Ideally the body is meant to be the temple of its indwelling soul, being used for constant and devout worship of the Divine essence manifested in the element of earth and matter of which it forms a part. However because the body is alive and not made of stone like a temple, one misses its vital aspect in reducing it to the sole idea of a temple.
The physical body is part of the Ego and the unenlightened Ego is always living in fear and thus eternally caught between the sides of victim and perpetrator.
Thus it is that to the majority of people their body appears to be a mixture between an oppressed slave or a brutal master or a hated enemy. Or they are loving and worshipping it as a means for indulging in purely physical pleasures. So depending upon their present state of mind, emotions and their physical well-being, they are either fearing, loving or hating it.
Since your physical body is a living part of your incarnated self, serving you as a means to experience the Divine in matter, it ought to be your closest ally. And like a well-serving friend, you should treat it with love and respect, while at the same time remaining its master always.
In order to live in freedom towards something, you have to be its master in love.
However the fact that the physical body is made of unconscious matter, is rendering it very difficult to attain to complete freedom from it. Because the element of dense matter is forming the great unconscious part of creation and thus even personal enlightenment is no immediate and complete safe-guard against all physical suffering. Even though in an enlightened state you are no longer actively suffering because you are no longer identifying with your Ego and your physical self, all the same your body ages and may suffer from pain at times.
In order to become a complete master of your physical aspect you have to enlighten each cell and atom of your being alongside your mind.
Just like the spiritual atoms within the Greater Universe, the human souls, which are being fed by the love and light of God, and through it indirectly lead and on their way to and an enlightened state of being, so can the atoms of your physical body reach freedom through enlightenment by your loving and directing awareness of mind and heart.
However since the physical body is the lowest aspect of your Lower Self it is advisable and in the natural course of personal evolution to first completely master your mental and especially your emotional levels before attempting to achieve utter control over your physical body mentally. Otherwise you are putting yourself in danger of becoming the victim of your unconscious emotions, which will claim their rights by being omitted.
The physical body is part of the Ego and the unenlightened Ego is always living in fear and thus eternally caught between the sides of victim and perpetrator.
Thus it is that to the majority of people their body appears to be a mixture between an oppressed slave or a brutal master or a hated enemy. Or they are loving and worshipping it as a means for indulging in purely physical pleasures. So depending upon their present state of mind, emotions and their physical well-being, they are either fearing, loving or hating it.
Since your physical body is a living part of your incarnated self, serving you as a means to experience the Divine in matter, it ought to be your closest ally. And like a well-serving friend, you should treat it with love and respect, while at the same time remaining its master always.
In order to live in freedom towards something, you have to be its master in love.
However the fact that the physical body is made of unconscious matter, is rendering it very difficult to attain to complete freedom from it. Because the element of dense matter is forming the great unconscious part of creation and thus even personal enlightenment is no immediate and complete safe-guard against all physical suffering. Even though in an enlightened state you are no longer actively suffering because you are no longer identifying with your Ego and your physical self, all the same your body ages and may suffer from pain at times.
In order to become a complete master of your physical aspect you have to enlighten each cell and atom of your being alongside your mind.
Just like the spiritual atoms within the Greater Universe, the human souls, which are being fed by the love and light of God, and through it indirectly lead and on their way to and an enlightened state of being, so can the atoms of your physical body reach freedom through enlightenment by your loving and directing awareness of mind and heart.
However since the physical body is the lowest aspect of your Lower Self it is advisable and in the natural course of personal evolution to first completely master your mental and especially your emotional levels before attempting to achieve utter control over your physical body mentally. Otherwise you are putting yourself in danger of becoming the victim of your unconscious emotions, which will claim their rights by being omitted.
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