{"id":18186,"date":"2022-12-12T13:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T12:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/?p=18186"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:12:17","slug":"interpretation-and-use-of-the-physical-instrument-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/interpretation-and-use-of-the-physical-instrument-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpretation And Use of The Physical Instrument (Body)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"h-be-in-a-friendly-relationship-with-your-body-and-reward-it-when-it-has-earned-it-the-body-as-instrument-of-perception-and-action\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Be in a Friendly Relationship with Your Body and Reward It When It Has Earned It: The Body as Instrument of Perception and Action<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon-1024x961.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon-1024x961.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon-768x721.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon-400x375.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon-419x393.jpg 419w, https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/alchemical-sun-moon.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">By <\/span><\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Roberto Assagioli<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> <\/span><\/span><br><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">From the Assagioli Archive Florence<\/span><\/span>,<span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> 3.6<\/span><\/span><br><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Original Title: <\/span><\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Interpretazione e Uso dello Stumento Corporeo<\/span><\/span><\/em><br><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Translated from Italian by Jan Kuniholm and Amanda Mattiussi. <\/span><\/span><br><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">See also his lecture about <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/psychosynthesis-medicine-and-bio-psychosynthesis-by-roberto-assagioli\/\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">bio-psychosynthesis<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Editorial Note<\/strong><br>The abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth S\u00f8rensen, to support readability, navigation, and archival consistency. The original wording has not been altered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In these notes, Roberto Assagioli outlines the place of the body as instrument within a complete psychosynthesis. He pairs six attitudes, from appreciation and care to subordination and transmutation, and warns that disidentification must never become contempt. The notes sketch a programme of discipline, mastery, and conscious use of the physical frame, closing with the reminder that the body is a temple to be included, not transcended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A complete personal psychosynthesis must include the body. How? <\/span><\/span><br><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Having a correct attitude towards the body means giving it its rightful place in the awareness we have of ourselves. Therefore:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Appreciation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Care<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Development<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">but also:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Subordination<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Utilization<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Transmutation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Almost everyone feels at one with his body, and appropriates its conditions and sensations, saying &#8220;I am hungry, I am thirsty, I am tired&#8221;. And they struggle or even fail to conceive of their own existence separate and independent from their body. This is a <\/span><\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">lived<\/span><\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> materialism. It is necessary to get rid of it. It is the first door to be broken through or opened to get out of prison. It is necessary to consciously realize independence from the body. It is not enough to know this theoretically \u2014 this is already a help, but the real spiritual development begins when one feels independent from the body.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Warning: to disidentify from the body does not mean to despise it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The body is our precious instrument, the necessary means for experience here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">We must respect it, and admire its complex and skillful apparatus. But we must also become the masters of the body, and not be its slaves.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Medieval asceticism was excessive, violent, and too separative. Modern man oscillates between hedonism, violent demands, and artificial stimuli. Let&#8217;s take a typical modern man as an example: dominated as he is by ambition, he forces his body to do relentless work in unhealthy environments (perverted asceticism!), and then at night he compensates for it by giving vent to his instincts and satisfying his cravings: gluttony, sensuality&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Modern healthy asceticism: control \u2014 vigilance \u2014 discipline \u2014 harmony with nature \u2014 purification.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Let&#8217;s realize that our physical body belongs to the animal kingdom! Related psychological and spiritual deductions &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Let us consider the body as a living, intelligent reality, permeated with psychic activity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Disidentification<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Self-realization<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Revitalization and renewal of the body<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Active training of the body must be done with an attitude of right balance. Do not give it too much importance. Train it with detachment, without identification, from above \u2014 considering and using it as an instrument of perception, experience and action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">I. &#8211; Correct care of the body:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Heal it<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Recharge it<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Renew it<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Regenerate and transmute it (talk to it)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">II. &#8211; Discipline of the body:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Psychospiritual exercises (see <\/span><\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Panorama of Psychological Living<\/span><\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> )<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">III. &#8211; Use, development, training, improvement: as a tool<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">IV. &#8211; Mastery:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8230; \u201cPushing a button\u201d&#8230; (analogy to car)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In summary, discipline and training includes two stages:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Conscious<\/span><\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> &#8220;top-down&#8221; training.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8220;Unconscious&#8221; functioning \u2014 creations of habits, of &#8220;automatic&#8221; activities, thus freeing up attention for other higher tasks.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Other insights:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Be in a friendly relationship with your body. Reward it when it has earned it!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Discipline it firmly, but with good will and love \u2014 like a pet to be trained (\u201cBrother Ass\u201d).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Appreciate it. Include it as part of the new organic unity, of our bio-psychosynthesis.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The body is the temple of God. Consider the functions of a temple. Be on guard against over-valuing and focusing on the building \u2014 the church!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be in a Friendly Relationship with Your Body and Reward It When It Has Earned It: The Body as Instrument of Perception and Action By Roberto Assagioli From the Assagioli Archive Florence, 3.6Original Title: Interpretazione e Uso dello Stumento CorporeoTranslated from Italian by Jan Kuniholm and Amanda Mattiussi. 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