATLY IMPAIRS THE CELL'S CAPACITY FOR SELF RENEWAL. SO IF YOU INHABIT THE INNER BODY, THE OUTER BODY WILL GROW OLD AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE, AND EVEN WHEN IT DOES, YOUR TIMELESS ESSENCE WILL SHINE THROUGH THE OUTER FORM, AND YOU WILL NOT GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF AN OLD PERSON.

             IS THERE ANY SCIENCTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR THIS?

                 TRY IT OUT AND YOU WILL BE THE EVIDENCE.