In order to anchor ourselves to higher frequencies (and align with Divine Will), we need to consciously engage in the process of embodiment. To be embodied doesn’t mean to simply be in “touch” with the physical body. Nor does physical exercise, working out, running, doing yoga, etc. automatically result in being “embodied”. If that would be the case, any athlete would be embodied. This is true within the physical sense of these techniques as well: being flexible doesn’t mean that one is a better “yogi” – or more “spiritual” – than others, for there is far more to yoga than the positional practice.
You can be in touch with your physical body – and indeed, have “mastery” over it – without being embodied. In fact, many people engage in a lot of physical exercise to get “in shape” (often times due to a socially-conditioned body-image program, which oftentimes results in emotional insecurities), but are not embodied in the true meaning of the word. Some people also tend to use physical work-outs and exercise as a means to disassociate and build armor (muscles) in order to avoid “feeling” the world around them, like a “buffer”. It can also become an addiction, getting hooked on both the endorphins that are released during exercise and the compliments of others. However, it’s not a black and white issue. Exercise is a good thing, if done consciously and holistically, beyond identification with the body. But the key point is to become sensitive and aware, and listen to/experience the world THROUGH the body.
The root word of embodiment stems from ‘embody‘ (v.): in reference to a soul or spirit invested with a physical form; em – “in” + ‘body’ (n.); ‘ment’: suffix forming nouns.
Synonyms for Embodiment are: incarnation, avatar, manifestation.
Avatar: a manifestation of a released soul in bodily form on earth. From Sanskrit avatāra ‘descent,’ from ava ‘down’ + tar ‘to cross.’
Incarnation: a person who embodies spirit in the flesh.
Embodiment (from a spiritual/esoteric perspective) is the process of soul integration, connecting to one’s “higher self” and becoming a conscious vessel for spirit to work through; it relates to the alchemical marriage of the inner male and female.
Based on various esoteric teachings, the soul is something human beings need to develop or grow from a consciousness seed (see Gurdjieff, Aurobindo, Castaneda), and to embody it via spiritual/esoteric work. In the average person in today’s post-modern maze, the soul remains in an embryonic state and is thus not fully individualized. Until the soul has matured, one’s identity lies in the mechanical false personality (which most people mistake for their “true self”, most often with the not-so-subtle ego-pride fueling it, confusing healthy self-love with narcissism/self-importance) and is open to manipulation on all levels. An embodied soul, on the other hand, becomes the seat of the real self’s creativity and dynamism, and the personality blossoms as an expression of one’s higher (immortal) identity, connected to spirit and the Divine within.
Embodiment – reconnecting with one’s wholeness, fusing the separate aspects of the inner male and female energetic expressions – is, in my experience, the process of what is commonly called “ascension” or “awakening”. It is the “philosopher’s stone”, the “holy grail”, the story of “the hero going into the underworld, saving/marrying the princess/bride” (his own feminine aspect of Being) as depicted in many mythological traditions. It connects us with the wholeness of nature/the world, our inner guidance system and personal divinity, as well as our own individual purpose for being here, something the reasoning head/logical mind can never ever grasp. It re-connects us to our original blueprint prior to genetic manipulation, activating our dormant/decommissioned DNA.
– from TIMELINE-REALITY SPLIT, FREQUENCY VIBRATION, AND THE HIDDEN FORCES OF LIFEveilofreality.com