The divine necessity of the body and the clear psyche

The psyche spins in circles, returning us to the same problems. Freedom begins by refusing interpretation and returning to the physical body—seeing and hearing without adding feelings or thought. The body is made new each moment by Spirit; this immediacy is the beginning.

“Only acknowledgement keeps something alive in our lives.”

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LANGUAGE: English
YEAR RECORDED: 1999
PLACE RECORDED: Gold Coast
DURATION: 1 hours and 21 minutes

MAIN TOPICS

Death, Senses that create this world, Consciousness, Self consciousness and consciousness, Model of the psyche, Self sacrifice, Man and woman in love, Being in the body

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