Esoteric: "Energies"
Science. Art. Religion. Philosophy. History. Law. Psychology. Sociology. Linguistics. Anthropology. Metaphysics. Esotericism. They all work to understand and explain "us". And, I too wish to understand. I wish to do this not for the sake of "understanding" but, definitely, for the sake of "being". This has taken me a while to articulate to myself.
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I read and have read a lot. I have listened and watched and questioned and tried and studied and participated. I have kept an open mind. I have tried to keep an open (read "good") heart. I have tried to do this with, I think, the goal of closing the gap between what I know deep down inside and what I live "on the surface". I continue to do all of this.
I particularly like "cross field" or "cross group" views. By this I mean views of the same thing but from different perspectives. I don't think that I necessarily started out with this as an intention. I do think that I initially… okay … for the longest time, would jump from group to group because I was still hoping to be handed "the" answer :o) But, over time and across experiences, I started becoming aware of "universality".
By "universality" I mean the things that aren't arbitrary. The common ground. The things that are "the same" regardless of culture, time in history, language, perspective and, always, "human-understanding-and/or-experience-bound" articulation or manifestation.
From this and through this came my want to "find" a more universal way of thinking and being and moving through this, my, life... One that drew from the best wisdom (and science and art and, and, and...) of human experience to-date. One that allowed for the sincere and well-intentioned contradictory cross views out there. One that didn't make me choose one form of sincerity over another -- including within myself amongst head, heart, physicality or what I then called my soul (or sometimes oversee-er or sometimes Higher Self).
From this and through this I found I was integrating "sometimes considered 'metaphysical'" views, many "commonly considered 'esoteric'" practices and definitely a sense of spirituality as I have never lived it before.
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Fine.
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Through all of this I seem to have come to a holding of "human experience" — that day-to-day "thing" that we go through — that I relate, almost always, back to base "energy". The energy that we have, that we move, that we "mix" together. And seeing even our human concepts of rational, emotional, physical and spiritual as "energy" works for me.
"Joyful energy" is possible even in the face of sad emotion. And most of know the amazing energy of a sincerely given, absolutely warm hug or touch. Being aware of what we ourselves are filled up with, what we are projecting out into the world (and so attracting to us), what we are walking "through" truly changes everything. And this energy, these energies need regular "checking" and "maintenance" and "exercise" and "recalibration" and "alignment". This is where my 'esotericism' comes in.
So… I am now at the point where I can break my view of esotericism into different energies…
- internal energies
- projected energies
- physical space energies
- crystalline energies
- healing energies
- divining energies
And for these, there are some common concepts, sometimes practises, certainly ethics that I do indeed apply…
- cleansing, purifying, charging, intending and blessing
- meditation, communing, channelling, and divination
- the law of attraction
- the power of intent
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Again, ultimately, all of the "esoteric" things (practises, exercises, tools, objects, methods) are (more) ways into "me". They help me to re/connect to and re/awaken my spirit. They help me to keep it strong and healthy. They help me to keep "it" at "my" center.
To quote I'm-not-sure-who… "We are not human beings trying to be spiritual. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." And, yes, these esoteric practises, this view of myself and our world as continually moving, changing, mixing masses of energy helps me to be and do this by providing me with some tools. Chosing to consciously live our intention is all that we ultimately have.
On that note, I will segue to…
Mother Teresa's Prayer
"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
...Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
...Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
...Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
...Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
...Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
...Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
...Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
...Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway."
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So… this is how I approach esotericism and what working with esoteric 'energies' helps me with. And, I hope that something found somewhere in these pages helps you to articulate your "self".
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