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„INTRODUCTION
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Psychic Energy
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome back to our Program. After a break, we
continue our Series "Introduction to Agni Yoga" with a Broadcast on
"Psychic Energy".
This is one of the most important notions of
Agni Yoga. It is mentioned in the Teaching probably more often than any other
topic, except perhaps "Expansion of Consciousness".
1. What is Psychic Energy?
What is psychic energy? Physical energy is your
physical strength. Psychic energy is your spiritual strength.
If you train your physical strength, your body grows
big and strong. If you train your spiritual strength, your soul - your Eternal Individuality
– grows big and strong.
The strengthening of psychic energy is in the
truest sense of the word "bodybuilding" for the soul. You need to
keep your Eternal Individuality as fit as your body.
2. Of what Use is Psychic Energy?
Why do you need spiritual strength? A simple
example:
Losing weight is a problem that keeps many of
us occupied time and again. From the physical point of view, it is easy to
solve: If you supply your body with less foodstuff than it burns, you will
inevitably lose weight. This is a law of physics.
The real difficulty lies on the level of the spirit:
Do you have enough spiritual strength - psychic energy - to control the
appetite of your body? Does your Higher Self, the spiritual side of your nature,
succeed to prevail over your physical nature, or are you being governed by the
desire of your body?
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A great, strong soul - with a lot of psychic
energy - dominates the physical nature completely and allows the body only so much
to eat that this does not exceed its ideal weight. A small, weak soul - with
little psychic energy - is defeated in the struggle with the body.
The body obeys the
spirit as the slave obeys his master. (Leaves of Morya’s
Garden I, 104 [115])
The same is true if you want to get rid of alcohol
drinking, smoking, eating sweets or any other bad habit that torments you.
It is your spiritual energy, your mental
strength that is crucial if you want to control yourself as well as the
material circumstances.
Furthermore, with the help of psychic energy
you can cure diseases or prevent them, gain knowledge and increase your
vitality and joy of being - as we shall see in the course of this Broadcasting.
3. Spirit as the Source of Life
Every being has a soul. Without spirit there is
no life. The whole universe, every stone, every plant, every animal and every human
being lives only by the spark of the divine fire that burns within him. This vital
force with which the divine spirit endows all material forms, is called psychic
energy or Agni (the Sanskrit word for fire). A body, which forfeits it, dies.
No one can be
incarnated without a store of fiery energy. Without the torch of Agni, no one
enters the physical world. (Fiery World I, 183)
One may speak about
the chemical death of a man when the store of psychic energy is exhausted. One
may speak about resurrection when psychic energy begins to be accumulated. (Fiery
World III, 414)
Mere matter alone without indwelling life is not
capable to exist in the long run. Therefore, unoccupied houses are rapidly
decaying. Therefore, the moon, an uninhabited planet, is dead and emanates bad
radiations.
Unoccupied dwellings,
without human psychic energy, quickly deteriorate. (Supermundane, 503)
4. Evolution requires the Development of Psychic Energy
Julius Schnorr v. Carolsfeld „Jesus walks on the Water“
The development of our body is largely completed.
Whether we grow a few centimeters taller over time, or are capable to run the 100
meters a few milliseconds faster, is meaningless. Our further evolution to even
higher levels requires the strengthening of our spiritual forces.
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Higher skills, such as walking or sitting on
the water, levitation, telekinesis, reading thoughts, transmission of thoughts,
predicting the future or spiritual healing, as they are reliably reported of
Great Masters like Jesus and various saints, are not miracles. They are the
natural consequence of the development of the spiritual forces, of psychic
energy. The coming New Man will acquire these capabilities (and many others) quite
naturally.
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Much more important than the development of
technology is the development of the opportunities lying within man himself. We
must not allow the rapid progress of technology to distract us from making
progress ourselves.
One day, the New Man, by developing the higher
skills of his own organism, will be able to do himself what is today being
carried out by machines, for example flying or spiritual communication instead
of using the telephone.
It is inadmissible
that people should respect a primitive apparatus more than the great energy
contained within themselves. Do not think that an understanding of the forces
concealed in man has been sufficiently strongly established. There is far too
little respect for such forces among uneducated people. (Brotherhood 410)
So evolution means for us humans: Reach a
higher stage of development by strengthening and using our spiritual forces,
our psychic energy.
Let us recall: someone
responded to cosmic manifestations; someone heard distant voices; someone saw
the Subtle World and took part in it; someone gave off light; someone
levitated; someone walked on water; someone walked on fire; someone swallowed
poison without harm; someone had no need of sleep; someone had no need of food;
someone could see through solid objects; someone could write with both hands;
someone could attract animals; someone could understand a language without
having learned it; someone could read thoughts; someone could read a closed
book with his eyes shut; someone did not feel pain; someone surrounded by snow
generated the heat of the heart; someone could go on without feeling fatigue;
someone could help by healing; someone could manifest knowledge of the future.
Gather, for a moment,
all of these qualities into a single body and you will have the transfiguration
of the old humanity into a new one, a process referred to in many Teachings.
The main thing to note about this transfiguration is that all its various parts
have already manifested, even in the midst of an imperfect existence. This
means that with a well-defined effort one can impart to humanity a powerful
impetus to transfigure life in its entirety. (Heart 99)
The potential to realize all these tremendous
possibilities lies already within us. Man is well equipped for the millennia of
the further evolution to come. We only have to start to develop this potential.
Psychic energy is the
key to the future. (Heart 142).
The reaching of the next the level, the New Man,
requires the expansion of this force. Evolution is the ever increasing realization
and utilization of the potential lying dormant within us.
Psychic energy
imperatively asks humanity for admittance. When We summon to the realization of
psychic energy, We are not thinking of turning people into magicians; We are
only indicating the next step of evolution and urging in the name of the
community not to let the date slip by. Hasten to supply yourselves with
strength and thus assist the proximate evolution. (Community 253)
One of the key phrases of the Teaching says
thus:
The development of
psychic energy is the most vital task of humanity. (Agni Yoga 569)
By increasing your psychic energy, you rise from
a small to a Great Soul - a Mahatma.
5. The Treasure
We harbour within us
a treasure, a power, of which most of you do not have even the least idea.
No one should deny
that he has something of special significance within him. The application may
not have been found, but this does not mean that the possibility is lacking.
(AUM 429)
Again, the principle of infinity applies: We
are unable today even to guess the extent of the forces that are placed within
us. Immeasurable, seemingly fantastic possibilities are opening up before us.
No one can indicate
where the power of man terminates. Psychic energy has a destiny to help mankind
amidst problems which it finds otherwise insoluble. (AUM 381)
Acrobats train the body with a lot of practice in
order to show sensational performances. Can you imagine what we will be able to
perform, if only we raise our true treasure and begin to train the spirit!
Agni Yoga is the
progressive development of human ability. (Agni Yoga 220)
The store of psychic energy, not the material
or technological achievements, should be recognized as the true wealth of
humanity.
People who have stored
psychic energy should be considered as treasures of the nation. Not of its
millions of bipeds should a country be proud, but of its store of psychic
energy. For the sake of even one individual with a store of energy, thousands
of average ones must be spared. (Agni Yoga 522)
6. Recognize our Possibilities
It would be shameful if man did not make use of
his highest possibilities.
People themselves are
to blame that they lock up their greatest treasure in the cellar. (Brotherhood
29)
For this we must first become aware of and
explore our higher power: Nothing can be used which you did not previously
recognize and understand.
When We speak about
the formation of psychic energy into a conscious weapon, it may be asked,
"With what to begin?" One must begin with the realization of its presence.
One can cultivate and increase only that which is realized. (Community 221, 220)
7. Use our Possibilities
Next we have to set out to raise the treasure hidden
within us - that is, to train, to master and to consciously apply our higher
forces. And this not sometime in the distant future. Let us start today!
Be not late with the
study of psychic energy. Be not late in applying it. Accept the flow of psychic
energy as a bountiful wave. Leave it to the old world to be afraid of the study
of psychic energy. But you, young, strong and unprejudiced, investigate by all
means, and accept the gift lying at your gates. Observe with an eagle eye, and
with the leap of a lion take possession of the ordained power. (Community 249)
A force that is existing but not in use, is
dangerous. Therefore, the failure to apply psychic energy may even cause harm.
Certainly, all unmastered energies are dangerous; but they do exist, and
the time approaches when we must learn to apply them consciously to life.
Everyone has a reserve of psychic energy; but if it remains unutilized, it
turns into an ugly sediment called sclerosis, whereas it could have been
utilized wisely. (Agni Yoga 487)
As for those who do
not consciously apply the most important energies, their failure will give rise
to harmful results, not only for themselves but for everyone else as well. (Heart
493)
Any treasure that goes
unrealized sinks into Chaos and thereby reinforces darkness. (Heart 558)
8. Inexhaustible Energy
Psychic energy is available to us without limits.
We may direct it at any time to mental or physical work.
The forces are inexhaustible,
but people themselves try to cut short their flow. (Brotherhood 56)
We also call psychic
energy "indefatigable". True, the human organism can become wearied
from the tension of the energy, but the energy itself is inexhaustible. Such a
quality in the energy points to a cosmic source. (AUM 476)
In a spiritual man, the store of psychic energy
can never be completely used up.
As for the fiery
spirit, even during the largest decline of psychic energy, its store is never
completely exhausted. But the earthly spirit affirms itself only by the lowest
energies, which very easily swallow up small stores of psychic energy. (Fiery World
III, 399)
There is no fatigue or exhaustion when psychic
energy is active.
Also note an
experiment with fatigue—the one who can bring Agni into action does not feel
any fatigue, but he who notices his fatigue tumbles. (Fiery World I, 494)
9. Give away Psychic Energy moderately
You must not waste your greatest treasure pointlessly,
you should use it with moderation.
One must be moderate in
expending psychic energy. It must suffice for all things; hence, the strength
must be guarded. (Infinity II, 622 [222])
The disciple should
always remember not to expend a drop of the higher energy uselessly. (Fiery World
II, 190)
No senseless
dissipation is possible where the value of energy is appreciated. If we have a
precious remedy that cannot be replenished, should we destroy it senselessly?
One must accept Agni as verily the most precious substance. (Fiery World I,
641)
An excessive drain of psychic energy can cause
disease, even with a Mahatma.
We have mentioned how
My Friend [Mahatma Koot Hoomi] became ill when fulfilling several missions. The cause of his illness
was an excessive tension of psychic energy. Let us not forget that My Friend
sallied forth with an increased store of energy, yet suffered a lengthy
illness. (Supermundane 277)
Examples for this are even great souls like
Ramakrishna and Vivekananda:
Often psychic energy
is exhausted as a result of spiritual outpouring, as was the case with
Ramakrishna and other spiritual heroes. Certainly, they possessed an enormous
amount of it, but, despatching it to far-off
distances, they could remain for a while without protection. (Hierarchy 285)
You recall that two of
the greatest sages of India [Ramakrishna and Vivekananda] were
stricken and died, one from cancer of the throat and the other from diabetes.
Both cases indicate that a selfless outpouring of psychic energy can result in
unexpected afflictions. (Supermundane 379)
We just need to make sure that our stock of
psychic energy is regularly being replenished.
For some, the store of
psychic energy is regained only slowly, while others can achieve it more
quickly. For still others it is enough to close the eyes and take a deep
breath, and the energy is regained. (Supermundane 542)
10. Strengthening of Psychic Energy from within
Psychic energy can be both received from the
outside as well as generated from within. Let us start with the generation from
within.
You need to train your psychic energy through
regular exercise.
One has to develop
psychic energy steadily and diligently. (Agni Yoga 536)
You must continuously strengthen and refine it.
I say that psychic
energy must not only be strengthened but should also be refined. It will be
strengthened under the waves of fire, when the aura begins to take on a purple
color due to tension. It will become refined from alertness, sharp-sightedness,
and subtlety of thinking. (Agni Yoga 502)
Regarding physical force is true: If you do not
use a muscle, it slackens. Likewise, your psychic energy vanishes when you do
not make use of it. So you strengthen your psychic energy by applying it.
Psychic energy needs
exercising, and you see how challenging is its proper application. (Agni Yoga
386)
Psychic energy is not, as one might suspect,
consumed, but on the contrary increased by hard work. We are dealing with a
force that is growing by utilization and that dries up if unused.
Exercising the energy
is useful; each testing awakens in it a new quality. It needs exercising as
does all that exists. Each energy must be tested in action. Even muscles must
be exercised; thus people can continually awaken forces dormant in themselves.
One should understand such an awakening as the duty of man before the higher
worlds. (AUM 351)
It must be expanded by activity in life,
otherwise it withers away like any other unused power.
We can see to what
extent psychic energy is degenerating. It is not brought into action, and
therefore slumbers, and since there is no friction to call forth the fire it
loses its fieriness. (Supermundane 32)
To increase your psychic energy, this activity
must be nourished by a strained, courageous, selfless, patient and persevering striving.
Psychic energy can be
accumulated through consciousness, self-sacrifice, and achievement (Agni Yoga
509)
Fearlessness and fiery
striving for achievement will produce crystals of psychic energy. (Fiery World
III, 421)
The store of psychic
energy is inexhaustible, and during spiritual strivings its strength is
multiplied. At the time of spiritual aspiration this energy becomes a
constructive impulse for new supplies. The source becomes exhausted only when
it is not supported by conscious striving. (Fiery World III, 400)
Psychic energy acts
freely, when man is aflame with hearty striving. The yardstick of psychic
energy is pure striving. Not magic, but pure human striving will produce a
marvelous world. (Fiery World II, 221)
Striving for higher
attainments gives wings to the spirit and increases the store of psychic
energy. Of course, the flame-like psychic energy is in need of actual
application, therefore fiery aspiration appears as such a powerful accumulator
of psychic energy. (Fiery World III, 411)
When you are working with the fire of
enthusiasm, you strengthen your psychic energy.
Agni is nourished by
joy, courage and endurance. (Fiery World I, Epilogue)
Every manifestation of
enthusiasm precipitates a particle of the treasure of psychic energy. Thus,
enthusiasm will be the shortest way to the accumulation of psychic energy.
Learn to accumulate energy through joy. (Agni Yoga 546)
Incesssant tension of the will increases the
stock.
Psychic energy is
particularly intensified by the Fire of the spirit. Tension of the will
multiplies the supply and the forces of psychic energy. (Fiery World III, 408)
Transports of the
spirit or sudden misfortune are equally effective in forcing the flow of
psychic energy. Through daring of the spirit psychic energy can burst forth as
a powerful flame, forming, as it were, a shield against encroaching evil. One
can take exercises in these concentrations of psychic energy and find that the
tensed will is able to increase the store of it. (Fiery World III, 413)
Like a sword in the fire your psychic energy is
hardened by fighting with difficulties, by overcoming obstacles and by firmness
under adverse circumstances.
The forging of a sword
in the flame under the hammer's blow is the best illustration of the
strengthening of one's psychic energy. (Agni Yoga 602)
The development of psychic energy should
proceed in a natural way only. It must not be artificially enforced.
Everything coercive
and artificial is contrary to the fundamentals of Existence. (Fiery World I,
37)
The more naturally the
Fire is kindled, the more beneficial it is. (Fiery World I, 272)
We do not approve of
artificial or mechanical methods of achievement. All the best things come
naturally. (Supermundane 246)
11. A basic Exercise
The most important exercise for the augmentation
of your psychic energy is: Resolve to realize a thought, an idea or an ideal in
the material world.
You will inevitably encounter resistance, within
yourself or in your surroundings.
The fight against these conflicting forces
strengthens the power of your sprit. One of the central statements of Agni Yoga
is:
Every applied thought
will bring growth to the spirit. (Infinity II, 777 [377])
Start with the small everyday matters: Aim at
something which you can achieve, for example reducing your weight by 500 g only
in a week, to confine a bad habit a little bit, to maintain your joy of being
for some hours, not to allow negative thoughts for a while, or the like.
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Every, even the smallest victory strengthens
the power of your spirit. Later, you can use the same spiritual force that you
have built up in the fight against yourself, in order to enforce changes in the
external world.
12. Strengthening of Psychic Energy from without
In addition, you can strengthen your psychic
energy by connecting with the Upper World. In meditation takes place a strong inflow
of energy. The Teaching speaks of spatial energies or the fire of space, pouring
into us. As long as the connection is maintained, we have access to an
inexhaustible stock of energy.
It is correct to
assume the inexhaustibility of psychic energy. The store reasonably used is
replenished immediately from the treasury of Cosmos. It is good to emit psychic
energy; the new stock more easily emits the accumulations, and then strives to
universal work. It is so easy to evoke new power from space! (Agni Yoga 592)
In communion with
Hierarchy the strength will be promptly renewed and an inexhaustible supply of
energy be produced. (Fiery World II, 180)
Man can draw strength from the highest sources,
which lie outside himself. Psychic energy is spatial energy, a part of the divine
force that penetrates the whole universe and offers itself to humanity for use.
Psychic energy gives
fiery evidence of the influx of the fires of space. (Fiery World I, 86)
Psychic energy is
constantly renewed by its connection with the currents of space. (Supermundane
338)
Even the Highest
Beings must be filled with spirit in order to act. The expression be filled is
quite precise, for indeed one needs to be filled. This means filling oneself
with an abundance of the spirit. But does this not also mean that we must enter
into contact with the Hierarchy? Only by drawing the spirit from the Highest
Source do we receive renewal and intensification of the fiery energy. (Heart
412)
Through strained labour for a lofty goal we
draw towards us the support of cosmic energies.
When one is mentally
tensed, one attracts the spatial energy, and thus can be particularly
successful. People sometimes cannot understand why they are unable to use the
energy that appears to assist everyone else. This is because they do not
develop their thinking and fail to strengthen their magnet, thus depriving
themselves of help from above.
Scientists already
speak about some kind of spatial force, but they cannot explain how greatly the
laboratory of man is in need of spatial currents. Note that We are now calling
the primary energy spatial, so that scientists will not think there is
something religious in it. (Supermundane 753)
The connection with the Supreme therefore also means
to take up spiritual nourishment and to strengthen our spiritual nature.
Do not—indeed do
not—manifest indifference to the Source which nurtures you and all that exists!
Ponder deeply and you will see that the great spiritual warriors of humanity
have nurtured their psychic energy by merging with the Infinite. (Infinity I,
12)
We can allow the cosmic energy, the power of
the Higher World, to flow through us and thus enable it to act on the material
plane.
13. Purification
Tintoretto „Baptism of Christ“
We do not wish to create the impression that
the highest forces are readily available to everyone. Their development
requires constant striving for purification and refinement in order to become
worthy of them.
Again, the law of correspondence applies: Higher
powers are only accessible to those standing high on the ladder of Hierarchy.
What I do deny is,
that a sensualist, or drunkard, a glutton, a hypocrite, a selfish or diseased
man or woman, is capable of evoking or controlling the higher or finer forces
of Nature, until such time as he has eradicated vice and disease from mind and
body. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. 1, Lesson 11 “Knowledge and Power”)
Psychic energy can also be abused.
The subtle
consciousness makes use of forces in creative tension, but the gross
consciousness and the destroying spirit force the levers toward evil doings.
Psychic energy in human hands is a most fearful weapon. (Fiery World III, 409)
Therefore, this power cannot be made available to
anyone - just like you would not give a knife into the hands of a baby.
The very same force
can serve for construction or for destruction. Only lofty thinking and purity
of heart can be a pledge of the good employment of the power. (AUM 374)
He who is unable to control himself, cannot be
allowed to make use of higher forces, because, applying them, he would only
cause damage.
In good hands energy
is an instrument of good. It is indeed fortunate that many do not know how to
approach the power. Only after improvement of the consciousness is it possible
to entrust psychic energy for broad use. Let this
good time approach more quickly! (AUM 375)
Why give you more
definite directions for the further unfoldment of psychic senses and gaining of
spiritual power, as I have been repeatedly requested to do, when I am forced to
see that I would only add to your responsibility and place in your hands,
figuratively speaking, a dangerous two-edged weapon with which to slay
yourselves and others ?
Without the virtues of
humility, obedience and chastity, as a foundation, the attainment of such
spiritual and psychic qualifications as you desire would be detrimental in the extreme;
They could work you irremediable harm, if you had not the power to control them
to your advantage; and such power can only be won by the practice of the
virtues mentioned by me. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. 1, Lesson 67 “Love of
Ideals”)
It is vital to make sure that psychic energy is
used only in accordance with the direction of the evolution and in compliance
with the cosmic laws.
But if he has proven
himself recreant and disobedient to the injunctions of his teachers he will not
be given such knowledge, for further disobedience would be apt to follow
perhaps, in the misuse and wilful abuse of the knowledge gained and only lead
to great personal wrongdoing.
(Teachings of the Temple Vol. 1, Lesson 106
“The Minutiae of Life and their Effects”)
If you are strong,
brave, loyal and obedient enough to keep en-rapport
with your teachers, the deep truths concerning these mysteries will be opened
to you and opened rightly. (Teachings of the Temple Vol. 1, Lesson 109
“Chemical and Alchemical Affinity”)
Psychic energy is a force of the spiritual
world that must not be used for selfish, personal purposes.
It is especially
inadmissible to strive to apply the subtlest energies for personal aims. May
the Higher Force communicate inner power to us, but it is impermissible to
forcibly apply the beautiful energy for personal interest and gain. (Brotherhood,
417)
You also observed how
the personal disappeared from daily life with the growth of psychic energy. (Agni
Yoga 641)
14. Destroying Psychic Energy
Just as strained labour
increases your psychic energy, so inaction diminishes it. "Hakuna matata" - aimlessly
to live from day to day and to indulge in distraction, weakens the force of our
spiritual being.
Inaction is most
corruptive for psychic energy. (Brotherhood 44)
The energy may become
silent if it is not summoned to action. (AUM 476)
To indolence is
attached doubt and self-pity. No energy comes into action through such a
poisonous handicap. Doubt corrodes everything. Unsustained
efforts and self-pity weaken even the strong in spirit. Such an introduction
must be given to each one who wishes to bring psychic energy into action. (AUM
352)
Doubt is a spiritual poison that downright destroys
the psychic energy. Why? Because a man doubting knows neither his path nor his
goal. He is therefore unable to take a firm decision and to enforce it against
adverse circumstances. Without a reliable spiritual foundation, no powerful,
purposeful and enthusiastic action is possible.
Doubt devours psychic
energy. (Heart 6)
Irritability and anger also reduce the psychic
energy. Why? Because these put you "beside yourself" and thus works
against concentration and the gathering of spiritual powers.
Imperil [the deposit of irritation] is the chief enemy of the development of
psychic energy. (AUM 387)
Sadness, dejection, dissatisfaction and
self-pity also destroy your psychic energy: In such a mood, you are unable to call
into action your higher spiritual forces.
Hypochondria can be
defined physiologically as the dissolution of heart energy. (Fiery World II,
156)
Labour which is unimportant, boring, and carried
out reluctantly without the fire of enthusiasm consumes your psychic energy,
because you are unable to devote to it your full spiritual strength.
Ordinarily the
dissipation of Agni occurs in everyday life when the spirit slumbers. The
accumulation of Agni is arrested by trivial actions. When darkness blankets the
process of perfection, then the Fire imperceptibly departs from the worthless
recipient. (Fiery World I, 183)
Fear paralyzes the will and thus the ability to
act.
Of course, imperil is
the main destroyer of psychic energy. But one should not forget three other
violators: fear, doubt, and self-pity. When it becomes possible to physically
measure psychic energy, it will be instructive to see how these darkeners work
to disrupt the flow of energy. (Agni Yoga 389)
Finally, overeating, alcohol and sweets burden
the spirit so that it can no longer soar freely and act powerfully.
Excessive emaciation
and corpulence are equally harmful for ascent. They equally nullify psychic
energy. The middle path foresees the best conditions. (Fiery World II, 274)
Each of you has already felt by your own
experience that what we say is not theory; you know that you lose your energy under
the influence of these spiritual poisons.
The present humanity shows with its
recklessness, lack of discipline and pleasure seeking a certain tendency to
self-destruction: By reducing our psychic energy, we mutilate ourselves. It
would be the greatest victory of the dark forces if they could succeed to bring
us so far as to destroy ourselves our higher opportunities.
Man should be told,
"Do not weaken yourself; discontent, doubt, self-pity, all consume the
psychic energy." (AUM 303)
15. Knowledge through Psychic Energy
Nicolas Poussin „The Judgement of Salomo“
Psychic energy is actually a means to gain knowledge!
It aspires quite naturally towards truth.
The deadening of
psychic energy makes people insensitive to reality. (Fiery World II, 344)
Therefore, the immediate straight-knowledge of the
heart, the ability to make the right decision, is a property of psychic energy.
The making of a
correct decision is a property of psychic energy. Then how greatly must men
develop this property in themselves! (Hierarchy 63)
Psychic energy shows you infallibly what is
good and what is bad for you. Take seriously these signs that your inner,
spiritual knowledge gives you!
Psychic energy can
indicate both the quality of food and the danger of poisoning. Verily, man
bears a touchstone within himself. The same energy can also be employed
successfully for the diagnosis of diseases. (AUM 353)
It is natural that
psychic energy should exhibit good signs of substances useful to people. One
needs not be astonished at the coincidence of good signs with personal
feelings. Our sensations ought to coincide with correct appreciations. If some
substance is not readily acceptable to man, it usually proves to be harmful.
The reason is not in autosuggestion but in direct straight-knowledge. (AUM 392)
You know much more than you think. Take
advantage of the greater possibilities of cognition of your inner, spiritual
senses!
It may be observed
that we know far more than we imagine. The process of acquiring direct
knowledge from the depths of the consciousness will be aided by psychic energy.
Thus, psychic energy may be recognized as a guide in all the domains of
knowledge. (AUM 392)
You are desperately in need to assess correctly
the true nature of a situation or a person: Is your interlocutor really benevolent
towards you, or does he just utter pleasant words? With the help of psychic
energy you can reliably distinguish good from evil. The capacity for true
distinction lies in the heart and looks behind the glamorous facade.
The ignorant inquire,
"Is it possible for man to distinguish the approach of a Brother of Good
from a Brother of Evil?" If the appearance and words be identical, then it
is not difficult to fall into error and to accept advices which lead to evil.
Thus will reason the man who does not know that the means of discrimination are
contained in the heart. The employment of psychic energy helps to discern
infallibly the inner essence of manifestations. No complicated devices are
necessary when man bears within himself the spark of knowledge.
The primary energy cannot
show the negative to be positive. Such purely scientific evidence protects
people against an evil approach. Not without foundation is such discrimination
called the armor of Light. (Brotherhood 28)
Wise judges such as Salomon possess this
ability.
We also call the same
energy "justice". Since, through the influence of the energy, it is
possible to determine the different qualities of people, it surely will be the
path of justice. During experiments with psychic energy one may be convinced
that the outward impression conforms but little to the inner condition. Knowing
how to summon psychic energy to his assistance will be the true adornment of a
judge. (AUM 475)
Notice the "higher" events of your
life. For example: Do not believe that it is an accident, when you take a
certain book from the shelf and open it exactly on that page, where you find an
answer to one of your questions: This is evidence of your higher faculties, of
the working of your psychic energy!
Everyone may observe
evidences of psychic energy in any place and at any time. Each day something
unusual takes place. It should not be considered that only striking
manifestations have significance, sometimes the grasping of a thought or the
discovery of some needed pages may offer a very significant example of the
working of psychic energy. (AUM 314)
I affirm that books
are too little comprehended, yet the manifestation of the primary energy can be
an excellent guide. It frequently helps one to find a needed book and to select
from it what is desired. One has but to be attentive. But this quality also
must be cultivated in oneself. (Brotherhood 115)
Psychic energy notices all phenomena from the
smallest to the very largest.
The perception of an
earthquake at a distance resembles the sensing of a thought at a distance.
Likewise the energy apprehends and registers each vibration, from the very
greatest manifestation to the falling of a rose petal. Psychic energy is
vigilant and ready to register the actions of all that exists. (AUM 402)
Nothing is hidden from it.
With the process of
fiery development, one's ability to unerringly judge encountering events will
grow. Out of the straight-knowledge, foretold so long ago, will burst forth the
fire of intensified psychic energy. What can be concealed from it? (Agni Yoga
512)
Psychic energy is the "eye of the
soul" which is even capable of looking into the future.
One should not
question psychic energy as to the future; nevertheless one will be impressed by
the way in which psychic energy itself foresees the most immediate paths. It
has been called the "eye of the soul." Thus it has been compared with
physical eyesight. If the eye naturally sees the object ahead, then the eye of
the soul foresees the future. (AUM 574)
16. Vitality and Joy of Being through psychic Energy
Many people suffer or become sick because they have
lost their vitality or joy of being. In most cases, this is due to a lack of
psychic energy. You must not only dominate yourselves, but also the circumstances,
you must not allow them to drag you down.
Rebus fortior
This is an old Latin saying, used on coat of
arms, which means: I want to reveal myself as being stronger than the
circumstances into which life places me.
Only your spiritual strength allows you to
stand firm above the changing conditions, never to give up, to maintain in all,
even the most adverse circumstances vital courage, to greet difficulties
gratefully as opportunities for further advancement, and even to rejoice in the
struggle with conflicting forces.
*****
Confronted with fits of sorrow or dejection,
strengthen your psychic energy, refill your stock and kindle again the fire of
your heart. This force allows you to take the right mental attitude towards the
external situation. Thereby, vitality and joy of being return, and the demands
of earthly existence can be met.
Already noticed is the
manifestation of strange illnesses in which vital energy flows away without
visible causes. But here the cause and effect are not correlated. Thus, a case
known to you could have taught you how necessary is the study and application
of psychic energy. A wave of psychic energy would have restored vitality and
bestowed a new joy of being. But for this it is needful to be conscious of
psychic energy, that is, to enter into the rhythm of evolution. Instead of
that, the sick are stuffed with mixtures and potions. There where help would be
easy they begin to prepare submissively for death. (Community 253)
Only work that is carried out joyfully and with
fiery energy will lead to success.
The experience of joy
in one's work is a manifestation of a special aspect of psychic energy. Joyous
labor brings success multiplied. (Agni Yoga 572)
Generally it can be said that the beauty, the stability
and the potential of each outward, material form is determined by the quality
of its inherent psychic energy.
The quality of the
energy predetermines each human undertaking. (Infinity II, 845 [445])
Gorgeous enthusiasm which raises you above yourself
and the external circumstances, is an expression of psychic energy.
At times people notice
a particularly intense manifestation of psychic energy. They may call such a
state enthusiasm, or attribute it to particularly high spirits, or sufficient
rest, or renewed strength. However, they simply sense the intensity of their
own energy. They could achieve better results if they would realize that the
source of such energy always abides within themselves. No special invocations
are needed; one need only remember the treasure that lies dormant within
everyone. (Supermundane 382)
17. Healing through Psychic Energy
Michael Peter Ancher „The sick Girl“
Psychic energy is a cure-all for all kinds of
diseases.
The real panacea will
be the cultivation of psychic energy. (Agni Yoga 573)
Agni Yoga approaches
just in time. Without it, who could say that epidemics of influenza should be
cured by psychic energy? (Agni Yoga 492)
The success in combating illness depends
largely upon the will of the patient to fight and to survive. His psychic
energy is the basis of this vitality. He who is able to activate it also
promotes the healing process.
It is possible to cure
all ailments by the counterpoising of vitality. (Leaves of Morya’s
Garden II, 145)
Therefore, difficult external circumstances
(for example wartimes) are often healthier, because they force people to strain
their psychic energy.
The tension of psychic
energy multiplies the vitality. One may be assured that in periods of psychic
tension people live longer. This cannot be attributed to diet or to sanitary
conditions, for in periods of confusion the conditions of life are very difficult,
and the sole cause is contained in the heightened activity of psychic energy.
(AUM 481)
To weaken psychic energy means to cause
illness.
Neglect of psychic
energy is manifested as the source of many ailments. It can be said that not
only bodily and psychic illnesses depend entirely upon the state of psychic
energy. A man who has lost immunity will also be the one to lose his store of
psychic energy. (AUM 599)
One should not think of external, physical
methods of healing only. The real healing factor is psychic energy.
Even the healing of
wounds depends upon psychic energy. (Fiery World I, 99)
Physicians frequently
observe that a most dangerous sickness suddenly passes off without a trace.
Certainly, conjectures will be advanced that the treatment or some other
external circumstances have had a salutary influence. But the chief
cause—psychic energy—which can produce most unusual effects, will always be
forgotten; it alone can alter the course of the sickness. (AUM 354)
Psychic energy feeds needy organs and destroys
harmful substances.
The crystals of
psychic energy feed those organs which are in special need during the
expenditure of energy. They melt down substances harmful for the organism.
Through conscious tension one can actually promote this dissolving process,
which is of service as a counteracting factor. Conscious sendings
of psychic energy to infected or injured organs can produce a healing effect.
(Fiery World III, 218)
Without the help of psychic energy medicines will
produce a small effect only.
It should be
remembered that all medicines are merely auxiliary expedients; without the
primary energy no medicine will have the necessary effect. The physician should
be acquainted with the basic energy, which will be the operative factor for the
speediest recovery. (Brotherhood 11)
In case of strong a psychic energy less medicine
is needed.
The cognition of
psychic energy permits due attention to be given to remedies. Much less
medicine is required when physicians are able to apply psychic treatment. The
introduction of assistance by psychic energy will renew all the manifestations
of life. (AUM 226)
18. Doctors
Good doctors do not heal so much with physical
means, but more with their own psychic energy.
Indeed, a noted
physician treats cases not with medicines alone, but by psychic energy. (AUM
181)
At this time only
those homeopathic physicians who possess strong psychic energy can succeed.
Perhaps they are unaware of the source of their successful healing. At present,
because of unenlightened conditions physicians hesitate to recognize that to a
great extent it is their own psychic energy that is acting. They are ready to
attribute their success to even the weakest medicines, unaware of their own
powerful influence. (Supermundane 23)
On the one hand, his psychic energy helps the
doctor to identify the real causes of a disease which so often lie in the
spiritual nature of the patient.
Each man has an open
wound. Only psychic energy can point out this pain. (AUM 556)
On the other hand, the utilization of the psychic
energy of the physician should complement the usual physical treatments and remedies.
The basic remedies are
supplemented by the psychic energy of the physician—the latter is quite
essential. (Brotherhood 472)
The physicians must learn to consciously use
this power.
Physicians often
forget that it is not the medicine but some external condition that helps. We
recall one remarkable case when a physician possessed powerful psychic energy,
yet stubbornly attributed its effects to his medicine. One can easily realize
the extent to which such benefits would increase if the physician understood wherein
his power lies. (Fiery World I, 53)
He who really wants to heal body and soul, needs
a lot of spiritual strength; the use of the intellect alone is not sufficient.
Do you wish to be a
healer? First of all ask yourself if you have sufficient strength to issue it
for help to your fellow-man. Indeed, ask yourself, Can I give without regret
for myself? Prove that your strength can bring healing without the use of any
remedies. We do not have in mind efforts of the will and suggestion, for the
primary energy is self-acting. (Brotherhood 553)
Doctors can transfer their energy to the
patient.
Even the energy
transmitted by a close friend may be utilized to influence a disease. (Supermundane
423)
As one can help by sending good thoughts, so as
well as by emanating psychic energy.
Psychic energy, sent
with good intentions, exerts a healing action. Science should reveal how good
intentions heal the nervous system. (Supermundane, 809)
People little realize
something much more remarkable — that psychic energy can act independently at
great distances. One can project energy consciously. (Agni Yoga 254)
As one can donate blood, so one can transmit psychic
energy as well.
Under certain
conditions blood transfusions are permissible. There can also be transfusions
of psychic energy. It will take a long time for physicians to discover
techniques for accomplishing this, but it can happen spontaneously when the
emanations of individuals come into contact. In the future the process of
transfusing psychic energy will be a common event. The harmony of humanity can
be augmented when the distribution of psychic energy has been mastered. If
blood can be given to others without harm, the same can be done with psychic
energy. (Supermundane 533)
However, the doctors must not exhaust their
energy too much in this process.
One may ask how much
of one's psychic energy can be given away in healing. This is not a small
question, for the loss of psychic energy is like disarming a warrior. One may
give away half his supply, even two-thirds, but three-fourths already places
the physician in a dangerous position. In such an exposed state the physician
takes the sickness upon himself and may lose his life. Therefore it has been
said so firmly about the Golden Path: Everything in proportion, all in
harmony—let us remember. (AUM 594)
Above all, the physicians must know how to
awaken the psychic energy of the patient. If the sick is unwilling to cooperate
with the doctor and does not strive with all his power to fight and to beat the
disease, the treatment is unlikely to succeed.
Likewise, physicians
must learn to instruct their patients as to the essential nature of psychic
energy. It is not enough for the physician to give out his own energy, he must
also call into action the energy of the patient. In such a manner the
expenditure of the precious energy is economized. (AUM 460)
Purely physical treatments, such as for example
massages, can be useful or even harmful, depending upon whether the one who
carries them out radiates a positive or a negative energy.
Generally, more
attention is paid to the physical aspects of massage, and the many beneficial
substances that medical science prescribes for rubbing into the skin. People
see these methods as very important, but the most important was overlooked.
Nobody cared to inquire who carries out the massage. However, this condition is
more important than the massage itself.
Only when there is a
harmonious blending of psychic energies is healing possible. Observe that
massage can have different effects on people with identical ailments. There are
many cases when the light touch of a sympathetic hand acts as the best remedy,
but it is also possible that even the best physical massage can sometimes cause
harm. (Supermundane 536)
As a result, we shall have to find ways to
determine the quality of the psychic energy of the doctors and the nursing
staff, because it is of crucial importance for the success of the cure.
Medicine needs to
inquire about people who purify and people who do harm. (Heart 438)
Physicians and nurses
should be tested for the quality of their psychic energy. Not only faith in the
physician is needed, but also the beneficence of his energy. (Supermundane 536)
19. Cancer
Many diseases, especially cancer, are caused by
a lack of psychic energy: Cancer cells are found in every body, but they cause
harm only when they are not attacked strongly enough.
Cancer can be treated
by psychic energy, since lack of psychic energy in the blood generates the
disease. (Hierarchy 285)
Indeed, the bacilli of
cancer exist. They can be detected and killed primarily by the fire of the
heart. The absence of psychic energy contributes to their growth. (Fiery World
I, 18)
Psychic energy
penetrates all tissues, establishing equilibrium throughout the organism.
Therefore all growths, up to cancer, can be attributed to the ebbing of psychic
energy. Spiritual equilibrium can help to eradicate many illnesses. The more
prolonged the ebbing of psychic energy, the more malignant will be the
diseases. (Fiery World III, 416)
20. Prevention
The strengthening of psychic energy is the true
protection against illness.
The best protection
not only against sicknesses but also against hostile attacks will always lie in
the conscious application of psychic energy. (Agni Yoga 569)
This training of
psychic energy will be the true prophylaxis of humanity. (Hierarchy 190)
Why do people with a great mission, such as politicians,
artists or business leaders, so rarely get sick? Because, in order to reach and
to maintain their position, they must have a large store of psychic energy,
which protects them at the same time against diseases.
Many illnesses can be
prevented by means of psychic energy. It may be said that some organisms are
predisposed or not disposed toward certain sicknesses. But what this protection
or weakness consists of no one can say positively. Studies of psychic energy
would provide the best answers. (Agni Yoga 609)
Those who walk through life full of basic
confidence and joy and enthusiastically carry out their task, are to a large
extent immune to illness.
Psychic energy preserves
against infection. People call a certain immunity an influx of faith, but not
without reason is a state of ecstasy called the radiance of the Fiery World.
And such a radiance protects man against infection. It purifies the secretions,
it is as a shield. Therefore a state of joy and exaltation is the best
prophylaxis. Whoever knows rapture of spirit has already been cleansed against
many dangers. Even ordinary physicians know how changeable is the condition of
the blood and secretions. But few connect this with the spiritual condition. (Fiery
World III, 450)
With the help of psychic energy we will be able
one day to completely eradicate all diseases.
In the future, an
adequate prophylaxis, together with application of psychic energy, will make
diseases entirely non-existent. (Fiery World I, 222)
21. Effect of Psychic Energy on Machines
Each of you has already observed that there is
a force in man which even influences machines.
We used to perform
experiments in textile factories, where there were hundreds of looms and up to
a hundred more or less experienced workmen. The looms, irrespective of the
experience of the operator, demanded their own period of rest beyond the
apportioned period. By submitting the operators to a psychic test, it was
clearly perceived that in the hands of those possessing psychic energy the
looms were less in need of rest, as if a living current were communicated to
the loom and prolonged its vitality. (Community 176)
In the hands of some people objects quickly wear
out or are easily damaged, while others exercise a preserving, healing,
protective influence. This is due to their psychic energy.
It can also be noticed
that around certain people things wear out, while others seem somehow to
preserve them. Pay attention to the preservers. They will be close to Fire. I
have already spoken about the effect of the psychic energy of workers upon the
quality of their production. (Fiery World I, 86)
It is said: The shirt burns
on the body of a traitor. One can notice how things are ruined in the proximity
of a sick psychic energy. (Hierarchy 404)
Devices work differently well and with quite
different accuracy, depending on what kind of person uses them.
I am astonished at how
much people rely on lifeless instruments while forgetting about the influence
of their own living energy. It is worth observing how readings on the most
precise instruments fluctuate when they are placed in the hands of different
people. Even the most sensitive chronometers work differently in different
hands. Naturally, this sort of simple evidence arouses the derision of dwarfs.
Could they really have such a low opinion of themselves that they do not admit
the existence of their own emanations? (Heart 529)
The time will come
when people will recognize that the functioning of machines is dependent upon
the psychic energy of the person operating them. This should not be regarded as
magic or something supernatural. People should know that they transmit some of
their psychic energy to every object they touch. Straight-knowledge helps even
machines to do their best work! (Supermundane 382)
Generally, psychic energy influences plants,
animals or human beings either in an uplifting or in a destructive way. There
are helpers who multiply our energy, and vampires who actually suck it out of
us.
A convincing example of
the manifold effects of human emanations upon their surroundings is to be found
in the effect of a human being upon animals and plants. Give someone an animal
or plant, and by noting the change in its condition you can identify the man
who is a destroyer of life energy. Like a vampire, the rider can exhaust his
horse; or the hunter his dog; or the gardener his plants. Seek the cause of
this in the emanations of the man. (Agni Yoga 61)
A dead pearl is
revivified when worn by certain people. Only the presence of the primary energy
can explain this natural process. One should observe similar manifestations in
all the domains of life. It can be seen how long different objects last when
used by certain people. It can be observed how animatedly the primary energy
acts by its own strength when warmed by the fire of the heart. It can be seen
how salutary certain people are, who do not even suspect the vivid presence of
the primary energy in themselves. But if, in addition, they were to become
conscious of their force, then their beneficent activity would be broadly
increased. (Brotherhood 339)
22. Aura und Psychic Energy
The emanations of a person, the aura, is built
up by his psychic energy. This radiation is the stronger, the more valuable the
aspirations are into which this energy flows.
Among fiery
manifestations, radiation from the fingertips during work is very instructive.
Around the writing hand waves of light can be seen. Moreover, they change
according to the content of the writing. Thus, one can observe a highly
important manifestation: the visible participation of Fire and also the
variation of Agni energy in accordance with the inner quality of the work. (Fiery
World I, 281)
A high, radiant aura is the product of a strong
psychic energy.
There is a stage in
the development of psychic energy called luminous, when the essence of a being
begins to emit light. (Agni Yoga 260)
Our personal force of attraction is based on our
psychic energy, which works like a magnet.
Psychic energy is also
called a "magnet", and in such a definition there is much truth. Of
course, the law of attraction and repulsion reacts especially upon psychic
energy. (AUM 474)
When the fire of the heart shines in the
darkness like a torch, it attracts quite naturally various creatures from afar.
If you feel that you do not attract the right beings, you should start working
on improving your psychic energy!
Accumulation of
psychic energy should be the most important goal. Many insects — whether white
or black — are drawn to the flame, for fire is psychic energy. One must
understand that everything is attracted by psychic energy. (Agni Yoga 567)
23. Protective Net and Psychic Energy
Part of the aura is the so-called protective
net which rejects hostile influences like a shield. It is formed, maintained
and strengthened by our psychic energy.
The protective net can
defend a man, making him invulnerable. The protective net must be continually
saturated with energies from within. (Fiery World III, 112)
The susceptibility to negative suggestions,
influences or interferences is usually the result of an insufficiently developed
protective net.
Each striving
consciousness must weave its own protective net. One may deflect many blows and
painful stings if the protective net remains impenetrable. The immunity of the
spiritual centers may become complete when the
protective net is continually nourished by fire from within. Hence, it is so
important to be solicitous about the tension of the protective net. Psychic
energy, aspiration of the spirit, and fiery transmutation will supply the
needed fabric for the protective net. On the path to the Fiery World let us
remember the power of this shield. (Fiery World III, 114)
With the help of our psychic energy, we can
weave a protective net around us, that works like an armour and impenetrable for
physical and psychical attacks.
Man can draw upon any
force within himself and forge from it an invincible armor.
(Supermundane 104)
Psychic energy was
sometimes called Teros. In the Hermetic teaching one can find this expression:
“The warrior Teros raised his shield.” So was indicated the protective role of
psychic energy. Did you ever hear of a yogi’s being devoured by beasts? There
was never such an occurrence, for no animal that possesses a particle of
instinct would dare pit itself against the shield of Teros. Many are in need of
protection; why, then, not utilize one’s own treasure? (Agni Yoga 565)
For today's spiritual warriors, this protection
by spiritual means, by a spiritual armour, is much more important and effective
than any physical defence.
For Us, steel coats of
mail are not needed, for the armor of psychic energy
is far stronger. Thus one can surround oneself with an impenetrable, invisible armor. People may notice the invulnerability of some
heroes. To attain this, a powerful upsurge of the will is needed in order to
face dangers without harm.
The Thinker [Plato] taught the young people, “Sometimes the best armor
is the invisible one. Learn to command yourself to produce such armor, and it will appear whenever you fight for the Common
Good.” (Supermundane 572)
This is so because ultimately the spiritual
laws govern the material plane.
Psychic energy
dominates the physical laws. One should observe numerous examples in all of
life. We often make use of our own psychic energy and with its help avert the
most powerful hostile arrows. It should be remembered that the link with
Hierarchy is stronger than armor. (Fiery World I, 623)
Hostile energies - physical or spiritual ones -
directed against us are rejected; they hit our shield and knock back at the
attacker. If he suffers damage, then not because of a hit of the defender, but through
his own aggressive energy that has turned back against himself.
Each blow upon the
aura may be reflected, as a boomerang, upon its sender. (Fiery World III, 114)
It is not difficult to
accumulate the energy of Teros or to evoke it. And it is not advisable to lose
consciousness at the decisive moment, for that would produce a condition not
unlike that of the so-called deadly eye. A yogi does not kill an animal by his
own will; it is the evil will that smashes itself against the shield of Teros.
One has to understand that not a coercive will, but the accumulation of the
Chalice, will provide protection and permit action. (Agni Yoga 565)
Each one who has
developed psychic energy is protected by it. People are afraid to assault one
who possesses special powers. Common wisdom remembers how the reverse blow works
that strikes the armor of Teros. (Agni Yoga 583)
24. Accumulations of Psychic Energy on Objects
We had already spoken about the aura of
objects, for example of antiques (Broadcasting 11 “The subtle Constitution of
Man”). This is due to accumulations of psychic energy, caused by the men who
have fabricated or used these things.
Likewise, common
wisdom knows that some people can leave their influence on objects. This is
true: psychic energy can, for example, be transmitted to objects through touch.
Thus, one may observe the power of thought and the emanations of psychic
energy. (Agni Yoga 583)
One can impregnate an object consciously with a
certain energy, with a command of the will, with a thought or a message.
The energy can be
accumulated in objects, which can then be used for concentration of the will. A
considerable accumulation of energy can even make objects radiate, or transmit
a suggested thought. This is the scientific explanation of the nature of sacred
objects. One can find in them accumulations of psychic energy. (Agni Yoga 522)
Such objects (for example altars, paintings or
icons) work like a magnet which radiates force into the environment and
noticeably strengthens the people who approach it.
If even radio waves have
such a powerful influence on man, how powerfully can objects saturated with
psychic energy act! The magnet that is consciously saturated transmits its
magnetic currents; thus Our emanations surround each transmitted gift.
Therefore the affirmed action of Our sendings can
always intensify the strength of the one to whom they are sent. (Hierarchy 383)
Talismans or teraphs
were consciously charged with energy that remains in effect for thousands of
years and gives the wearer protection and power.
In various countries
there were scattered a multitude of teraphs, each one
filled with the accumulations of many psychic transmissions. It is curious to
observe the continued vitality of these accumulations of psychic energy. One
can truly see that teraphs retain their power over
thousands of years. (Agni Yoga 420)
You can consciously and scientifically use
these opportunities. For example: Charge a gift with your personal magnetism,
or put your hand on the shoulder of an interlocutor in order to increase your persuasiveness.
In ancient times it
was customary when giving a gift to place one’s hand upon the gift and even to
hold it close for a while. Thus the magnetism of the donor was transferred to
the object. Sometimes the gift was wrapped in hair or dipped into magnetized
water. If even in ancient times people had an idea of the Primary Energy,
surely by today we should be able to apply it scientifically! The Thinker
advised that to convince a listener one should place one’s hand upon his
shoulder. (Supermundane 423)
25. Elevation through Psychic Energy
Psychic energy - the divine fire within us -
promotes our spirituality.
Agni declines to such
an extent that the animal principles take possession of the fallen ones. Again
it is instructive to note how the decrease of Agni permits the manifestation of
animal propensities. Agni, the savior, leads to
beautiful worlds, but one must cultivate it and not forget its existence. (Fiery
World I, 624)
With the help of the energy of the heart you
can put yourself into a sublime state of mind, a state of purity, power and joy,
and thus live in a higher world, regardless of the material circumstances.
Man realizes that
psychic energy protects him from illnesses, and from doubts and depression.
But, even more than providing such protection against mighty enemies, psychic
energy can transform one’s entire existence. Likewise, psychic energy leads one
into the Supermundane World. (Supermundane 868)
This is especially true after death: It is your
store of fiery energy which carries you up "to Heaven".
It is a natural desire
to want to know how the transitions into different spheres are accomplished. It
is not difficult to understand that purified Agni is the decisive factor. If we
gradually fill a balloon with combustible gas, it will begin to rise proportionately.
If the balloon cannot retain the gas it will descend. This is a crude example
of the principle governing transition into the various spheres of the Subtle
World. The subtle being can ascend by itself if its fiery seed is appropriately
filled. Fire—the transmuter—helps to assimilate the
new and higher conditions. (Fiery World I, 621)
For conclusion, let us repeat once again:
The development of
psychic energy is the most vital task of humanity. (Agni Yoga 569)
Every applied thought
will bring growth to the spirit. (Infinity II, 777 [377])
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