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==Session 2==

==Session 2==

===Opening===

====Opening====

 

Bob: "I understand there is a question. What is the question?"

Bob: "I understand there is a question. What is the question?"

Bob: "Let’s make sure we have an [[understanding]] of what the [[electrochemical]] system is, first off. It is a type of [[life]] form. It’s a [[pattern]] that is one of the basic building blocks of [[existence]]. The electrochemical system is what your [[mortal]] life is based on. When you discount the [[God Fragment]], the electrochemical system is life as it is inducted into you by the [[spirit]]. It is Life with its [[senses]], and [[animation]], and all that ‘physical’ which has and does contribute to your [[consciousness]] of being. How can you identify it?

 

 

Bob: "Let’s make sure we have an understanding of what the electrochemical system is, first off. It is a type of life form. It’s a pattern that is one of the basic building blocks of existence. The electrochemical system is what your mortal life is based on. When you discount the God Fragment, the electrochemical system is life as it is inducted into you by the spirit. It is Life with its senses, and animation, and all that ‘physical’ which has and does contribute to your consciousness of being. How can you identify it?

 

"There was a motion picture about a group of individuals who became so tiny they were able to travel on a raft throughout the physical system of a human being.(1) The idea of being that intimately familiar with the inner workings of your body is a way to acknowledge and familiarize yourself with at least one large part of your electrochemical system – in particular, the way it responds to stimuli from electrical currents as well as chemical composition. Thus, there are three fields of thought we are going to braid together in response to this inquiry. Are you willing to go with me into this study?

===='''The Body'''====

"There was a [[motion picture]] about a group of individuals who became so tiny they were able to travel on a raft throughout the physical system of a human being.(1) The [[idea]] of being that intimately familiar with the inner workings of your [[body]] is a way to acknowledge and familiarize yourself with at least one large part of your electrochemical system – in particular, the way it responds to [[stimuli]] from [[electrical]] currents as well as [[chemical]] composition. Thus, there are three fields of [[thought]] we are going to braid together in response to this inquiry. Are you willing to go with me into this study?

"In your mind’s eye, go into your inner life and prepare to set sail. Put your few paltry possessions in a pack and put them and yourself on a raft and we’ll paddle downstream. You might take the route through the lungs. As you inhale, you feel yourself push off from the shore, and you gently feel yourself being whooshed down into the chest. You can feel the sides of the cavernous lungs as if they were walls on either side of you. Carlsbad Caverns, they are, you see, for they are wide, dark, and haunting, but blood red and glistening with light from hidden sources, perhaps from the Source of Life Itself.

"In your [[mind’s eye]], go into your [[inner life]] and [[prepare]] to set sail. Put your few paltry possessions in a pack and put them and yourself on a raft and we’ll paddle downstream. You might take the route through the lungs. As you inhale, you feel yourself push off from the shore, and you gently feel yourself being whooshed down into the chest. You can feel the sides of the cavernous lungs as if they were walls on either side of you. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_caverns Carlsbad Caverns], they are, you see, for they are wide, dark, and [[haunting]], but blood red and glistening with [[light]] from hidden sources, perhaps from the Source of Life Itself.

"Breathe and see the sides of your lungs tremble as they absorb those nutrients that are inhaled, and enter into the experience. With the breath of life, enter now into the blood stream, which will take this air in and through the body, beginning from the lungs, now out into the rivers and streams of your vessels and through your muscles. Follow your muscles; go down through your muscles and feel them. Travel through them. Can you pass, or is there a knot? Is there a knot in your muscle? Is the knot from overwork? Have you been exercising? Do they feel taut to the touch? Is there elasticity there? Is the color good? Do they feel well? Can they hold you up and do what you need them to do for you? What are you doing for your muscles, so that they can in turn do for you when your mind bids them respond to your mind’s commands?

"[[Breathe]] and see the sides of your lungs tremble as they [[absorb]] those nutrients that are inhaled, and enter into the [[experience]]. With the [[breath]] of life, enter now into the [[blood]] stream, which will take this air in and through the body, beginning from the lungs, now out into the [[rivers]] and streams of your vessels and through your muscles. Follow your muscles; go down through your muscles and feel them. Travel through them. Can you pass, or is there a knot? Is there a [[knot]] in your muscle? Is the knot from overwork? Have you been [[exercising]]? Do they feel taut to the [[touch]]? Is there elasticity there? Is the color good? Do they [[feel]] well? Can they hold you up and do what you need them to do for you? What are you doing for your muscles, so that they can in turn do for you when your mind bids them respond to your [[mind]]’s [[commands]]?

"Well, there you are; you are in your body. You can travel through it; you can visit your bowels; you can visit your gastrointestinal system; you can visit your heart; your lungs; even your head. Where am I hurting? How does that work? Why, when I pull this, does that act that way? What’s behind this door? What’s under that flap? When you are able to travel through your body without losing your way, you know it well enough to master it.

"Well, there you are; you are in your [[body]]. You can travel through it; you can visit your bowels; you can visit your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrointestinal_Tract gastrointestinal system]; you can visit your [[heart]]; your lungs; even your head. Where am I hurting? How does that work? Why, when I pull this, does that act that way? What’s behind this door? What’s under that flap? When you are able to travel through your body without losing your way, you know it well enough to master it.

"By this method, now, you are able to go into every fiber of your body, every aspect of your physical being. You are able to go into your aching places and ask what the problem is. You are able to learn to heal your errors of a physical nature. You will be able to heal your infirmities. I have not set these words into motion for the purpose of delivering false hope. I have spoken those words to those of you who feel capable of becoming master over all you [[purvey]], your body being a part of that domain. Giving yourself dominion over yourself gives you the credibility of your own authority, for no one can tell you what to do -- No one can tell you what to do but you. -- and allow it to be from your own personal integrity.

"By this [[method]], now, you are able to go into every fiber of your [[body]], every aspect of your [[physical]] [[being]]. You are able to go into your aching places and ask what the [[problem]] is. You are able to learn to heal your [[errors]] of a physical nature. You will be able to heal your infirmities. I have not set these words into motion for the [[purpose]] of delivering [[false]] [[hope]]. I have spoken those words to those of you who feel capable of becoming master over all you [[purvey]], your body being a part of that [[domain]]. Giving yourself dominion over yourself gives you the credibility of your own [[authority]], for no one can tell you what to do -- No one can tell you what to do but you. -- and allow it to be from your own personal [[integrity]].

"But that is quite a study. This is not one of those lessons you accomplish in a 15-minute meditation session. In the meanwhile, you do not want to be without cognizance of the body, for when you lose cognizance of your body, it betrays you. Why is that? That is because it seeks self-gratification. It knows nothing of concern for others. It knows nothing of compassion. It has no concern even for hatred. It has only its own interests at heart. It does not have free will. It wants only to survive."

"But that is quite a [[study]]. This is not one of those lessons you accomplish in a 15-minute [[meditation]] session. In the meanwhile, you do not want to be without cognizance of the [[body]], for when you lose cognizance of your body, it [[betrays]] you. Why is that? That is because it seeks [[self-gratification]]. It knows nothing of concern for others. It knows nothing of [[compassion]]. It has no concern even for [[hatred]]. It has only its own interests at heart. It does not have [[free will]]. It wants only to [[survive]]."

Student: "That sounds like a newborn baby."

Student: "That sounds like a newborn [[baby]]."

Bob: "That’s a good analogy. And like an infant, the body will tell you what it needs, if you listen. It is not that difficult! Just do remember to take time for [[Stillness]], for this is something you can do when you visit Stillness. Make it a practice to be able to move through the universe of your body without losing your way, and then you are free to lift off, to other Ports of Call."

Bob: "That’s a good [[analogy]]. And like an [[infant]], the body will tell you what it needs, if you [[listen]]. It is not that difficult! Just do [[remember]] to take time for [[Stillness]], for this is something you can do when you visit Stillness. Make it a [[practice]] to be able to move through [[the universe]] of your body without losing your way, and then you are free to lift off, to other Ports of Call."

==Session 3==

==Session 3==