Post by Laurasia on Mar 23, 2005 14:10:06 GMT -5
Lesson 4 - Heredity & Environmental Factors
EXERCISE A
It's time for you now to take an inventory of your
own body clues. As you answer the questions below,
some ideas about past-lives may occur to you. Be sure
to make note of these in response to question 18,
which asks for any additional comments you may have
regarding the exercise. But if you don;t get any
hunches as you go along, that's okay too. What's
important now is just that you think about & answer
the questions. This will give you several useful clues
as to your previous incarnations. Time & guidelines
for weaving these clues together to form comprehensive
past-life theories will be provided later on in the
course.
SECTION ONE : PHYSICAL STRENGTHS
1) Consider your childhood as well as the present
time. Did you, or do you, have any special body skills
& characteristics that are physical strengths?
Examples of this might be strong, broad hands that
enable you to play the piano, or finger dexterity that
allows you to do precision work, such as building
model building. List any such physical traits you
possess; then indicate which of these you ewre
apparently born with or developed naturally at an
early age, as opposed to those you worked consciously
to develop.
2) Again considering your childhood as well as the
present, are any of your five senses particularly
sharp? If so, state which of your senses is special in
this way & describe the ways in which this acuteness
is demonstrated.
3) Have you ever had any special athletic ability,
either now or in the past? List your specific skills,
as well as the body strengths necessary for these
abilities. For example, you might list cross-country
skiing, which would require great stamina & strong
legs. Or maybe as a child you were the table-top
tennis champion of your block; this would show
exceptional hand-eye coordination.
SECTION TWO : PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES
4) List any trouble spots in your body where you
frequently experience illness or discomfort. Include
any chronic health problems (such as a bad back or
recurrent sinusitis) as well as areas where illness
tends to crop up repeatedly for you (for example,
periodoc trouble in the stomach or the respiratory
system). Indicate any of these problems that
especially bothersome to your mental outlook.
5) List any of your senses that are especially weak
or are nonfunctional.
SECTION THREE : BIRTHMARKS & FEATURES
6) List any birthmarks you may have & state where
they're located. If you have feelings about any of
these marks, be sure to note them as well.
7) Do you have any specific features that others
often notice or that you are particularly aware of?
For example, maybe others frequently comment on your
tiny feet. Or maybe you have always been very aware of
having a long neck. Note any such features here, as
well as whether you consider each one to be an asset
or a problem.
SECTION FOUR : YOUR BEHAVIOR REGARDING YOUR BODY
8) List any habits you have involving the care &/or
use of your body that are unlike those of most people
you know.
9) List any body habits you make a conscious effort
to maintain.
10) Do you have any body habits about which others
have complained? What are they?
SECTION FIVE : YOUR ATTRIBUTES TOWARD THE BODY
11) What physical ability do you wish for or have
you striven to acquire?
12) Is there any particular physical injury or
weakness you are afraid of having to face?
13) Are there any physical body types that you find
generally attractive or repulsive? Explain.
14) What physical characteristics do you look for &
admire in others?
15) Have you ever suddenly been attracted to a
person? Describe what you consider to be that person's
most striking physical characteristics.
16) Have you ever had an unreasonable dislike for
anyone? What physical traits of this person do you
remember?
17) What physical weakness or handicap do you
notice most readily in others? How do you feel about
people who have this condition?
SECTION SIX : GENERAL COMMENTS
18) Are there any other insights that have occured
to you as a result of this exercise? Include, but
don't limit yourself to, any past-life theories
suggested to you by this inventory of your body & your
feelings towards it.
Just as our physical heredity can reflect past-life
influences, the environmental forces that appear to
shape our interests, abilities, & temperament can be
seen as instruments bringing our soul patterns into
action in this three-dimensional world. Our early
interests, our fears & distastes, & even our talents &
hobbies may on the surface be traced to people who
inspired us, educational experiences that whetted an
appetite or ability, early traumas that awakened a
fear, & so on. But the deeper question remains: Did
those environmental influences arise strikly by
accident? Or did they come our way in order to awaken
certain patterns the soul needed to experience? During
this course we're going to work under the hypothesis
that there is indeed a reason behind the specific
environmental circumstances into which each of us was
born. Thus we can look to our interests, fears &
talents to discover clues to past experience.
Sometimes the things that we liked to do when we
were children can tell us about our earliest
inclinations. Many times these activities are
forgotten by the time we're adults. But we're left to
wonder: could those very early interests, talents &
hobbies be clues to carryovers from our previous
incarnations?
Sincerely,
Laurasia
EXERCISE A
It's time for you now to take an inventory of your
own body clues. As you answer the questions below,
some ideas about past-lives may occur to you. Be sure
to make note of these in response to question 18,
which asks for any additional comments you may have
regarding the exercise. But if you don;t get any
hunches as you go along, that's okay too. What's
important now is just that you think about & answer
the questions. This will give you several useful clues
as to your previous incarnations. Time & guidelines
for weaving these clues together to form comprehensive
past-life theories will be provided later on in the
course.
SECTION ONE : PHYSICAL STRENGTHS
1) Consider your childhood as well as the present
time. Did you, or do you, have any special body skills
& characteristics that are physical strengths?
Examples of this might be strong, broad hands that
enable you to play the piano, or finger dexterity that
allows you to do precision work, such as building
model building. List any such physical traits you
possess; then indicate which of these you ewre
apparently born with or developed naturally at an
early age, as opposed to those you worked consciously
to develop.
2) Again considering your childhood as well as the
present, are any of your five senses particularly
sharp? If so, state which of your senses is special in
this way & describe the ways in which this acuteness
is demonstrated.
3) Have you ever had any special athletic ability,
either now or in the past? List your specific skills,
as well as the body strengths necessary for these
abilities. For example, you might list cross-country
skiing, which would require great stamina & strong
legs. Or maybe as a child you were the table-top
tennis champion of your block; this would show
exceptional hand-eye coordination.
SECTION TWO : PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES
4) List any trouble spots in your body where you
frequently experience illness or discomfort. Include
any chronic health problems (such as a bad back or
recurrent sinusitis) as well as areas where illness
tends to crop up repeatedly for you (for example,
periodoc trouble in the stomach or the respiratory
system). Indicate any of these problems that
especially bothersome to your mental outlook.
5) List any of your senses that are especially weak
or are nonfunctional.
SECTION THREE : BIRTHMARKS & FEATURES
6) List any birthmarks you may have & state where
they're located. If you have feelings about any of
these marks, be sure to note them as well.
7) Do you have any specific features that others
often notice or that you are particularly aware of?
For example, maybe others frequently comment on your
tiny feet. Or maybe you have always been very aware of
having a long neck. Note any such features here, as
well as whether you consider each one to be an asset
or a problem.
SECTION FOUR : YOUR BEHAVIOR REGARDING YOUR BODY
8) List any habits you have involving the care &/or
use of your body that are unlike those of most people
you know.
9) List any body habits you make a conscious effort
to maintain.
10) Do you have any body habits about which others
have complained? What are they?
SECTION FIVE : YOUR ATTRIBUTES TOWARD THE BODY
11) What physical ability do you wish for or have
you striven to acquire?
12) Is there any particular physical injury or
weakness you are afraid of having to face?
13) Are there any physical body types that you find
generally attractive or repulsive? Explain.
14) What physical characteristics do you look for &
admire in others?
15) Have you ever suddenly been attracted to a
person? Describe what you consider to be that person's
most striking physical characteristics.
16) Have you ever had an unreasonable dislike for
anyone? What physical traits of this person do you
remember?
17) What physical weakness or handicap do you
notice most readily in others? How do you feel about
people who have this condition?
SECTION SIX : GENERAL COMMENTS
18) Are there any other insights that have occured
to you as a result of this exercise? Include, but
don't limit yourself to, any past-life theories
suggested to you by this inventory of your body & your
feelings towards it.
Just as our physical heredity can reflect past-life
influences, the environmental forces that appear to
shape our interests, abilities, & temperament can be
seen as instruments bringing our soul patterns into
action in this three-dimensional world. Our early
interests, our fears & distastes, & even our talents &
hobbies may on the surface be traced to people who
inspired us, educational experiences that whetted an
appetite or ability, early traumas that awakened a
fear, & so on. But the deeper question remains: Did
those environmental influences arise strikly by
accident? Or did they come our way in order to awaken
certain patterns the soul needed to experience? During
this course we're going to work under the hypothesis
that there is indeed a reason behind the specific
environmental circumstances into which each of us was
born. Thus we can look to our interests, fears &
talents to discover clues to past experience.
Sometimes the things that we liked to do when we
were children can tell us about our earliest
inclinations. Many times these activities are
forgotten by the time we're adults. But we're left to
wonder: could those very early interests, talents &
hobbies be clues to carryovers from our previous
incarnations?
Sincerely,
Laurasia