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Namah                                       Change and transformation





        largely a creation of nature and a product of  just see what is there. There should be no
        environment and conditioning. The personality  sense of judgment. There is a descending
        may give a clue, but sometimes one must  Force which runs through the length of
        work through many layers to discover the  the body and beyond, which I regard as
        truth that lies inside.                  an indicator of my inner well-being. It is a
                                                 force for progress and a receptive vehicle is a
        We have to know ourselves and get behind  sure sign of health. If I see or feel a disrupted
        the façade and surrender to our true nature.  flow, it signals a resistance in my nature that
        Somehow there has to be a way of stripping  needs to be addressed. This disturbance may
        the dross away from the truth inside. We  show itself as a dullness or pain: it is a knot
        have to become almost transparent. But what  that needs to be unravelled. I do nothing but
        does this process actually entail? For me,  watch and enquire. Holding the gaze, I allow
        essentially, it is one of observation. The work  the force of the consciousness to do its work.
        of observation has dynamic consequences but  I need to be timeless in my approach as so
        for it to be effective, it must be disinterested.  much lies burrowed within the folds of my
        It requires a contact with something way  nature. If the connection inside is maintained,
        beyond ego.  Essentially it is poise, something  a knowledge will come which captures the
        that never really stops and so comprises  truth behind the affliction that comes to
        different depths of enquiry. The deeper I go  the surface. I may want to articulate it out
        the more enduring will be the result. The  loud. There is a profound resonance in every
        final gauge that arrives is always a sense of  affirmation and once the truth intervenes, the
        illimitable peace and a conviction that I have  result is conclusive and harmony is restored.
        touched something very true.
                                                 Through the unknown
        The arena is always the body. The body is
        a most perfect channel for everything that  It is by these little victories that true change
        happens inside. Each part of our nature has its  is achieved. Each one symbolises a tiny
        own location in the body. I find that when the  transformation. I find that this simple
        body is well it is a sure sign that equilibrium  procedure helps align the nature around
        reigns there too. I look upon this work as the  my ‘true person’, the psychic being. These
        ultimate sacrifice of the body because every  building-blocks to progress need to be
        conceivable distortion will surface there. It  reinforced time and again. The human being
        has to put up with so much! The alchemy  is a complex entity made of many parts. He
        of transformation can take place only with  is not a homogenous whole and only the
        the collaboration of the body and because of  psychic being has the capacity to integralise
        this sacrifice it will eventually experience the  his nature. There are always different parts
        supreme consummation of the transformation  of my nature that need to be addressed with
        itself.                                  each sitting. Each time a different angle of
                                                 approach will be adopted to address the
        The work                                 obstruction ahead and the total anomaly may
                                                 not be rectified in a single go. The entire stain
        So I look at the body from top to bottom and  will rarely reveal itself.


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