Universal Energy

 Six friends were sitting at lunch the other day and talked about the different nationalities, different body perceptions and class-struggles. As we were vibing together none of these differences was present at the table even though on paper at least we represent five different countries of origin. Today I am sitting in meditation and once again only Universal Energy shines through. Yes, life can trigger me into an “I am this” or “I am that” mindset, but Universal Energy is always present. Be Universal Energy or be mindful of mind-driven energy distortions. That’s spiritual living in a nutshell. 

The Power of a Still Mind

 Still your mind.

This stillness opens a new perspective, renews the soul, and helps us transcend the uneasiness we carry.

 

The very process of stilling the mind is pure healing.

As the mind quiets, obstacles dissolve—one by one, naturally.

 

No matter how much pain or difficulty we have faced, when our mind becomes still, this calm energy helps us begin anew, guiding us to face our challenges with clarity and strength.

A new beginning always brings closure to the old and unpleasant.

Thus, stilling the mind is one of the most powerful forms of healing.

 

How can a still mind help you?

 

When we are in pain or standing before difficult choices, a still mind sharpens our awareness and broadens our vision.

In stillness, we can take a step back and see what truly obstructs our destiny.

 

This is insight—

an inner awakening that initiates profound, effortless transformation of the soul and spirit.

All of it begins with stillness.

For happiness, freedom, and ease can never grow from a restless and anxious mind.

 

Still your mind.

Listen to your surroundings.

All the answers you seek already lie within this stillness.

Through it, you begin to see your obstacles clearly and understand them as part of a larger picture.

 

How important it is to have a still mind!

This stillness sharpens our perception and aligns us with the right path in life.

This stillness can change our destiny.

 

This stillness is the light of life—

a light that has always been within us,

a light that never leaves.

 

Still your mind.

In this quiet, obstacles rise to the surface and dissolve by themselves.

Healing unfolds and completes itself through stillness.

 

Still your mind,

and insight will emerge, illuminating your life.

 

With this light, we begin to understand why certain challenges arise.

In that moment of awareness, we release our attachments and find peace.

 

All of these insights unfold naturally when the mind is still.

All wisdom arises by itself.

 

Still your mind.

There is no problem that cannot be dissolved through stillness.

 

Awareness is the light of the mind.

This light illuminates our path and guides us.

Without this light, there can be no love—

for awareness itself is love.

To be aware is to know every movement of the mind.

 

Suzhen Liu

 

If you enjoy Suzhen Liu’s writings, please check out her new book, “Discover Love Within—Release Your Suffering” available on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Love-Within-Release-Suffering-ebook/dp/B0G4L29MVN

Do your job, mate!

 Unless you perform the mission you were born to do there will be restless energy inside which will drive you crazy. Unless you face the choices you were born to make your heart energy will not be fully developed leaving your compassion idle.

Body, mind and world come as a package deal. They exist in Awareness and need to be recognized as such to be able to penetrate Awareness through the constant stream of events, thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations. 

Wisdom is the activation of the Crown Chakra, devotion is the expansion of the heart chakra and “right” action is perceived via the Third Eye. God’s command, “Do your job, mate!” brings us Home as we help others.

Facing Pain Is Power

 When you dare to face your pain—

the ache of being unseen,

the loneliness of being alone—

these energies must be walked through,

not avoided.

 

If you turn away from emotion,

it does not fade.

It sinks,

and gathers quietly within.

 

True strength is born

when you allow the wave to move through your body,

through every cell,

until the current completes its flow.

Only then are you no longer bound

by the pull of emotion.

 

To say, “It doesn’t matter,”

or “I don’t feel it,”

is to hold an empty strength.

Real power arises

when you have lived through the storm itself.

 

When you have truly met your sorrow—

felt unseen, unheard, unacknowledged—

you begin to see why your parents, too,

could not see you.

And in that moment of seeing,

the pain dissolves.

 

Later, when someone overlooks you,

your heart remains calm,

for you have already crossed this river.

 

This is the quiet ascent of the soul—

not by changing others,

but by walking through your own shadows

until light appears.

 

Only then

can life unfold

with ease and grace.

 

By Suzhen Liu

If you enjoy Suzhen Liu’s writings, please check out her new book, “Discover Love Within—Release Your Suffering,” available on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Love-Within-Release-Suffering-ebook/dp/B0G4L29MVN

Valentine’s at the Post-Office

 I had just returned from a trip to the west coast and had fallen sick there and was tired and disoriented. Still, a friend’s birthday was coming up and I wanted to send her Suzhen Liu’s new book. “It will be good for her,” I told myself so I got up and headed to the post office. As I was at the check out counter one clerk said to the other, “Tomorrow is Valentine’s!” “Not my favorite day,” the other woman responded, “I date myself!” 

Due to the trip and the illness I had completely lost track of Valentine’s. A look at my watch told me that I had exactly one hour to go to my favorite card store. Just enough to make it to Cambridge and back to pick up my wife from work, assuming I would find parking on one of the busiest streets in that town. Well, I did and picked out a nice card. I was thinking to myself how one act of kindness leads to the other, just as one creative act begets the next.

Have you ever observed how the ego works? The ego is just like tunnel vision. You zoom into the object or the person of your desire and you block out everything else that seems to distract from this goal. Love and creativity have just the opposite effect. With every net we throw out, the following aims branch out wider and further. The only catch is that you can’t plan or will yourself to be loving and creative. It has to be born out of the magic of the moment. 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The three pathways to return home: wisdom, devotion and action

 A part of our mind has diverted resources to define who we are; to look out for our interest and to make sure no physical harm or psychological hurt happens to us. In the early morning hours when everything is still and distractions are kept to a minimum, observe the stream of thoughts and associated feelings. “You” will find that almost every thought-feeling energy is self referential in one way or the other. This filter cuts us off from the universal energy and creates a lot of mischief in the process. What can we do to be one with “life as is” without getting our self in the Way?

 

This task is overwhelming if it wasn’t for the fact that the Force that has created this universe has carefully planned our homecoming.

 

Wisdom: we can learn to look at the self-referential thought-feeling energy as it arises and look right through it.

 

Devotion: we can wrap our heart around “life as is” and replace the narrow mind-driven energy with the much more potent energy of compassion.

 

Action: we can put our attention to “life as is” by showing up in life and doing what we need to do rather than getting caught in our little self-referential world.

The four pathways of leaving the self behind

 That inner filter that pretends to be us and that claims we are just one step away from wisdom is “you.” Trying to get your arms around it is as hopeless as trying to hug your shadow. The self cannot get rid of itself!

 

The teachers and teachings con only point toward the Truth. The filter is bound to hijack it for “you”. Truth has to be lived here and now with no psychological entity to speak of being around.

 

I discovered four pathways to lose this filter:

 

S (tillness)   The mind becomes still as we grasp our own agenda

 

E (nergy)     The seven chakras are activated and balanced

 

L (ove)        Heart energy sidelines the mind

 

F (low)        Oneness with life as is