Look at the following picture, this diagram summarizes what I have written until now; it also introduces what will follow. The black background still represents The Consciousness. IAM emerges from The Consciousness and creates the mind. The mind creates Life which contains all of the matter. Your body is the most important piece of the entire matter.
To remind you and to be more precise, I emphasize that the mind, Life and matter ovals should be inside IAM, same as I draw it in the previous pictures. However, with concentric ovals, this picture would be too crowded, so I decided to draw it differently. I hope, you remember that IAM creates the mind within itself, then the mind creates Life also within itself.
Look at the new elements, “body care” and “mind care”, which are going to be described in next chapters of this book. As the titles implies, they relate to taking proper care about the body and the mind. You do that by practicing exercises which supports man in keeping their body and mind functioning properly.
When you take proper care of your mind and body by practicing some exercises, you are doing what can be called “conscious self- development”. In other words, you can say that you are on a path of self- growth. Some people may say: a system for “expanding consciousness”.
Whatever you call it, by practicing exercises designed for the mind and body, you achieve some results, which include enlightenment, natural joy, perfect health, immortality and inedia.
There are many systems or paths of conscious self-development. Some of these systems are widely known, for example Yoga, Daoism, Sufism, Buddhism – do not mix them with religions which use the same names. All of these systems promote practices for the mind and body.