Be Aware of the Energy Bubble

It is amazing that we have that notion that we exist as a person when in fact all that we experience is to the contrary. It seems much more that we are jumping channels all the times, surfing different energy waves that jump to the surface, driven by a process outside of our conscious control; yet we have the illusion that all these images fit together as part of an overriding movie plot.

Clearly there is sex energy that activates you. Sometimes it comes from within, sometimes a touch activates it, or the sight of an attractive body. Evolutionists tell us that this drive is key to our survival and based on the frequency of this energy wave it doesn't look like we will die out any time soon. Then there is the mind power that sometimes takes off like a rocket, but sometimes is quite sluggish as well. There are the nutrition needs that have to be met; our belly will tells us when we need a little energy boost. There are the instincts that protect us from the life-threatening dangers. There all the emotions, the desires, aspirations, the worries and fantasies. Countless subconscious and conscious programs are running side side, activated and sustained by the environment we operate in, by our conscious thought patterns as well as all the subconscious energy waves that rise to the surface.

Many of us spiritual travelers want to be free from all that. We want to be the conscious director of our movie plot and not a robot at the mercy of subconscious programs. All the different religions develop different methods that try to deal with these drives. They say we should't be controlled by sex urges, should understand that we aren't our bodies and that we should only have holy conscious thoughts. This might be a nice state to aspire, but the question is how to get there? If you only repress your drives in the name of spirituality, you will end up giving up on life. This may work for some spiritual stoics, but is unlikely to be the answer for all spiritual travelers.

We also try to numb our minds with alcohol, drugs or pharmaceuticals as we simply don't like the crazy stuff that our mind comes up with.The hostility, aggression, our fears or anxiety. You have the right to be loved, to experience happiness and peace, yet, our mind more often than not doesn't want to cooperate. No wonder that we want to slow it down or escape from it altogether.

Traditional religions are missing one important step in the homecoming process. You have to accept all the fickle states when they pop up. You have to accept who you think you are. If you lust after an attractive body in the street, acknowledge that you are horny at that moment. If your mind produces crazy thoughts or irrational worries, put them out in the open for you to see. It is the same when you are hungry or if you touch a hot stove with your hand, you also accept to eat something, or to instinctively pull the hand away, right? Don't be afraid of all these energies materializing. The opposite is true, the more you resist a certain energy, the more it will persist, because you will continue to attract it subconsciously until the day when you truly understand it and realize that you are not that energy.

You will be free when all these different energies when all these notions of who you think you are flow right through you. You acknowledge all energies exist, but you transcend them. Only then will you be free. When you understand and experience for yourself that there is a layer of peace, joy and happiness beneath all these energy moves, not any of these experience can touch you. You might experience lust, worry, anxiety, greed, but it will only be an instant because you use the opportunity to reconnect with the True Self without getting involved with the energy that pops up at all. There is no repression involved whatsoever, it is just an act of reconnection with the Source that is always at your disposal. These energy will then go through you just like cloud moving in the sky, they show up, accumulate and disappear. All that will be left at that holy moment is the experience of the Ancient Voice.

By Christian and Su-Zhen

The Four Instincts

There is something special about fear and the desire for food, sex and power. These are instincts that are genetically wired into our brains to ensure our survival. Fear, food and sex help the species to survive and prosper, the drive for power allows the individual to get ahead. The problem with these instincts is that they take a life of their own and can turn into monsters.

You can get addicted to all four forces. The state of paranoia takes our natural fears to the extreme and they take over your personality. Obesity is a result of food addiction. Sexual addiction is widespread, while the addiction for power can be observed everywhere in our corporate world, in sports and politics.

I consider myself quite an expert on this subject, as I have to control myself not to get taken over by these forces. Many of my fears have subsided, but I remember a time when fears were a big part of my life. The Power of Now is all about disarming our incessant worries, so it can be done, but it takes practice. I also tended to eat unconsciously, so I can definitely relate to somebody who stuffs his face. When it comes to sex, I find a big disconnect between having sex - which is a beautiful experience and your mind actually shuts down - and having mind sex. The latter takes place for example if you exchange fantasies with others in chat rooms, or if you have sexual fantasies about others. Mind sex I find highly addictive and have to control myself to keep it out of my life. The desire for power I can clearly feel in myself, but is luckily less of an issue for me.