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For our friend. (Long pause.) The backs of his legs are stretching. This will allow for much greater manipulation of his feet. It is unfortunate that he does not know how to distinguish between, say, symptoms of disorder and symptoms of healing.

Now. The stretching muscles are sore, but this will quickly vanish—but that soreness is a healthy sign, representing greater leg action. I never want to overemphasize any of your attitudes, but Ruburt has become so used to not trusting the body that even such signs of healing can upset him.

You can request before you sleep that you rest mainly in Framework 2. Ruburt’s body has been trying to relax all day. His legs stretched further during his nap.

(“Does he want them to stretch?”)

[...] Body really wanted to move all around, hips stretching, legs, and so forth. [...]

Then suddenly—I felt myself on bedroom floor, again not normally stretched but higher than in previous 2 episodes, trying to talk; felt support on floor. [...]

[...] However, the pattern was thusly: in rhythmic patterns of activity, the entire body, part by part, stretched itself from head to toe. [...] On some of those occasions all of the areas from the hips upward were stretching, while the legs would more or less be bent in the usual fashion. On other occasions the areas from the hips downward would stretch considerably, with much new activity in the knee joints and the ankles.

[...] The body could not, standing, stretch that fully all together and maintain balance, because part of the newly stretched muscles are not as yet that strong, where other portions that he has used are.

[...] Ruburt’s body had extended itself on several occasions that day, stretching and using new postures, giving him the impulses toward further activity, exercising itself through that small-enough but important walk. [...]

This is responsible for the altered feel of Ruburt’s flesh to him as it becomes softer and more flexible, so that it can stretch with the new mobility. [...]

[...] That is why he noticed the change for the better in bed, when he tried stretching his legs with no weight upon them.

[...] Now physically, the burning sensations are the results of stretching. [...] This means that the relaxation of the back muscles and ligaments is allowing new stretching of ligaments connected with the knee, and the condition might be reversed the next day, or in an hour. [...]

It was natural enough for a while that Ruburt be quite aware of bodily sensation when he tried to “give up all effort,” but he is beginning now to sense the body’s pattern of activity, its relaxation, its stretching periods, and so forth. [...]

[...] Or you stretched yourself as far as you could possibly stretch…. [...]

In a way his progress has been dependent upon the state of his learning, so that he has been trying to stretch the abilities of normal consciousness by drawing in other “strands.” [...]

[...] That is far more effective than physical stretching. [...]

The yoga exercises encourage the muscles to stretch as well as relax, and so far his choice of exercises is good. [...]

[...] Joints are being loosened—key ones, but in ways natural, so that undue strain is not put upon neighboring ligaments, which themselves are in order being stretched and renewed.

[...] This week Ruburt has regained additional motion in his right foot, with a loosening of ligaments and muscles—important ones that will help the stretching of the legs. All of the ligaments have begun to stretch, and the muscles to loosen.

[...] You have to learn your way about, for the states of consciousness and their environment stretch out in their own way as your world stretches out, say, in space. [...]

The joy stretches out, so to speak, into the future, sheds also its light into the past, and may cover greater areas of expansion than could be shown in physical terms at that moment. [...]

[...] The left leg has straightened further, so now the right side is newly stimulated to stretch some more. Ruburt feels that stretch. [...]

[...] All portions of the body are stretching. [...]

The brief simple yoga exercises are not to exceed 10 minutes, now, but done gently they will help stretch the muscles in a natural fashion. [...]

[...] The knees exercise themselves when Ruburt is sleeping, and stretch when no weight is upon them. [...]

[...] (Pause.) A stretch of road leading to the city, on the outskirts... [...]

There seems to be a filling station and high grass by this stretch of road, with the city still ahead. [...]

(While trying psychological time on Wednesday, September 9, 8:15 PM, I had, after reaching a pleasant state, the rather strange sensation of having my legs pulled or stretched, as though some force was trying to elongate them. I felt rather strongly a sensation of gripping on the inside of each ankle, coupled with a downward pull, or stretching. [...]

[...] The stool was no longer comfortable simply because his muscles were stretching further, but his fear at the seeming poor performance previously led him to some negative projections. [...]

Ruburt’s entire body has stretched noticeably in the last week and a half, the legs in particular. He has implemented that stretching so that he is indeed taller walking. [...]

[...] His right hand also continues to improve, and he is doing a good job of reminding himself that it is safe for all of his limbs to straighten out in a normal manner — to stretch and flex and express their true capacity for motion and action.

All portions of Ruburt’s body are gently and almost constantly being stretched and then exercised in the best possible order. [...] The constant activity however prepares the body for normal walking, and exercises necessary portions, then stretches them further, so that while Ruburt is not walking more noticeably upright, he is indeed taller, particularly when standing; different portions are exercised when he is sitting or standing, so that each change can be counted upon for the next alteration in posture.