The 3 Bodies

Believing we are a body is the greatest obstacle to awakening.

But there are two bodies; the physical body with its many needs and the ego body with its psychological needs. Both are real. Both are seen. And both effect the “witness”.

What is the witness?
Isn’t it true that the witness is usually the spiritual super-ego?
The spiritual super-ego is that informed being that “knows what it means to be spiritual and enlightened.” It is the spiritual judge.

When you experience impatience, envy, or anger - isn’t it true that the “witness” condemns the Ego Body?

When this is noticed we are given a precious gift. It’s seen that there are really three bodies - the physical, the egoistic, and the judge.

Once we are clear on what really constitutes the full body, we can really experience what it means to be living in the light of awareness.

But even knowledge can be a barrier.

Using the most careful of observations we can see that the “judge” is also the” knower”. For so many of us, it is this judge become the crutch with which we traverse the rocky terrain of the spiritual pathways. Just seeing it may not be enough. As long as we identify with the judge/knower, we are not likely to experience the pure light of authentic awakening.

Although I tend to rail against methods (maybe that’s my own judge), here is something that might work for you to see “through” the icy authority of the judge. Anytime a thought constellation emerges that affirms any sort of body - physical, egoistic, or judge - try inserting the honest truth that you don’t really know what a body is. This simple “I don’t know” can really take you a long way.

In truth, you really don’t know what your body is. And since so many teachers have said that we are not the body, any belief or experience that asserts that we are the body, must be a mistruth - a lie. So when you complain about your body, or experience anger, envy, irritation, compulsive pleasing that relates to an ego need, or that you judge yourself or others of any of this - just realize that you don’t have a clue what a body is and really mean it, for, in truth, you don’t.

You should discover that what you have associated with your body, whether it be physical, egoistic, or judgmental, is really just energy and not “your own” at all. We just let it all be exactly as it is.

We come to realize that what we are is the unmoving hub of existence being the energetic show of light and motion. Once this is seen and sustained and once we realize that we have believed in every falsehood that has ever existed, we can live in the light of compassion and understanding.



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