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The House We Live In & Its Function

this life. The varieties are infinite, it seems, since no two fingerprints are exactly alike or they could not be used for identification purposes.

Such delicate patterns and finer energy waves link our mental pattern to the outside world, to experience sensations through contact with matter in its five modes of resistance: through solid matter called earth, liquid matter called water, gaseous matter called air, heat or warmth called fire, and the etheric conductor of sensation for all four polarized elements - as the four sensory rivers of life out of our center of conscious being, the Paradise within. When we see such definite functions of polarity through specific centers and body areas, we wonder if there is not a way to use these forces for better health and well-being.

The vital force of our being is located in the pelvic area, as the water principle.[1] It has the eternal aspect of the seed power in itself, by which it can be used to create outside for generation or by drawing on that force for body rebuilding, it can be used for regeneration of cells and structures inside. As a motor force, it is asleep in the space of the sacrum and has been spoken of as the "Kundalini" force, coiled like a serpent. Latent within the physical aspect of it are many mysteries of man's being.* The pelvis is the water-basin or reservoir of life's vital fluids. Instead of scattering or dissipating these currents, why not put them to their intended use through the posture stretches, thus utilizing this energy for regeneration, better health and general well-being?

This thought also is a startling discovery for those who will not admit a wireless anatomy or physiology function of our physical body but who credit the smallest particle of matter, the atom itself, with that very potent function. Is the body of

* See Dr. Stone's book The Mysterious Sacrum (included in Volume II of his Complete Collected Works) for more details on this energy and its mysteries.

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1 To alleviate confusion between the Three Principles and the Five Elements, many Polarity practitioners refer to Dr. Stone's "Fiery Principle" as "Yang," and his "Watery Principle" as "Yin." See The Three Principles and Five Elements for more information.

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