Another benefit of this practice in the physical realm is a great
strengthening of the immune system, which occurs when you inhabit
the body. The more consciousness you bring into the body, the
stronger the immune system, becomes. It is as if every cell awakens
and rejoices. The body loves your attention. It is also a potent form of
self-healing. Most illnesses creep in when you are not present in the
body. If the master is not present in the house, all kinds of shady
characters will take up residence there. When you inhabit your body,
it will be hard for unwanted guests to enter.
It is not only your physical immune system that becomes
strengthened; your psychic immune system is greatly enhanced as
well. The latter protects you from the negative mental-emotional
force fields of others, which are highly contagious. Inhabiting the body
protects you not by putting up a shield, but by raising the frequency
vibration of your total energy field, so that anything that vibrates at a
lower frequency, such as fear, anger, depression, and so on, now
exists in what is virtually a different order of reality. It doesn’t enter
your field of consciousness anymore, or if it does you don’t need to
offer any resistance to it because it passes right through you. Please
don’t just accept or reject what I am saying. Put it to the test.
There is a simple but powerful self-healing meditation that you can do
whenever you feel the need to boost your immune system. It is
particularly effective if used when you feel the first symptoms of an
illness, but it also works with illnesses that are already entrenched if
you use it at frequent intervals and with an intense focus. It will also
counteract any disruption of your energy field by some form of
negativity. However, it is not a substitute for the moment-to-moment
practice of being in the body; otherwise, its effect will only be
temporary. Here it is.
When you are unoccupied for a few minutes, and especially last thing
at night before falling asleep and first thing in the morning before
getting up, “flood” your body with consciousness. Close your eyes. Lie
flat on your back. Choose different parts of your body to focus your
attention on briefly at first: hands, feet, arms, legs, abdomen, chest,
head, and so on. Feel the life energy inside those parts as intensely as
you can. Stay with each part for fifteen seconds or so. Then let your
attention run through the body like a wave a few times, from feet to
head and back again. This need only take a minute or so. After that,
feel the inner body in its totality, as a single field of energy. Hold that
feeling for a few minutes. Be intensely present during that time,
present in every cell of your body. Don’t be concerned if the mind
occasionally succeeds in drawing your attention out of the body and
you lose yourself in some thought. As soon as you notice that this has
happened, just return your attention to the inner body.