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No one physical effect caused Ruburt’s slow motion. It has been the overall result of the physical stance. He felt briefly though quite correctly this evening that the area now being worked upon involved quickness of motion.

He felt like crying this afternoon. This was a quite legitimate physical expression, for as tension began to release it had a force meant to blow outward through tears, the whole process of crying relaxing those areas involved. This was a healthy physical reaction, therefore, as a sneeze might be, or a cough—particularly involving the lungs and ribs.

You cannot make conventional judgments in such matters. In practical terms it is natural for muscles that are restrained to hurt. It was unnatural in those terms for Ruburt not to feel soreness in the past when his body stance was so unnaturally restrained. He did not allow his muscles their natural protest.

A flexible body suddenly in the position of Ruburt’s would protest, and it is a sign of his progress that he now feels that protest. It triggers his release. The discomfort itself, accepted, triggers those body responses that will and are righting the situation. This is highly important. You can minimize pain or discomfort through drugs, cutting down on the “cry” of any symptoms. The cry of symptoms, however, is meant to bring about a new condition, to trigger healing aspects, so drugs can often impede the healing process.

He is allowing his body its natural expression. The liberated areas initially reflect the dis-ease, the unease. The protests that he blocked out then can immediately begin their own rehabilitation. He is about over that particular process.