On our planet there seems to be a love-hate relationship going on with the physical body. We enjoy for instance the pleasures it affords us in terms of our sensual experiences and our mental, emotional, physical and extrasensory capabilities. Yet at the same time we feel limited and restricted by its multitude of needs that must be met on a daily basis.
What's more, it tends to accumulate unwanted negative experiences of trauma and hurt, that we call memories, which seem impossible to release. This negativity shapes the
experience of ourselves, our feelings towards others and our environment and ultimately gives us the experience of what we call our lives.
Over time, the amount of negativity that accumulates in us weighs us down, depletes us of Life Force Energy, makes us ill and literally leads us to the "grave" (another meaning for the word). Throughout it seems that many unconsciously start to hate the body for putting us through this pain and suffering and begin to build up a case about why it would be useful to get rid
of it. Many religions and spiritual enlightened beings promote the notion that the spirit would be that much better off without the physical body. Adopting such notions causes many to turn against the body, against life and ultimately against ourselves. In so doing one is most importantly turning against their own vast energy resources that exist in "crystallized form" as frozen light manifesting in the form of the physical body. As one is making the case that the Life Force Energy would be better off without the body the latter is literally “forced out” of the body thereby leaving the latter to cope on its own. Do you not feel how handicapped your mind and body become without you at the helm? So why would you or anyone want to do this to themselves?
The tendency to accept this forced separation is reflected in our lives through what I call the "flight from the physical". A very good example of this arises with that of severely traumatized individuals. In such cases a person will find that they can palliate themselves of their emotional pain by "leaving" their body momentarily. They may for instance experience themselves from a perspective that is outside of their body. Technically this is called a dissociated state.
Although this may feel momentarily protective and comforting what is in fact occurring is a sharp separation between the individual’s Life Force Energy and their physical body. If the individual feels somewhat comforted in this "out of body experience" and they know no other way to deal with the internal emotional pain it may become their default way of alleviating or separating themselves from it and therefore their
body. This dissociative approach to the problem however is both abnormal and incapacitating. What’s more it exists along the same spectrum referred to earlier as the abnormal body/spirit duality phenomenon.
Some curious observers who have been transfixed by this dissociated or dualistic phenomenon have, in my view, naively entertained it as an interesting vehicle to exploring altered states of consciousness and to having what they consider spiritual experiences. Some of these individuals also claim that this is a viable road to spiritual enlightenment i.e. a direct route to the experience of one's higher spiritual self. Does that
conform to the feelings many have about death and dying? What feelings are those you may ask? Well if you reflect on the last time your health was in jeopardy you may recall that you might have felt s certain level of vulnerability, dread,
helplessness and sadness, etc. Does that reflect a blissful spiritual state of being? Hardly! What does that signify? Well if you reflect on it for a moment you’ll see that it represents a preference for life, health and vitality not death. In other words built into your very nature, your very essence is the natural and intense desire for life. Isn’t that where you would prefer to have your spiritual experience?
I would like to remind you once again that those dissociative (i.e. dying) states are precipitated by the negativity that an individual is "forced" to bear through recorded experiences (i.e. memories) of trauma, illness, and the threat of death that they have no other way of discharging than through separating themselves from their bodies. In other words this so called
“spiritual” experience is not coming out of a higher or more profound connection with the energy of love; instead it is coming out of avoidance and a dread of the negativity. It is the dread of the negativity stored in the physical aspect which is forces one to flee their physical body thereby forfeiting the immense energy resources that are their divine right.
Recall from our earlier discussions that the release of negativity from the bio-field led to a profound reconnection with the experience and energy of life. This gives the body a wonderful feeling of rejuvenation and lightness and a strong desire to remain in it. So ultimately it is not the body that is the problem but the negativity stored in it that makes it vulnerable to fragmentation, aging, illness and death. So does it make sense to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” as they say and call the forced separation of Life Force Energy from the body (i.e. death) a spiritual experience? Well I’ll let you decide that one for yourself.