The choice is to play mostly infinite
games, but while playing the finite games, refusing to take them seriously . Others may think you are serious, but you know better . You know you see
your world in the terms of an infinite game. Y ou will smile more frequently ,
you will feel serene, and you will access spiritual solutions. I will conclude this section with a story told to me by my friend Gary who
lives in New Y ork, but was raised and schooled in India. Each year at the
completion of the school year in June, Gary’ s father sent him to live with a
master teacher (guru) in an ashram with many other young boys. Here he
would be immersed for a couple of months annually for the purpose of
heightening his spiritual awareness. There were two lar ge cabins at this
particular ashram, and on the first day of the summer , all the boys were
given the following instructions. “You are to remain in total silence for the first four weeks. No talking at any
time. If you break silence even once, you will leave the silent cabin and live
in the second cabin where you may talk to your heart’ s content for the rest
of the summer .”
There was no threat of punishment. Simply leaving the silent cabin was the
only consequence of breaking the silence. Gary told me that he was able to go for about four days without talking the
first year . Then of f he went to cabin two. In the second year he wentapproximately ten days, and in the third year he was able to go for two
weeks before he finally broke the silence. About the time of his fifteenth birthday he knew he was going to the ashram
and he made an inner commitment that this year he would definitely
complete the prescribed time for silence, no matter what. He actually placed
tape over his mouth and used other gimmicks to ensure he would not break
silence even once. He noted that each year , at the end of the silence month,
only two or three boys were still residing in cabin one. And sure enough,
finally after years of struggling, Gary completed the month without ever
once breaking the silence. On the last day , the guru came into cabin one and sat down at the kitchen
table with Gary and the other two boys who had been able to remain totally
silent for the entire designated time period of one month. He tells me that
the four of them had the most remarkable experience of communicating that
he had ever known. They told each other stories, they laughed, they cried,
and they asked each other questions. For several hours they interacted in the
most intense conversations Gary had ever experienced. During the entire
time of those conversations in which they all communicated intensely and
intimately at a deep feeling level, not one single sound was made, not one
word was spoken . You may find it dif ficult to believe that communication without words or
sounds is possible. Y et I know Gary to be truthful, a man of integrity . I
leave you to draw your own conclusions. I am convinced that when we
become truly illumined, our inner calmness, when taken to an extreme,
allows us to transcend reliance on symbols and noise, and to know the
peace of God. My conclusion is that we can communicate through our own
inner calmness in ways that are infinite rather than finite. Or as Patanjali put
it, “the state of perfect yoga can only be entered into when the thought-
waves have been stilled.”
Each one of us must find the ways to our own inner stillness. One of my
ways is to study a poster that I have on my wall every day . Beneath a
beautiful serene blue sky mountain setting are these words from
Paramahansa Y ogananda: “Calmness is the living breath of God’ s
immortality in you.” I contemplate this wisdom every day of my life. Iwould be honored if you write to share with me the ways you have
discovered to find your stillness. THE THIRD APHORISM
Sin is nonexistent. There are only obstacles to one’ s ultimate
union with God. Most of us grew up believing that a sin was an act of disobedience or
ingratitude toward a God who is both separate and punitive. This aphorism
tells us that behaviors and thoughts that violate a commandment that we
ideally seek to uphold are of fences against our own true nature, which is
God. Thus what we perceive to be sinful can be redirected to be viewed as
an obstacle to our spiritual development. Patanjali suggests that what we
call sin is misdirected ener gy, which might have been used to find union
with God had we not been misled by ignorance. The word sin has a literal translation of “of f the mark.” In this sense,
behavior that religion has taught us is sinful is conduct that is of f-the-mark
or away from God. This, according to Patanjali, is not a reason to immerse
ourselves in guilt and use up life ener gy attempting to somehow make
amends. Rather it should be viewed in the context of an obstacle that we
have yet to overcome. When addressing “sinful” behaviors as obstacles we begin to see what it is
we must do to access the spiritual solution we seek. When viewed as sin,
we place the responsibility for correcting the conduct on a God who is
external to us. Thus we hope that this external God will for give, and we find
ourselves laden with guilt and anxiety over whether we deserve to be
problem-free. I like these powerful words of Mahatma Gandhi on how to
deal with our shortcomings: “My imperfections and failures are as much a
blessing from God as my successes and my talents, and I lay them both at
his feet.”
Viewing a failure as an invitation to recourse with God is a much more
useful way of handling the “problem.” W allowing in shame, feeling as
though we have sinned and are not deserving of for giveness is not the bestway to find solutions! T ry this inner dialogue instead: “I have not sinned
against God. I have behaved in such a way as to inhibit my complete union
with God. These behaviors are obstacles to my finding a spiritual solution. Beginning right now I will work at removing these obstacles from my life.”
The concept of being a sinner is an image of self-contempt and guilt, while
the concept of encountering an obstacle is empowering. I love the healing
parable of Jesus and the blind man. As he went along he saw a man blind from birth, his disciples asked
him, “Rabbi, who sinned? This man or his parents, that he was born
blind?”  
    “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this
happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.”
We have been trained to think in terms of sin and punishment. These ideas
disempower us by stressing that we are weak and wrong. The empowering
way is to view trials as lessons and opportunities to choose dif ferently . We
can transcend the odious notion of being sinners cloaked in guilt, awaiting
punishment. T o access a spiritual solution to a problem involves focusing
on the idea of a solution. The sinner filled with guilt becomes immobilized
and remains in passive inertia. When we view the sinful behavior as an
obstacle to a higher level of awareness, we can still take responsibility by
asking ourselves, “What is the lesson for me? And what can I do to avoid
this the next time?”
The disciples in the parable assumed that the man’ s blindness must have
been caused by a sin somewhere by someone involved in this blind man’ s
life. But Jesus taught that misfortunes in the physical world are not because
humans have sinned. The misfortunes are obstacles  on the path to uniting
with the infinite within us. He reminds them that no sin has taken place. We are all blind in many ways. It is through our figurative blindness that
God’ s work can be displayed in our life. It was Mahatma Gandhi among
others who preached the value of the dark side. Our dark side and our dark
spots are as Gandhi said, a blessing from God, rather than an encumbrance
for which we are to be punished. Our conditioned belief system learned the
concept of sin.This “radical” idea teaches the concept of obstacles to unified awareness of
God within. If you have violated any of the commandments that you ideally
hold on to as law; if you have stolen, cheated, or lied, or coveted or even
physically harmed another , try viewing these actions as obstacles to your
spiritual union with all that you truly are and can become. Remind yourself
that this is what you would love more than anything. Then you will have
empowered yourself to begin the process of removing those obstacles. This is such a freeing concept. Say to yourself, “I still have obstacles that I
have imposed which keep me from a spiritual solution,” rather than, “I am a
sinner and there is no hope for me unless God sees it in his heart to for give
me.” One thought empowers, while the other diminishes. One thought leads
to a solution, the other keeps you immobile. In short, go and sin no more,
because there is no such thing. Even if you have done irreparable wrong to someone through uncontrolled
greed, or anger , you can still view this action in terms of obstacles to your
union with God. Certainly you will feel remorse and do all that you can to
right the wrongful acts. Y ou can only correct such flaws in the future by
viewing yourself as having erected barriers to your highest self and by
forgiving yourself. Sincere penance does not consist of perpetuating grief
for wrongs but in resolving to avoid in the future those deeds that call for
remorse. THE FOURTH APHORISM
The person who is steadfast in abstaining from falsehood has
the power to obtain for himself and others the fruits of good
deeds, without having to perform the deeds themselves. Normally when we use the word truthful  we infer that a person’ s words
correspond to the facts of which he speaks. Y et in this yoga sutra,
Patanjali’ s phrase, “steadfast in abstaining from falsehood,” means
something quite apart from being factual and honest. What is meant here is the practice of completely and wholly identifying
oneself as a spiritual being, united with God at all times and neverconfusing one’ s identity with the ego world of possessions, achievements,
and reputation. T o reach this state is to be in the company of those rare
saints whom we all revere and quote so frequently . In this state we can be
moving toward steadfast abstention and find ourselves gaining those fruits
of good deeds. They will enable us to not only resolve our own “problems”
but those of others. Look carefully at the words used in this sutra. Obtaining for yourself and
others the fruits of good deeds without having to perform the deeds . Just
what does this mean to you? Patanjali suggests that steadfast abstention from falsehood means that
saying to someone, “God bless you,” means that the person is truly blessed
because we are no longer capable of even dreaming an untruth. Similarly ,
this steadfast abstainer from falsehood can perform miraculous cures by
simply telling a sick person that he is well. Thus Patanjali suggests that
when a person becomes perfected in truth  he literally gains control of truth. That person’ s being, along with their words and actions allows them to
obtain the fruits of good deeds without necessarily performing the deeds
with their physical bodies. Now I am not of fering you sainthood here in exchange for becoming a one-
hundred-percent truth teller . Rather , what I am proposing is that you open
yourself to an idea that allows you to gradually and steadily remember your
identity as a divine spiritual connected-to-God entity . In moments you
previously labeled as stressful or problematic, you will begin to see the
fruits of good deeds (another way of saying problem solving) show up
without having to labor long and hard to solve your dif ficulty . The very fact of your self-reminder that you are united with God in this
very instant of strife will allow your thoughts and af firmations to become
your reality . As you steadily gain this awareness, you will have the same
impact on others. In other words, you will be bringing spirit (which is all
you are in your awareness) to everyone and everything you encounter , and
the fruits of good deeds will be observed on a regular basis. Whenever you
find yourself filled with inner frustration or rage, a gentle private reminder
to abstain from this false identity with the material world, will bring you
back to your true essence. When you are back, notice how the rage andfrustration have dissipated. Now use words to bless yourself and the
situation, and you begin to see what Patanjali meant with this “radical”
aphorism. As you become more adept at abstaining from falsehood, as defined here,
you will bring this kind of calm, peaceful true identity , a connected-to-God
countenance, to those in your immediate surroundings. The more steadfast
you are in this regard, the more you will hear others say: “I just feel better
when she is around.” “I feel calm when he shows up.” “I actually sensed
that my discomfort and pain went away when he talked to me.” Y ou
literally raise the consciousness of those around you when you are steadfast
in your abstention from falsehood. Y ou become a healer without going to
healing school. Y ou become a blessing without a degree in divinity . You are
obtaining the results of good deeds without having to sweat and work at
doing the right thing. Spirituality is very similar to health. Everyone has health. For some their
health is excellent and for others it is poor , yet you cannot escape having it
at some level or another . The same is true for spirituality . Every single
human being is a spiritual being. W e all have spirit. For some their
spirituality is high and therefore life- enhancing, loving, peaceful, kind, and
at the top of the ladder as I defined it in chapter one. The more steadfastly we abstain from false identity the less attached we
become to anything that is associated with false identity . As detachment
increases, spirituality moves up the ladder that you can never completely
climb of f, any more than you can step of f the health ladder . We begin to see
the fruits of good deeds appearing without having to work at it. Ultimately ,
we are close to the top and find there are others just wanting to bathe a bit
in our aura, so to speak. I think of the story of Martin Luther who impacted the lives of millions by
his steadfast abstention from falsehood. Luther never wanted to begin a
Reformation. He merely wanted the Catholic Church of ficials to address
some ninety-five questions. To raise funds for the church, Pope Leo X, a big spender who needed
money to build gold-lined palaces and create extensive works of art for theVatican, sent representatives on a mission to sell indulgences. These
indulgences were written statements from the pope excusing individuals for
sins in exchange for money . People believed they could buy their way into
Heaven. Many were burned at the stake after confessions gained in
torturous inquisitions. Luther wanted to rediscover the original gospel as it had been before it was
corrupted during the Inquisition. He asked for answers to questions that
bothered his conscience. For this he was excommunicated and had to go
into hiding from the established and corrupt church. When asked to recant,
he said, “I am bound by conscience and the word of God. Therefore I can
and will recant nothing, because to act against one’ s conscience is neither
safe nor salutary . Here I stand. I can do no other . So help me God.”
By steadfastly abstaining from falsehood, Martin Luther helped to begin the
Protestant Reformation, and to force the established church to abolish such
practices as torture, execution, and the selling of indulgences. You don’ t have to become a Martin Luther overnight. But let in the idea that
you can access divine spiritual power to alleviate problems first for
yourself, and then for others by shifting away from false identification. Little baby steps at first. Remind yourself that all those who had this power
that Patanjali spoke of began their journey by reminding themselves, in
moments of strife, that they were first and without a doubt divine spiritual
beings, connected rather than separated from their source. THE FIFTH APHORISM
When a person is steadfast in his abstention from harming
others, then all living creatures will cease to feel enmity in his
presence. Patanjali’ s statement, “abstention from harming others,” includes not only
actual acts of harm but also thoughts of jealousy , judgment, and injury in
any fashion. Steadfastly renouncing violence in thoughts  and in all dealings
with others creates an atmosphere wherein all violence and enmity ceases to
exist because it is not reciprocated.This is a powerful awareness that you can begin to incorporate into your life
immediately . Any situation where you experience anger or even mild
discomfort involves thoughts of enmity toward the other person or people. Patanjali explains that other people will not feel enmity or anguish if you
steadfastly abstain from having harmful thoughts toward them in the first
place. Amazing! By you working at not having any judgments or harmful
thoughts, those around you will be free of anguish also. Coming to this awareness of being steadfast in abstaining from harmful
thoughts is a potent tool for accessing a spiritual solution to problems
involving relationships. When a person is talking to you and you are
slipping into the mode of feeling angry about how you are being talked to,
you can remind yourself in that instant to abstain from thinking harmful or
angry thoughts. I find it is quite ef fective to use the following words, first
internally , and then I say them out loud. They are, “Y ou’re right about that!”
Not sarcastically . Without rancor , I simply allow the other person to be
right, which is all their ego really wants. This tool does not make the other person right, it merely allows someone to
believe that they are, and it allows you to be steadfast in your abstention
from harmful thoughts. As you practice allowing others to be right, you are
beginning to live from your higher self rather than your ego. Eventually it
will be your authentic way of reacting to others, even when they are being
insulting. There is a story concerning the Buddha, who is in the company of a fellow
traveler who tests this great teacher with derogatory , insulting, disparaging,
and bitter responses to anything the Buddha says. Every day , for three days
when the Buddha spoke, the traveler responded by calling him a fool, and
ridiculing the Buddha in some arrogant fashion. Finally , at the end of the
third day , the traveler could stand it no more. He asked, “How is it that you
are able to be so loving and kind when all I’ve done for the past three days
is dishonor and of fend you? Each time I am disobliging to you, you respond
in a loving manner . How is this possible?”
The Buddha responded with a question of his own for the traveler . “If
someone of fers you a gift, and you do not accept that gift, to whom does the
gift belong?” His question provided the traveler with a new insight.When someone of fers you a gift of their insults, and you refuse to accept
them, they obviously still belong to the original giver . And why would you
ever choose to be upset or angry over something that belonged to someone
else? In this aphorism, Patanjali states, “all living creatures will cease to feel
enmity” in the presence of one who does not think or act in a violent
manner . This suggests we can af fect the animal kingdom when we are
steadfast in this attribute. Y ou’ve heard the stories of how Saint Francis of
Assisi would tame wild wolves who were decimating the livestock, merely
by being in their presence. Moreover , doves would fly to his hands and all
manner of wild creatures would feel the love that emanated from him and
would cease to feel enmity . I have experimented with this notion on many occasions myself. Once
while jogging in Egypt a pack of dogs came running toward me at 4:30 A.M.
barking ferociously . I stopped jogging and also stopped thoughts of fear or
violence and they became calm and harmless. As you contemplate this idea of abstention from harmful thoughts or
intentions, keep in mind that those areas of your life, which you have
labeled as “problems,” could no longer exist if you were to be this idea each
and every day . The reason you are not experiencing bliss at this precise
moment is because you are focusing on what is wrong or missing. Begin the
process of filling your mind with love, gratitude, and for giveness. Ernest
Holmes wrote, “What a load is dropped from the shoulders of personal
responsibility , when we realize that the eternal mind holds naught against
anybody .”
Being in the space of the eternal mind is what you need to do as you pursue
spiritual solutions in your life. Hold naught against anyone, and while
you’re at it, keep in mind Albert Einstein’ s helpful hint about why it is
important to change around the way you process everything and everyone
involved in what you call your problems. Einstein said, “The significant
problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking which
created them.”Problems are illusions of the material world. Solutions are attributes of your
immersion in the world of spirit. Y es, there is a spiritual solution to every
problem. But you will have to move to a higher level of thinking to do so. These then are the five basic aphorisms of Patanjali that will guide you to
change the mind that created the problem:
1. Identify yourself beyond ignorance. 2. Calmness is the peace of God within you. 3. You create obstacles, you do not sin. 4. Be steadfast in abstaining from falsehood. 5. Be steadfast in abstaining from harmful thoughts and acts. You can work at applying these whenever you are involved in a “problem.”
They are extremely useful in the discovery and application of spiritual
solutions. As you face a problem, remind yourself that you created it with one mind,
and you will solve it with another . Hence, the idea that is the title of this
book. “Problems” come from a nonspiritual mind-set. There is a spiritual
solution available, and you can create the ener gy to access it at will. As you work at mastering these five aphorisms of Patanjali, know that they
represent the highest places you can attain in the world of spirit. They
symbolize how those we call masters and saints lived, breathed, and helped
others to transcend their problems. Y ou obviously won’ t be one hundred
percent on the mark with all five at all times, but gradually , you will remind
yourself of the need for a spiritual solution in trying times or when
confronted with a problem. One step at a time, you will find grace, and peace supplanting the strife. You will literally be creating a new ener gy field for yourself, which is the
subject of the next chapter in this book and in your life as well. OceanofPDF .com3
IT’S ALL ENERGY
Nothing happens until something moves. —ALBERT EINSTEIN
Spiritual problem solving ultimately means examining the entire concept
of ener gy in a new way . Generally we think of people with high ener gy in
terms of stamina and vigor with qualities of enthusiasm and tirelessness. I
am suggesting you think of ener gy in a context of vibration and movement. In this formulation, ener gy is the speed of an individual’ s ener gy field. The
idea here is that a higher frequency will aid in problem solving, whereas a
lower frequency will intensify problems and inhibit solutions. This is a
crucial point in the simplified paradigm I present here and in chapter four . You have within you the absolute ability to increase your frequency and
enhance the ener gy field of your everyday life. By increasing the speed at
which you vibrate you move into those frequencies I am calling spirit, and
away from those that are grounded in the material world of problems. Stephen Hawking, who may be the most scientifically enlightened mind on
the planet today , has said, “Apparently common sense notions work well
when dealing with material things like apples and/or comparatively slow
moving things like planets; but they don’ t work at all for things moving atthe speed of light.” Hence, if you want to access and utilize the ener gy that
vibrates at faster frequencies than ordinary levels of awareness you have to
be able to shift your ener gy at appropriate times out of good old-fashioned
“common sense.” V alerie Hunt, in her well-documented and intriguing book
Infinite Mind: Science of the Human V ibrations of Consciousness ,
concludes, “As a result of my work, I can no longer consider the body as
organic systems or tissues. The healthy body is a flowing, interactive
electrodynamic ener gy field. Motion is more natural to life than non-motion
—things that keep flowing are inherently good. What interferes with flow
will have detrimental ef fects.”
I do not expect you to become an expert on electrodynamic ener gy fields or
to explore this ever -growing field of quantum ener gy physics. All I want at
this point is to introduce you to the fundamental awareness necessary to
activate your higher frequency . Here are five simplified verifiable facts,
which it is my hope will introduce you to your innate ability to do that. 1. Everything vibrates, everything moves. 2. Faster vibrations mean getting closer to “spirit.”
3. Slower vibrations keep us in the world of “problems.”
4. You can choose to eliminate whatever interferes with increasing your
vibrational field. 5. You can negotiate the presence of factors in your life to increase your
frequency of vibrations. There you have it in a nutshell. A spiritual solution to your every problem
includes changing your ener gy field so that you can access the fastest
frequency and choose to implement it at will in your daily life. Now , let’s take a closer look at these five basics and how they will help you
implement your spiritual solutions. Everything V ibrates, Everything Moves
If you look at a page of this book through an extremely powerful
microscope you will see it is a dance, with molecules, atoms, electrons, sub-and sub-subatomic particles moving about in ceaseless ener gy patterns. The
book appears solid because your senses (which also vibrate) perceive
solidity at this frequency . Thus, this book is ener gy slowed way down so
that it appears as a solid mass. This is also true of your body , and everything
in the material world—all slowed down ener gy that appears not to vibrate. But one look under the microscope gives us that astonishing view of
motion. Likewise, everything is in a state of motion. W e appear to be sitting still,
but we know that the our planet is spinning once every twenty-four hours,
orbiting the sun once every 365 days, and moving through space at dizzying
speeds. Spinning, orbiting, and moving are all verbs describing movement. The same can be said of your body . It is a field of vibration and movement,
which appears solid and motionless. All information that you receive comes to you through your senses. Y our
eyes for example, perceive light, which is really a very fast vibration of air
and electromagnetic particles. Y our ears perceive sound, which is a slower
frequency of air vibrations. W ere you to examine that information perceived
by your eyes and ears before your senses “picked them up” so to speak, you
would see that those vibrations have no evil or disharmony inherent in
them. They are simply problem-free vibrations. But, when you take them in,
suddenly you say , “What I hear is a problem for me,” “What I see is evil
and terrible,” and so on. In other words, you took in those problem-free
faster ener gies and processed them in such a way as to create problems. Even though the ener gy that you received was totally devoid of anything
even resembling a problem, or evil, or terrible. Keep this important notion
uppermost in your mind as you read on. Now for the big leap. Every problem that you face has a vibrational
frequency and a movement to it. When you live exclusively in the slowed
down, solid-appearing world, you encounter slowed down solid-appearing
circumstances that we define as problems. Everything, including what we
call a problem, has an ener gy field. When problems collide with our slowed
down solid world, we feel the conflict as an imbalance in our ener gy field. We call it a problem that we can’ t understand or resolve. Thus, diseases of
all kinds represent a frequency and movement just like everything else inthe universe. Addictions too have a frequency or movement. Fear , stress,
and anxiety are all frequencies. I believe we all have the potential to explore
beyond the world of the solid and motionless, and learn to increase the
speed of our vibrations. This is the key to successfully approaching the slow
vibrating motionless problems in our lives. Thinking in terms of frequencies and vibrations may be a new idea for you,
yet our scientists are doing this all the time. They study matter at the
subatomic level and report that the essence of creation is ener gy. Particles
appearing from ener gy seem to stop and appear solid. My purpose is not to
delve into the world of quantum physics and give you elaborate scientific
proofs. Others far more qualified than I have already done so. My purpose
is to have you consider that the solution you seek to anything you’ve
labeled a problem may lie in your willingness to shift your vibrational
energy patterns. Here’ s an example I’ve created as a tool to help you conceptualize this
different ener gy field. In the slowest vibrations we have illness and
disharmony . In faster , but still slow vibration we have ordinary human
awareness. Thought and spirit are found in the fastest vibrations. Slow, solid 10,000 cyclesper second 20,000 cycles per secondSound, light, thought, spirit 100,000 cycles per second
plus
A....................................... B.......................................C.......................................
1. Illness 1. Symptom-free 1. Perfect health
2. Fear, anxiety, stress, depression
emotionally2. Feeling average 2. Incapable of being immobilized
3. Ego-consciousness 3. Group consciousness3. God- or unity-consciousness
 
Consider your physical health where most of your time is spent attempting
to reach point B where you will feel okay because you have an absence of
symptoms. Between point A and point B is where you take medicine,
consult medical practitioners, and generally strive to get to a point of
ordinary human awareness where you just feel okay . Point C represents
superhealth where you feel exquisite. Y ou can do five hundred sit-ups, run a
marathon, and are toxin-free. Hypothetically , disease materializes at a very
low ener gy frequency . Ordinary human awareness is what we call a normal
frequency , and superhealth represents a balanced fast vibration which has
the ability to counteract disease frequencies.For the purpose of explanation only I have assigned an arbitrary figure
representing the frequency speed. A=10,000 cycles per second; B=20,000
cycles per second; and C=100,000 cycles per second and beyond. When
you live continuously at or below 20,000 cps you are living in an extremely
slowed down ener gy field, and all the things that you call problems that also
vibrate at this frequency are almost always noticeable to you. Y our goal
seems to be to get to the level where you feel normal. This example can also be applied to your emotional state. At A we find fear ,
anxiety , stress, anger , and mental disease. At point B your emotional well-
being is stable and you feel all right but any dramatic shift in circumstances
or the behavior of others can send you back into that frenzied world of
worry , fear , guilt, and depression. But at point B you seem to have your life
under control. Point C symbolizes perfect emotional health. Here you know
that no one can interfere with or obstruct your bliss. Outside circumstances
do not torment you. The actions and opinions of others have no unpleasant
effect on your emotional state. Realistically , the movement from A to C is a
shift in ener gy frequencies which you can cultivate and choose. In theory
and in practice, you have within you the power to approach the frequency
of light and spirit. When you move out of the 20,000 cps level and speed your ener gy up, what
you consider to be accidents and misfortunes are simply gone. In the faster
vibrational frequencies you are able to invoke intuition, insight, and other
potentials that are dormant when you are in ordinary human awareness. There is one more element on this A-B-C continuum that plays a significant
role in ending problems by accessing spiritual guidance. We have looked at your physical  and emotional  states from the perspective
of frequencies. The slower the frequency the more you move away from
spirit. The higher your ener gy field vibrates, the more you approach a
problem-free life. Y ou can invoke the qualities of spirit to slow moving,
average circumstances and remove the erroneous thinking that creates the
problems. Consequently , the illusions that are your problems are nullified as
you bring spirit to them. I’ll call the third element in this example consciousness . At point A, the
lowest level is ego-consciousness . At this frequency you resonate with aninner view that you are separate from everyone else, and in competition
with the rest of the world. Y ou are absorbed in self-importance and validate
yourself on the basis of what you have, what you do, and what others think
of you. Ego consciousness is a very slow frequency in which you feel
distinctly separate from spirit which is the fastest vibration in the universe. In fact, in ego consciousness you are as far removed from the ener gy of
God as is possible, and all seven of the characteristics embodied in the word
spiritual  as defined in chapter one are essentially missing from your life. As you progress to average or normal human consciousness you reach point
B on this continuum. Point B I call group consciousness . Here you identify
yourself on the basis of what groups you have either chosen to align
yourself with or been assigned to as a result of your birthplace, ethnic
identity , or cultural label. In group consciousness you have the frequency of
normal human awareness which categorizes life with phrases like: I am
male, you female; I am old, you are young; I am Italian, you are Chinese; I
am Christian, you are Muslim; I am white, you are black; I am
conservative, you are liberal. On and on the groupings go, pigeonholing
everyone into a frequency where conflict resolution is accomplished by
determining who is right, stronger , more powerful, better , or whatever . Wars are the outcome of group consciousness. Members of the group think
along the lines of: I am born on this side of the river , you on the far bank. So too were our ancient ancestors, therefore we will need to fight to see
who has access to the river and who is right. Ancient enmities continue to
flourish because of geographic boundary disputes, religious traditions,
cultural practices, and so on. These conflicts are justified as preserving the
identity and historical traditions of “my people.” Group consciousness  is
normal. I understand this completely . The 20,000 cps frequency encourages
us to join our assigned groups and to feel pride in defeating anyone who is
not “of our kind.”
Every time you find yourself labeling others or yourself, you are setting up
a potential problem. It becomes you against whoever is in the other group. Relationships cause problems when you see yourself in conflict with the
other . Illness becomes a battleground when you must fight that which is
invading the territory that you call “my body .” Lack of prosperity is due toothers having more of what you want. So, one who is at the group
consciousness level must compete with “them” for prosperity . Point B, group consciousness , is a step up from A, ego consciousness . However , point B still keeps you squarely in the middle of a life that is not
peaceful, tranquil, or able to nullify problems. At this frequency having
problems is considered a normal function of living. As you approach point C on the consciousness scale you reach a place that I
call unity or God consciousness  where separation is unknown. As I have
suggested, there is only one problem that we face, and that is our belief that
we are separate from God. As you increase the frequency at which you live,
you shift your ener gy field to a level wherein you elicit the qualities of
Godliness. Y ou become pure spirit. Y ou see no divisions and you know that
you are connected to everyone and all living creatures. Y ou become a piece
of God so to speak and this mystical sense of connectedness no longer
allows you to feel separate. You literally see the unfolding of God in every flower , creature, and person. At this level of unity consciousness, judgmental chatter that had set you up
as a victim or a foe in the lower frequencies is gone. Y ou bring this fast
vibrational frequency to every life situation and you no longer view the
world the way you did when you were in ego or group consciousness . Your
message to the universe is no longer “Gimme, gimme, gimme,” but “How
may I give?” And the universe’ s response like a mirror is a resounding,
“How may I give to you?”
In this state of unity consciousness you no longer view your life
circumstances as problems. Y ou understand the magic in Rumi’ s famous
poem The Guest House , which illustrates poetically what I am writing about
here. Problems cannot exist in our lives when we view life from the faster
spiritual vibrations that Rumi posits. THE GUEST HOUSE
 
This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy , a depression, a meanness,
Some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor . Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
Who violently sweep your house
Empty of its furniture,
Still, treat each guest honorably . He may be clearing you out
For some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
Meet them at the door laughing,
And invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes,
Because each has been sent
As a guide from beyond. (The Essential Rumi;  translated by Coleman Barks; HarperCollins, 1995;
p. 104)In unity consciousness you see yourself as connected rather than separate. You know that there are no accidents and you process each event of your
life from that perspective. Ener gy impacts us at all times, and the frequency
at which that ener gy moves determines our physical, mental, and spiritual
health. Take some time now to remind yourself of this first necessary fundamental
awareness: Everything vibrates, everything moves. Faster V ibrations Mean Getting Closer to “Spirit”
Valerie Hunt, writing about spiritual enlightenment in her fascinating book
Infinite Mind  makes this observation: “In my laboratory , we found that
when a person’ s ener gy field reaches the highest, most complex vibrations,
from imaging or meditation, that person had spiritual experiences,
regardless of their beliefs.” T o create spiritual solutions you must at least
tentatively accept this idea of ener gy vibrations which you have some
degree of power to raise. The faster and more complex the frequency , the
more you approach the world of invisible spirit and can nullify slower
vibrational situations. Dr. Valerie Hunt is a scientist and a physiological researcher of human
energy fields. Her conclusions are almost identical to a man who many
consider to be a spiritual master . His name is Sathya Sai Baba, a divine
master who possesses the gift of fish and loaves and has devotees from all
over the world. Born in 1926, Sai Baba has spent his life teaching and
disseminating unconditional love and peace from his ashram in southern
India. He tells his many followers, “Human ener gy is low and the divine
energy is without limit. Y ou are God. Y ou are the divine ener gy when you
do the divine work. Y our ener gy grows.”
Here we have Hunt’ s scientific, and Sai Baba’ s spiritual, philosophy ,
offering us a grand view of invisible ener gy as a fast-moving frequency
that, when embraced, escorts us into the reaches of the divine. Their
insights emphasize the value of freeing ourselves from the negative impact
of slower , more mundane human vibrations. These abilities of the higher -
level mind appear to be beyond the domain of material or physical reality as
we are accustomed to measuring it. Mind may indeed have dif ferentcharacteristics than the brain in that its vibration is not measurable by
material devices. The higher mind is like a field that transcends the physical
reality of the brain. As you explore the presence of spirit in your life as a
faster , more complex ener gy frequency , consider that the highest levels of
the mind contain the capacities of insight, imagination, cr eativity , and
spiritual consciousness. The mind is a higher construct and it can be
thought of as infinite and omnipresent. What I want you to do here is imagine that your mind, perhaps separate
from the brain, is like a fast vibrating field of invisible ener gy that is not
located any one place, and is capable of being an unlimited experience. “The mind experiences and the brain records,” is how W ilder Penfield
describes it in his epic book The Mystery of The Mind . Consequently , when
I speak of ener gy, and vibrational frequencies, I am now speaking about
your mind,  the infinite experience, not simply your brain. It is your mind,
which indeed may be separate from your brain, that you are going to train to
move at a faster frequency so as to bring spiritual solutions to your
problems. I do not wish to make this into a deeply scientific discussion. I
just want to introduce you to the idea that the faster frequencies correspond
with moving up the scale from solid, to sound, to light, to spirit, and it is in
spirit that you will find your peace. Think about what it is like to be around people who seem to possess these
highest capacities of the mind. When we observe someone who has deep
insight we can become easily transfixed. The person of deep insight who
touches your soul with his words and ignites feelings of love and
appreciation is vibrating at a faster ener gy frequency . This quality of insight is an ingredient of the higher (and thus faster) mind. These deep insights do not have to be in esoteric fields such as quantum
physics or nuclear science. I recall talking with a professional football
player who had great insight in how to construct defenses against passing
formations. I knew that he was talking and experiencing life in his realm
from a high frequency . People who know how to be peaceful and loving
regardless of the outer circumstances appear to have greater insight into
how to live their daily life. They can have a profound ef fect on those whom
they encounter .The higher ener gy frequencies in your mind contain the seeds of
imagination and creativity . The more creative you become the faster the
frequency of your ener gy field and the more you can access the invisible
world of spirit to annul the lower ener gy that produces what we construe as
problems. Often we use the word problem  only because we have not
learned that imagination and creativity can handle the situation. I received a letter several years ago from a woman in Oregon who was
facing what most of us would consider a major problem. I reproduce the
letter here so that you can see how this problem was turned into a blessing
by bringing creativity and spirit to the painful situation. Dear W ayne;  
    I don’ t even know how to begin this letter . I wrote to you back in
1996 because my son was missing. He had gotten into the world of
drugs and had slipped away . At the time I wrote to you I was
distraught and panicked. I also was trying to start an or ganization to
help others find their children turned of age who have fallen prey to
drug addiction. You very kindly wrote me back and your first sentence stated, “Y ou
will be directed to Jef f! Know this beyond anything resembling
doubt.”  
    I kept that letter with me at all times. I ran those words over and
over in my mind while holding the vision of Jef f and I embracing
when I found him. Everyone I spoke with told me Jef f probably
wouldn’ t want to see me, or he would be mad at me, or he would run
from me. I never believed that. I knew that when we saw each other
face to face we would talk and come to an understanding if nothing
else. Now for the good news. I did indeed find Jef f. When we saw each
other face to face the vision that I had held became a reality . He
hugged me, told me he loved me, spoke to me of his pain, his longing
to live a dif ferent life, then walked with me out of the drug world. W e
are now starting an agency together , called “Third Option,” to help
other parents reconnect with their children. I wrote an article in the “My T urn” column of Newsweek  that ran in
the August 18, 1997, edition. From that article we were asked toappear on Primetime Live, Good Morning America,  CNBC, and many
other shows. From that we have just signed a contract to have our story
made into a movie. Also, I have written a book that I hope will be
published called, “T o Jef f, Love, Mom.” When the proceeds come
from those things we will have the money to get our or ganization up
and running in the form that we envision. Already we have helped a
couple of parents locate their children and have counseled a dozen
more. Jef f just finished up a case in San Francisco. I am now starting to contact federal legislators to see what can be
done to give parents of children turned of age more rights when they
become lost to them in the world of addiction. I just wanted to write to give you some good news and thank you for
that simple phrase that you wrote to me in your letter . We are all lights
for one another and those few words about being directed to Jef f
illuminated my path more than once when the fear and devastation of
being without my son would overwhelm me. Thank you so very much. Well, that’ s about it, just a huge hug from me with much gratitude
from my heart. Oh, by the way , you may see a dramatic rise in the sale
of your book, Real Magic. It is my favorite and I tell every parent I
talk to to get the book. Take care. W armest personal regards,  
                                              Michale Mohr
Here you can see what a powerful force creativity and imagination are in
dispelling the illusion of a problem. A “problem” not only disappeared, but
out of that ener gy of insight and creativity a spiritual solution emer ged for
Michale and many others as well. The researchers in the science of ener gy vibrations remind us that the
qualities that we refer to as insight, imagination,  and creativity  are the
components of higher states of mind. Obviously , when we think of the mind
of God, we think of the creator  who imagined  a physical universe from his
consciousness. And with profound insight  the story of Genesis was played
out.Your mind is both an individualized expression of the mind of God, and at
the same time it is the universal mind as well. These words of Dr . Valerie
Hunt stir me into a state of excitement when I consider the potential of the
creative aspect of the human mind. On the basis of my experience with deciphering and broadcasting
thoughts from a field, I believe that all the great and profound ideas
ever expounded, the tenets of advanced cultures, the deep and
meaningful spiritual happenings around which religions are or ganized,
all of these are available to us today in their original vibrational forms. . . . The open mind field concept says that all important thought is ours
for the taking. I kept this quotation at my table as I wrote my previous book, Wisdom of
the Ages , based on sixty of the greatest teachers in history . I felt as if I were
in conscious contact with them as I wrote. These “original vibrational forms” are what I am calling ener gy at the
fastest or highest level. When you master the magnificent seven ingredients
of spirit that are in the opening chapter of this book you will be in a position
to annul all your problems. Then you can increase the speed of your mental
frequency and access the higher faculties of insight, imagination and
creativity , which form the basis for being in the mind of God. Ultimately ,
your focused mind field, moving at the fastest frequencies of spirit can
impact and tap into everything going on in the world. As you begin to consider this idea of faster vibrations being synonymous
with spirit, remind yourself that we live in a world of invisible ener gy that
we take for granted. Electromagnetic forces all operate on vibrational
frequencies that we cannot see, smell, or touch. Think of electricity , radio
and television signals, microwaves, fax machines, cellular phones. W e
know that we can send radio waves out into the atmosphere, bounce them
off satellites, scramble and unscramble them, and receive information from
the waves. As we increase the frequency of these waves of ener gy we can
send them to distant planets and solar systems, and perhaps, all the way to
God and back.Isn’t that what prayer is when you get right down to it? An invisible
energetic signal sent between your mind field, and the universal mind field
which you must be connected to. Otherwise, what would be the point of the
prayer? Research has shown that people who pray and are prayed for have
higher incidences of recovery . Prayer is an invisible ener gy vibration that
approaches the faster frequencies of spirit. And it works, as research has
demonstrated. Ponder this idea of faster vibrations being associated with spirit, and spirit
being the source of all problem solving. This insight will give you real-
world tools for reaching the ultimate conclusion that you are God’ s
vibrations made manifest . I encourage you to find your way to rid yourself
of the illusion that you could ever be separate from God. My final observation for this section is from Hunt’ s intriguing book:
We discovered that when a person’ s field reached higher vibrational
states, he no longer experienced material things such as bodies and ego
states, or the physical world. He experienced knowing, higher
information, transcendental ideas, insight about ultimate sources of
reality , and creativity in its pure form. Thoughts were grander , more
penetrating and global. Higher vibrational states will lead you out of the physical ego-bound world
where the illusions of problems are. The third and next awareness is that
slower vibrations keep you in the world of problems. Slower V ibrations Keep Us in the W orld of “Problems”
When you live persistently and permanently in the lower vibrational
frequencies of material consciousness you are not able to participate in the
realm of higher interpretation, transcendent ideas, insight, knowing, and
pure creativity . This is what V alerie Hunt’ s research on the science of
human vibrations of consciousness reveals. I have also become very familiar with a fascinating book titled Power
Versus For ce, written by Dr . David R. Hawkins who has both an M.D. and a
Ph.D. He has quantified human actions and emotions by frequencies. Theauthor spent twenty-nine years in an exhaustive study to measure the
vibrations of human behavior and thought and to help us see how to move
from the lower/slower frequencies of shame, guilt, apathy , fear , and anger
into the higher vibrations of willingness, acceptance, reason, love, joy ,
peace, and enlightenment. I loved every page of this groundbreaking book. I quote from his preface. The individual human mind is like a computer terminal connected to a
giant database. The database is human consciousness itself, of which
our own consciousness is merely an individual expression, but with its
roots in the common consciousness of all mankind. This database is
the realm of genius; because to be human is to participate in the
database, everyone by virtue of his birth has access to genius. You can access this genius ener gy to remove “problems” from your life
completely . But what does this mean specifically to you who would love to
shed the burden of material world struggles and problems? The answer lies
in understanding Einstein’ s quote, “Nothing happens until something
moves,” which is the subheading of this chapter . You must become
determined to rid yourself of those slower material world vibrational states,
because this is where your problems reside. Think of any disease process, such as cancer . Cancer , like everything else in
the physical world, has a vibrational frequency . That frequency is
incompatible with the body and will begin to devour the adjoining cells. Disease frequencies can invade your body when you live in a continual
state of being angry , fearful, envious, critical, judgmental, and worried. These lower vibrations are inherent in virtually all the life circumstances
that we call problems. How then do you reconcile the message in chapter one that God is good,
God is the creator , God is omnipresent, and all that is non-God cannot exist,
except as we allow it to in our thoughts? Non-good is an illusion that
disappears when spirit is present. Conversely , when we don’ t stay in spirit,
our ener gy field is slowed down to the material world elements of anger ,
hate, envy , guilt, and the like. This is when a hole in our ener gy field
occurs, lar ge enough for other slow vibrating frequencies to enter and
overwhelm our body .They are invited in, so to speak, unconsciously to be sure, by permitting our
energy fields to leave the spiritual domain. When we do that, there is no
high frequency vibration available to curtail the work of these slower
moving vibrations. Thus, when we leave our spiritual consciousness, we
create an opening for slow moving frequencies to enter . The antidote to
these debilitating frequencies in our lives is to remove them from our body
altogether . First by identifying the frequency , and then by countering it with
the faster vibrations of spiritual ener gy. The emotional states of fear , worry , anger , envy , greed, jealousy , guilt, and
hatred are the lower frequency reactions that we implement in response to
the circumstances and events of our lives. It may be stated that the presence
of those states of the lower mind open up holes in our ener gy field lar ge
enough for other incompatible lower frequencies to enter our bodies in the
form of hundreds of varying disease frequencies. But beyond disease, these lower level vibrational reactions also cause us to
have lar ge holes in virtually all areas of our lives. These holes allow the
lower frequencies of problems to enter , and do just as much damage to our
relationships, our families, and our jobs as they do in destroying our bodies. Once we take responsibility for the presence of these lower frequencies
without any guilt , we set ourselves up to be in a position to remove them. The material world appears to be solid. This solid appearing material world
is experienced exclusively through the senses, which are the dominant
motivating forces of our lives. W e seek to please the senses with wealth,
adulation, alcohol or drugs, and possessions of all kinds, bigger and better
toys and jewelry . When we are not provided with these demands of the
senses, we say we have a problem. “I’m not paid enough, my children
disobey me, I was overlooked for a promotion, I can’ t afford the car I want,
I’m addicted, overweight, anxiety-ridden. I got a speeding ticket and I
might lose my license.” The list could go on and on for a hundred more
pages. All these problems, plus those of health, are the result of allowing your
senses (which are very low and slow vibrations) to be in char ge of your life. Yet these are only problems in your mind. Remember , every relationship
you have with everyone in the world is in your mind exclusively . That’ swhere you experience everyone else. If you process others with your senses,
you will experience them with the same lowered frequency in your daily
life, and you will always have problems to deal with. It is only when you elect to move beyond the world of the senses and those
slower/lower ener gy vibrations that you will eliminate problems that are
associated with the material world of the senses. In the holy book called the T almud there is a phrase that says, “Into the well
which supplies thee with water , cast no stones.” When you rely upon the
material world frequencies as your source it is like casting stones into that
well. The water is really the spirit, which is the inexhaustible supply , and
those slower vibrating stones contaminate your source and create all
manner of problems. In the old western movies there is often a scene of a little lady from
Philadelphia with a wide brim hat in a stagecoach that has gone out of
control. The driver is fatally wounded with an arrow in his chest and the
four horses are pulling the stagecoach wildly through the brush while the
little lady from Philadelphia is pleading uselessly to get this thing under
control. Hold this scene in your mind and think of the stagecoach
representing your body , and the driver your intellect, which has been
silenced. The reins represent your emotions which are futilely connected to
the horses that symbolize your senses. The senses are completely out of
control, pulling you through the trails and trials of life, and the little lady
from Philadelphia who symbolizes your highest self (your conscience) is
pleading with you to get this thing under control and to please, please,
please stop the madness and straighten it out. But alas, the intellect is dead
and the emotions are useless connected as they are to those runaway senses. This is a picture of why you may have so many problems. Y our slow
frequency senses are pulling you through your life; your intellect does not
respond, and your fast vibrating higher self (spirit) shouts at you from
inside your mind to do the right thing. I have seen a taste bud, which weighs one tenth of an ounce, pull a 275-
pound man into a bakery while the little lady from Philadelphia begs him to
do what he knows is the right thing to rid him of his obesity . He will say , “Ihave a weight problem,” and justify his continuance of the problem. But in
fact, he has a horse problem and if he could listen to that persistent tiny
voice of the little lady from Philadelphia, with the wide brim hat, who is
pleading with him to call in spirit to control his horses, they would
immediately stop running wild. He would bring a higher vibration to his
problem and the illusion of that problem would disappear from his life
altogether . Somehow , some way , you can and must intervene to halt these horses from
running wildly and pulling you into the world of problems, which leads us
to the fourth awareness. You Can Choose to Eliminate Whatever Interferes with Increasing Y our V ibrational
Field
You will want to take a good look at the slower frequencies that inhibit you
from increasing your vibrational state of awareness. These are the obstacles
that you want to be on constant alert to change. Remember that the
frequencies of soul consciousness, or spirit, as outlined in chapter one,
include the fastest vibrations of surrender , love, relationship to the infinite,
quiet emptiness, generosity , and gratitude, feeling connected rather than
separate, and finally a sense of cheerfulness. These are my definitions and
they could include many subareas such as faith, hope, patience, sympathy ,
kindness, for giveness, and noninterference. It is these faster frequencies that you will be bringing to the front door of
your life, and filling every room with until there is no longer any space for
those slower vibrations that seemed to fill your house with problems. The
slowed down frequencies are the obstacles. They will depart when you
bring the vibrational world of spirit into their presence. In order to eliminate these slow vibrating obstacles you must see them as
part of an ener gy field that you have become accustomed to, and which will
initially resist leaving your house. By persistently reminding yourself that
you are not fighting these lower frequency ener gies they will succumb to
the awareness of love’ s presence. Removing ener gy obstacles means filling
the space where they reside with faster and higher vibrations until those
lower ener gies no longer have any choice but to leave. They will ultimatelyleave your house because there is no longer any room left for them to reside
and do their dirty work. I’ve always loved the way a great Indian saint of the nineteenth century
responded to his devotees when they asked him how they could rid
themselves of their lower ener gies. “In the springtime,” V ivekenanda
replied, “observe the blossoms on the fruit trees. The blossoms vanish of
themselves as the fruit grows. So too will the lower self vanish as the divine
grows within you.”
The apples do not get into a deep conflict with the blossoms that are in their
designated space on the branches of the tree. There is no anger , no fear , no
battle between the fruit and its blossoms. As the fruit grows the blossoms
disappear . This is true also as you fill the rooms of life with the magnificent
seven highest vibrating ener gies of spirit. As the Native Americans would
say, “No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves.”
The obstacles of the lower self have no choice but to leave. Anything that
vanishes, as spirit is brought in to replace it, is an illusion in the first place. When it can disappear into thin air , then you know it wasn’ t real to begin
with. So, as Saint T eresa of A vila advises:
 
Let nothing disturb thee;
Let nothing dismay thee;
All things pass;
God never changes
He who has God
Finds he lacks nothing;
God alone suf fices. The most significant insight in Saint T eresa’ s observation is, “All things
pass; God never changes.”
Everything in this material world of form is in a constant state of change
and ultimately will be gone. But there is also the world of the changeless
that we call God, and it is this unchanging spirit that will transform those
things that you call problems. They will pass when you bring the infinite of
the unchanging to greet them. As Saint T eresa wisely concluded, “God
alone suf fices.”
It is comforting to know that you need not gear yourself up for a huge fight
as you prepare to move problems out of your life. Y ou are simply going to
bring something to your life space that moves a little faster than you have
been accustomed to. The faster ener gy will quietly and assuredly begin to
replace that slower and lower ener gy which had taken up residence. These lower ener getic vibrational states in your body are responsible for
any problems that inhibit your state of perfect health. By removing these
incompatible ener gies and replacing them with the faster , more spiritual
energies that are compatible with the highest states of physical well-being
you can remove the illusions of disease, discomfort, fatigue, stress, and the
like. Furthermore, by bringing the faster vibrating ener gies of spirit to those
illusional problems of the mind, you replace ensconced lower ener gies with
higher spiritual ener gies. The last section of this book explains the why and how of replacing these
lower frequencies with the higher vibrations of spirit. For now , simply
recognize the lower frequency ener gy vibrations, and stay alert to ways of
using spiritual solutions to eradicate them. The cast of characters that create the illusory problems include fear , worry ,
guilt, vanity , anger , envy , greed, gossip, hypocrisy , hate, shame, jealousy ,
and self-centeredness. There are volumes written about these low ener gy
vibrations and the self-destructive impact they can have on your life. Some
of those books were written by yours truly , so I have opted not to go into
detail here. If you have gotten this far with me in these three chapters, I
believe that you have a pretty good idea about how these low ener gyvibrations of the mind work. Y ou know when they are present, and you
know how you feel when you allow them in your daily life. At this point, I only want you to be aware that they not only interfere with
your happiness and fulfillment as a person, but that they can be viewed as
lower ener gies which you have the power to remove. How? By accessing a
higher , faster ener gy pattern that I am calling a spiritual solution. This leads
us to the fifth and final awareness: Y ou can negotiate the presence of factors
in your life to increase your frequency of vibrations. You Can Negotiate the Presence of Factors in Y our Life to Increase Y our Frequency
of Vibrations
The essence of this fifth basic awareness of ener gy vibrations is that you
possess the ability and the power to raise your ener gy level to a spiritual
plane, where problems disappear . You can negotiate the presence of factors
to speed up your ener gy and become spiritually conscious. The remainder
of this book focuses on ways to bring this faster , higher spiritual ener gy to
your life. For now , I would like you to remember that your primary job is
not to say “How?” but rather to say “Y es!”
It is fear of being divine that most often interferes with bringing spiritual
energies into one’ s life. Fear of spiritual power seems to be universal.
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        The choice is to play mostly infinite
games, but while playing the finite games, refusing to take them seriously. Others may think you are serious, but you know better. You know you see
your world in the terms of an infinite game. Y ou will smile more frequently,
you will feel serene, and you will access spiritual solutions. I will conclude this section with a story told to me by my friend Gary who
lives in New Y ork, but was raised and schooled in India. Each year at the
completion of the school year in June, Gary’ s father sent him to live with a
master teacher (guru) in an ashram with many other young boys. Here he
would be immersed for a couple of months annually for the purpose of
heightening his spiritual awareness. There were two lar ge cabins at this
particular ashram, and on the first day of the summer, all the boys were
given the following instructions. “You are to remain in total silence for the first four weeks. No talking at any
time. If you break silence even once, you will leave the silent cabin and live
in the second cabin where you may talk to your heart’ s content for the rest
of the summer. ”
There was no threat of punishment. Simply leaving the silent cabin was the
only consequence of breaking the silence. Gary told me that he was able to go for about four days without talking the
first year. Then of f he went to cabin two. In the second year he wentapproximately ten days, and in the third year he was able to go for two
weeks before he finally broke the silence. About the time of his fifteenth birthday he knew he was going to the ashram
and he made an inner commitment that this year he would definitely
complete the prescribed time for silence, no matter what. He actually placed
tape over his mouth and used other gimmicks to ensure he would not break
silence even once. He noted that each year, at the end of the silence month,
only two or three boys were still residing in cabin one. And sure enough,
finally after years of struggling, Gary completed the month without ever
once breaking the silence. On the last day, the guru came into cabin one and sat down at the kitchen
table with Gary and the other two boys who had been able to remain totally
silent for the entire designated time period of one month. He tells me that
the four of them had the most remarkable experience of communicating that
he had ever known. They told each other stories, they laughed, they cried,
and they asked each other questions. For several hours they interacted in the
most intense conversations Gary had ever experienced. During the entire
time of those conversations in which they all communicated intensely and
intimately at a deep feeling level, not one single sound was made, not one
word was spoken. You may find it dif ficult to believe that communication without words or
sounds is possible. Y et I know Gary to be truthful, a man of integrity. I
leave you to draw your own conclusions. I am convinced that when we
become truly illumined, our inner calmness, when taken to an extreme,
allows us to transcend reliance on symbols and noise, and to know the
peace of God. My conclusion is that we can communicate through our own
inner calmness in ways that are infinite rather than finite. Or as Patanjali put
it, “the state of perfect yoga can only be entered into when the thought-
waves have been stilled. ”
Each one of us must find the ways to our own inner stillness. One of my
ways is to study a poster that I have on my wall every day. Beneath a
beautiful serene blue sky mountain setting are these words from
Paramahansa Y ogananda: “Calmness is the living breath of God’ s
immortality in you. ” I contemplate this wisdom every day of my life. Iwould be honored if you write to share with me the ways you have
discovered to find your stillness. THE THIRD APHORISM
Sin is nonexistent. There are only obstacles to one’ s ultimate
union with God. Most of us grew up believing that a sin was an act of disobedience or
ingratitude toward a God who is both separate and punitive. This aphorism
tells us that behaviors and thoughts that violate a commandment that we
ideally seek to uphold are of fences against our own true nature, which is
God. Thus what we perceive to be sinful can be redirected to be viewed as
an obstacle to our spiritual development. Patanjali suggests that what we
call sin is misdirected ener gy, which might have been used to find union
with God had we not been misled by ignorance. The word sin has a literal translation of “of f the mark. ” In this sense,
behavior that religion has taught us is sinful is conduct that is of f-the-mark
or away from God. This, according to Patanjali, is not a reason to immerse
ourselves in guilt and use up life ener gy attempting to somehow make
amends. Rather it should be viewed in the context of an obstacle that we
have yet to overcome. When addressing “sinful” behaviors as obstacles we begin to see what it is
we must do to access the spiritual solution we seek. When viewed as sin,
we place the responsibility for correcting the conduct on a God who is
external to us. Thus we hope that this external God will for give, and we find
ourselves laden with guilt and anxiety over whether we deserve to be
problem-free. I like these powerful words of Mahatma Gandhi on how to
deal with our shortcomings: “My imperfections and failures are as much a
blessing from God as my successes and my talents, and I lay them both at
his feet. ”
Viewing a failure as an invitation to recourse with God is a much more
useful way of handling the “problem. ” W allowing in shame, feeling as
though we have sinned and are not deserving of for giveness is not the bestway to find solutions. T ry this inner dialogue instead: “I have not sinned
against God. I have behaved in such a way as to inhibit my complete union
with God. These behaviors are obstacles to my finding a spiritual solution. Beginning right now I will work at removing these obstacles from my life. ”
The concept of being a sinner is an image of self-contempt and guilt, while
the concept of encountering an obstacle is empowering. I love the healing
parable of Jesus and the blind man. As he went along he saw a man blind from birth, his disciples asked
him, “Rabbi, who sinned. This man or his parents, that he was born
blind. ”  
    “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this
happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. ”
We have been trained to think in terms of sin and punishment. These ideas
disempower us by stressing that we are weak and wrong. The empowering
way is to view trials as lessons and opportunities to choose dif ferently. We
can transcend the odious notion of being sinners cloaked in guilt, awaiting
punishment. T o access a spiritual solution to a problem involves focusing
on the idea of a solution. The sinner filled with guilt becomes immobilized
and remains in passive inertia. When we view the sinful behavior as an
obstacle to a higher level of awareness, we can still take responsibility by
asking ourselves, “What is the lesson for me. And what can I do to avoid
this the next time. ”
The disciples in the parable assumed that the man’ s blindness must have
been caused by a sin somewhere by someone involved in this blind man’ s
life. But Jesus taught that misfortunes in the physical world are not because
humans have sinned. The misfortunes are obstacles  on the path to uniting
with the infinite within us. He reminds them that no sin has taken place. We are all blind in many ways. It is through our figurative blindness that
God’ s work can be displayed in our life. It was Mahatma Gandhi among
others who preached the value of the dark side. Our dark side and our dark
spots are as Gandhi said, a blessing from God, rather than an encumbrance
for which we are to be punished. Our conditioned belief system learned the
concept of sin. This “radical” idea teaches the concept of obstacles to unified awareness of
God within. If you have violated any of the commandments that you ideally
hold on to as law; if you have stolen, cheated, or lied, or coveted or even
physically harmed another, try viewing these actions as obstacles to your
spiritual union with all that you truly are and can become. Remind yourself
that this is what you would love more than anything. Then you will have
empowered yourself to begin the process of removing those obstacles. This is such a freeing concept. Say to yourself, “I still have obstacles that I
have imposed which keep me from a spiritual solution,” rather than, “I am a
sinner and there is no hope for me unless God sees it in his heart to for give
me. ” One thought empowers, while the other diminishes. One thought leads
to a solution, the other keeps you immobile. In short, go and sin no more,
because there is no such thing. Even if you have done irreparable wrong to someone through uncontrolled
greed, or anger, you can still view this action in terms of obstacles to your
union with God. Certainly you will feel remorse and do all that you can to
right the wrongful acts. Y ou can only correct such flaws in the future by
viewing yourself as having erected barriers to your highest self and by
forgiving yourself. Sincere penance does not consist of perpetuating grief
for wrongs but in resolving to avoid in the future those deeds that call for
remorse. THE FOURTH APHORISM
The person who is steadfast in abstaining from falsehood has
the power to obtain for himself and others the fruits of good
deeds, without having to perform the deeds themselves. Normally when we use the word truthful  we infer that a person’ s words
correspond to the facts of which he speaks. Y et in this yoga sutra,
Patanjali’ s phrase, “steadfast in abstaining from falsehood,” means
something quite apart from being factual and honest. What is meant here is the practice of completely and wholly identifying
oneself as a spiritual being, united with God at all times and neverconfusing one’ s identity with the ego world of possessions, achievements,
and reputation. T o reach this state is to be in the company of those rare
saints whom we all revere and quote so frequently. In this state we can be
moving toward steadfast abstention and find ourselves gaining those fruits
of good deeds. They will enable us to not only resolve our own “problems”
but those of others. Look carefully at the words used in this sutra. Obtaining for yourself and
others the fruits of good deeds without having to perform the deeds. Just
what does this mean to you. Patanjali suggests that steadfast abstention from falsehood means that
saying to someone, “God bless you,” means that the person is truly blessed
because we are no longer capable of even dreaming an untruth. Similarly,
this steadfast abstainer from falsehood can perform miraculous cures by
simply telling a sick person that he is well. Thus Patanjali suggests that
when a person becomes perfected in truth  he literally gains control of truth. That person’ s being, along with their words and actions allows them to
obtain the fruits of good deeds without necessarily performing the deeds
with their physical bodies. Now I am not of fering you sainthood here in exchange for becoming a one-
hundred-percent truth teller. Rather, what I am proposing is that you open
yourself to an idea that allows you to gradually and steadily remember your
identity as a divine spiritual connected-to-God entity. In moments you
previously labeled as stressful or problematic, you will begin to see the
fruits of good deeds (another way of saying problem solving) show up
without having to labor long and hard to solve your dif ficulty. The very fact of your self-reminder that you are united with God in this
very instant of strife will allow your thoughts and af firmations to become
your reality. As you steadily gain this awareness, you will have the same
impact on others. In other words, you will be bringing spirit (which is all
you are in your awareness) to everyone and everything you encounter, and
the fruits of good deeds will be observed on a regular basis. Whenever you
find yourself filled with inner frustration or rage, a gentle private reminder
to abstain from this false identity with the material world, will bring you
back to your true essence. When you are back, notice how the rage andfrustration have dissipated. Now use words to bless yourself and the
situation, and you begin to see what Patanjali meant with this “radical”
aphorism. As you become more adept at abstaining from falsehood, as defined here,
you will bring this kind of calm, peaceful true identity, a connected-to-God
countenance, to those in your immediate surroundings. The more steadfast
you are in this regard, the more you will hear others say: “I just feel better
when she is around. ” “I feel calm when he shows up. ” “I actually sensed
that my discomfort and pain went away when he talked to me. ” Y ou
literally raise the consciousness of those around you when you are steadfast
in your abstention from falsehood. Y ou become a healer without going to
healing school. Y ou become a blessing without a degree in divinity. You are
obtaining the results of good deeds without having to sweat and work at
doing the right thing. Spirituality is very similar to health. Everyone has health. For some their
health is excellent and for others it is poor, yet you cannot escape having it
at some level or another. The same is true for spirituality. Every single
human being is a spiritual being. W e all have spirit. For some their
spirituality is high and therefore life- enhancing, loving, peaceful, kind, and
at the top of the ladder as I defined it in chapter one. The more steadfastly we abstain from false identity the less attached we
become to anything that is associated with false identity. As detachment
increases, spirituality moves up the ladder that you can never completely
climb of f, any more than you can step of f the health ladder. We begin to see
the fruits of good deeds appearing without having to work at it. Ultimately,
we are close to the top and find there are others just wanting to bathe a bit
in our aura, so to speak. I think of the story of Martin Luther who impacted the lives of millions by
his steadfast abstention from falsehood. Luther never wanted to begin a
Reformation. He merely wanted the Catholic Church of ficials to address
some ninety-five questions. To raise funds for the church, Pope Leo X, a big spender who needed
money to build gold-lined palaces and create extensive works of art for theVatican, sent representatives on a mission to sell indulgences. These
indulgences were written statements from the pope excusing individuals for
sins in exchange for money. People believed they could buy their way into
Heaven. Many were burned at the stake after confessions gained in
torturous inquisitions. Luther wanted to rediscover the original gospel as it had been before it was
corrupted during the Inquisition. He asked for answers to questions that
bothered his conscience. For this he was excommunicated and had to go
into hiding from the established and corrupt church. When asked to recant,
he said, “I am bound by conscience and the word of God. Therefore I can
and will recant nothing, because to act against one’ s conscience is neither
safe nor salutary. Here I stand. I can do no other. So help me God. ”
By steadfastly abstaining from falsehood, Martin Luther helped to begin the
Protestant Reformation, and to force the established church to abolish such
practices as torture, execution, and the selling of indulgences. You don’ t have to become a Martin Luther overnight. But let in the idea that
you can access divine spiritual power to alleviate problems first for
yourself, and then for others by shifting away from false identification. Little baby steps at first. Remind yourself that all those who had this power
that Patanjali spoke of began their journey by reminding themselves, in
moments of strife, that they were first and without a doubt divine spiritual
beings, connected rather than separated from their source. THE FIFTH APHORISM
When a person is steadfast in his abstention from harming
others, then all living creatures will cease to feel enmity in his
presence. Patanjali’ s statement, “abstention from harming others,” includes not only
actual acts of harm but also thoughts of jealousy, judgment, and injury in
any fashion. Steadfastly renouncing violence in thoughts  and in all dealings
with others creates an atmosphere wherein all violence and enmity ceases to
exist because it is not reciprocated. This is a powerful awareness that you can begin to incorporate into your life
immediately. Any situation where you experience anger or even mild
discomfort involves thoughts of enmity toward the other person or people. Patanjali explains that other people will not feel enmity or anguish if you
steadfastly abstain from having harmful thoughts toward them in the first
place. Amazing. By you working at not having any judgments or harmful
thoughts, those around you will be free of anguish also. Coming to this awareness of being steadfast in abstaining from harmful
thoughts is a potent tool for accessing a spiritual solution to problems
involving relationships. When a person is talking to you and you are
slipping into the mode of feeling angry about how you are being talked to,
you can remind yourself in that instant to abstain from thinking harmful or
angry thoughts. I find it is quite ef fective to use the following words, first
internally, and then I say them out loud. They are, “Y ou’re right about that. ”
Not sarcastically. Without rancor, I simply allow the other person to be
right, which is all their ego really wants. This tool does not make the other person right, it merely allows someone to
believe that they are, and it allows you to be steadfast in your abstention
from harmful thoughts. As you practice allowing others to be right, you are
beginning to live from your higher self rather than your ego. Eventually it
will be your authentic way of reacting to others, even when they are being
insulting. There is a story concerning the Buddha, who is in the company of a fellow
traveler who tests this great teacher with derogatory, insulting, disparaging,
and bitter responses to anything the Buddha says. Every day, for three days
when the Buddha spoke, the traveler responded by calling him a fool, and
ridiculing the Buddha in some arrogant fashion. Finally, at the end of the
third day, the traveler could stand it no more. He asked, “How is it that you
are able to be so loving and kind when all I’ve done for the past three days
is dishonor and of fend you. Each time I am disobliging to you, you respond
in a loving manner. How is this possible. ”
The Buddha responded with a question of his own for the traveler. “If
someone of fers you a gift, and you do not accept that gift, to whom does the
gift belong. ” His question provided the traveler with a new insight. When someone of fers you a gift of their insults, and you refuse to accept
them, they obviously still belong to the original giver. And why would you
ever choose to be upset or angry over something that belonged to someone
else. In this aphorism, Patanjali states, “all living creatures will cease to feel
enmity” in the presence of one who does not think or act in a violent
manner. This suggests we can af fect the animal kingdom when we are
steadfast in this attribute. Y ou’ve heard the stories of how Saint Francis of
Assisi would tame wild wolves who were decimating the livestock, merely
by being in their presence. Moreover, doves would fly to his hands and all
manner of wild creatures would feel the love that emanated from him and
would cease to feel enmity. I have experimented with this notion on many occasions myself. Once
while jogging in Egypt a pack of dogs came running toward me at 4:30 A. M. barking ferociously. I stopped jogging and also stopped thoughts of fear or
violence and they became calm and harmless. As you contemplate this idea of abstention from harmful thoughts or
intentions, keep in mind that those areas of your life, which you have
labeled as “problems,” could no longer exist if you were to be this idea each
and every day. The reason you are not experiencing bliss at this precise
moment is because you are focusing on what is wrong or missing. Begin the
process of filling your mind with love, gratitude, and for giveness. Ernest
Holmes wrote, “What a load is dropped from the shoulders of personal
responsibility, when we realize that the eternal mind holds naught against
anybody. ”
Being in the space of the eternal mind is what you need to do as you pursue
spiritual solutions in your life. Hold naught against anyone, and while
you’re at it, keep in mind Albert Einstein’ s helpful hint about why it is
important to change around the way you process everything and everyone
involved in what you call your problems. Einstein said, “The significant
problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking which
created them. ”Problems are illusions of the material world. Solutions are attributes of your
immersion in the world of spirit. Y es, there is a spiritual solution to every
problem. But you will have to move to a higher level of thinking to do so. These then are the five basic aphorisms of Patanjali that will guide you to
change the mind that created the problem:
1. Identify yourself beyond ignorance. 2. Calmness is the peace of God within you. 3. You create obstacles, you do not sin. 4. Be steadfast in abstaining from falsehood. 5. Be steadfast in abstaining from harmful thoughts and acts. You can work at applying these whenever you are involved in a “problem. ”
They are extremely useful in the discovery and application of spiritual
solutions. As you face a problem, remind yourself that you created it with one mind,
and you will solve it with another. Hence, the idea that is the title of this
book. “Problems” come from a nonspiritual mind-set. There is a spiritual
solution available, and you can create the ener gy to access it at will. As you work at mastering these five aphorisms of Patanjali, know that they
represent the highest places you can attain in the world of spirit. They
symbolize how those we call masters and saints lived, breathed, and helped
others to transcend their problems. Y ou obviously won’ t be one hundred
percent on the mark with all five at all times, but gradually, you will remind
yourself of the need for a spiritual solution in trying times or when
confronted with a problem. One step at a time, you will find grace, and peace supplanting the strife. You will literally be creating a new ener gy field for yourself, which is the
subject of the next chapter in this book and in your life as well. OceanofPDF. com3
IT’S ALL ENERGY
Nothing happens until something moves. —ALBERT EINSTEIN
Spiritual problem solving ultimately means examining the entire concept
of ener gy in a new way. Generally we think of people with high ener gy in
terms of stamina and vigor with qualities of enthusiasm and tirelessness. I
am suggesting you think of ener gy in a context of vibration and movement. In this formulation, ener gy is the speed of an individual’ s ener gy field. The
idea here is that a higher frequency will aid in problem solving, whereas a
lower frequency will intensify problems and inhibit solutions. This is a
crucial point in the simplified paradigm I present here and in chapter four. You have within you the absolute ability to increase your frequency and
enhance the ener gy field of your everyday life. By increasing the speed at
which you vibrate you move into those frequencies I am calling spirit, and
away from those that are grounded in the material world of problems. Stephen Hawking, who may be the most scientifically enlightened mind on
the planet today, has said, “Apparently common sense notions work well
when dealing with material things like apples and/or comparatively slow
moving things like planets; but they don’ t work at all for things moving atthe speed of light. ” Hence, if you want to access and utilize the ener gy that
vibrates at faster frequencies than ordinary levels of awareness you have to
be able to shift your ener gy at appropriate times out of good old-fashioned
“common sense. ” V alerie Hunt, in her well-documented and intriguing book
Infinite Mind: Science of the Human V ibrations of Consciousness,
concludes, “As a result of my work, I can no longer consider the body as
organic systems or tissues. The healthy body is a flowing, interactive
electrodynamic ener gy field. Motion is more natural to life than non-motion
—things that keep flowing are inherently good. What interferes with flow
will have detrimental ef fects. ”
I do not expect you to become an expert on electrodynamic ener gy fields or
to explore this ever -growing field of quantum ener gy physics. All I want at
this point is to introduce you to the fundamental awareness necessary to
activate your higher frequency. Here are five simplified verifiable facts,
which it is my hope will introduce you to your innate ability to do that. 1. Everything vibrates, everything moves.
The story is about Gary's ability to remain silent for a longer period each year, and eventually, he is able to communicate with others in a deep and intense way without speaking a word.
What is the main idea of the story about Gary and the silent cabin?
The author is using this story to illustrate the concept of transcending the ego and connecting with one's true nature, which is connected to God.
What is the author's main point in the story about the ashram?
The author views sin as an obstacle to one's spiritual growth, rather than a moral transgression. He emphasizes the importance of forgiving oneself and taking responsibility for one's actions.
What is the author's perspective on sin and guilt?
The author recommends identifying and eliminating the lower vibrational states in one's life, and replacing them with higher, spiritual energies.
What is the author's suggestion for overcoming problems?
The story is an allegory for the idea that one should not fight against the lower, slower vibrational states in their life, but rather bring in the higher, faster vibrations of the spirit to eliminate them.
What is the author's message in the story about the guest house?