| Buddhist Monk 2006-01-09, 1:01 am |
| Mysticism - Losing Power - Quotations by Zen Master Rama, Dr. Frederick =
Lenz
"From where the average man stands,
Sorcery is nonsense.
And he is right,
Not because this is an absolute fact,
But because the average man
Lacks the energy to deal with sorcery."
- Don Juan Matus
The Power of Silence
Carlos Castaneda
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Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz:
"You are drained by foolish actions and others.
When you allow desire, anger and frustration to dominate you, you are =
losing power.
If your power level gets low enough, you will die. You will get in a car =
accident; you will pick up a disease. That is why it is very important =
to keep your power level high, just to be a happy human being.
Life wears us down. We all die here. Depending upon the way you expose =
yourself to energies and powers and forces, both physical and =
non-physical, will determine whether you have a lot of energy or you =
lose energy.
Learn that happiness comes through self-control and not being angry or =
jealous. The only one that you really torment is yourself. It is easier =
to let go and gain new ways of looking at life.
Everything starts within your own mind. The physical choices you make, =
drain your power or give you power. If your power is low, then you stay =
in lower levels of mind and you don't see opportunities.
When you deal with people, it tends to drag your energy down, if those =
people are in a lower auric state than you. If you meditate and they =
don't, then by the end of the day you tend to be more drained.
The real problem is not increasing your energy. The problem is losing =
it. If you stop the loss and you simply meditate, you will have more =
than enough energy. You will learn to live strategically.
Start to give more thought to the world around you. Stop exposing =
yourself to situations that drain your energy. You will discover through =
a trial and error process that you will have more energy.
Watch out for dark streets in big cities because there are a lot of =
strange beings that hang out there at night, let alone the people. Don't =
you remember anything from your other lives?
Most power is lost in one's own mind by thinking negative thoughts, by =
worrying about the future, by focusing on the past, as opposed to =
thinking positive, strong, and happy thoughts.
If you lead a sloppy life, if you indulge in your emotions, if you're =
always upset, freaked out, stressful, and not happy, you are wasting =
power and your power level will get very low.
Your life may be draining away. Every day you may be getting older =
instead of younger, more frustrated instead of happier. Your job, your =
relationships may not be evolving - then your power is dwindling.
You have to be careful that in giving energy, you do not allow yourself =
to be excessively drained or used.
If you are a successful person and you let a lot of people in and around =
your life, they can drain your power. It won't go to them, but it will =
leave you.
In the world of power, people will come looking for you. If you're a =
movie star, you know what I am saying. People will come around you, =
little groupie types. They think that being around you they can get =
something.
The biggest energy losses for most people are relationships, =
interrelations with other people. That is where we lose the most energy, =
through our attachments - opening up to people who might be very nice on =
the surface but underneath they have a lot of problems.
If you ever care about things, that means they have power over you.
Power comes from doing meditation, leading a controlled life, being =
conservative, not wasting all your energy on drugs, alcohol and sex and =
other pastimes. The guideline for all experience is how you feel =
afterwards.
Drinking alcohol takes you into a lower state of mind. If you drink a =
lot of it, things get very fuzzy and they are not very sharp or defined. =
That brings you into a lower state of attention.
Some people are like psychic sponges, they drain power form others =
constantly. They lower your awareness because they are at a lower level. =
If you spend too much time with them, you get pulled down.
If you are losing power in your relationships, with others, then you =
have to try and remedy that, if you can't, you need to sever the =
relationship.
There is a certain drop of a type of kundalini when you have sex.
If you are interested in developing some of the higher range occult =
powers, then I would suggest you not engage in sex too frequently.=20
If you really want to channel all of your energy towards higher =
mysticism, you should realize that sex does drain a certain amount of =
your occult energy.=20
Human beings are confused, deluded and generally un-awakened. So as a =
person who seeks to increase their energy, you have to be very careful =
about who you have intimate contact with.
The primary place where most people lose energy is in their =
relationships with others. That means you lose your energy in your =
interactions with the people you know best.
People don't necessarily take power from you for themselves. It just =
means they are operating at a lower attention level and you got pulled =
down by it. You are not sufficiently strong enough to be with someone =
and be unaffected.
In most cases, energy is lost in little games of manipulation, in little =
struggles of will, in the attempts to possess others, to wrap them up, =
to delude them, to shine them on.
If, at the office or in different exchanges in daily living, you have to =
spend time with people who are at lower power levels, then you have to =
be aware of that and keep your awareness very much within.
Don't be afraid of losing a little power in daily associations. People =
who seek power and knowledge aren't misers. They aren't afraid. That is =
paranoid.
When you are afraid of someone, they can gain power over you, meaning =
they can drop your energy level.
When we experience fear, it cuts us off from our power. It cuts us off =
from knowledge and experience. It is a guillotine that falls and =
separates.
People are taught to fear god. They are taught to fear everything. It =
has become such a natural state that no one questions it.
Step one in overcoming fears is to make a fear list. Make a list of all =
the things that you are afraid of. Start out with the small fears and =
conquer them.
Fears are just conditioning. They don't exist. They are something that =
we are taught by people who are afraid or seek to make us afraid. It is =
time to unload the baggage.
Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are =
afraid, instead of just plunging into panic, laugh. The fear gets really =
uptight and leaves.
Overcoming fear has nothing to do with abandoning common sense. We =
retain our common sense, but we lose that emotion that is fear.
Don't be afraid. You are as alive as anything else is alive. Your right =
to be alive is as great as the right of anything else.
Fear is just an idea in the mind that limits you. You cannot become =
enlightened if you are afraid, nor can you become happy.
Pain and suffering only occur in temporal time. They don't occur in the =
world of forever. They only occur in limited transient time, which is a =
state of mind.
How to overcome fear? Be around people who are fearless.=20
If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best =
way to overcome fear is learn to be proficient in martial arts.
Go out and do the things you are afraid to do gradually. Gain the power =
to do that through meditating. You will find yourself limitless reality =
that knows no fear.
A lot of energy is lost to false teachers. Wherever dependency is =
created, energy is lost.
A lot of people who are involved in self-discovery lose energy to =
abusive teachers, to abusive friends and to entities, non-physical =
beings.
A great deal of energy is lost in the study by people who interact with =
non-physical beings. They get into your mind and your body by =
approaching you in the dream plane, promising you powers, playing on =
your desires. They sap your life force
If your power is decreasing then you have to do something about it right =
away.=20
As your power level goes down, you will become physically ill.=20
When our power level is down sufficiently, we die.
You need to shelter yourself from the abrasive forces of life that drain =
you and keep you in a lower state of mind.
Never be bored. Energy lives off of attention. When you are bored you =
get drained.
The United States has an incredible debt. That is obviously not the way =
to live. You have to eliminate waste in your life as the United States =
has to eliminate waste in its spending.
It takes many years to become proficient in energy conservation. But it =
is something that happens. You get continually stronger. You see your =
attention field is far different than it ever was before."
- Zen Master Rama
Dr. Frederick Lenz, Ph.D.
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Thank you in advance for your religious tolerance.
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