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Namah Taking charge

depths of our being, is embraced still by the they will only rot and produce disease.
central truth of the psychic being. If this is They have to surface somewhere and there
achieved, I believe that true transformation is nothing more visible than our physical
is not only possible but inevitable. consciousness. The body also seems to me
to resonate much better than the mind or
This consciousness offers us the only remedy vital to the psychic influence at work. So
for the division of our being. Frequently we when I have a problem with the mind or
might find one part of our being readily the vital, I invariably unearth it through
progressing, while another might completely the medium of the body itself.
stand still. So often we drop our baggage
and it pulls us back. The consciousness offers The further one progresses, the deeper this
us the means of picking it up again and consciousness has to go. But the paradox of
taking it along the way (8). We come to this work is that, ultimately, everything is
realise that human nature is but a fragmented contained in the body. With consciousness,
assortment of competing entities and only everything rises eventually to the surface.
the consciousness has the way of making The body can be used as a gateway to going
them into a homogenous whole. When our very deep inside our being. Through the
nature becomes one, something greater can tiniest cell we can expand into the vastness
truly take charge of it. of the universe. Involved in matter is the
Truth Consciousness, the golden future
So how is it to be done? of mankind itself. Everything is involved
there. It is also like a blueprint of our entire
The best way is to go directly to that side of our existence. With the work of Sri Aurobindo and
nature that is standing still. One has only to the Mother, the chalice of transformation
move one’s consciousness to the psychological has been handed over to the body.
knot and address it directly, whether it is
mental, emotional or physical. The Mother True connection is the foundation of all
speaks aptly of the need to “look yourself inner work. We must not lose touch of the
straight in the face, straight in the face, not try divine thread. By observing the body from
to sugar-coat the bitter pill (9).” top to bottom, I stop wherever I might sense
unease or pain. The poise is one of enquiry.
Very often though, one needs to go deeper. We come to find that there are locations
One needs to find the complete cause to in the body which correspond to different
discover a true solution. The distortion needs levels or states of our psychology. What
to be plucked out by its very roots. It is a more is negative will appear as a distortion and
integral approach. For this work in detail what is distorted will usually manifest in
I use the medium of the body. For me, the pain.
body is the perfect transcript for everything
happening inside. So many habits, memories I look always at the energy flow of Force
and associations lie buried within our nature going down to the feet. Where there is a
and the only way they can articulate is through break in it, I hold my gaze and enquire into
the body itself. If they are left unattended the cause. Usually, simply by ‘being there’,

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