Knowing When to Let It All out

Book 4: The Bridge of Offerings | Chapter 4.2 | 27 January 2021

Of course, there's no point in holding everything in and never speaking a word again, right? Right! There are many occasions when information should flow freely from your person. But how do you know which occasion is which?

Sometimes your instinct is to spew out loaded words designed to provoke a reaction. This noise does not come from your aligned Internal Energy. It comes from defensive/offensive conditioning of the mind. Another red flag is that flicker of hesitancy, like a mental tug of war where you're unsure whether to say or do something this or that way. Such wavering indicates that your brain has not covered this previously, or it has and it didn't go well last time. If you can catch fiery or uncertain expressions before letting them out, you will maintain authority as you study your emotions for answers. Do nothing whatsoever rather than anything dubious or without a smile.

Aiming for joy is not about instant gratification. Your training must include near-future dominos. If a decision leads to happiness now but grief later, it's far from the path. That's a dead-end! Grief now but happiness later is not ideal but is preferred.

At other times it seems as if we have no control over what comes out, but even this can be a helpful tool. If the brain has refined a beneficial conditioned response, it can run the code free of interruption. There is no point in attempting to access the Universal Mind when, for example, typing in your PIN at the ATM or referring to a friend by name. Doing so will cause problems, perhaps confusing the mental connection for future recollections. The same goes for conversations with buddies where a developed rapport already dominates. The wave of joy is there! The next chapter called How to Deal with Other Human Beings will analyse the treatment of people in greater depth.

The clichéd suggestion is to "go with the flow" of pleasurable emotions. If an avenue feels easy and healthy and good, please don't pause to double-check if it feels easy and healthy and good. You're on the path! To throttle the spontaneity of life is the opposite of what we're instructing. But when a wobbly emotion swells inside of you, slam on the brakes and reconsider where you are before letting anything out. Otherwise, you'll feed it, and it will grow into your reality.

You don't have to worry about what you say or do if you know you are following the positive stream while sticking to your predefined morals. If your motives are pure and you live within a set of principles, you can never behave incorrectly. You'll make your best shot using the tools you have. You can rest peacefully, even if the consequences are undesirable. Register this occurrence as a learning one. Shuffle backwards, reevaluate your position on matters and change the formula to influence a better outcome next round. It is nothing to be ashamed of unless you repeatedly make identical mistakes.

Annoyingly, there are essential emotional distinctions to be made, but we'll cover those during the subsequent chapter. For now, the most crucial point to remember is that whatever you send over your Bridge of Offerings will increase in your presence. Maybe it will be good; perhaps it will be bad. Wiccans believe that the energy you put out shall return threefold. Janthopoyism finds this number amusingly specific, but it is still a decent rule for holding your caution. Inspect the energy you release and decide if it's the same energy you want back. If you feel resistance, hug it inside until you can massage a smooth aura of positivity.

Your energy is comparable to time or money, as they are finite resources, and you only have so much a day. Budget it, and when you spend it, do so with the intention of quality, boosting the results. Every action you take will have your energy attached. The quality of the energy you use will live on in the task, and others will pick up on that. Sometimes you'll be ready to unleash a load of power in one swipe. Sometimes it's a long-term accumulation. But with enough energy, you can quite literally achieve anything. Just ask the nuclear bomb.

Think of your energy as a vote on what you wish to see more of in your life. Whatever you give your attention to will expand in force. So would you vote for someone or pay for something that made you feel paranoid or angry or hopeless? Then why are you willingly gifting it with your energy? Rather, scan your immediate reality for any sliver of enjoyment and pump your energetic resources towards it. Place it on your radar and keep the channel clear! The material will grow in response, the passion will be vitalised, and soon you'll be riding your creation like a dragon of information.

If society's injustices are causing you pain, but you are unequipped to repair them, then your suffering does nothing for anyone except taunt your Internal Universe. There is no disgrace in ignoring the planet's problems when they are out of your scope. By repeating the hurt, you add to it, encouraging a bigger beast, perpetuating the issue. Worse still, you widen the gates of your Bridge of Receivings, allowing these issues to march into your life at full force. Don't be crippled by troubles that distract from your True Path. Maximise the things you can command, and you'll make a more significant difference to the world.

But what if you find yourself unable to turn these thoughts off? What if these ideas consume your mind and compel you to do something? What if this upsetting subject feels like it's part of your True Path after all? Well, then it doesn't matter what we say, does it? Go ahead and focus on these negatives. But only if you are willing to take proactive action towards fixing them.

In such circumstances, the guidelines remain the same. Start from an ambience of positivity. Do not complain. Do not get aggressive. Do not argue. Instead, tackle the negativity through deliberate acts of creative progression. Look at yourself. What are you doing to improve this situation? What steps can you exercise to assist the planet? Can you help more? Then help more. Turn your contribution into a gift so monumental that you will reach the end of your days knowing you transformed something you hated into something you loved. If you are happy with your dying thought to be stuck on this topic, it was not a waste of your story. If you aren't happy with your dying thought to be stuck on this topic, immediately employ measures to remove it from your reality.

Destroying your life by intentionally focusing on pain is stupid, but it is far more admirable than attempting to sink the ship with you. Do not try to convince other brains of what your brain has convinced itself. On top of today's narcissistic social media soapboxes, we face a "misery loves company" epidemic. "Spreading awareness" is a false sense of action. It is meaningless. You are raising the vibration of the very thing you dislike, manifesting it stronger. You are forcing your hurt into people to whom you are supposed to give strength. It's rude. And once the initial ripples subside, you are merely accelerating the desensitisation process. A broken record is broken no matter the song. Don't be part of the problem. Pursue real-life initiative, preferably performing tasks that you don't tell your friends about, because only then will you genuinely know you're staying true to yourself and are pursuing your cause for the correct reasons.

By all means, post your concerns online, write an article, author a book, build a website, or assemble a cult, whatever. Take that energy and direct it away from an individual and towards projects that others can observe at their leisure. It's your life; if that's where it leads you, so be it. But never demand anyone listen to your thoughts. Never push your conclusions onto someone who has not asked. Your grand ideas will not be grand for everyone, nor should they be. The balance of the universal system depends on our differences. Instead, locate those already on your page, then develop a case together. Mission forth! The right minds will follow; they are out there. And if enough feet join your footsteps, then those who initially rejected you will reconsider.

The goal is to make life feel enjoyable, first for you, then everyone who comes into contact with you, including those who disagree with your journey. That is when your heart has superseded your ego, and you will be happier for it.

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