The life of a spiritual seeker is often turbulent, less often quiet, and more often overwhelming. This may seem counterintuitive to a spiritual practice, but if one is doing the work as it should be, doors open. Maintaining balance in a steady stream of energies meant to help one awaken to the greater and more inclusive reality means developing a level of self-mastery. What reality? What self-mastery? What may be expected when the seen and the unseen or the physical reality versus the quantum universe blends and merges?
Now, I have to admit that I’ve had a rather turbulent spiritual awakening at times; not that I’m saying awakened, as in the end all of being, but awakening, which comes in a series from what I’ve experienced so far. It wasn’t until my last few, let’s say, awakenings that I began to understand the substance of mental dis-ease. If too many doors are opened before one has assimilated the lesson, it may become overwhelming, but not always…
Though often, I see this happen when people awaken through suffering, escaping traumatic experiences mentally while unconsciously reaching for a better understanding of their circumstances out of desperation for a more comfortable way of living. Someone with great faith may experience an act of God, while others may seem confused by the third eye-opening and forget it was one’s own powerful doing. How does this land one in Void?
First of all, what is a void?
A young teenager came to me. His eyes were cast off into the distance. He was concerned he couldn’t cry anymore. This is one's youth, unaware of what is happening.
The problem I encounter is that when one puts a one-pointed concentrated effort onto a particular point, a door will eventually open – especially when it’s backed with an emotional charge. This is one’s creative ability manifesting in the physical, emotional, and mental realms...then, to be carried out into one’s circumstances, often simultaneously. What one puts one’s attention upon is what unfolds in life’s circumstances. So, being in a void isn’t a great place to be because a feeling of helplessness often creates it.
One great irony is that this very same method for unfoldment is used in a one-pointed meditation practice…focused intention upon a desire…often, the desire to know…What happened? What did I do? How did I do that? How do I close the door? The least important aspect is not knowing because, with repeated practice, one realizes the ability to know beyond all controversy. Countless times this has happened to me, and soon after asking, the answers to my burning questions arrive…SAFELY.
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