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This technique will allow you to absorb energy anywhere and will allow you to greatly increase the kind of vitality that you feel. It is through the mastery of this technique that certain masters are able to go without food for extended periods of time, and how some of these masters are actually able to stop eating all together.
This does not mean that the VOID polarity is not important, it is indeed very important because it is the one polarity that teaches us how to save the energy that we now have, which allows us to move unhindered within this world that would drain the life from the marrow of our souls. It is also the polarity that allows us to move beyond this world into other dimensions of existence; it is the magical doorway to other worlds.
But if some might want to push the issue, one could make the point that even the energy manipulation that some of these mystical schools engage in is bad because to stop all energy flow permanently, by focusing all efforts on just the VOID polarity, can permanently disable parts of the human psyche that need to be expanded, not destroyed. Nirvana, which can be said to be the complete sensation of all energetic movement in the body (a state of being-non-being that many of these Eastern schools pursue at all costs), causes a complete implosion of the psyche. And while some believe that this implosion begets a passage into a new and better location within the Dark Sea that is beyond ego existence, I would personally not take any chances and test that theory, because all I see when I study such acts is total oblivion.
There is no evil, there is only energy, and all those things that we classify as evil are actually our allies, because they are the challenges that push us to evolve. Regrettably, the school of emptying the boat, sealing the holes, going with the now, and all the systems that advocate a type of ‘self-obliterating’ Nirvana, are incomplete by themselves, and can no longer save us from the predatory Alien Intent because that predatory Intent has become far too powerful in this modern time. The strain on us humans right now is unbelievably strong.
You might find that this pulling IN of energy is somehow not appropriate in the mastery of the VOID polarity, being that instead of trying to find complete quietude you’re actually pulling IN energy. But what is going on here is that you will be drawing in the energy that you have put out already, and when you do this you will be Containing that Energy, thanks to the powerful pull that you have hopefully developed using the ‘Discovering and Using Your Psychic Energy Pumps’ exercise that I mentioned in the last chapter. You are essentially using an energy pump to pull your spent energy back into yourself and you will also be using this pump to help you maintain/contain that energy so that it doesn’t escape from you again. Once you have seated yourself in a quiet place, I want you to use that pulling force (or pump) to pull in all of the energy that you feel you are currently putting out into the atmosphere around you. In this case you are not trying, and therefore not imagining, that you are pulling in energy from the things around you, but are now in fact just trying to pull in the energy that you have already put out in the form of strong emotion, reflexive reaction, and intense thought.
You will note that any time that you have an emotional reaction, any time that you are forced to act impulsively either because you have been suddenly frightened or because you have had a reactive, reflexive, reaction to something, you will feel like some energy is being propelled from within you towards the outside world. I often have people note how much tension they have in their body and how this tension shifts in position and intensity throughout the day. I then point out that any tension that they feel is an accumulation of energy and a point where they are potentially projecting energy into the environment.
Through this powerful technique you will quickly feel a detachment from this hectic world, which will be very pleasant, and you will as a result begin to note just how much energy you are giving up to silly things that at the end of the day really don’t matter. This drain ages us; it makes us tired and as a result, complacent. It takes away our edge and turns our lives into safe routine and grey drudgery. The more we lose, the older and weaker we become until one day we wake up and find that we are so old that we just don’t want to get out of bed anymore.
What is never mentioned, at least in the books that I have read on the subject, is the fact that this attention can indeed be developed to some degree through exercises, but the true measure of a person’s ability to pay attention and to maintain that attention for sustained periods of time, has everything to do with how much energy they have.
Exercise: Negative Energy Absorption The next time that you feel some kind of negativity, whether it is the negative feelings within you, or whether it is a negative emotion or aggression from those around you; absorb that negativity by pulling that energy into yourself instead of trying to block it or stop it some way.
AI Summary
Overcoming the Archon Through Alchemy by John Kreiter presents key insights from the Taoism tradition. The 9 passages above capture the essential teachings.
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 9 are particularly representative.
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