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The ancient alchemists, as they worked refining the ingredients, both
inner and outer, worked with the clear concept which says that, “within
everything created is the seed of its own perfection.”
The effort involved in developing our highest spiritual potential is
not one of acquiring something that is missing in our lives, but rather
of revealing the seed of perfection which has always been there.
The energy techniques and all the effort required to develop them are
the means through which we remove what is obscuring, what the ancient
Daoists called, ‘Original Mind’.
Taking into account that perfection is already within, energy work can
then be divided into three broad phases: first removal of obstacles
obscuring ‘Original Mind’; second strengthening and improving
energy resources which help develop personal potential; and third harmonizing
and stabilizing energy flow so that there are no more fluctuations in
experiencing directly ‘Original Mind’.
Without the ability to detoxify, living organisms perish. The ability
to clear obstacles, acquired in this life or inherited, is essential
for personal development. Often, for lack of clear directives, practitioners
engage in practices for intensifying energy flow without first having
cleared obstacles, with the result that the supplementary power magnifies
what is already there, usually negative states.
When energy flow is intensified and obstacles are present, the places
where the energy is going to be felt most is where it encounters resistance
to flow-the obstacles. The interaction of increased energy flow and
blockages manifests as imbalances at the emotional, mental or physical
level.
Obstacles do not manifest without a previous cause; and the causes have
to do with some type of action which has generated negative results.
The energy principle of action and reaction is at the root of what is
known as ‘karma’. The clearing of karmas begins with stopping
actions which generate negative results and generating actions which
produce positive results, so that, in the words of the I Ching, we ‘counteract
the negative by increasing the positive.’
The way that we can generate positive results is nearly infinite: through
kindness; positive thoughts; visualization; mantra; dedication of positive
actions, altruistic actions and so on.
This workshop focuses on the practices for clearing obstacles at the
subtle karmic level which manifest as lack of motivation, lack of clarity,
low vitality or illness. It also investigates the process of karma in
great detail, in order to become more responsible in the choices we
make and the ways we utilize the power of intention.
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