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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