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An Essay On The Body Reality
An Essay On The Body Reality
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This statement perfectly describes what I call the Body Reality -- the idea that
perception, and what is accepted as truth, must be strictly limited to the five
human senses. Unfortunately, broad agreement on this idea denies the existence of
any spiritual concept, and denies a person access to their higher potential.
Where does inspiration come from? Where do love, joy, and zest for life come from?
These higher feelings originate outside the Body Reality, and cause positive
electro-chemical responses within our bodies.
Does it seem preposterous to say that there is something beyond what we can sense
with our physical bodies? Scientifically, it is absurd. But this idea has been
around for a long time.
Spiritual teachers and ancient texts speak of a "higher reality." In Plato's
Republic, written over two thousand years ago, physical reality is explained by
looking at the shadows on the wall of a cave. According to Plato, the non-material
abstract ideas, and not the material world known to us through the five human
senses, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality. Plato is
referring to the invisible information systems that define the physical world, but
which lie outside the Body Reality.
We have recently seen an explosion of spiritual or metaphysical ideas into the mass
consciousness. Books like The Secret have become international bestsellers. Why
have these ideas become so popular? Because people are fed up with the current
paradigm of scarcity, control from above, and contention. More and more people are
waking up to their higher potential, and recognizing -- even if it is hard to
describe in words -- that there is indeed a higher reality, a more positive,
abundant, and joyful reality that is accessible to everyone!
But the pathway to this new reality must include the right-brain and the intuition,
and not just the left-brain, s and the intellect.