by maadivinebody | Mar 10, 2026 | Upcoming Workshops
Being close to The Divine All the Time
Online workshop | 8 Sundays
7 to 8 am IST | 5th April to 24th May 2026
Facilitator : Arul Dev
For any sadhana, inner practice, meditation, or breath work, there is one essential movement — to connect to Source Consciousness. When we truly open to the Divine, it is both a great risk and a profound joy from the human point of view, because we change. In response to our offering The Divine Force responds and enters into our being. The Divine’s Light, Force, Will, Joy, Harmony, Peace, and Delight begin to flow within, shaping and reshaping our inner being.
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by maadivinebody | Mar 6, 2026 | Upcoming Retreat
Your Golden Purpose – A Retreat for Remembering the Soul’s Contract
Date: 9th May 2026 5 pm to 13th May 2026 10 am IST
Venue: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Madhuban, Talla Ramgarh, Ramgarh, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 263137
Primary Facilitator : Arul Dev
Supporting Facilitator: Shweta C Rajurkar
CONTEXT:
It is the age of Individuation now. Even at a young age there is a thirst to discover one’s deeper purpose and potentials, and to intuit ahead what path is opening for one to progress spiritually and in the manifestation of one’s work and life. The age of conforming to religion, family, elders, or even established norms in society is falling apart. This opens up great opportunities for progress, and at the same time great chaos, as the untransformed parts of the self and collective grab at the increased freedom.
Even those who missed their inmost discovery in their younger years are now being compelled by life and the universe to discover the psychic’s (soul’s) presence in the depth of the heart. It is this presence that holds the ‘seeds’ of our golden purpose. Goals and purpose take care of our living, comforts, needs, and growing up. Golden purpose gives the secret code for our inner and outer fulfilment.
Arul Dev, after 31 years of exploring and discovering deeper purpose for self and others, and waiting for the psychic turn to form sufficiently, is now offering this retreat in the Himalayas.
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by maadivinebody | Feb 16, 2026 | Deeper Body Practices - Inner Practices
Session Overview: The Body’s History and its Pure Substance
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High-level Glance: This session explores the dual nature of the body—its historical content (stored emotions, thoughts, and ancestral/evolutionary memories) and its pure substance (divine matter untouched by history). The goal is to move beyond mere purification of the past and touch the sacred substance of the body. Towards this acceptance, offering, and descent into the consciousness “below” supports.
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Experiential Foundations of the Practice
The Concept of Non-Sequential Mastery Mastery in this work does not come from a rigid, sequential format. You are encouraged to experiment and play with the methods daily to find your own unique rhythm. The effectiveness of any body transformation—whether emotional, sensorial, or mental—depends entirely on the height of the Source you connect to.
The Two Parts of the Body Experientially, the body consists of two dimensions:
1. The History: This includes not just your personal emotions and thoughts, but the collective history of rocks, crystals, animals, and plants stored within your cells.
2. Beyond History (Pure Substance): This is the body’s pure substance, or divine matter, which remains untouched by universal or personal history.
The Shift from History to Substance Most practices focus 99% of the time on “historical content”—working through pains and emotions. While this is good for purification, staying caught there limits transformation. This session invites you to embrace the body substance itself. A great support for this is moving into the domains of the subconscious and unconscient to discover the sacred within there, which will support you to access pure substance within more parts of the body.
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Guided Inner Practice: Step-by-Step
Phase 1: Touching the Body Substance
1. Initial Awareness: Close your eyes and attempt to touch your body’s substance with your awareness. Just as you would feel your skin with your hands, take your awareness inside to sense the content of each part—noticing colors, images, or sensations.
2. Practicing Acceptance: As you travel through the body, you may encounter tightness or unconsciousness. Accept everything fully—the tiny victories, the defeats, the stresses, and the “deathlike” states. Do not fight the history; adopt a posture of utmost passivity.
3. Noticing Reactions: Observe your subtle reactions—hurry, avoidance, or shifts in breath—as you move through different areas. Try to remain in the body rather than running away from discomfort.
4. Sensorial Offering: Beyond thought, practice a sensorial “melting” posture. Allow the body to slightly drop down into gravity. With an attitude of offering, turn the entire history of the body (front and back of body) to the Divine above, the Divine within, or a Master’s presence.
In regular practices from here itself you can sense the depth of substance at depth of each part, in the aspiration to discover pure substance.
Phase 2: The Descent (As Above, So Below)
1. Connecting to the Sole of feet: Bring your awareness and breath into the soles of your feet. It does not matter if your feet are cross-legged or on the ground.
2. Dropping Down: Allow your awareness to “drop down” from the soles into the space below. For some, this feels like entering the earth or soil; for others, it feels like entering different qualities of consciousness or vast space.
3. Invoking the Sacred: As you explore this depth and wideness in the depth below, invoke the Divine presence.
◦ Silent Sound: Pick a point of concentration in this depth below and silently utter a sound there (not in your throat). Feel the vibration at that specific point for several seconds.
◦ Light and Form: If it feels natural, request and invoke a flame or a flower (which may look different from physical ones) to become present in this space.
◦ Concrete Connection: You may connect this entire “below” region to a physical representation of the sacred, such as a Sacred Mountain, a Samadhi, or the Matrimandir.
Phase 3: Integration and Return
1. Consecration: Aspire that the sacredness discovered below guides the entire transformation of your inner space.
2. The Return: Slowly allow your awareness to revert to your body. It may land in your feet, the cave of your heart, or above your head.
3. Final Bow: Touch the substance of your body once more. Even if the light or joy is not yet fully discovered, intuitively bow down to the pure substance within the depth of your matter. Allow this substance to become the leader of your body before closing the practice
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How do I distinguish the body’s history from its pure substance?
To distinguish the body’s history from its pure substance, you must move beyond a mental understanding and engage in a sensorial exploration of your inner state. While the history is the “content” you often get caught in, the substance is the “sacred matter” that remains untouched by time or experience.
High-Level Glance: History vs. Pure Substance
• The Body’s History: A vast storehouse of personal and universal experiences, including emotions, thoughts, ancestral memories (animals, plants, rocks), and physical stresses. It is often experienced as pain, density, or specific images.
• The Pure Substance: The divine matter within the body that is untouched by history. It is found in the depth of the body and is characterized by qualities of light, joy, or a golden flow, even if these are not yet fully visible to you.
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Experiential Distinctions
1. The “Content” vs. The “Mass” When you travel through your body with awareness, you will naturally encounter the historical content first. This manifests as your subtle reactions—hurry, avoidance, or disappointments—to specific areas of tightness or unconsciousness. To find the pure substance, you must look past these reactions and attempt to “touch” the body’s actual mass and density with your awareness, much like you would feel the weight of an object in your hand.
2. Purification vs. Transformation Working on the body’s history (pain and emotions) is necessary for purification. However, staying focused only on this content can keep you trapped in an endless loop of processing. Distinguishing the pure substance requires a shift in interest: instead of trying to “fix” the history, you practice embracing the body substance itself through a posture of offering.
3. The Role of Acceptance and Offering
• Acceptance allows you to acknowledge the history without fighting it. By accepting the “defeat” of your stresses and illnesses, you stop being reactive to the historical content.
• Offering is the bridge to the pure substance. It is a “melting posture” where you sensorially drop the body’s weight into gravity and turn the history over to a higher Source, allowing the underlying sacred substance to emerge.
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Guided Practice: Distinguishing and Touching the Substance
To move from the history to the substance, follow these detailed steps:
Step 1: Sensorial Awareness of History
• Close your eyes and move your awareness through different parts of your body.
• Notice the history as it arises: identify any pains, specific emotions, or colors/images associated with different areas.
• Observe your subtle reactions: Do you want to run away from certain parts? Is there a shift in your breath? Simply notice these “likes and dislikes” that govern how you move through your history.
Step 2: The Posture of Absolute Acceptance
• To reach the substance, you must first pass through the history with utmost passivity.
• Fully accept everything you find—the stresses, the wrong postures, and even “deathlike” or dark currents.
• Do not try to change them; accept them as a “defeat” or a simple fact of the body’s past.
Step 3: Touching the Pure Substance
• Once you have accepted the history, practice a sensorial “melting”. Allow your body to slightly drop into gravity.
• Aspire to touch the body’s mass and density beyond the pain or emotion.
• Even if you cannot see light or joy yet, have the faith that divine matter exists at the depth of every cell. Bow down intuitively to this substance within your own matter.
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How can I invoke the ‘Divine’ below my feet?
To invoke the Divine in the space below your feet, you must transition from your physical awareness into a “consciousness below,” using a combination of breath, silent vibration, and invocation. This practice follows the formula “as above, so below,” seeking to discover the sacred within the subconscient and unconscient domains.
High-Level Summary of the Invocation
• The Entry Point: Focus your awareness and breath into the soles of your feet.
• The Descent: Allow your consciousness to drop down into the space, soil, or vastness beneath you.
• Methods of Invocation: Use silent sounds (vibrations felt below), sacred symbols (flames or flowers), and concrete connections (linking the space to a Samadhi or Sacred Mountain).
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Detailed Step-by-Step Guided Practice
1. Establishing the Connection
Begin by bringing your full awareness and breath into the soles of your feet. It does not matter if your feet are resting on the ground or are cross-legged; the focus is on the substance and quality within the soles. Keeping your awareness here is itself a practice that can purify and heal the body.
2. Dropping into the “Below”
Slowly allow your awareness to “drop down” from your feet into the domain below. This experience varies by individual:
• It may feel like you are descending into earth, soil, or ground.
• It may feel like you are entering vast space or different qualities of consciousness. Stay in this depth and wideness, simply observing what you notice there.
3. Invoking through Aspiration and Sound
Once you have sensed a point of concentration in this lower space, begin the active invocation:
• Aspiration: Maintain a simple, steady inner call or aspiration to discover the sacred or divine presence in this depth.
• Silent Sound: Pick specific points in this vastness below and silently utter a sound or chant like OM. It is crucial that you do not utter the sound in your throat; instead, “utter” it at the point of concentration below.
• Vibration: Focus on feeling the vibration at that specific point for several seconds before moving to another point. This helps make the invocation “concrete” within the lower consciousness.
4. Invoking through Form and Sacred Symbols
If it feels natural, you can request a visual representation of the Divine to become present:
• Flame or Flower: Concentrate and request a sacred flame or a flower to appear in the space below. Note that these may look different from their physical counterparts.
• Concrete Representations: To ground the practice, connect this entire “below” region to a physical representation of the Divine, such as a Master’s Samadhi, the Matrimandir, or a Sacred Mountain.
5. Consecration and Integration
Conclude by aspiring that the sacredness you have discovered below guides the entire transformation of your inner space. Consecrate the space to the Divine and slowly allow your awareness to revert to your body, landing in your feet, your heart, or above your head. Finally, bow down intuitively to the pure substance within your matter, letting it become the “leader” of your body
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What is the relationship between the subconscient and body history?
The relationship between the body’s history and the subconscient is one of content and domain. While the “history” consists of the stored experiences within the cells, the subconscient (and unconscient) is described as a deeper domain “below” that can be accessed to transform the roots of that history, such as fear.
The Nature of Body History
The body’s history is a vast, multi-layered storehouse of information. It is not merely limited to personal memories but includes:
• Personal and Collective Experiences: All your thoughts and emotions are stored within the body.
• Evolutionary Memory: The history includes every experience of “the rock, the crystals, the animals, the plants,” as well as what may be termed “past lives.”
• Sensorial Manifestations: This “historical content” often manifests as physical pain, emotional blocks, or specific inner images and colors.
The Subconscient as the “Domain Below”
The subconscient is explored as a specific source or domain that is often less investigated than the “consciousness above.”
• Location in Practice: To access the subconscient, you connect to the soles of your feet and “drop down” into the consciousness below.
• The Content of the Below: Upon entering this domain, you initially encounter “untransformed zones.” These zones are often characterized by fear and other hidden historical elements that haven’t been processed.
Key Relationship: Transformation of Fear and History
The relationship between these two concepts is primarily focused on transformation:
• Purification vs. Transformation: Focusing 99% of the time on “historical content” (pains and emotions) is useful for purification, but the sources warn that staying caught there can keep you in an endless loop of processing.
• Accessing the Root: By descending into the subconscient and unconscient (the below), you can discover something “sacred” that acts as a powerful transformative force.
• The Result of Discovery: Discovering the sacred within the subconscient is specifically credited with transforming fear and fundamentally changing the subconscious itself.
In summary, while body history is the “what” (the accumulated records of the past), the subconscient is the “where” (the deeper domain below) where the most stubborn parts of that history, like fear, reside. By invoking the Divine in the subconscient, you allow that sacredness to “guide the entire transformation” of your inner space and body substance.
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How does discovering the sacred below help transform my fears?
Discovering the sacred below—referring to the domain of the subconscient and unconscient—is described as a powerful catalyst for transformation because it addresses the root of fear where it resides in the body’s depth.
Here is how this process helps transform your fears according to the sources:
1. Accessing the Root in the “Below”
The sources explain that while we often focus on surface-level emotions, a significant portion of our “history” and untransformed energy is stored in the subconscious and unconscient. To reach this area, the practice involves connecting to the soles of the feet and “dropping down” into the consciousness below. By entering this domain, you move beyond mere purification of symptoms and engage with the “untransformed zones” where deep-seated fear is held.
2. Introducing a High-Vibration Source
Transformation in the body depends entirely on the height of the Source you connect to. By specifically invoking the Divine or the sacred within the “below,” you are introducing a powerful, high-frequency presence into the very place where fear exists.
If you discover something sacred in this depth, it is “very transformative because it transforms your fear” and begins to fundamentally change the subconscious.
3. Replacing Fear with Sacred Presence
The guided practice suggests replacing the “untransformed” quality of these zones with sacred vibrations and symbols:
• Silent Sound: By uttering a sound silently at specific points in the depth below, you create a vibration that acts upon that space.
• Sacred Symbols: Invoking a flame or a flower in these deep regions provides a concrete point of concentration for the Divine presence.
• Concrete Connections: Linking the “below” to a sacred physical representation, such as a Samadhi or a Sacred Mountain, helps anchor the transformation in a concrete way.
4. Guiding the Entire Transformation
Once the sacredness is discovered or invoked in the domain below, you aspire for that sacredness to guide the entire transformation of the space. This shift allows the “pure substance” of the body—the divine matter untouched by history—to emerge as the leader of the body, rather than being governed by the historical reactions of fear, dislike, or avoidance.
In summary, the act of discovering the sacred below doesn’t just “fix” fear; it replaces the subconscious foundation of fear with a sacred presence that can then lead the healing and transformation of the entire inner space
by maadivinebody | Feb 11, 2026 | Deeper Body Practices - Inner Practices
Session 4 – Purification to Radiance Summary – 8th February 2026
SUMMARY NOTES
Deep Body Work: Exploring Interconnectedness and Divine Presence
This session explores a deeper approach to body work that can be integrated with any existing physical, emotional, or spiritual practice. The fundamental premise is that the body is not a collection of isolated parts but a web of interconnected points where sensations and emotions radiate across the entire system.
The Experiential Understanding of Interconnectedness
To understand how to work with the body, one must first recognize that nothing in the body is isolated. For instance, a physical pain in the shoulder may radiate into the chest, the fingers, or a specific point on the palm. Similarly, an emotional blockage, such as a “choked” throat, may trigger sensitivity in the eyes or other parts of the body.
The practice is likened to loosening the soil around a plant. If you wish to uproot a plant with its roots intact, you do not dig aggressively in one spot; instead, you gently loosen the soil on all sides. In the same way, when dealing with a physical or emotional challenge, rather than “banging on” the pain nerve directly, we bring neutral awareness to the surrounding areas and interconnected points to allow the substance to loosen naturally.
The body is viewed as a sacred substance with the highest capacity to hold truth. Seventy percent of this work is not about “solving” problems, but about bowing down to the body and recognizing that its very cells contain “liquefied light” and an inherent affinity for truth.
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Guided Inner Practice: Step-by-Step Instructions
This practice should be done with love, care, and a subtle touch, much like the lingering vibration of a gently struck singing bowl.
Step 1: Establishing Contact and Identifying Points
• Close your eyes and contact your body, remembering that this work is a fundamental shift in how you engage with life.
• Select a physical challenge or an emotional/psychological state you wish to work on.
• Identify two or three interconnected points. Do not use logic; instead, observe where the sensation radiates flow across and trigger into other parts of body.
• Sense the “transmission noise” in the body—perhaps a tensing finger, a tight stomach, or a shift in weight. Bow down to this internal intelligence.
Step 2: The Subtle Loosening (10 Minutes)
• Take your awareness to the area of difficulty, but do not poke directly into the problem sensation.
• Move your awareness gently “on the side” of the pain or blockage.
• Plunge your awareness as deep as possible into the substance of the body, then pause.
• In that pause, melt into a receptive, surrendered posture. Like a breath, the “gap” between the movement of awareness is also where the connection occurs.
• Observe how the sensations transmit and shift across the body as things begin to fall into harmony.
Step 3: Visiting the “Quiet Body Parts” (6–7 Minutes)
• Many parts of the body remain dormant or unvisited, causing flow to get stuck.
• Consciously choose to visit “unvisited” parts—the earlobes, the pelvic region, the tongue, or even the buttocks.
• Treat these parts like quiet children in a classroom who have potential but are often missed.
• Again, touch these areas deeply with your awareness and melt into a surrendered posture, waiting for the cell to open.
Step 4: Connecting to the Divine Subtle Body (5 Minutes)
• Allow your entire body to become a melting, receptive vessel.
• Connect your body to a Divine presence in a way that feels direct and intimate.
• You may place your awareness at the feet, heart, or head of a Master (such as The Mother or Sri Aurobindo), or even within a sacred location like a Samadhi, a mountain, or a cave where a Master lived.
• Wait quietly until you feel something concrete and real-time, such as a “light substance” or a “golden body,” which may differ from mental images.
• Place your breath within that presence and allow your body to stay in contact with whatever unfolds.
Step 5: Integration and Closure
• Let go of all effort and simply be with your breath.
• Give yourself a few moments of absolutely “not doing” anything, allowing the Divine to complete the work.
• Carry this state of receptivity into your daily life and relationships
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How can I identify interconnected points of pain in my body?
To identify interconnected points of pain or difficulty in your body, you must move beyond logical thinking and instead rely on a deep, sensory understanding of your body’s internal intelligence. You can identify these points through the following process:
• Establish a Quiet Awareness: Begin by closing your eyes and calming yourself. Keep your attention on the overall body rather than focusing solely on the specific area of pain.
• Observe Radiations: When you focus on a physical challenge, such as shoulder pain, notice how that sensation radiates to other areas. You may feel a slight pain in your chest, a sensation in your finger, or a specific point on your palm. The sources note that nothing in the body is isolated; sensations, both good and bad, are transmitted across the entire system.
• Identify “Transmission Noise”: While keeping your awareness on the primary area of difficulty, sense the rest of your body to locate interconnected transmissions. Look for subtle physical triggers or “noise,” such as:
◦ A tensing finger.
◦ A tightening or bracing of the stomach.
◦ An imbalance in how your weight is distributed on one side.
◦ Toes moving into a specific posture.
• Look for Emotional Triggers: If you are working with an emotional blockage, such as a “choked” throat, casually observe what other states are triggered. You might notice the sensation moving to your eyes or other specific parts of your body.
• Practice Neutral Observation: Stay quiet for a couple of minutes, maintaining contact with the primary part you are observing while remaining aware of all other parts of the body. Avoid using logic to figure out where the connection “should” be; instead, wait and see what actually presents itself in real-time.
Identifying these interconnected points is the first step toward a true transformation, as you cannot fully resolve a difficulty in one part of the body without addressing the points it is connected to.
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How can I visit unvisited body parts to release dormancy?
To visit unvisited body parts and release dormancy, you should treat these areas like “quieter children” in a classroom who have potential but are often overlooked because other, louder parts (like areas of pain) demand all the attention.
You can engage in this practice through the following steps:
• Consciously Choose “Unvisited” Areas: Identify parts of your body that you rarely think about or feel. Examples provided in the sources include your earlobes, the pelvic region, the tongue, or even your buttocks.
• Establish Deep Sensory Contact: Take your awareness to one of these chosen areas and plunge it as deep as possible into the substance of those cells. Instead of just thinking about the body part, you must “sensorially become present to what is there”.
• Adopt a Surrendered Posture: Once you have touched the area with your awareness, immediately move into a “melting surrendered posture”. Do not try to “do” anything or force a change; simply wait quietly in that receptive state.
• Maintain a Gentle Rhythm: Move intuitively from one unvisited part to another, spending a few minutes at each location. You can give dedicated blocks of time, such as six or seven minutes, specifically for these quieter regions.
The goal of this practice is to restore flow where it has become stuck or dormant. We explain that because the body is an interconnected circuit, opening up even one unvisited cell allows a “higher” influence to immediately flow through and affect other parts of the system
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What does it mean to connect to a Master’s subtle body?
Connecting to a Master’s subtle body is a direct and intimate practice of linking your entire physical being to a divine presence. Rather than relying on memory or mental images, it is an experiential contact with a “light substance” or “golden body” that exists in a real-time, inner dimension.
Key aspects of this connection include:
• Direct Physical Focus: You can establish this connection by placing your awareness at specific points of the Master’s presence, such as their feet, heart, or head. The goal is to feel the actual “inner dimension of their body substance”.
• Connecting Through Sacred Spaces: The connection can also be facilitated by placing your awareness within a Samadhi, a mountain, or a cave where a Master lived. Because the Master’s consciousness has permeated these locations, staying quiet in these spaces allows you to experience something “concrete” that connects back to your own body.
• Real-Time Sensing vs. Mental Imagery: The subtle body often appears different from photos or traditional images because you are sensing it in “current time” as it moves through various realms. You may experience it as a “tiny flash,” a “light body,” or a “light substance”.
• A Receptive Exchange: Once the connection is made, you turn your body into a “melting receptive posture” and may even place your breath within that presence. This allows your body to stay in contact with whatever is unfolding within the divine master, letting the “higher” influence flow through your own cells.
Ultimately, this practice is about bowing down to the body as a sacred substance that has the capacity to hold this “liquefied light” and truth
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What does it mean for body substance to be liquefied light?
In the context of this practice, the term “liquefied light” refers to the Divine presence manifesting as physical matter within the very substance of the body.
This concept carries several deep implications for how one views and works with the body:
• The Divine as Matter: Liquefied light is described as the Divine existing in the form of matter. It is a sacred element that is present within the body’s cells, even if it remains hidden from ordinary conscious awareness.
• Capacity for Truth: Because the body contains this liquefied light, it is considered to have the highest capacity to hold truth. We emphasize that the physical substance of the body—distinct from one’s personal history or psychological baggage—has a natural affinity for truth.
• Basis for Reverence: Recognizing the body as liquefied light is the reason why practitioners are encouraged to “bow down” to the body substance. It shifts the focus from “solving” physical problems to honoring the sacred intelligence and “light” already present within the cells.
• Experiencing the Light Substance: During the guided practice of connecting to a Master’s subtle body, this liquefied light may be experienced concretely as a “light substance,” a “light body,” or something “golden”. These experiences are described as real-time sensory contacts with a higher dimension of body substance that can be felt as a “tiny flash” or a tangible presence.
By holding the reminder that the body is liquefied light, the practitioner approaches body work not as a mechanical exercise, but as a fundamental shift toward contacting the highest truth residing within their own physical form
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How can opening one cell influence the entire body’s circuit?
In this practice, the body is viewed as a single, interconnected circuit where nothing exists in isolation. Opening even one cell can influence the entire body’s circuit because of how sensations and influences are transmitted through the system:
• Continuous Radiation of Sensations: The body naturally radiates every experience—whether “good or bad”—across the entire system. When a sensation occurs at a specific point, it is transmitted to the spine and from there to every other part of the body, including the fingertips and toes.
• The Weight of “Higher” Influence: Within this interconnected circuit, if a single cell or part is opened up to a “higher” influence (through neutral awareness or connecting to the Divine), that influence carries more weight than “lower,” denser states. The sources state that this higher influence will “influence immediately” the rest of the circuit.
• Resolving Dormancy: Because the body is a circuit, flow can become stuck if certain parts remain “dormant” or unvisited. By visiting a single “unvisited” cell—such as in the earlobes, tongue, or pelvic region—and allowing it to open, you can achieve a flow or transformation that you might have been unable to trigger by focusing only on the primary area of pain or difficulty.
• The Formula of Harmony: The body is in a constant attempt to reach a state of harmony where each part sinks into alignment with every other part. By touching one interconnected point with subtle, neutral awareness, you “loosen the soil” of the body substance, allowing things to fall into sync and uplift the body as a whole.
In essence, because everything is connected everywhere, the opening of a single cell acts as an entry point for a higher state of being to permeate the entire physical structure
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What is the difference between personal body history and body substance?
The difference between personal body history and body substance lies in whether you are focusing on the accumulated experiences and problems of the body or its inherent, sacred essence.
Personal Body History
Personal body history refers to the “sediments” and memories that the body has absorbed over time. This includes:
• Physical Challenges: Issues like shoulder pain resulting from bad posture or other past physical strains.
• Psychological Imprints: Emotions, “inner chokeness,” or psychological blockages that the body has absorbed and holds onto as “memories”.
• Problem-Solving Focus: Working with personal history involves trying to “heal” or “solve” specific pains and difficulties. We suggest that focusing on these aspects represents only about 30% of the deeper body work.
Body Substance
Body substance is the fundamental, sacred material of the body that exists independently of its history or problems. Key characteristics include:
• Affinity for Truth: Unlike the personal history, which may be full of distortions or pain, the very substance of the body has a natural affinity for truth and the highest capacity to hold it.
• Liquefied Light: The substance of the body is described as “Divine as matter” or “liquefied light” that is often hidden from our ordinary conscious awareness.
• Object of Reverence: This aspect of the body is what the practitioner “bows down” to. Engaging with the body substance represents 70% of the practice, shifting the focus from fixing problems to contacting a sacred reality.
In essence, while personal history is about what has happened to your body (its pains and memories), body substance is what your body is at its core—a sacred vessel of light and truth.
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What are the benefits of placing breath within the presence?
Placing your breath within the presence is a deepening step in the practice of connecting to a Master’s subtle body or a sacred space. the benefits of this specific action include:
• Maintaining Divine Contact: It allows your body to stay in contact with whatever is unfolding within the Divine master, Samadhi, mountain, or cave.
• Facilitating Natural Opening and Closing: It supports a “natural and beautiful” process where some parts of your body may open and others may close as they respond to the higher influence.
• Transitioning to “Not Doing”: Placing your breath in the presence helps you let go of all personal effort. This shift allows you to enter a state of “absolutely not doing anything,” creating the space for the Divine to complete the work within your body substance.
• Deepening Receptivity: By placing the breath within that presence, your entire body can more easily maintain a “melting receptive posture,” which is essential for receiving the higher influence that carries more weight than “lower” or denser states,.
This act of placing the breath is described as an intimate way to stay in touch with the “current time” reality of the subtle body, which may be experienced as a light substance or something golden
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How can I tell if my breath is successfully placed?
You can tell if your breath is successfully placed within a Divine presence or subtle body by observing specific concrete, real-time indicators in your physical and sensory experience. A successful connection is marked by the following:
• A Shift from Memory to Real-Time Experience: You will know the connection is successful if it feels “concrete” and happens in “real time,” rather than being a mere mental memory of a Master or a place.
• Sensory Recognition of “Light Substance”: With grace, you may notice a “tiny flash” or a “light substance” that appears as a “light body” or something “golden”. This experience often differs from traditional mental images because you are sensing the subtle body in its “current time” reality.
• Natural Physical Responses: When you are in contact with what is unfolding within the Divine presence, your body will undergo a “natural and beautiful” process where some parts spontaneously open and others close.
• Feeling the Inner Dimension: You may start to feel the “inner dimension” of the body substance you are connecting to, such as the feet, heart, or head of a Master.
• A State of “Not Doing”: A sign of successful placement is the ability to let go of all personal effort and enter a state of “absolutely not doing anything” so that the Divine can complete the work.
Ultimately, if the connection is truly there, “nothing else is needed for the part of the body”. You simply allow your body to stay in contact with whatever is unfolding within that sacred presence
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by maadivinebody | Feb 2, 2026 | Upcoming Retreat
IT’S BODY’S TURN NOW – To lead our Transformation and Change
Joy to share with you our brochure for our upcoming retreat: It’s Body’s Turn Now. This 3-day immersion is a deep dive into deeper awareness, true flow, subtle bodywork, and conscious transformation — rooted in ancient wisdom and evolving experiential practices.
If you’ve been sensing the call to reconnect with your body’s intelligence, soften into substance, and awaken inner capacities through breath, sound, and surrender… this retreat might be for you. Take a look, feel into it, and reach out if something resonates.
Facilitator : Arul Dev
Supporting Facilitators: Shweta Rajurkar & Dr Neela Chandran
3 day residential retreat program
26th to 29th March 2026
Thursday 12:30 pm to Sunday 12:00 pm IST
Venue: Arulville, near Chennai – Pondicherry, TN
CLICK HERE TO VIEW BROCHURE
CLICK HERE TO HEAR AN AUDIO BY ARUL ABOUT THIS RETREAT