Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Getting Out of Our Own Way
The only reason we are unable to connect with the joy that is our natural condition is that our blocks and attachments hinder us. They are like old socks stuck in the pipeline of peace. They obstruct our ability to perceive the flow of unconditional love that is really all that is.
Blocks
The old energy patterns that no longer serve us - our mind-sets and emotional patterns.
We may have originally unconsciously created most of these during childhood as a way of being safe in an unpredictable, terrifying world. In this way we created our personal map of reality and know that we stay safe so long as we stay within this map. Even incredible suffering is preferable to stepping outside our map. In fact because we believe that the map is also the territory we become unable to step out of it, even when we really want to. This is why it is sometimes possible to attend every workshop, read every book and see every possible therapist but always remain with the same major blocks.
We can also make the mistake of expecting that the mind can resolve this situation and even feeling that we have failed when this proves to be not possible. The mind is much more likely to hinder than help us. Our blocks were not created by the mind and we cannot change them with the mind. Transformation does not occur at the cerebral level, it occurs at the level of consciousness.
Some typical blocks are unworthiness, doubts, lack of clarity, lack of trust, temptations, expectations, guilt, heartbreak, fear, depression, addictions
Attachments
The world around us is in fact an illusion created by our minds. Each different mind creates a slightly (sometimes vastly) different world. Who is to judge which world is the ‘real’ one?
“The mind produces a powerful illusion, that of existing in this body which we consider to be our own.” Kalu Rinpoche
Your body, that you can touch and feel and which appears to be quite solid is actually mainly empty space. This is because the atom is mainly empty space and the body is made of atoms. In fact if you were to somehow remove all the empty space from the body, although it would still weigh the same it would be no bigger than a grain of salt. So science says it too. We’re basically an illusion. And so is everything else that we can perceive with our senses.
We form attachments to these illusions and fear their loss and mourn their passing. Our attachments can be to physical objects or to outcomes. The truth is that we own nothing. We came into this world with nothing and we will leave it with nothing. Anything in between is only ever temporary. The one constant is unconditional love, the creative energy that drives all things.
The only true love is unconditional love, any other love is really fear of loss. Worrying about someone is not the same as loving them.
Again we feel at a deep level that our attachments keep us safe, which is why we fear their loss. We can also find ourselves looking to the material world for fulfilment, sometimes driving ourselves harder and harder to find it. But like the end of the rainbow, the faster we move towards such expected fulfilment, the faster it retreats from us.
This is the human condition and first we have to recognise and accept that. We are here to experience the human condition, we are here for the ride first and the destination second. And what an adventure it is. But like any adventure it is sometimes fun and sometimes difficult and painful. So why not aim to make it mostly fun? Why not enjoy the ride? It’s going to happen anyway so it might as well be as pleasant as possible.
Healing
How to release the old patterns that no longer serve us? I have found different ways to do this:
· Meditation is essential and particularly powerful when practised with a group.
· There is also an accelerated meditation system called the Holosync Solution available, at a price, from http://www.centerpointe.com.
· The Metamorphic Technique is a very, pleasant and relaxing method that facilitates transformation. http://www.metamorphicassociation.org
· Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is another, very effective way of shifting the patterns that no longer serve us. This system can be spectacularly quick acting with even very distressing patterns such as phobias, fears and addictions. One advantage of this system is that most people see immediate results. It is a system that is used by a practitioner with a client but is also intended for the client to learn and use in their daily lives. www.emofree.com
· Sai Shakti Healing (more below) www.kaleshwar.org
Energy Balancing & Unconditional Love
We ( I am working with Stephne Monaghan) are currently working on a healing protocol that uses EFT combined with meditation and Sai Shakti Healing. This is a healing technique from ancient, palm leaf manuscripts as taught today by the Indian Swami, Sri Sai Kaleshwar.
Such ancient techniques are primarily aimed at healing heartbreak, offering protection from negative energy and increasing soul power.
Imagine a healing experience that gives you the tools you need to remove the energy imbalances that cause painful emotional and physical symptoms from your life – the socks in your pipeline of peace. Imagine an experience where someone helps you to do this and provides a healing environment where transformation can safely occur. We have found that using meditation, EFT and Sai Shakti healing together seems to cause acceleration in the process of releasing old patterns. As the blocks start to dissolve the powerful healing energy of unconditional love, facilitated by the healer, can be felt immediately and very powerfully. All this facilitates a shift in consciousness.
Those who actively seek the spiritual path or the path of self-development will understand the difficulties involved in both identifying and then releasing blocks and attachments. Talking the talk is easy, but walking the walk is much, much harder. We are working with this system because we are finding that it really helps us and also helps us very quickly. I have been astonished by how rapidly and how easily I have identified and then shed some of my old patterns.
Our aim is to continue to develop this work by being as open and receptive as possible. We want to continue to explore and adapt our work as our own consciousness shifts. Although we aim to accept each session as a fresh experience we work within a safe and supportive structure: tried and tested energy balancing techniques encompassed by unconditional love. This is very much work in progress.
Eventually we will also offer to check and improve the energy of your home using the science of Vaastu (Feng Shui was adapted from Vaastu). Also we will look at your diet and advise you on how to eat optimally for spiritual and physical health.
At least these are the things we have planned at the moment. However the very nature of this way of working is to only expect the unexpected. So things will probably evolve in a way that we have not thought of!
Volunteers
If you are still interested in working with us then please let me know. At the moment we are working quite slowly with a very small number of people. Once we feel ready to offer our work to you we will contact you. You will need to be able to come to Kingston or Richmond every 2 weeks or so for 2-3 months.
Blocks
The old energy patterns that no longer serve us - our mind-sets and emotional patterns.
We may have originally unconsciously created most of these during childhood as a way of being safe in an unpredictable, terrifying world. In this way we created our personal map of reality and know that we stay safe so long as we stay within this map. Even incredible suffering is preferable to stepping outside our map. In fact because we believe that the map is also the territory we become unable to step out of it, even when we really want to. This is why it is sometimes possible to attend every workshop, read every book and see every possible therapist but always remain with the same major blocks.
We can also make the mistake of expecting that the mind can resolve this situation and even feeling that we have failed when this proves to be not possible. The mind is much more likely to hinder than help us. Our blocks were not created by the mind and we cannot change them with the mind. Transformation does not occur at the cerebral level, it occurs at the level of consciousness.
Some typical blocks are unworthiness, doubts, lack of clarity, lack of trust, temptations, expectations, guilt, heartbreak, fear, depression, addictions
Attachments
The world around us is in fact an illusion created by our minds. Each different mind creates a slightly (sometimes vastly) different world. Who is to judge which world is the ‘real’ one?
“The mind produces a powerful illusion, that of existing in this body which we consider to be our own.” Kalu Rinpoche
Your body, that you can touch and feel and which appears to be quite solid is actually mainly empty space. This is because the atom is mainly empty space and the body is made of atoms. In fact if you were to somehow remove all the empty space from the body, although it would still weigh the same it would be no bigger than a grain of salt. So science says it too. We’re basically an illusion. And so is everything else that we can perceive with our senses.
We form attachments to these illusions and fear their loss and mourn their passing. Our attachments can be to physical objects or to outcomes. The truth is that we own nothing. We came into this world with nothing and we will leave it with nothing. Anything in between is only ever temporary. The one constant is unconditional love, the creative energy that drives all things.
The only true love is unconditional love, any other love is really fear of loss. Worrying about someone is not the same as loving them.
Again we feel at a deep level that our attachments keep us safe, which is why we fear their loss. We can also find ourselves looking to the material world for fulfilment, sometimes driving ourselves harder and harder to find it. But like the end of the rainbow, the faster we move towards such expected fulfilment, the faster it retreats from us.
This is the human condition and first we have to recognise and accept that. We are here to experience the human condition, we are here for the ride first and the destination second. And what an adventure it is. But like any adventure it is sometimes fun and sometimes difficult and painful. So why not aim to make it mostly fun? Why not enjoy the ride? It’s going to happen anyway so it might as well be as pleasant as possible.
Healing
How to release the old patterns that no longer serve us? I have found different ways to do this:
· Meditation is essential and particularly powerful when practised with a group.
· There is also an accelerated meditation system called the Holosync Solution available, at a price, from http://www.centerpointe.com.
· The Metamorphic Technique is a very, pleasant and relaxing method that facilitates transformation. http://www.metamorphicassociation.org
· Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is another, very effective way of shifting the patterns that no longer serve us. This system can be spectacularly quick acting with even very distressing patterns such as phobias, fears and addictions. One advantage of this system is that most people see immediate results. It is a system that is used by a practitioner with a client but is also intended for the client to learn and use in their daily lives. www.emofree.com
· Sai Shakti Healing (more below) www.kaleshwar.org
Energy Balancing & Unconditional Love
We ( I am working with Stephne Monaghan) are currently working on a healing protocol that uses EFT combined with meditation and Sai Shakti Healing. This is a healing technique from ancient, palm leaf manuscripts as taught today by the Indian Swami, Sri Sai Kaleshwar.
Such ancient techniques are primarily aimed at healing heartbreak, offering protection from negative energy and increasing soul power.
Imagine a healing experience that gives you the tools you need to remove the energy imbalances that cause painful emotional and physical symptoms from your life – the socks in your pipeline of peace. Imagine an experience where someone helps you to do this and provides a healing environment where transformation can safely occur. We have found that using meditation, EFT and Sai Shakti healing together seems to cause acceleration in the process of releasing old patterns. As the blocks start to dissolve the powerful healing energy of unconditional love, facilitated by the healer, can be felt immediately and very powerfully. All this facilitates a shift in consciousness.
Those who actively seek the spiritual path or the path of self-development will understand the difficulties involved in both identifying and then releasing blocks and attachments. Talking the talk is easy, but walking the walk is much, much harder. We are working with this system because we are finding that it really helps us and also helps us very quickly. I have been astonished by how rapidly and how easily I have identified and then shed some of my old patterns.
Our aim is to continue to develop this work by being as open and receptive as possible. We want to continue to explore and adapt our work as our own consciousness shifts. Although we aim to accept each session as a fresh experience we work within a safe and supportive structure: tried and tested energy balancing techniques encompassed by unconditional love. This is very much work in progress.
Eventually we will also offer to check and improve the energy of your home using the science of Vaastu (Feng Shui was adapted from Vaastu). Also we will look at your diet and advise you on how to eat optimally for spiritual and physical health.
At least these are the things we have planned at the moment. However the very nature of this way of working is to only expect the unexpected. So things will probably evolve in a way that we have not thought of!
Volunteers
If you are still interested in working with us then please let me know. At the moment we are working quite slowly with a very small number of people. Once we feel ready to offer our work to you we will contact you. You will need to be able to come to Kingston or Richmond every 2 weeks or so for 2-3 months.
