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August 4, 2010

The Power of Meditation…continued

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In my last article, I spoke of the importance of “attention” in building the Kundalini Fire (fundamental life force) for personal and spiritual development.

Remember why it is crucial?

Because energy follows attention, and wherever your attention is at any moment, your energy will be there, also. Therefore, it is vitally important to understand and practice “present-centered attention” (or PCA).

What does “present-centered attention” mean? Is it a type of prayer, a meditation, mindfulness, or some other transformational technique?

The proper application of attention or as I call it, PCA (present-centered attention) is none of the above. In fact, it has nothing to do with the use of the mind or the instruments of the mind.

You may wonder now, “So, if PCA has nothing to do with the mind, then how do you do it?”

Well, that is just it you don’t do it. It does you. You allow it to happen by giving up over and over! You could say it’s a form of surrendering. You see, to be in the present moment, you can’t be there or at least the “you” who you’ve come to identify yourself as can’t be there.

Get it?

The “you” who you’ve come to believe is you is a seeker — a seeker of experiences. The pre-sent moment is what exits prior to the seeker and its seeking. It’s pre-sent or before. So, this seeker must go. The pre-sent moment is what exists when the seeker gives up, surrenders or collapses.

I like to refer to the seeker as the Bull$hit Artist, B$A for short, because it’s insidious, constantly fooling us, like a con-artist!

The challenge is dismantling the B$A. The difficulty lies in the holographic nature of it all. The B$A is not separate from what it seeks. In fact, it is what it seeks. And since the B$A is built upon its past or past experiences, what it seeks in the imaginary future is really just projected memories. Therefore, any new experience in the imaginary future simply reinforces its existence and thus creates a perpetual feedback loop keeping it stuck in the past! It’s similar to kicking a dog and getting bitten. Then turning around and kicking the dog for biting you, only to get bitten again. Each time, the kicks and the bites get harder and reinforce the cycle or madness. This is bull$hittin.

I dive into this deeper in our upcoming book, Shen Life. In it, I point out the importance of realizing the problem of seeking and the deeper implications of seeking before beginning the practice of “present-centered attention.” The danger is an unchecked practice breeds a new and more insidious form of seeking– spiritual seeking.

Typically, meditation, prayer and other self-help techniques have an intention to get somewhere, or achieve something—to seek something in the imaginary future, like enlightenment, spirit, wealth, health, etc. In fact, the more intent the attempt to fix the B$A, make it better, or get something in the great out-there, the stronger it becomes. In PCA, nothing is sought, nothing is avoided nor resisted, not even pain, anguish, anger, loss, failure, or fear. All is welcome, good, bad, or whatever. Nothing is held onto, not even bliss, ecstasy nor delight. Attention is allowed to jump, hop, move, and do its thing. After all, it’s the chronic fixation on experiences, internal and external, good and bad, healthy and unhealthy, that is the real problem. So, the key is to allow the chronic fixation to dislodge and run its course. All states are recognized as temporal, nothing to be loved or feared, just allowed to pass. Until, even attention itself relaxes. Here (a non-local “here”), Shen reveals itself as you.

Here’s an exercise you can try.

Sit and watch how attention jumps from thoughts, to emotions, to sensations, to external phenomena, and so on. Just watch. Then, as it begins to slow down, watch “who” is doing the watching. And so on and so on and so on.

This can be exhausting!

Finally, after much watching, an “irritable discontent” ought to arise. Now you are getting somewhere. Simply, fall, sink, relax, let go, surrender, melt, or whatever into the irritable discontent, over and over and over and over until Shen reveals itself as You.

Shen can be likened to the Supreme Unknown, the Absolute, Undifferentiated Awareness, the Great Beyond, Ultimate Reality, or Absolute Freedom. It is here, Shen, which is everywhere and nowhere at the same time, where what is referred to as healing, transformation, and conscious evolution takes place.

Just to be clear, conscious evolution or healing doesn’t happen in linear time as we think of it either. It’s more like a falling away of conditioned time that reveals what has always been there unchanged by time, the pre-sent moment, Shen.

Think of it like this… you are in a dark room, or at least you think it is dark. The truth is it is dark, because you have a bag on your head. It takes you a while to figure it out, since that bag has been on your head for years and you’ve become used to it. You grown so accustom to it that you think it is part of your being, who you are; hence the Bull$hit Artist. When you finally get it off, you realized that there was always light in the room, only the bag kept you in the dark. Now, during your struggle to figure it out, time passed. This is what is commonly referred to as the healing  process, the removal of the bag, letting go of your personal story, your memories—bull$hittin’. However, in the big scheme of things, neither the bag (the B$A) nor your process (bull$hittin) did anything to change the absolute fact that the room was full of Light. The B$A and its B$ just obstructed your awareness of what was already present or pre-sent.

Once you understand seeking is the problem and it’s the B$A’s modus operandi, that is moving and jumping around like a cat on a hot tin roof seeking one experience after another, like a junkie looking for the next fix, then you’ll be ready to let it go; thereby, letting go of the B$A. Of course, this usually has to be realized over and over. Not until “frustrated incorporated” becomes your general experience will the “sense of urgency” be great enough to finish the job.

Remember, PCA is just a tool, and Shen Life is just a map, not the destination or territory. So, don’t fixate on these items, just discard them once the collapsing is done.

There you have it…now have fun!

~Stephen

 

July 4, 2010

Let’s Talk about SEX, baby…

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There is so much confusion and misinformation regarding sex within the human potential and spiritual growth movement. Is it bad? Is it good? Is it the key to development and spiritual growth? The questions keep going.

So, what is the real truth about sex and it’s relation to human development and spiritual growth other than the obvious – pleasure and procreation?

First, let’s define what I am referring to when using the term sex. I prefer– copulate. To copulate, means to engage in sexual intercourse, derived from the Latin word, copulare, which means, to join together. So, there it is. The true meaning of sexual relations is to join together.

What is being joined together? Is it just man and wife, the male and female gender or any two adult human beings?

Suppose I should put out a disclaimer here: I am not making any value judgments regarding sexuality. This article is purely to provide another perspective on copulating besides the common one.

Allow me to explain.

As I have mentioned before, while incarcerated almost two decades ago, I experienced a Kundalini Awakening. (I’ll get into that further below.) In East Indian Spirituality, a Kundalini Awakening refers to an activation of the dormant energy that lies coiled at the base of the spine. When awakened, the energy travels upward in a serpentine fashion along the spinal column through several pathways until finally reaching the top of the crown. This process liberates an individual’s awareness to allow him/her to experience a greater connection to Self, others and the rest of the world. Yes, many other cool changes and exciting healings happen, too.

Typically though, an Awakening doesn’t transpire in one quick explosion. Rather a series of ongoing bio-energetic transformations strung together that can last for many years is the common occurrence. It depends on each person’s lifestyle choices.

Yes, I said choices.

The Kundalini process is either expedited or impeded by lifestyle behaviors. The primary lifestyle habit that will either speed up the process or slow it down relates to sexual behavior. The energy referred to as the coiled serpent is none other than the sexual energy or Kundalini. As we, humans, move into adulthood, more and more of this vital energy is spent in the game of life, particularly in sexual relations (either personally or with a partner). As a result, the Kundalini Energy Reservoir is very deficient in most people. Weak reserves will make any Kundalini Experience almost impossible, never mind a full-blown Kundalini Awakening.

This correlation reflects the reasoning behind why some monks, priests, and other religious zealots guard against sexual relations all together. Sadly though, most of these folks don’t possess the true understanding of the relationship between the sexual energy and their spiritual practice. Many times the true knowledge is replaced with fallacies like, “sex is bad” or “unholy behavior except in marriage.” This outlook on sex or copulating creates a host of health problems and relational issues. (But, that is another topic for another time.)

In the right context, sex and the sex energy can be a huge asset to our potential, both in health and growth. Mindful copulating will encourage and build the vital force that leads to a Kundalini Experience, and even possibly a full-blown Kundalini Awakening. As you may know, there are a great many sexual practices that foster the growth of the Kundalini Energy. Some of them are Sexual Qi Kung, Tantric Practices, and Spiritual Coupling. Careful though, one must guard against sexual addiction or abdicating personal responsibility onto the partner for spiritual development. Each of these practices help (and I’ve personally gained from them), however, I found a spiritual aspirant will develop faster once he/she can let these practices go and learn “true coupling” within.

The true coupling I am referring to is the joining of the male and female energies within ourselves.

How do you do this?

Well, it’s rather simple, but it is not easy!

Let’s go back to my experience. When I first arrived in prison, I was overwhelmed by where my life ended up and who I’d become – a drug and alcohol addicted, a violent-tempered criminal, a first-class mess. From rock bottom, I reconciled to find out why I’d made such poor choices, and to discover how to never to make them again.

Unknowingly, I began a contemplative practice.

Up to that point, my life experience was focused outward. Then, I took a 180-degree turn inward. There is the key. My “attention” was staying home so to speak. I minimized the loss of any vital power of the Kundalini Force (sexual energy), and that reservoir began to build, strengthen and compound.

Along with the contemplation practice, my lifestyle was more balanced. I went to bed at the same time and got up at the same time. I ate three balanced meals at the same time. I exercised each day by walking, stretching, and light strength training, plus I breathed much deeper while doing so. I no longer watched television nor engaged in fruitless conversation. And most importantly, I did not participate in any sexual activity.

Well, unknown to me, the combination of that radical lifestyle change and abstinence built up a brew of powerful energy. After about 9 months of this practice, a huge explosion happened within me…at least, that’s how it felt. A powerful surge of energy shot up from my pelvic floor all the way up to my skull and beyond. Following, a complementary force began from somewhere above my head and moved downward along the same path. My general experience was of pure exhilaration and ecstasy.

Two other experiences occurred that are worth noting. A great sense of connection to everything or whole oneness washed me, like a coupling or joining together of all my parts. Plus, time seemed to slow down to near slow-motion. Of course, all of these cool experiences didn’t last very long. After the big bang, I was left with a surging force that, for much of the time, was torturous physically, emotionally, and mentally. From time to time, I would have the more enjoyable experiences, but for many years afterward, there was mainly the excruciating surging force. Until one day, I noticed my general experience had shifted into an expansive feeling of delight accompanied with a sense of wholeness or unity – true spiritual coupling.

In one word, the key to all of this is attention.

Energy follows attention, and if attention is focused on material life from moment-to-moment, energy follows it. The more I relaxed attention inwardly, the stronger the Kundalini grew. Therefore, it is imperative to gradually bring attention back home into the body, so that the Kundalini can build and eventually lead to total liberation.

Hopefully, you can see how important the sexual energy is in reaching your full potential – both spiritually and humanly. Without it, we won’t get very far.

In my next article I’ll outline the basic practice of attention, which is taken from the section, The Work, in my upcoming book, Shen Life, Reach For It, The Next Step In Human Potential.

Until then, keep it in your pants! ;-)

 

December 4, 2009

Setting The Tone…the simple way

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Over the years, the question I’ve been asked the most is “how do I manifest something in my life (a better relationship, new mate, new career, more money, etc.)?” Of course, the quick answer is, “we receive what we believe; our faith makes it so.” This is true, however, underneath that there is much more to it. I am not going to go into every detail of manifestation here in this article. I’ll save the long-winded explanation for my upcoming book, Shen Life. Instead, I’ll share the real secret behind manifestation that popular movies and books leave out.

As most of you know, I am not a big proponent of the Secret or the Think and Grow Rich approaches to manifestation. Not because they don’t work, in many cases they do. The problem I have with them is they promote the old way of manifestation. It’s based on the Old Testament Law of Moses (Mosaic Law), which is cause and effect.

This method, unknowingly, is based in fear, a deep feeling that one is separate, divided and lacks something.  Albeit we may not realize it is from fear; nevertheless it is. Most of us simply experience the three movements of fear, rather than fear itself: “the fear I am not going to get what I want,” “the fear I am going to lose what I have,” or “the fear I am going to get what I deserve”.

There is a much simpler way to manifest, and one that is more natural. However, it is more demanding than the first. Why? It requires us to know ourselves in the deepest possible way – as Shen or Consciousness. When we know ourselves as Shen, we then are whole. We never seek things out of fear or a sense of lack. Rather, we manifest things as a natural response of who we are, the Creative Spirit.

About 2,000 years ago, a guy by the name of Jesus said he came to deliver folks from the Mosaic Law or release them from “cause and effect.” Though, Mosaic Law as it is outlined In the Ten Commandments is something we should all live by for moral and ethical reasons, he said that all the commandments could be summed up in one commandment: LOVE! When we come from Love, he said the letter of the law is written on the tablets of our hearts. So, there is no need to be overly concerned with what to do or not to do. Since we are coming from Love, all of our actions work for the highest good of everyone. Therefore, all things work out for the best.

Now, I am not suggesting that you shouldn’t have goals or make plans. Life without goals would be silly. What I am suggesting is that when you come from Love, all of your thoughts, ideas, visions, or goals will be the result of Love. Rather than muscling your thoughts, feelings, and actions to try to create a certain reality, allow your thoughts, feelings, and actions to flower fourth from the endless wellspring of creation itself – God’s Love. This will increase the likelihood of a successful outcome…and it may be better than you imagined.

Love is the most attractive power in the universe. It is literally the “feeling” aspect of Shen or Spirit. Now, I am not speaking of some sappy, touchy-feely sentimental love. Divine Love is more than that! As I point out in my coming book, Shen Life, Love can be felt as a tangible descending stream of brain chemicals originating from the center of the skull. These brain chemicals flow down into the heart via the brachial plexuses and other channels and arteries. Once they hit the heart, these Love hormones radiate to every cell in the body. They dissolve all the restricting and limiting patterns and/or memories in the body. Love literally melts them; it’s the universal solvent.

Another amazing thing about Love is that it is the exact vibration of the pulse of the planet. That’s right; it is in perfect sync with the earth’s heartbeat. Therefore, when we are “in Love,” we are in sync with the earth, and this puts us in alignment with natural law – cause and effect. This is what it meant in the Christian world to live by grace, in Yoga circles as effortless action, in the Taoists movement as Wu Wei, and in Shen Life as Flow. The Bible says, “not by might (cause and effect) but by grace!”

When we know ourselves as Shen, we are led by Shen in every way. And Shen is Love. So, when Shen is our primary goal, then Love is our primary goal, and our “cause and effect” takes care of itself. In time, we come to realize that our only marker for success in life is whether or not Love is present. When this happens, we literally become a Love offering to “all” that we come in contact.

Love is always a choice, though, at times a very difficult one.

 

November 6, 2009

The Divine Marriage

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Marriage between two adults is a symbol or material example attempting to reveal the true marriage – the union between our divinity and our humanity. A common word used today that stands for this divine marriage is wholeness.

Wholeness involves the coupling of two polarities within our own selves, the yin and yang, female and male, non-physical and physical. Once these polarities are reunited, then we can begin our new life, our new existence, as divine beings in this material world while bringing fourth our offspring or divine creations. As whole beings, then and only then, are we able to create from a fully conscious place.Divine Marriage

Romance in many ways is the lure that brings two people together so that they may work out this divine drama. However, rather than being a portal that takes us deeper within, romance can more times than not become an obstacle. Instead, of finding ourselves through relational interplay, we lose ourselves in the abyss of relational trauma and drama. However, if we can remain true to the path of wholeness, and view the relationship for what it is, then we are able to truly complete ourselves and thereby become fully functional beings.

The chief signpost of wholeness is undifferentiated love. Undifferentiated love is love without exception – meaning it’s not contingent on any person, place or thing. It just is-Love!  As complete, fully-functional beings, we not only begin to experience undifferentiated love, but it literally becomes who we are – that is we embody it. Some even say that undifferentiated love is the baseline of the universe, cosmos and beyond. Coincidentally, undifferentiated love resonates at 7.83 Hertz, which is known as the earth’s pulse or what is commonly called, Schumann Resonance.

Wikepedia explains:
This global electromagnetic resonance phenomenon is named after physicist Winfried Otto Schumann who predicted it mathematically in 1952. Schumann resonances occur because the space between the surface of the Earth and the conductive ionosphere acts as a closed waveguide. The limited dimensions of the Earth cause this waveguide to act as a resonant cavity for electromagnetic waves in the ELF band. The cavity is naturally excited by electric currents in lightning. Schumann resonances are the principal background in the electromagnetic spectrum between 3-69 Hz, and appear as distinct peaks at extremely low frequencies (ELF) around 7.83, 14.3, 20.8, 27.3 and 33.8 Hz. In the normal mode description of Schumann resonances, the fundamental mode is a standing wave in the Earth-ionosphere cavity with a wavelength equal to the circumference of the Earth. This lowest-frequency (and highest-intensity) mode of the Schumann resonance occurs at a frequency of approximately 7.83 Hz (earth pulse).

Once we’ve stabilized in wholeness, undifferentiated love puts us in sync with the earth’s rhythm, vibe or flow; this is also synonymous with the idea of grace in Christianity, wu wei in Taosim, effortless action in Yoga or even what many athletes refer to as being in the zone. Being in this flow, or better said, “being flow” not only brings us into harmony with the earth’s rhythms, but into connection with all sentient and non-sentient beings, harmonizes our biological systems, and, last but not least, carries us to our visions, intentions and goals with relative ease.

Our intentions are the offspring of this divine union. In our previous state, our intentions arose from the fear of being separate and a sense of lack. We felt disconnected, divided, and incomplete; so we sought people, places, and things in an attempt to fulfill ourselves. In wholeness, our intentions result from already being whole and therefore are an overflow or the “extra something” we have to give – they are our gifts.

If we are to seriously undertake the path towards this divine marriage, and move into flow, then we must consider the fundamental first step – taking care of the body. Our bodies are reality-generating organisms. Within our bodies the two polarities, male and female, commingle to produce their offspring or our divine intentions. If our bodies are in tip-top condition, then it is much easier for this process to flourish. If our bodies are weak or even worse sick, then our offspring (intentions) will not carry through to the full term of birth and instead lead to a miscarriage of sorts.

To ensure a fruitful union, we developed the Shen Life Starter Kit.

The Shen Life Starter Kit addresses the seven biological needs of the body. Once these biological needs are met, the body is on its way to optimum functioning and wholeness! Watch this video to see more or email any questions. Make note of the role sexuality plays in the divine union as discussed in the video. I’ll discuss that more next time…good stuff.

To whole living,

Stephen

 

August 3, 2009

How WE Create Health or Disease – p2

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Dr Ihaleakala Hew Len Part 2

Part 2 of the simplicity of 100% responsibility.

 

August 3, 2009

How WE Create Health or Disease

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Dr Ihaleakala Hew Len Part 1

Personal responsibility does create/influence the world as we know it – Dr Ihaleakala Hew Len has a great example of this in action.

 

July 31, 2008

Pain is part of life, suffering is optional!

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“Pain is part of life, suffering is optional.” Last week I heard this phrase used so many times in a workshop that it began to sound like a bumper sicker slogan. It’s catchy and it stuck. I sat with this idea for over a week contemplating why there is the experience suffering in my life, and here is what came up.

The experience of suffering presents itself because the self-limiting image/ego resists being in flow. Plainly stated, the self-limiting image wants absolute safety and security from the unknown. It wants to know what is coming around the corner. On top of certainty, the ego wants to be right about what it knows! The self-limiting image feels as though it is at the center of the universe and the universe should behave according to its wishes. When the universe doesn’t behave as the self-limiting thinks it should, then lamenting and suffering results.

However, change is an absolute in life. Pain is part of the change or growth process. Our tendency is to swim to shore to avoid change, rather than remaining in the flow of the river of life. This simply prolongs the pain and results in suffering. For me, learning to relax into the river of life may be frightening and painful at times, but the pain usually amounts to little more than a small bruise, unlike the prolonged suffering that is brought about from swimming to shore. Therefore, in short, pain is part of the flow of life, and suffering is the result of the resistance to the flow and its occasional pain.

What do you think?

 

June 1, 2008

Be All That You Can Be

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Over the last several decades, especially since the self-help movement of the seventies and eighties, much has been made about the need for self-actualization. Movies and books that popularize this pursuit are making millions, because so many people crave to fix their life situation. Simply put, self-actualization means, “to be all that you can be.” The problem with this ideology is that it places the primary emphasis on self-development, rather than self-knowledge. Self-knowledge means to “know” ourselves in the most fundamental way.

It is impossible to be all that we can be if we don’t know who we are. To know who we are, we need to know the deepest aspect of ourselves — Spirit. If we don’t begin here, then we risk the self becoming strengthened to the point where it mistakenly thinks it alone is Spirit, as is the case with much of the self-help movement. It’s difficult to see this distinction, because the same language is used in both authentic spiritual and self-improvement pursuits.

Now, I am all for being all that I can be. What would be the point in living if we can’t be the best human being possible? Yet, without a complete union with Spirit, the self always functions from a sense of lack. It stumbles through life trying to fulfill itself through endless tasks. This kind of self-actualization is similar to the cravings of an addict. Accomplishments are treated more like momentary highs, rather than true acts of self-fulfillment. Much like an addict, the self must keep busy achieving so he can keep the sense of lack or withdrawals at bay. The individual becomes an over achiever scampering onto the next great challenge—busy chasing the next high.

With this in mind, it is easy to see that the self is never fully satisfied, because it feels incomplete. No matter how many successes, whether they be the highest awards and accolades, history-making records, multiple college degrees, or even tons of money, the self-driven life is constantly in a ravenous search trying to compensate for its feelings of lack, insecurity, and fear. That’s its curse! Therefore, it is impossible to be all that we can be from the perspective of the self-driven life. We must make the transition to a spirit-driven life, a Shen Life.

Our spiritual nature is totally complete in and of itself; it never searches for fulfillment, because all is fulfilled through knowing itself. From this perspective, we are on the right track to being all that we can be. Once stabilized in Spirit, then we understand that the self is what Spirit uses to express itself. Our external lives become the offspring of this union. We are the creative source, the creative tool and the creative expression all at once—a holy trinity. Life is seen as a creative flow, and an endless expression of who we are. Truly, there is nothing to search for because everything is right here within our very own selves.

That’s the switch from a self-driven life to a spirit-driven life, a Shen Life.

Let’s reach for it!

 

May 28, 2008

Do it with Love

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It really is not so much about what we do in life as far as occupation or direction we take, but more importantly what we bring to the table when we do it. That is, are we bringing the Love?

Love is the universal solvent that breaks down all uncertainty and indecision leaving in their place a sense of supreme confidence that all is well and fine – even if the shit is hitting the fan.

This Love that I speak of is not the love of romance, nor is it the love of country, and surely its not the abstract love of an idea. In fact, its a tangible stream of gue that flows downward from the crown of the head into the physical heart and radiates to every cell of the body. In this way, the recipient of this liquid love is washed from head to toe with this Divine Tonic removing all that is not worthy of God’s presence; what is left is Love itself, the full embodiment of God in the flesh.

So, if you are plagued with indecision, a problem or questions about whether or not you are doing the right thing, then ask yourself, “Am I doing it with Love?” If you are, then its the right thing. If not, wait until you feel warm and fuzzy from the Divine Love Gue before making your choice.

Be sure to do it with Love.

 

February 1, 2008

One Power

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Do you battle with many powers throughout your day? You know what I mean, the power of traffic, the power of bills, the power of co-workers, the power of the boss, and the power of family. It’s easy to forget that there is only One Power, One Cause, One Source, or One Supply in the entire universe, especially when it feels like the world is taking a big dump on your head! But, this is the exact time and place when it is most important to remember that there is only One Power! Surely, there are many things that seem to have a great deal of power over us; however, this is not entirely accurate. In those moments when the many false powers feel so real, its ever important to remember the Absolute Truth that there is only One Power giving rise to many different manifestations of itself. The more we learn to remember this, the more we experience the delightful ease of the One Power. Then, all of the many differentiations of the One Power no longer have false power over us!

However, an intellectual understanding of this Truth will do little more than give some temporary comfort. We must know the Truth of One Power intimately! In order to do that, we must learn to surrender our belief in these many false powers. “How?” you may ask. By confronting the believer—our self-limiting image or ME—we surrender our belief in these many false powers. Since, the self-limiting image is the holder of these beliefs, it is likened to the general of a great army. Therefore, kill the general, and his army of beliefs goes with him! The more we Universal One Powerrealize this Truth, the less we do battle with these many false powers. Then, war is done and won: the final battle has been fought…Victory!

The key to finding enlightenment, wholeness, or a Shen Life, isn’t rocket science. However, with that said, it is very challenging. Why? We have to confront all of the misconceptions we have about life and ourselves, until there is nothing else left to confront, except for that One Power. Then, we’ll come to know ourselves in the deepest possible way…as that One Power!

 

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