Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00287)

The fastest way to develop is by practicing an exercise in which something impartial, as if from a point outside the physical body, records the body as an object, including sensation, tensions, feelings etc. as it moves around. This is very hard to do, and is even unnatural, and, in this sense, could be called a form of Work. Of course the regular little self with all of its nonsense, does not want to be recorded, as it goes about its day, dreaming that it has unlimited time, is already impartial, and will not have to die like every other Tom, Dick, and Harry, or whatever. Bear in mind and do not forget: something impartial has no opinion of any kind, and it certainly does not know if it is immortal. Any such evaluation is a product of thought, which is a process of the functioning of the body and to be simply recorded. As mentioned previously, the processes of thought seem to displace the impartial recording process, so it is unlikely, at least in the beginning years, to be able to do this exercise and think at the same time. Pity, but this is the nature of the beast, and whoever does not want to be eaten will need to contend with it realistically, by displacing thought with the practicing of this exercise. Sincerely, Wry


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