As we explore quantum body
and beyond
the new science of living a longer,
healthier and more vital life,
I'd like to share with you today
an idea on
how you can actually live
in the physical world,
but at all times
be connected to your quantum body
and to the quantum reality
which pervades
the entire universe.
In order to understand this,
I think
the first thing to realize is that
your physical body
is the appearance
that
your quantum body takes on
as a result of entropy.
So your physical body is
an appearance.
How do you know you have a
physical body?
You see it as a form, right?
So the most compelling
experience of physicality is form.
You see it.
You also experience
your body as solid, okay?
Through the experience
called touch.
These two,
seeing and touching,
are the most
convincing evidence
that something is physical.
Of course you can make a noise
with it.
You can taste it, you can smell it.
But let's say
you were only experiencing
the noise or the taste or smell.
You wouldn't know
that there is something
called the physical body
or that which
we call the physical body.
You would just experience, smell
or taste or sound.
But once you see it
and you touch it,
then the concept of
physicality emerges.
So why is meditation important,
especially when we close our eyes?
First of all, the form disappears.
Okay.
And in meditation, you're not tasting
or smelling anything.
You're not making
any other sounds, all you experience
as the body is sensations.
And all you experience
as the body are also maybe emotions,
sensations, emotions.
You experience thoughts,
you experience thoughts, but
there's nothing else.
So there's no evidence of
a physical body
when the eyes are closed and
when the other senses have kind of
quieted down and there's only
sensation of the body.
And then along with the sensation
of the body,
maybe some emotions and thoughts.
And now you're getting closer
to the quantum body
and therefore
experiencing the body
through feelings, sensations,
through the sensation
we call breath,
is getting you closer
to the quantum body
before it has
differentiated
into mind,
intellect, ego,
and ultimately the appearance
of the ego body, the conceptual body,
the karmic body,
whatever you want to call it,
which is a projection
of the
interpretation of past experiences.
So one way to get close to
your quantum body is to continually
experience
it by feeling it, feeling
the sensations of the body,
and that includes feeling the breath.
So breath is also a sensation
in the body.
So now you're getting
closer and closer.
And when you use
a mantra meditation
or mindful awareness,
when you bring awareness
to any sensation in the body,
you allow the sensation
to completely dissolve.
Then you have reached
the most fundamental level
of existence, which is
quantum reality.
So then you realize,
and this takes
a bit of time to realize,
that your body, your physical body,
and what we call the physical universe,
are a single field
of energy, information
and ultimately consciousness.
The body is your connection
to what we may
metaphorically call
the cosmic computer,
which is organizing an infinity
of events, all simultaneously,
by listening to your body
and responding to it with awareness
(and listening means listening to
the sensations, feeling the body,
including feeling the breath),
by listening to the body
and responding to it with awareness,
you tap
into the field
of infinite possibilities,
where the natural experience is peace,
harmony and joy.
So that
is why the quantum body
is also referred to as the causal body.
Causal body, because it, itself
has no cause.
It is acausal and it is
ultimately without form.
So what else can you do
to experience your causal body?
What else you can do
is you can actually
transcend
all perceptual activity
through mantra practice.
You can trace every perceptual activity
to its source
and ultimately
you can also experience your body
as it really is, which is totally
without form.
So now let's try this, okay?
Close your eyes
and just feel the sensations
in your body.
That's it.
Feel the breath
in your body.
Now become
aware of your internal dialog,
the conversation
that you're having with yourself.
And if you're
remembering a pleasant
experience, your body will feel
energetic
and pleasurable.
If you're recalling
an unpleasant experience,
your body will experience
unpleasant sensations.
That's why we call this
the karmic, conceptual body.
Behind this is the real causal body,
which is often referred to
as the bliss body.
And if you want to activate the
Bliss body, then commit yourself
to the following three things.
#1 - make choices to maximize
the energy in the body.
Realize that the body is
a connection to the universe's
infinite supply of energy.
If you're feeling a lack of energy
in any way, it means that you're
resisting the flow
of this infinite supply.
So ask your body what it needs
and follow its advice.
The ideal state is to experience
such lightness,
such lightness of being
that you do not feel
bounded by the body at all.
It and the universe are one.
#2 - Before you act on
any emotion, consult your heart.
Your heart is a reliable guide,
and when you put your trust in it,
it will help you experience
empathy, compassion and love.
The heart is the seat
of emotional intelligence.
Emotional intelligence
allows you
to get in touch with your deeper Self.
It nurtures all relationships
by reminding you to
see yourself in the other.
Empathy.
#3 - Understand
that the quantum
body is experienced
as lightness of being.
Lightness of being in
your body will be your indicator
of joy and happiness.
If you feel heavy or dull in the body,
then pay attention,
because these
feelings are signs that you
are suffering from inertia
and the force of habit
rather than experiencing
the potential in every present
moment for freshness
and new life.
And the best
way to replenish the body is to
give it what it needs right now.
Right now,
whether it's
sleep or rest,
life giving, nourishment,
the joy of movement
or communion with nature.
So those are ways to get in touch
with your quantum body.
Let's go a little
even further and close your eyes.
And as you breathe in,
feel your body
filling up with
formless awareness.
Fill your head.
Filling up with formless awareness.
Fill your chest,
fill your abdomen, fill your limbs.
Filling up with formless awareness,
transparent, translucent.
And let the edges
of the body now dissolve.
So you,
as the formless,
are one
with the universe
and the cosmic mind, which
is also formless.
That formless,
causal body of the universe
is projecting itself
as the
appearance of the universe,
including the appearance
of the physical body.
So let's summarize.
Listen to your body.
Understand
that your body is connected to
the infinite source of energy
and information
of the universe, which is doing
almost an infinite
number of things simultaneously.
Feel your body,
feel your breath,
and then go beyond that
to experience the formless nature
of your body and
ultimately the mind of God,
the divine mind,
which is appearing
as a constantly changing
physical body and a physical universe,
and then listen to
how to self-regulate it by
attention, intention,
and just by being aware
of what your body needs
in the present moment.
So I hope this helps a little bit.
And if it does, we can actually
expand these exercises more.
Getting in touch
and knowing your quantum body
as your real body.
Thank you.