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Peace Be unto Wisdom's Children:
In order to create a more crystal-clear picture of the self, we wish to discuss the self in terms of energy levels. The parable of the talents1 reveals that individuals vary according to the gifts given unto them. This is also true of energy levels. Health, karma, and aspiration are among the many factors that govern the abundance of energy one has at his disposal. Energy levels also vary within the framework of a norm - a high and a low.
Most individuals do not realize that the potential of the self is related to the quantity and quality of the energy which they use. Very little progress in the study of the self has been made by mankind, for they have not known just how to proceed. For instance, the idea of the soul has been preserved as a sacred cow. Men have not considered the soul as energy bestowed. They suppose that the soul is a unique but undefined quality of reality.
If you will think of the nature of the soul as the nature of God and consider the facts (1) that God is boundless energy, (2) that man has been given a limited quantity of God's energy, and (3) that the energy which he has been given does comprise the content of the soul, you will be on the right track in your investigations of the self.
Jesus warned that men could lose their souls,2 and of course there are many trials and taxing situations which may deplete the amount of energy available to the individual. I do not say that all energy used by man comes from the soul, for as you know man's supply of every good and perfect gift is from above.3 But I do relate soul energy to the temporal manifestation of identity. This soul energy, or solar energy, is limited in quantity - some having a great deal more of it than others. As a man soweth, so shall he reap.4 Therefore karma acts as the governor, in part, of the flow of man's energy from his Presence just as it regulates the amount of soul energy given to the lifestream at the beginning of each embodiment.
Health is related to karma because both are cumulative. Health is the result of past and present energy uses. Good health encourages the steadfast flow of energy. The reverse is also true. We cannot deny that there are good and bad energies. But let us remember that energy itself is really neither good nor bad; it is the qualification that is made of energy that determines its inherent manifestation. Therefore in our study we must remember to relate energy and its qualification to the self.
There is undoubtedly an initial impetus or quantity of energy bestowed upon the individual as his divine portion.5 This is brought out in the parable of the prodigal son.6 The statement "To him that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath"7 also gives a clue to the maintenance of the energy potential necessary to the self - what we might call the "critical mass."
The more energy a person has, the more he is apt to attract; and the less he has, the less he is apt to attract. The need to purify one's energies becomes more and more apparent as the individual sees that his life potential is dependent upon the quality of his energy. Actually a great deal of energy which was once his to use is now imprisoned in the imperfect patterns of his own human miscreations. Like money in the bank which has been pledged as collateral, this energy cannot be withdrawn until one's spiritual obligation has been met.
Those who serve mankind in the field of medicine and chiropractic, especially those who work with nerves, understand that when muscle groups are in a state of tension there is an enormous tie-up of energy that keeps the entire body tense. They know that the release of tension in the muscles of the body provides more energy for both mind and body. Likewise those who have an understanding of the human mind know that when the psyche is tied up emotionally with diverse problems, this can cause a split personality. Increased mental and emotional tensions create a buildup of attracting and repelling forces that divide the self. Those who treat the mind or emotional nature of man know full well that where there is a drop in energy levels, where fatigue occurs, there is a much greater tendency to mental disorders.
What man must do, then, is learn how to release himself from tensions - physically, mentally, and emotionally. He must learn to use all of the energy which God has given him, some of which is in a state of rest and some of which is in a state of movement. He must learn to undo the misqualifications of energy for which he bears responsibility; he must learn to requalify that which has been misqualified. This will give him a greater quotient of energy that can be used in the development of true soul consciousness, for the purposes of life are that man might master the universe through first mastering himself.
In a very real sense the spiritual energies of the divine image are reflected in the mirror of mortal consciousness. These energies bring about the advent of soul force within the lifestream, but they must be continuously augmented in order that the expanding soul may attract a greater portion of divinity to the life of the individual.
All undesirable karmic manifestations return to their point of origin - which is the individual being of man - when the attractive force within him, whether qualified with good or ill, has reached a certain intensity. Therefore it is well that individuals recognize the fact that when they draw to themselves the higher nature of being, they are also drawing a definitive quantity as well as a definitive quality of energy that will serve to fortify the being of man against the day of karmic reckoning when all negatives and positives must be adjusted.
In our considerations of man's energy potential we are concerned with both quality and quantity. Although it is true that the Absolute is all and therefore possesses all (in a sense being possessed by all), the universal desire for the manifestation of purity by the self - whether it be the desire of the macrocosmic Lord of the Universe or the desire of the individual monad - should be a progressive reaching out for more and more of the reality of right qualification.
As you think of the soul as the repository of the energies of the fiery world,8 you will feel a greater sense of responsibility to maintain the soul and its contents upon the altar of purity. And perhaps you will consider more often how vastly beneficial it will be - not only to you as an individual but also to the universe as a whole - if you will learn how to summon the will to requalify negative thoughts, feelings, and creations with the pristine beauty of the first creation of God. Think of the worlds of misqualified substance that are waiting to be conquered when you practice this supreme art of transmutation!
Following the Master in the regeneration, cradling the infant Messiah of reality in the crèche of the heart, men will begin the process of expanding their understanding of the self through becoming all that which is real and discarding, through requalification, all that which is not.
The task may seem interminable, the process involved. It is not. Except that ye become as a little child ye cannot enter in.9 To manifest the little-child consciousness is to develop the masterful Christ consciousness that will successfully take dominion over the earth.10
Wait, watch, and work. For the Father works with you and within you.
- Faithfully, I AM your brother,