Spiritual Poetry V

V. BodyTemple
Contents: i. Introduction I. “In the Beginning…” II. Synchronistic Webs III. Daily Encounters IV. Infinity’s Point V. BodyTemple BodyWork To Grasp or Not to Grasp? Peeling the Onion Gestalt Therapy: Awareness Supreme Sculptor of Persons Consciousness as Healer The Goddess Appears Deliverance The Fountain of Youth VI. Observations VII. Enlightenment VIII. Alternatives IX. The New Age Center X. “At the End…” Vol. 2 XI. Enlightenment Poems XII. Worldly Concerns	NOTE: After some bodywork sessions with Dr. Ron Wish (Cranio-sacral), Ginny Flint (Deep Tissue), Neil Borodkin (acupressure/acupuncture), Dr. Jim Martin (Chiropractor/Healer) and Brian Dobbs (Thai Bodywork), the following sensations emerged. BodyWork Golden hands, Clear channels. Energy pouring through. Striking innumerable bodily resistances. Struggling to flow through and open closed pathways, clogged by past/present trauma. Spirit manifesting in the body. Calls forth BodyWork¹ on various levels. Desirous of liberation from stuck matter. Alignment of bone structure opens pathways. Sending multiple Light colors of all shades. To shed brightness on the dark areas of clinging repression. Willing another opening, another opening... The body releases, relaxes, unwinds deep-rooted knots of emotional pain. Wave after wave, unending. Till inner integration appears time and again. Progressing toward the ultimate opening of the heart; wherein Spirit dwells. All the cells and organs rejoice, Filled with unspeakable gratitude, Consciousness has manifested Itself once again! Footnote: See From Seekers to Finders, by Satyam Nadeen, pg. 105 where he reports on Dr. John Veltheim's "BodyTalk" process for healing any and all aliments known. Veltheim uses the same inner wisdom of Source-in-appearance to heal the physical and emotional body that Nadeen uses to heal the apparent separation between man's mind and Oneness. Another similarity is the "inner heat" Buddhist practice of not only staying warm in caves, but also as a means to disentangle subtle nervous obstructions, or "knots", that keep us locked in a spasm of self-centered delusion. Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: After reading Toward a Psychology of Awakening, by John Welwood, the following emerged: To Grasp or Not to Grasp? As a newborn, necessary is grasping, An ego/personality to create. Constructing security, stability, solidity, A fabricated self in-the-making. Survival is all. Throughout life, the mind's grasping Identifies with thoughts, feelings, emotions. Not overcoming the existential despair, the void, Gripping all who see only meaninglessness, especially death facing. The conventional self hangs on, trapping us in false consciousness, believing in the solidity of the self-created identity. Beneath the surface, fear and trembling, ontological anxiety, reigns. How face it? Non-grasping. No substitute filling of the void, but entering it more deeply. In meditation, experiencing the self as illusory. The fabricated identity real can never be, Based on extrinsic identifications, as it is. Rather, total openness/beginner's mind.¹ with depth-meditation, the open ground of our being where awareness/peace dwells, reveals. A path beyond existential despair. Not-knowing, rather than knowing is the key. Dangling at the edge of unknowing. Practicing unconditional presence authentic experience and knowingness yields, thereby promoting genuine healing, by seeing and feeling contractions that our body and world relations impact. Allow yourself to have your experience just as it is. And see what happens. A Greater gift than this, no one can give. Realizing the Buddha-nature² after all. Footnotes: Beginner's mind: seeing freshly, without fixed ideas/concepts/interpretations. Buddha-nature: an essential clarity, transparency, and warmth intrinsic to human consciousness; what it means to be human: vulnerable, kind, gentle. Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: Yesterday I had an one and three-quarters hour session with Dr. Ron Wish. How to describe the incredible experience? Maybe the following captures some tidbits. Peeling The Onion Peeling off layer after layer. Each with its own story How to peel? Many are the ways. One follows Enter no-mind state Focus on the body Allow energy to make its moves Witnessing/observing every nuance Breathing into areas of contraction energy flowing through Cells, nerves popping, heat arising, contractions melting Rejuvenation occurring Thoughts/emotions emerging--floating away Only body consciousness left. Images springing forth¹. The invisible, immaterial manifesting in body with physical releases "Spiritbirthing" happening. Wrists and ankles snap into alignment Hips adjust, the skull expands. Stingingly, the eyes let go. The opening heart pleasantly hurts. Tears of gratitude--to Spirit, to body. What remains?--awareness of Awareness Then the one aware lets go and only Awareness Itself is present³. Transfiguration--personal illumination². Light emerging, and descending Filled and surrounded by Light Stay here forever! Without the bodytemple, how touch Spirit? Footnotes: Three images arose: As a Tibetan monk lying on my deathbed with monks walking around my body ringing bells; next, I was lying in the sarcophagus of the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid being penetrated by starlight energy; lastly, on Mount Tabor, with Jesus, my body "experienced" a "transfiguration" of Light. How wonderful is the imagination! No wonder the thought of leaving never arose. See Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, by Elaine Pagels. Actually, Awareness is becoming aware of Itself, i.e., "absolute subjectivity meets absolute subjectivity by appearing to itself in separate forms." "We cannot experience the witness within others any more than we can experience the witness within ourselves. It is the absolute Mystery," from Jesus and the Lost Goddess, by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy. Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: I began my training as a Gestalt Therapist in 1976 at the Gestalt Center of Long Island, headed by Jerry Gold. Gestalt Therapy: Awareness Supreme A present-centered therapy Experimental, experiential experiences Peeling off mental/emotional/physical layers Constantly probing to further depths Reaching "aha" integrations Dark Nights of the Soul presenting themselves Named "Impasse" in Gestalt, more accurately, "the death layer" Dying to false mental identifications while experiencing dread, terror, potential insecurity More secure with the familiar Worth the risk to uncover the unfamiliar? To peel or not to peel? That is the authenticity question Fear and trembling arise "Go through it (the impasse)," says Perls' Die to the false self Go into the "nothingness", the "void" -- "No-thing-ness" is the essence of you The Presence of Now The Stillness within Aware of Awareness Gestalt Therapy, one methodology of entering the no-mind realm As Perls said, "Lose your mind and come to your senses!" Gratitude arising to Consciousness through Fritz¹ Footnotes: 1. Fritz Perls, The founder of Gestalt Therapy The Gestalt Prayer I do my thing, and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, I am I. And if by chance, we find each other, it's beautiful, If no, it can't be helped. Fritz Perls Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: I spent a glorious weekend with 10 other seekers where Grace knocked on the door. A Sculptor of Persons Wherever I go, Whomever I meet, Opportunities present themselves to practice unconditional presence with others To my life bringing more presence Allowing Presence Itself to be manifested once again. To be aware/open, sensing the moment of Grace presenting Itself in the other Calling out for visible manifestation so self and other, urge to merge, arises. Feeling the potentiality begging to be actualized Thankfully accepting the instrumentality. Miraculous tools Gestalt provides of presence-centeredness orientation. Birthing the implicit design to explicit form. How deliciously beautiful is the final shape of each encounter! More qualities of the original Buddha-nature being revealed! Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ Consciousness as Healer Attending to ever-present Consciousness What follows? The blind see with the Eye of Consciousness The deaf hear the Voice of Stillness The lame walk on the Consciousness Path The dead awaken to Witnessing Light illuminates the dark Awakening the senses to experience the sacred geometries of forms and hear their musical overtones Yet, beyond all this The Void's embrace fulfills all Are you ready? Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: Another session with Dr. Ron Wish. Hugs to him! The Goddess Appears Stomach problems, bloating, stuckness manifested. Hamstring tight/lower back "holding on." Entering the stomach an ominous dark black hole. Alone and anxious. Purple appears behind the eyes. Moving more deeply into the "hole." Fear of loss of individuality, of merging into ...? Holding back in the lower back. At the bottom of the spine, a pool emerges with cerebral-spinal fluid activated. Into whom is my energy merging? Suddenly-experiential insight: the feminine aspect of Primal Energy. - Goddess, "Sophia," Isis arise¹. With loud gurgling noises releases the stomach. Flatulence arises, again and again. Hamstrings feel tingling energy moving through. Letting go followed by deeper letting gos - stretching like a cat. Arms moving, wrists adjusting - hands with cat's claws metamorphosing. Thought arises: "how stupid not to realize this before" - yet without identifying with it². A significant shift felt! Stomach ceaselessly releasing. The Goddess appears!³ No need to see a gastroenterologist! Footnotes: Is this Kundalini energy or that of Shekinah (female deity, consort of male deity, Yahweh)? No-personal reactions to this natural biological reaction! Realization: The Goddess energy was locked into my stomach/lower back and hamstrings. NOTE: Afterwards, in the car, looking in minor, face glowing, younger appearance, peace abounds. Lengthy urination/more flatulence - sure signs of healing! Later, a colonic treatment completed the healing! Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: A description of another of Dr. Wish's healing sessions. Deliverance After the Enlightenment Shift, Deliverance comes.¹ Progressive healing. Breaking through stuck bodily/emotional resistances. How so? A prayer the process starts: To Consciousness - "Let me experience Your Energy DIRECTLY in today's session." My body soft and quite flexible right now. Sensations in various areas: energy pouring in. Distant parts interconnected: left toe being invigorated while right ear opens up simultaneously Electric zigzags running up/down lower spine as my stomach its "holding" areas dissolves. (Ron: Your nervous system is releasing!) A voice is heard: "This is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased." Gratitude floods my being as I feel recognized/appreciated for whatever my life's work is. Progressively, deeper and deeper relaxation ever more subtle layers experiencing: Gigantic field of purple absorbing my being - delicious to the extreme. Ron: Ask - Who is it that speaks? After silence, "I am the Mysterious One." The contact with one subtle body leads to the next subtle body - totally thoughtless! My forehead/skull/brain RELEASING/RELAXING How pleasant! More bodily dissolvements - microscopically specific. Ken: "It feels as though my DNA² is being activated/ expanded/rejuvenated - as though I am getting younger!" Mere words are inadequate to express the experiencing. Only one who has had the same experience can know. Gnosis!!³ Prayer answered: The Spirit of Primal Energy graces my being as I finally understand/experience at length the Rapture.⁴ The Gnosis! Footnotes: For explanations of Shift and Deliverance, see page 47, "poem" Nadeen", in Confessions of an Ex-Jesuit. For example, see: - Go up and Seek God: The Onion Healing Technique and the 12-Strand DNA Technique; and, Go up and Work with God, both by Vianna Stibal - Change your DNA, Change Your Life (formerly DNA Healing Techniques), by Robert Gerard - The Power of Twelve: A New Approach to Personal Development, by Anne Brewer - see especially pp. V-XIX for Zecharua Sitchin's thesis on the genetic creation of homo sapiens. See the poem "The Gnostic Jesus." See footnote # 1, Rapture explained. Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Fountain of Youth In sunny Florida, two weeks. Inexpensive clean apartment on the canal, one block from the ocean/beach. A fasting retreat to begin. A neti pot the nasal passages to cleanse. A series of deep tissue massages, by some colonic treatments followed. However, colon cleansing¹ products before. Liver flush² a necessity is. Water preferable, or fresh veggie juice³ and periodic watermelon supports. Bragg's Liquid Aminos in water helps. Decaffeinated tea the boredom breaks. Relaxing, walking, jogging, paddle ball the body/spirit nourishes Yoga/stretching/deep relaxation is the way. Spiritual reading/sunbathing refreshes. Early meditation on ocean shore delights. Perhaps a kayak cruise on the canal? The whole Gestalt is the key: a restoring fasting vacation built on Awareness, Silence, Stillness and, Consciousness, of course. Footnotes: Besides the basic fasting retreat discussed below, two other aspects of the Fountain of Youth Program are a) Ginny Flint's Intuitive Bodywork and, b) Dr. Ron Wish's Cranio-sacral treatments. Of course, the self healing method of the Zen of Deep Relaxation in another and less costly! For example, Sonne #7 and #9. The famous phosphoris/olive oil cleanse. A strained broth of vegetables: carrots, potatoes, beets and celery - no bulk! Back to top ~~~~~~~~~~~ [ Back ] [ Next ]