The document discusses the four-fold human being and how our sense of self develops from early childhood. It explains that in our earliest years, from ages 2-4, our first memories form and we begin to see ourselves as an "I" through our self-image. As we grow older, our formative body unfolds and our memory develops into a storyline that links experiences. During puberty our inspirational body emerges and our willing transforms into desires that shape our motivations and thinking.

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9. To „become‟ through
experience someone
Our inspirational body –
beyond the person we were
brings awareness of what we
and to intuitively recall
sense as „happening‟ and a
those experiences –
stream of desires that inspire
human feelings. It radiates as
soul.
our own
enduring “I”
Our formative body –
moulds and permeates
our physical body.
The physical body –
incapable of keeping
itself intact.
The Four-Fold Human Being

10. To give expression to who Our “I” must swim
we are is like holding upenduring ahead of this stream of
“I”
a mirror in front of us – memories and be aware
to see what‟s behind us in of what it sees. So my
the past. perception of who I am is
intuition
usually a reflected image
judging
soul
soul – my „self image‟.
memory
past Formative body stream
Inspirational body stream
future
deep
yearning
Memories live in our A flow of inspiration and
formative body stream senses desires/aversions
and approach from the approaches from the
past. future.
physical
body

11. Our “I” must swim ahead
of this stream of memories
and be aware of what it
sees. So my perception of
who I am is usually a
reflected image – my „self
image‟.

12. Our “I” must swim ahead
of this stream of memories
and be aware of what it
sees. So my perception of
who I am is usually a
reflected image – my „self
image‟.

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16. Part Two –
From the Cradle… Exploring some of the outwardly
observable ways in which our body
streams of being unfold –
unfolding our individuality.

17. Part Two –
From the Cradle… Exploring some of the outwardly
observable ways in which our body
streams of being unfold –
unfolding our individuality.

18. Part Two –
From the Cradle… Exploring some of the outwardly
observable ways in which our body
streams of being unfold –
unfolding our individuality.

19. “Is that really me
who I have known
all my life, is that
I?”
The significance of our
earliest memory

20. The You are I Game
Object: To find your earliest memory
Relax – calm and awake
Probably somewhere between ages 2 & 4 (or earlier/later)
If you‟re already familiar with this memory, let it
rest and orientate yourself
Some triggers…. An accident or illness?
Being in bed, a blanket, pyjamas? An item of clothing? A food or cup, plate?
The bathroom or other room, furniture, a view from a window/doorway?
Parents, siblings? A visiting relative/family friend or their house/garden?
A celebration or festive occasion? A journey, a vehicle? A Game, a toy?
Play group, nursery, infant school room/play area, playmate?
Does a particular sense trigger the memory?
Is the memory confused with a photograph/family story?
Having difficulty? Pause „somewhere near’ the memory.
What most „stands out‟ in the memory?

21. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
YOU ARE I
When your enduring “I” was first able to “hold up a
mirror”, look back into the past and recognise itself
“in reflection” as our self image or everyday ego.
Leading up to this
point we begin to feel
some awareness of this.
It remains for a while
as a feeling – a child‟s
feeling, but the
behavioural effects of
which can be observed
by parents/carers.

22. Up until this point, the
enduring “I” had no
means to identify itself.
Now it sees itself
“reflected” in those
permeating formative
forces upon which is
impressed memory.
My “I” stream is not yet flowing full.
It will continue to incarnate
for many years yet.
But now there is an
awareness of self.
Less of “me, me wants…”, “Emily wants…”
More of “I want…”

23. During our first six or seven years
our formative forces are bound up in the
extraordinary energy of physical development
There is significant brain growth – continuing even through
to our teens – its form fashioned both spiritually and by way
of imitation as a platform for soul development.

24. The formative body forces upon which is impressed memory
are still enfolded. Memories in our earliest years tend to be
remembered as islands of separate memories –
“island memories”.

25. These formative forces will later unwind,
becoming apparent towards about age six or seven,
when a “storyline” memory of experiences
begins to be woven.

26. In our first 2 or 3 years our memory,
later to flow in our formative body to
help us with everyday thinking and to
associate one thing with another,
is bound up with physical growth.
As we grow older, sense
perception and thinking
become imperceptibly
integrated.
In our first 2 or 3 years it is easier to
observe the “kissing gate” of sense
perception and thinking as two
separate processes. Parents/carers do
our thinking for us.

27. We want, quite literally, to get hold of
everything, take hold of the world.
We move towards everything,
find an affinity with everything,
a s y m p a t h y with everything.
It is as if we have broken free.
We move towards the future.
We have a w i l l i n g to be.
And yet in what we call memory,
it is as if we are still fast asleep.
It is as if we had an aversion
or a n t i p a t h y for the past
and we move away from it
with a will.

28. Then “me wants”
becomes
“I want”
We begin to wake up in the
activity of remembering.

29. “Please
can we go swimming
again today?!”
As our „storyline‟ memory emerges
and we remember
one experience after another,
the unconscious willing impulses
of our early years takes on a more
„outward‟ character –
a drive for more experience.
The forces of our
formative body are unfolding.

30. With our own storyline memory
our own t h i n k i n g
slowly begins to emerge.
As we move into puberty and
our inspirational body forces unfold,
our willing becomes clothed in desires
more characteristic of
what we love or hate.
Willing as impulse
becoming
Willing as drive
Willing as desire
later perhaps becoming
Willing as motivation
tending to give way in later years to
more reflective thinking

31. And yet –
active, deep within, beneath any
outward manifestation of our willing
lives a karmic willing for purpose,
clarity of purpose.
But often, like an experience
we cannot remember,
we can be asleep to it.
Weaving selfless f e e l i n g and loving inspiration
into our thinking and so influence our hidden will
paves the way for perceiving
the karmic thread being woven
by our enduring “I”.