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Spirit and Psychology: Ego and the Greater Self

shimon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:30:44 +0000

This is a guest post by Paul Maurice Martin. Paul is the author of Original Faith: What Your Life Is Trying to Tell You. He has master’s degrees in religious studies and counseling and blogs at www.originalfaith.com. Paul is participating in the WOW! Women On Writing Blog Tour.

How can you tell the spiritual you from the psychological you? Both concepts refer to inner life and there’s certainly some overlap. However, recognizing these four major differences can be important to your personal development.

Egoism vs. the Greater Self – Egoism has myriad manifestations, but is basically a distorted view of self that produces negative effects on self and others. For example, it may lead us to place a higher priority on personal convenience or luxury than on the real needs of other people – or, in a self-deprecating mode, to judge ourselves more harshly than we would ever judge others.

Psychology works primarily with the ego and how it becomes elaborated as we defend and justify it. In contrast, the spiritual self is a greater self that’s as much a part of being human as egoism. It’s the self that keeps us in perspective and places our desires in the context of the greater good.

Past vs. Present – Psychology is about how our past lives on in our present. Included are old wounds from childhood that add energy to our egoistic desires and anxieties, and long established patterns of thought that are self defeating and harmful to others. Spirituality is about finding out what we’re like when we leave the past behind.

Complicated vs. Simple – Psychological work is complicated. It involves insight into past events, how they affected us, how this is reflected in our current patterns of thought and behavior, and unlearning those patterns. In contrast, spiritual techniques such as meditation and mindfulness are simple. The greater self to which they lead us is also simple in the best sense of the word.

Others vs. Life Itself or God – Psychology focuses primarily on how we experience ourselves in relation to other individuals. Although spirituality has profound implications for how we relate to others, its focus is on how we experience ourselves in relation to life as a whole, or, according to our beliefs, God.

Spiritual practices like sitting meditation and mindfulness techniques aren’t remedies for levels of anxiety, depression, or neurosis that seriously impact our day-to-day functioning and satisfaction with life. Whether we are able to do it on our own or with professional help, we need to do the heavy lifting of addressing any seriously self-limiting psychological issues that we face before spiritual experiences and practices can transform us into the person of our best intentions and our highest aspirations.

Are you feeling lucky?

shimon — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:33:04 +0000

When people achieve success some say that they are lucky, on the other hand if they fail or experience “negative” situations some say that they are misfortunate.
However in both cases luck has nothing to do with it. To say that they are lucky or unlucky is to rob them of their power, make them a hapless victim that depends on the circumstances.

In my previous post I wrote about the electromagnetic field around us that some call the aura. According to the Wikipedia definition It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field and extends indefinitely throughout space.

The matrix

Our thoughts are pure energy they can even be measured with the right equipment. This energy extends indefinitely throughout space and affects everything around it. The energy vibrates at different speeds depending on your thoughts,words,feelings and actions. Everyone contributes to this energy and so the space between us is full of it

A complex matrix that contains all the energys is created. This matrix is the combined energy field that we live in and it affects everything including everyone that created it. Every new energy that is sent influences the field which influences the people that sent the energy and it goes like this forever. This is easily demonstrated if for instance you enter a room and you can feel the tension in the air or you buy a car and suddenly you see that exact model everywhere you go.

Everyone on earth and in the universe emits energy to every direction. The energy is mixed with the other energys and creates complex patterns. In this matrix we send messages and other influences to each other.

The matrix affects everything, it creates wars, sickness, poverty or health, peace and wealth depending on the energy. The energy we emit is constantly interacting with everything else. As we get closer to something the energy between us intensify as we get farther from it the energy refines, however it’s never separated. There is a point between yourself and everything that exists, at this point the energys meet and create a third energy which is less dense.

the energys in the matrix are attracted to each other, its called the law of attraction. According to the law everything attracts what’s similar to it. Thoughts of certain kind attract thoughts of the same kind along the matrix. When enough of that energy is combined the vibrations become heavier, they slow down and some of it materializes. Thoughts can create physical form and when a lot of people think the same there is a very high probability that they will create a certain reality.

Global awareness of some kind can influence the entire world or only the range where these collective thoughts are powerful. The matrix pulls itself into itself, it pulls energy of some kind to energys of the same kind and it even attracts physical objects to each other. These objects must repel each other so that they won’t merge forever and actually won’t exist in their current form. That’s why although we are attracted to each other we eventually pull back.

Levels of creation

In life we always have three options:
1) To let our uncontrolled thoughts create our reality.
2) To let our aware thoughts create our reality.
3) To let global awareness create our reality.
We also create from three different levels: our consciousness, our subconscious and what can be called the superconscious. The superconscious is the consciousness of the soul.

rarely we create from all three simultaneously, usually we do it from one or two at a time. The three levels help explain what seem to be a contradiction. On the one hand we create our reality, all of it including our death. There is no such thing as a sudden death. On the other hand we don’t want what we call negative events in our lives.

We all know stories of healthy vibrant people, who were full of life and yet they died. If you will ask their friends they will tell you that they didn’t want to die, however God doesn’t decide when we will die. He lets us do that. God gave us free choice and the power to create our reality, he will not interfere even if our choices seem harmful.

We want to die when we achieved everything we came to achieve in this lifetime using this body. The decision to die comes from the superconscious level. Rarely we are conscious of it.

What we call negative events usually come from the subconscious and superconscious. There are no negative events every event servers our higher purpose which is to experience life and to experience ourselves in the highest form possible. Luck doesn’t exist and there are no coincidences, we create our own luck. Every experience helps our development. Sometimes in order to experience what you want you have to experience what you don’t want.

OF Health and Chakras

shimon — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:55:36 +0000

The definition of the word health is freedom from disease, However health is so much more than that. Health is the presence and perfect flow of life’s energy through our body. It’s living a full and satisfying life, It’s the ability to change and feel happy.

The energy itself can be called zero point energy. It’s the energy that exists all around us although we can’t see it.

Each of us has an electromagnetic field around him, caused by the electricity in our body. Here is a short definition from Wikipedia:The electromagnetic field is a physical field produced by electrically charged objects. It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field.
The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely throughout space and describes the electromagnetic interaction. It is one of the four fundamental forces of nature.

Some call the field the aura. The aura is what helps us to feel when there is a person in a dark room with us, or to know when someone is sad without him saying so. Our aura has a structure it consists of several layers. Each layer has unique properties like color,location,lucidity and radiance.

The aura is actually created by the chakras. Chakra in Sanskrit means a wheel of light. We have seven main chakras in our body, their twirl creates the aura. The chakras are centers of energy. Below is a short description of each chakra.

In the picture to the left it’s easy to see the location of each chakra. Each chakra has a front and a back side. The front side is related to the emotions while the back side is related to the will.

Each chakra controls certain areas in the body: The first chakra controls the spine and kidneys. The second chakra controls the reproduction system. The third controls the liver, nervous system, gall bladder and the stomach.

The fourth controls the heart, blood and the vagus nerve. The fifth controls the voice, lungs, esophagus and the bronchi system. The sixth controls the lower brain, left eye, ears, nose and the nervous system. The seventh chakra controls the upper brain and the right eye.

The chakras can be open or closed. If they are opened it means that the flow of energy is in order. If a chakra is closed it means that there are psychological problems related to it, it means that the emotions, sensations and experiences that are controlled by the flow of energy through the chakra are not balanced.

There is a simple way to check how the chakras operate. Using a pendulum. It doesn’t have to be something special, you can create a pendulum by tying something small to a thread. Once you made a pendulum hold it slightly above the chakra without touching the body and empty your mind.

The pendulum should start moving: If it moves clockwise it means that the chakra is open ,if it’s counter clockwise it means it’s closed. The bigger the radius the more energy flows through it. If it doesn’t move at all it means the flow of energy is blocked, if it continues it will create a disease.

An elliptical movement of the pendulum indicates a lack of balance in the flow of energy between the left and the right side of the body, it also means that one side is stronger than the other.

The right side represents the active side, male side, aggression or the yang. The left side represents the feminine side,passiveness or the yin of personality. If the pendulum tilts to the right when moving elliptically the person will probably act too aggressively when he should be more accepting and vice versa if it tilts to the left.

If the pendulum moves vertically it means that the person is shifting the energy upwards and is avoiding personal involvement. If the pendulum moves horizontally the person repress and stifles his emotions to avoid personal involvement.

There are a few ways to improve the flow of energy through the chakras. Exercise is a great way, yoga in particular is recommended for the chakras. Here is a video of Chakra Clearing with Emotional Freedom Technique.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hy3P0W2BU

Meditation is also a great way to improve the flow of energy. The first chakra meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvlI8lvqLRY

The second chakra meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ElrxlOGxU

The third chakra meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVg-04yQLU

The fourth chakra meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGxM30zVOrE

The fifth chakra meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_BxROfS5Y8

The sixth chakra meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v070U4PhfH0

The seventh chakra meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTapKPGXAc

A combined meditation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqHa4gOP3c

The secret- Influencing our reality

shimon — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:36:35 +0000

In quantum physics it’s been proven that the observer influences the experiment. But what does it mean? and how does it relate to us?

Well as humans we observe all the time so according to the facts we change our reality just by our attention.By intending something to happen we influence the fabric of life itself. so how come our lives don’t look like we want them to?

The answer lies in our subconsciousness . We usually don’t intend consciously and even if we do we insert our fears with the intention and thus contradict it. Have you ever asked something from god repeatedly? we do it because deep down we don’t believe we will get it .

Do you really believe that god listen to your requests and he says ok to some maybe to others or he refuses all together? is it not more logical that he created us in his own image “Let us make man in our image” ? meaning he gave us the power to create our own lives using our intention.

In order to create something in our life we need to see it in our mind and feel as if it’s allready there. Another great way is to praise the things we allready have. The basic law is what you concentrate at grows and what you neglect withers. For example if you buy a car and in the begining you’re enthusiastic and you probably see the model of your car everwhere you go, But as time passes you begin to notice other cars your car doesn’t seem so great now, and naturally your car will start to work worse because your intention is elsewhere.

Some people don’t want to believe in it because if they are the sole creators of their lives then they can’t be victims of the circumstances. However realizing that you control your destiny can be liberating. Because then you know that just as you created all the negative things in your life you can create the positive. You can create everything you dreamed of and more.

here is a great video about the connection between Quantum physics and Consciousness

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJOIQWkfWA

String theory tells us that the universe consists of tiny strings and according to one theory our intentions influence the strings that constituent the universe.Our thoughts vibrate at a certain frequency that influences the frequency of the strings.

here is a short video that explains all about string theory.