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According to the allegorical writings of philosopher and 'teacher of temple dances' G.I. Gurdjieff, an organ called Kundabuffer was implanted into human beings sometime in the distant past in order to cause them to see reality upside-down and backwards.

This was done in order to prevent humans from taking their own lives should they 'wake up' prematurely and realize that they were created and engineered precisely to serve as slaves to maintain a particular cosmic function.

Here is the interesting part - according to Mr. Gurdjieff, the 'organ Kundabuffer' was subsequently removed. However, vestigial resonant effects trumped everything, and these lingering effects continue to condition how homo sapiens experience reality. This is an ever present ball and chain if we allow ourselves to collapse into the perspective of victimhood. Conversely, this state of affairs can spur us on to make defining efforts to overcome our bondage.

The body is built to withstand the stresses and strains of spiritual work. Our resistance to 'waking up' is an integral part of the dance. We should not mistake this resistance, which is natural and inevitable, with the idea of a 'spiritual block' - the one time removal of which we would like to believe will automatically increase our spiritual bandwidth in perpetuity.

Traditionally, various yogas have been employed as a means to accelerate the process of awakening. Hatha yoga has been called 'the way of the lion', aptly so because it is literally about taking things into your own hands. Physical palpitation of the C1 Atlas bone sounds like an extreme form of this type of yoga: Hatha yoga on steroids. Quick and decisive no doubt, but I have to wonder if it changes the fundamentals.

There are other gentler ways that involve cultivating the practice of being in the present moment. The body is a "transformational apparatus." There are certain possibilities for the transformation of energies human beings possess that even the angels are jealous of. How fortunate we truly are! Let us use these potentials wisely.