Change
and Stagnation - Tantric Healing - White & Red Tantra - Tantric
Relationships Overcoming Addiction - Global Consciousness &
Responsibility - Boddhisatva
Change
and Stagnation
The
opportunity afforded us in this
incarnation is quite remarkable. It is here where we can experience
directly the bump and grind, the hard knocks of conflict, contrasting
perspectives, the ups and downs of feelings, sensations, stimulations,
pains and pleasures, the creatings and stirrings of life. This
interplay of consciousness and energies epitomizes the dualistic nature
of all existence - it is drama, it is life, and it is in constant
motion and change, swinging like a pendulum from one extreme to
another. It may feel at times like a fast and furious ride on a roller
coaster, a slow and arduous climb up a high mountain, or a leisurely
drive down the highway... no matter. If one is fully living and flowing
in the NOW, letting go of all the experiences of before... each moment
of life is a step forward... and life is never dull and
always new and full of discovery. Going with this flow, we delve deeper
and deeper into life and into the essence and experience of our
humanity. It is in this ever NOW that Spirit speaks to us with the
greatest impact and intimacy... and it is through all these diverse
experiences that our awakening is accelerated.
Yet, there
is a part of our psyches (the ego-mind) that is insecure in the
shifting tides of life, afraid of any sort of change. This part strives
for constancy, the conventional, security, stability, and a given and
known identity. This is the part of us that wants to have everything
all figured out - where we must have control of all that is happening
in our reality (instead of allowing the mystery of life to unfold).
This part holds on for dear life to all the experiences and memories it
deems nice (which keeps us from being fully present in the Now). This
part carefully devises plots and plans our life out to the smallest
detail, locking down our being to function exclusively inside the "Box"
of our limited human thinking. If there is any deviation in our
expectations (due to outer forces and circumstances) we get all bent
out of shape (no matter if Spirit has another plan for us). This is our
psychic "comfort zone"... and we invest all our power in maintaining
the illusion of this space - no matter if it holds us back from our
greater potential.
Our psyches
tend to hold judgment of life as it is or isn't - what it should or
should not be (i.e. that one experience is superior or more desirable
than another). In other words, we are inclined to hang on to
and pursue the "pleasant" experiences and feelings while avoiding the
"negative" ones (even if the so called "negative" experiences and
feelings may hold more life lessons and growth for us). According to
the Buddhist teachings, this “Attachment” to our
comfort zone, and the resultant damage it does to our being... is the
primary cause for suffering. Holding on to past events, experiences,
feelings... and projecting such expectations (and false hopes) on into
the future... sets up a powerful fixedness, resistance pattern or
stagnation in our energy field and consciousness that holds us from
flowing in life "as it is" in the ever present and ever changing NOW.
Stagnation
is death. Change is Life
Because the
foundation of our evolutionary "game of life" (on this dimension) is
based on duality, the balance points are constantly shifting from one
polarity to another (and all points in between). This reality is not
designed for peace – it can never be. As soon as one has
established any state of neutrality, equilibrium or stability in any
one position, a new factor is introduced and we are forced to start all
over again - this is true for everyone here (with no exception). This
insures that all life is continually tested and pushed to evolve, adapt
and grow (otherwise things get dull and boring). Depending on our
attitude, this can be fun or frustrating, but life is still a juggling
act where... on the one hand, we are ever trying to find and
reside in the mysterious and illusive balance points... and on the
other hand, life keeps dropping new "balls" into our hands. "Change" is
the only constant thing in this universe - this must be accepted,
flowed with, and surrendered to - otherwise we will be in a constant
state of frustration, pain and disappointment. And if we even reach a
pinnacle state of bliss, it will change and leave us (probably why
drugs are such a problem – who wants feeling good to ever
end... that’s the illusion of the “Happily ever
after”). Of course, death is the ultimate release here,
bringing us out of this level of the "game" - but what sort of
challenge is that to our souls? (None) If life maintained a constant
state of equilibrium, there would be no dynamism, no excitement, no
growth. Knowing of our psychic attachments to our "comfort
zone", God (who is ever working behind the scenes of life) "conspires"
with his Spirit helpers (such as us healers) to do everything possible
to shift us out of our stagnation, forcing (or if you prefer "nudging")
us back onto our "spiritual evolutionary path".
Tantric Healing
Through such healing work as is offered here - what some may call
"Tantra" - all the diverse and dualistic energetic elements found at
the polar extremes of existence... the Male and Female, Shiva and
Shakti, Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang, Expansive and Contractive, Hot
and Cold, Matter and Anti-Matter, Light and Dark, Positive and
Negative, Internal and External, Past Present and Future... any one or
all of these elements can be applied to create a number of catalytic,
conscious, energetic, transformative events that break up old holding
patterns (stagnations) allowing one to shift closer into the middle
balance point of the ever now-ness and is-ness of life. For example, if
you are presenting an extreme of one polarity, the opposite polarity of
elements may be applied to your space to shift you into a more central,
internal and balanced position. Eventually, the swings of your
energetic pendulum (and your outer moods) will be less and less
pronounced as you go deeper within, where you may experience the deeper
feelings of Bliss, Love, and Peace... which in essence, are qualities
of your inner “Self". Here too, it is not uncommon that as
ones (normally) outward directed consciousness and energy moves more
and more into the center, it enters the psychic channels (the main one
being the "Kundalini"), and begins to awaken its latent powers.
However,
attachment to any such powers, spiritual phenomenon or experiences of
any kind, will be an impediment along ones path. No matter how powerful
the Kundalini experience is... and no matter how wonderful these
psychic abilities are... this is not the final destination only but one
stage on the journey into the center towards God. In the end,
everything must be surrendered up to Spirit.
White
& Red Tantra
Depending upon where a person currently resides on the scale of
"extremes", one may conclude that there are two different paths or
energetic elements that may be applied to balance them out:
On one hand we have the "White Tantric Path"... which works with the
cooling, light, cosmic, expansive energies and vibrations that are
found in the higher multi-dimensional chakras and with the Higher
Selves (which are generally very safe and purifying). For someone whose
awareness has been fixated on the physical and mental realities on the
lower levels and densities of their being (what is predominantly but
not exclusively found with most men I have worked with) this polarity
is used. This sort of energy work can be difficult to feel at first as
it is extremely subtle and light, none the less it is an important
ingredient that is needed in your space. I have found this to be where
Spirit usually begins most healings, especially for those who are in
preparation to be later receiving energy work and activations within
the lower chakras.
On the
other hand we have the "Red Tantric Path"... which works with the
fiery, creative, concentrated sexual energies and vibrations that are
found in the lower chakras and in the lower selves (which, depending
upon ones particular history, can sometimes hold much violent and
destructive patterns, energies and memories). If these
energies are awakened and activated before the channels and psyche are
cleared and prepared (done in the White Tantric Work) there can be an
exaggeratedly violent and detrimental reaction within the being (from
overly activating these latent neurological and psychological
imbalances and unresolved issues and energies). Some of this "stuff"
does come up in the normal course of healing (called a "healing
crisis") but it is best to experience them when one has laid the proper
foundations - when the soul is fully prepared and ready for it to
occur... in the correct stages, in the precise orders of unfoldment...
not forced as ones ego-mind thinks and wills, but according to the
agenda and direction and timing of the Higher Self. After having read a
few books and taken a few classes, a number of people get the notion to
forcibly stimulate themselves on these lower chakras (through drugs or
certain intense spiritual practices) only to find that by opened
themselves up in these ways, they have made themselves vulnerable to
being manipulated and controlled by the lower consciousness' (entities)
that exist on such levels... and having let loose such powerful
energies (which cannot then be so easily controlled, balanced and
integrated) this further causes physical and psychic burn out (insanity
in some cases) diseases or premature death.
"Tantra"
(as it is described here) happens to be just one of many paths that a
soul could experience... but it is not necessarily a path that everyone
must or should be on - unless it is your destiny or "soul agenda".
Incidentally, aspects of the Tantric Path could be likened to
“Ascension” or the "Alchemical Process" (where the
base vibrations, energy, matter and consciousness of the person are
transformed into "Spiritual Gold"). Your path (as you do the healing
work) may include aspects of this or another process... no matter - due
to our unique past karmic and soul history, everyone's path is
different. I am just offering here a general description of what might
occur for you in terms of this "Tantric Path" (as I understand it) but
there are really no hard and fast rules here - Spirit does it the way
it wills... often not making any sense to us at all.
Tantric
Relationships
This healing work makes it possible to experience the true intimacy
("in-to-me-see") of a sacred spiritual relationship (or at the least,
it can be used as a preparatory course for dating). It helps open the
channels of communication, allowing you to connect with the inner
spirit of another, clearly and without distortion. As your energy,
consciousness and vibrations accelerate and shift into a higher gear,
relationships begin to take on a whole new meaning and purpose.
It is actually common that you begin to attract new friends (and
lovers) who better resonate with your true self. However, this new
paradigm cannot be manifested until we clear and heal all our negative
karmas and issues. Once we move beyond such
“stuff”, then and only then can we fully experience
the uninhibited and unadulterated sharing of our deepest selves - our
deepest love, with another. This is the promise for the coming
spiritual millennia - the Tantric Relationship.
Overcoming
Addiction
Tantra also talks about becoming one with the universe. It may be
applied to help us work through – confront or overcome - all
that which we have either a positive or negative charge too (as in
positive or negative karma). This may also be an important tool to help
those who are trying to overcome an attachment or addiction. One key to
releasing or getting over a thing (such as an attachment to a person)
is to become so totally at one with that object that there ceases to be
any separation between it and you - like an arm, it is just there and
we don't need to think or obsess about it anymore. As long as
one sees or feels a separation, such a thing has a power over you. All
desire to come back to oneness and unity - any outer thing or person is
just symbolic of that inner yearning.
We shall
use cigarettes as an example. When you feel compelled to smoke, instead
of doing so, hold it in your hand, reverently, sacredly. Meditate on
its energy and consciousness... this is your lover - that which you
desire and want to be within you for all time. In your mind, become the
cigarette - feel its power, its essence, its vibration, its spirit
moving into and merging with you. Action and Reaction. What will come
up in you are all the thoughts, memories and feelings associated with
smoking – some pleasant, some not so pleasant. Look upon them
all with a gentleness and grace – bless them all and let them
go. Do this practice more and more until, with the power of your mind
alone, you can draw the power of it into your being and then transform
this energy back into pure spirit - without ever having to take a puff.
To be successful using this method, one must have a serious, committed,
willful intention and desire and not give up. This method is not a
trick or play on the mind – it is a serious tool of
transformation. If you use it, it should work for you. In addition, the
healing work can be of support.
One can
take any object - it may be a "negative" or a
“positive” thing - it could even be a person. Sit
with this thing - or the image of this thing or image of this person...
hold it in your hands, close your eyes, imagine and believe that the
power, the essence, the vibration of that thing is going into you,
being categorized and stored away into your energy field and
subconscious memory banks. Something will come back from out of your
inner place and send you a message or gift – watch out for
it. Once you do this enough times, your mind can begin to see that
there is less and less a difference between you and the outer world.
This technique is something of an affirmation that may help your mind
come closer to the realization that you really do have the entire
universe inside you – inner and outer - there is no
separation (its all one form of consciousness or another). Again, this
is a Tantric practice designed to internalize (incorporate and or
balance) the outer universe into the "Inner Landscape of your Soul".
The
Inner Pharmacy
It is well
known to modern medicine that we have the most powerful and complete
medicine kit/chemistry set/pharmacy within our own bodies... all the
drugs we could ever need to maintain good health are right here - all
within our own inner "Juice", that "Ambrosia", the "Nectar of the
Gods". We do not need to go outside of ourselves if we know where to
look.The
powers that be in our world today could not make money off you if you
did this, and they would go out of business. "They" have done
everything to distract you from your inner power in order to manipulate
your mind into thinking and believing in that which is outside
yourself.Once you start to take certain
drugs (externally) your body stops producing them inside, and this can
lead to addiction. The powers that have been in control on this planet
(on one dimension or another) want you to be addicts, then you can be
controlled and used as they - not your inner self - sees fit. We have
all been duped in this
way (many lifetimes ago) and only now are we starting to become aware
of the degree of deception, manipulation and control that has been
perpetrated upon us.
Global
Consciousness
Our
Responsibility
We live in a
highly dense, materially oriented world where everyone around us is
living in self imposed, contracted, constricted boxes of consciousness
so extreme that our own consciousness is boxed in by everyone else's
boxes!!!
We must start
somewhere to break up these limitations around us.
The first and
best place to start is within our selves.
If we met with no energetic resistance
anywhere within or around us on any level, our consciousness would
expand to fill the farthest reaches of the universe. For example, when
you go on vacation to a remote part of the planet (especially alone)
away from the hustle and bustle of the busy world, your consciousness
and energy field would expand and expand and you would feel more light,
free and happy. I feel degrees of this every time I leave the condensed
consciousness and energy field of Los Angeles and Southern California,
crossing the border into Arizona. The material mind set in California
is so oppressive... one doesn't realize this until removed from its
influences. It is no wonder that many of the people who have gone into
space experience an awakening of an expanded, enlightened, global
consciousness. Not all of us are so lucky to be able to get that far
away - while we are alive and incarnate that is (when we finally leave
this life we will have plenty of such opportunities).
How much more blissful would we feel if the
whole planet was unburdened of all its sorrows?
However, no matter how far away we remove
ourselves, the dark, heavy, worrisome consciousness of the world has an
insidious tendency to intrude upon the fringes of our awareness,
itching its way into our blissful oblivion. This cannot be avoided. It
does not matter how rich, beautiful, intelligent, even enlightened you
are as an individual... nor does it matter whatever distractions or
addictions we use to escape - the sorrows of the world still all exists
and will always have some influence on our consciousness. A part of us
knows this and can never really let us totally relax. Death is no
escape either - even the beings in spirit are moved to compassion by
the suffering that is experienced on this earth plane. Once we leave
our bodies, we too become more sensitive and aware of the conditions
here, as we look down from a safe (and objective) distance - most of us
cannot but help say "What can we now do to alleviate this suffering,
mass forgetfulness and confusion?"
The
Bodhisattva
There comes a
time on a souls’ life path where the sense of self awakens
and expands to such a degree... where ones heart become so open and
sensitive that one begins to acutely feel and know the pain and
suffering that occurs in this world. When one sees and feels the
inter-connections and inter-dependencies we all have with each other
and all of life, the conclusion one comes to is that the only way to be
free is to help others be free. It is at this major turning point when
this soul comes to realize that personal salvation is not enough. And
for this soul, yes... trying to lighten the planetary heart of its pain
and suffering is a noble and good thing - and is perhaps their reason
for being. However, that soul must be very clear on this one point...
before one can be the most affective at serving this higher calling,
one must first be healed. If you are carrying even the smallest amount
of your own pain and suffering, Spirit is going to be limited in its
ability to work through your limited channels. Spirit will of course
still come through, but not at the level that is possible. The primary
task of the aspiring healer - no matter how lofty their goals - is to
be as free and clear as one can possibly be - and then some (otherwise
it is something akin to "the blind leading the blind"). Spiritual
Liberation starts with oneself and then radiates outward - never the
other way around. The more love and light you have - the more you can
give it to others. So to all those dear sensitive souls who feel for
the world and its suffering, itching to go out and be healers... I say
to you that by receiving as much healing work as you can, you are
empowering yourself to be a better and better servant of Spirit.
Charity begins at home is the saying, so let’s start healing
you first, and then we can move out and heal the world. I know, as a
Star Seeded Soul your initial purpose in coming here was (perhaps) to
be a planetary healer. However, over many lifetimes you all have
accumulated so much negative “stuff” that this must
be cleared before you can fully take on your initial assignments and
tasks. So let me reiterate: Again, the first responsibility of the
Light Worker/Star Seeded Soul (or as the Buddhists call them
"Bodhisattvas") is to be clear and healed in yourself first. Ok? Ok.
The great work beyond the self is global
liberation - but it is always rooted in the work you receive. Spirit
can only make global liberation a reality as long as it comes through
us – our clear channels. The greater our channels, the
greater Spirit may come through – and this is an ongoing
process.
The more of this grace that you receive, the more of it will be wished
(and bestowed) upon others - that they too may have a greater sense of
love, freedom, awareness and compassion. Thus is awakened the
"Bodhisattva" - one who lives upon the earth plane to be a greater and
greater channel for Spirit (and let’s not forget -
ourselves). All else becomes trivial compared to this grand work. No
other activity truly engages the heart and soul quite like it. As a
channel of the Higher Self, your very presence brings grace and light
to all. It may be little and quiet things you do, but it is the spirit
and energy behind it that makes a difference. You become another strong
link in the chain of enlightened human consciousness. As you expand
further into this role, your own spirit will grow larger and more
powerful. You will become a reborn, renewed and refreshed being, every
day offered new opportunities to serve.
In the beginning of the spiritual path, our
primarily responsibility is concerned with removing or clearing the
energetic and vibrational resistances we hold within our own beings.
The "Bodhisattva" realizes that to heal and change the world, one must
first be healed and changed within (since we are the vehicles for
spirit to work through). Eventually, after having cleared our channels
(to one degree or another) the merits of our inner work spreads
outwards, healing and uplifting the world. This is the path of
compassion. If you have done any work with me in the past, you may have
noticed that as your energy strengthens and the light of your
consciousness expands, this directly and indirectly affects those
people in your immediate environment (this is what a Star Seeded Soul
is about). However, there is never an end to how expanded our channels
may become (via the healings) and ultimately, that must always be our
primary responsibility and concern.
If you want to be part of this grand
experiment, the invitation is now being presented - the choice is yours.
I cannot give you the answer,
but I can invite you to partake of the mystery of the journey.
Contradictions, questions, uncertainty, unknowing
Faith and Trust
What more does the spiritual warrior and hero need?
I look forward to your inquiries
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