Level of the physical body

This is resistance to the basic line of attack from the Devil or lower self, that of physical survival through the medium of food. This level is overcome by acknowledging and experiencing inner needs of higher priority than physical survival and by resisting the temptation to use higher powers to serve the needs of the lower.

The first level in progressing from the lower self to the higher self as described by F Aster Barnwell. Mastery of the first three levels (the lower self) as experienced in the three temptations faced by Christ in the wilderness, followed by the four levels of the higher self experienced by St John during his Revelation, are related to progression towards self realization through the levels of consciousness represented by the chakras.