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THIS BODY...THIS PLANET If you have ever fasted or begunany intense taining program... say for dance or athletics... you’ ll know that the body can feel like it’s at its worst, just before it gets better. This is because the previous level of fitness has allowed for some degree of toxic build up, or some need fora part of a system to be further developed. The toxin - or existing limits - must be elimi- nated to allow for greater efficiency as well as the change in programming. In this process the white blood cells are stimulated to the point where they actively mine metallic salts and other waste out of the flesh of the organs and bring them to the surface for elimina- tion. The internal flora and fauna is cut back, the ‘seed stock’ mixed, and new directions are formed from the mixing of each organ’s picture of life’s needs with every other organ’s picture. If the lymphatic system has not been cleared or the emotional response to all this activity is fearful, a “healing crisis” can result. If the mind sees this process as pain- ful itpulls away from the sensation. This reduces the blood supply to the area and makes the process even more painful... but... if the mind can be led into the sensation, bringing new blood and gentle awareness with it, the painful pressure is lessencd and the process becomes more and more comfortable, even euphoric. Trick or Trial When the dancer or the athlete is stretching forthe perfect trick, they push to the very edge of pain. If they push too hard they can damage themselves... if they push too little they never get the trick perfect. So there is an art to this THIS BODY...THIS PLANET this blood...this culture this joy...this life Ifyou haveeverfastedorbegunany _ training... a striving and nourishing that © 1989 John Burke intense taining program... say for is a delicate balance between a frank . dance or athletics... you’Il know thatthe body awareness and the abilitytoemo- | The more I tune myself to the earth body can feel like it’s at its worst, just tionally visualise a positive reprogram- as a living being the more I realise that before it gets better. ming. This new programming has to be there are no things that are intrinsically This is because the previous level of given strength and authority by consis- demonic. fitness has allowed for some degree of tent practice... until it becomes the nor- Some things, including ourselves toxic build up, or some need for a part of mal and automatic response of that part (our races and our cultures) can be made a system to be further developed. The of the body. to have demonic consequences, but in- toxin - or existing limits - must be elimi- Every time an organic structure trinsically we are simply life conspiring nated to allow for greater efficiency as changes its direction there is always with the rest of nature to get better at the well as the change in programming. some degree of elimination before the art of living. In this process the white blood cells new programming can be set. Even, dare I say it, Multinational are stimulated to the point where they In the earlier parts of my own life I Corporations are, in their sometimes actively mine metallic salts and other was seen, by myself and others, as ‘the bludgeoning, guilt-driven way carrying waste out of the flesh of the organs and sick little boy’... 1 was taught to be afraid out the will of Gaia, the living Earth. bring them to the surface for elimina- of any internal feeling... ali internal There have been times before when tion. The internal flora and fauna is cut sensations were labeled as pain... so my the Earth has changed hermagnetic field back, the ‘seed stock’ mixed, and new mind retreated from the site. This led to and her relationship to the Sun. These directionsareformedfromthemixingof — thecellsofmy body becoming more and have been times of great upheaval, but, each organ’s picture of life’s needs with more disorganised and cut off from my grant... for a moment... intelligent every other organ’s picture. picture of my self... the result was vari- awareness to the Earth. Imagine that she If the lymphatic system has not been ous forms of cancer. knows hercycles and prepares for them. cleared or the emotional response to all Later I learnt to go to pain... to relax Could it be reasonable for her to this activity is fearful, a “healing crisis” into it... to use one breath to nourish the subliminally direct her people, her can result. area... by visualizing the outbreath gen- blood, to cut back the great forests to If the mind sees this process as pain- tly going into the centre of the site, and seed stock and mix the seeds of all the fulitpulls away from thesensation.This _ thenext breath to disperse the pressure... nations... to forestall the great world- reduces the blood supply to the area and by visualising this second outbreath as engulfing fires that have marked these makes the process even more painful... spreading from and through the site. changeover times before? Would she but... if the mind can be led into the This was not the only technique I consider mining and refining the metals sensation, bringing new blood and used... but the things that all the ways I into, let’s say, magnetised packages that gentle awareness with it, the painful used had in common were to go to the she can use to stroke the energy channels pressure is lessened and the process cells rather than pull away from them, to of her great body... in the cunning dis- becomes more and more comfortable, heal them rather than fight them and to guise of cars, boats, planes and trains? even euphoric. use them forlife rather than discard them Where there are energy blocks would it yr . as antilife. be even remotely possible that she Tr Ic k or Tr la | Now Iuse the same energy - the same would cause them to be struck together... ability to genetically mutate that before even to the point of releasing blood and When the dancer or the athlete is gave me so much pain - to be a dancer in extreme cases spirit... whcre her stretching forthe perfecttrick,theypush | andagymnast.Whathadbeenlabeledas _ blocked chi really needed the release? to the very edge of pain. If they pushtoo © an incurable demon was, in fact, a gift of Could she think that it might be wise hard they can damage themselves... if evolution. Because it was subject to my to take some of the lubricating oils out of they push too little they never get the ‘Will (my emotional imagination) ithad _ her tectonic joints in order to minimise trick perfect. So there is an art to this to become what I believed it to be. the stress from a change in the internal NEXUS New Times Eight - Autumn 1989 this joy...this life training... a striving and nourishing that is a delicate balance between a frank body awareness and the ability to emo- tionally visualise a positive reprogram- ming. This new programming has to be given strength and authority by consis- tent practice... until it becomes the nor- mal and automatic response of that part of the body. Every time an organic structure changes its direction there is always some degree of elimination before the new programming can be set. In the earlier parts of my own life I was seen, by myself and others, as ‘the sick little boy’... 1 was taught to be afraid of any internal feeling... ali internal sensations were labeled as pain... so my mind retreated from the site. This led to thecells of my body becoming more and more disorganised and cut off from my picture of my self... the result was vari- ous forms of cancer. Later I learnt to go to pain.., to relax into it... to use one breath to nourish the area... by visualizing the outbreath gen- tly going into the centre of the site, and the next breath to disperse the pressure... by visualising this second outbreath as spreading from and through the site. This was not the only technique I used... but the things that all the ways I used had in common were to go to the cells rather than pull away from them, to heal them rather than fight them and to use them for life rather than discard them as antilife. Now Iuse the same energy - the same ability to genetically mutate that before gave me so much pain - to be a dancer anda gymnast. What had been labeled as an incurable demon was, in fact, a gift of evolution. Because it was subject to my will (my emotional imagination) it had to become what I believed it to be. NEXUS New Times Eight - Autumn 1989 The more I tune myself to the earth as a living being the more I realise that there are no things that are intrinsically demonic. Some things, including ourselves (our races and our cultures) can be made to have demonic consequences, but in- trinsically we are simply life conspiring with the rest of nature to get better at the art of living. Even, dare I say it, Multinational Corporations are, in their sometimes bludgeoning, guilt-driven way carrying out the will of Gaia, the living Earth. There have been times before when the Earth has changed hermagnetic field and her relationship to the Sun. These have been times of great upheaval, but, grant... for a moment... intelligent awareness to the Earth. Imagine that she knows hercycles and prepares for them. Could it be reasonable for her to subliminally direct her people, her blood, to cut back the great forests to seed stock and mix the seeds of all the nations... to forestall the great world- engulfing fires that have marked these changeover times before? Would she consider mining and refining the metals into, let’s say, magnetised packages that she can use to stroke the energy channels of her great body... in the cunning dis- guise of cars, boats, planes and trains? Where there are energy blocks would it be even remotely possible that she would cause them to be struck together... even to the point of releasing blood and in extreme cases spirit... where her blocked chi really needed the release? Could she think that it might be wise to take some of the lubricating oils out of her tectonic joints in order to minimise the stress from a change in the internal © 1989 John Burke