arwen
29th March 2015, 14:06
Back in the more innocent days of 1994, before the awareness level of the most awake beings on this planet had come to realise the extent of evil controlling this planet, James Redfield wrote a novel entitled “The Celestine Prophecy”, which outlined some spiritual insights that were very empowering.
He described, among other things, the need to work on clearing ourselves of past baggage, and for me, the most important part of this lovely little book was his description in the Fourth Insight, of how we all struggle for power, and how this is done by acting out control dramas. I find the data about the control dramas to be particularly valuable in these current troubled times.
The basic premise of the Fourth Insight is that we as beings compete for energy, mostly unconsciously, as we feel weak and insecure within ourselves, and thus we need to steal anothers’ energy to in order to feel better within ourselves.
In the Sixth insight, the mechanisms of the control dramas are outlined, and in summary, these are:
1) Aloof – where a person withdraws and becomes mysterious and secretive, which gets energy fed their way as others get pulled in trying to figure out what is going on with them;
2) Interrogator – where a person constantly asks questions of others, and then criticises the answers, thus draining them of their energy as they constantly have to feel “on guard” and self-conscious around the Interrogator, making sure they do not do or say something that might invoke another round of criticism, which feeds the Interrogator energy;
3) Intimidator – This is where a person is threatening, and others are fearful and pay attention to this person, feeding them energy by again, always being on guard watching them so as to avoid invoking physical or verbal abuse;
4) Poor Me – Where a person is always telling you about all the terrible things that have or are happening to them, making you responsible for it, and thus draining your energy and feeding them.
(Summary from Redfield, J. 1994. The Celestine Prophecy. London: Bantam. pp. 143-153).
Since 1994, and the advent of the alternative media through the Internet, with the forming of virtual global groups, we have seen these dramas playing out even in the so called “enlightened” truth and spiritual communities.
I would, from observation, add another control drama to the basic four described above, and I call that one, the “Celebrity” drama – as there is no better way than getting the attention and energy of others than through becoming a Celebrity. In the old paradigm mainstream, only those vetted by the Establishment, and willing to sell their souls for fame made it to the Cult of Celebrity. However, with the Internet, the way has been opened for anyone to become a public figure in the alternative community, and the choice of who becomes a Celebrity is now made by the people rather than the Controlled Establishment. This is a good thing.
However. While there are many sincere truth tellers and spiritual awakeners and healers now with a platform previously denied, there is still the tendency for those seeking the energy of others to manipulate this to gain the power they crave, and so we have a plethora of people coming forward with amazing stories, who are not necessarily driven by pure intent, but rather by the need for this attention. My observation. Our own intuition can usually tell us best who are the sincere people, and who are the attention/energy seekers.
As an extension to this, our Controllers know us very well, and they know that when they succeed in getting us to disconnect from our own inner knowing and spiritual power, we become open to the need to belong, to be part of a group, and to follow the Pied Pipers who give us that feeling of belonging.
This is, in my view, such an illusion, a real magick trick, since we all are from the same Source anyway, that there can be no “in” people, and “out” people (people excluded from a group). There is a fabulous essay entitled “Transcending Tribal Mentality” which speaks to this final aspect of my thoughts here, and I quote from this article:
“All of us are born into a "tribal mentality" of various forms. These include our family unit, religious background, country of origin, ethnicity, etc. The tribal mentality effectively indoctrinates an individual into the tribe's beliefs, ensuring that all believe the same. The structure of reality – what is and is not possible for the members of the group – is thus agreed upon and maintained by the tribe.
While the tribal mentality has definite benefits in terms of establishing common ground and ensuring group survival, it is not a conscious agreement. We are born into it. Yet at a certain stage, both personally and collectively, the tribal mentality must be challenged. People can then begin to recognize the need for a personal honor code independent of the tribe. If humanity is to progress, we need to learn how to treat everyone – regardless of tribal affiliation – with honor and respect….
… Every one of us is plugged into the tribal mind. We support tribal belief patterns by directing a percentage of our life force into maintaining our affiliation with the tribe. This involves an implicit agreement to think like the tribe thinks, to evaluate situations and people the way the tribe does, and to believe in right and wrong according to tribal values and ambitions. As long as the tribal mentality within us remains unexamined, we unwittingly subject others to our tribal laws.”
Full article here (http://www.wanttoknow.info/inspiration/transcending_tribal_mentality) (and highly recommended).
In conclusion, there are two components to the struggle for energy (said struggle being unnecessary, since we all have access to infinite energy all the time) – the individuals’ need to steal energy from others using Control Dramas, and the Groups’ need to monopolize energy and control others through the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion, peer pressure to conform, and determining that certain people are not “fit” to be part of their group.
A group that excludes people is stealing the energy of those people so excluded, by making them feel inadequate and rejected, and their attention is thus given in a negative manner to the group that rejected them. Of course, if the person so rejected is in good spiritual shape, they will not be affected by that exclusion, since they do not need the energy of the group in the first place, and all the group has done in that case is deprive itself of a valuable member who could have contributed to the group. A group that rejects such a person can then be presumed to not be a healthy group itself.
If someone is acting in a destructive manner, a truly evolved society would provide counselling to that person, maybe temporarily excluding them to prevent destruction of the group, but engaging them in another venue to assist them heal from their issues if they choose. The Control Dramas also play out within groups as well, of course, and dramatically leaving groups is another form of grasping for energy.
If we truly are to create a better civilization, we need to address both of those aspects and develop more evolved mechanisms to deal with individuals and groups who steal energy, and to heal them from this unnecessary compulsion.
My opinion, FWIW. :)
Arwen
He described, among other things, the need to work on clearing ourselves of past baggage, and for me, the most important part of this lovely little book was his description in the Fourth Insight, of how we all struggle for power, and how this is done by acting out control dramas. I find the data about the control dramas to be particularly valuable in these current troubled times.
The basic premise of the Fourth Insight is that we as beings compete for energy, mostly unconsciously, as we feel weak and insecure within ourselves, and thus we need to steal anothers’ energy to in order to feel better within ourselves.
In the Sixth insight, the mechanisms of the control dramas are outlined, and in summary, these are:
1) Aloof – where a person withdraws and becomes mysterious and secretive, which gets energy fed their way as others get pulled in trying to figure out what is going on with them;
2) Interrogator – where a person constantly asks questions of others, and then criticises the answers, thus draining them of their energy as they constantly have to feel “on guard” and self-conscious around the Interrogator, making sure they do not do or say something that might invoke another round of criticism, which feeds the Interrogator energy;
3) Intimidator – This is where a person is threatening, and others are fearful and pay attention to this person, feeding them energy by again, always being on guard watching them so as to avoid invoking physical or verbal abuse;
4) Poor Me – Where a person is always telling you about all the terrible things that have or are happening to them, making you responsible for it, and thus draining your energy and feeding them.
(Summary from Redfield, J. 1994. The Celestine Prophecy. London: Bantam. pp. 143-153).
Since 1994, and the advent of the alternative media through the Internet, with the forming of virtual global groups, we have seen these dramas playing out even in the so called “enlightened” truth and spiritual communities.
I would, from observation, add another control drama to the basic four described above, and I call that one, the “Celebrity” drama – as there is no better way than getting the attention and energy of others than through becoming a Celebrity. In the old paradigm mainstream, only those vetted by the Establishment, and willing to sell their souls for fame made it to the Cult of Celebrity. However, with the Internet, the way has been opened for anyone to become a public figure in the alternative community, and the choice of who becomes a Celebrity is now made by the people rather than the Controlled Establishment. This is a good thing.
However. While there are many sincere truth tellers and spiritual awakeners and healers now with a platform previously denied, there is still the tendency for those seeking the energy of others to manipulate this to gain the power they crave, and so we have a plethora of people coming forward with amazing stories, who are not necessarily driven by pure intent, but rather by the need for this attention. My observation. Our own intuition can usually tell us best who are the sincere people, and who are the attention/energy seekers.
As an extension to this, our Controllers know us very well, and they know that when they succeed in getting us to disconnect from our own inner knowing and spiritual power, we become open to the need to belong, to be part of a group, and to follow the Pied Pipers who give us that feeling of belonging.
This is, in my view, such an illusion, a real magick trick, since we all are from the same Source anyway, that there can be no “in” people, and “out” people (people excluded from a group). There is a fabulous essay entitled “Transcending Tribal Mentality” which speaks to this final aspect of my thoughts here, and I quote from this article:
“All of us are born into a "tribal mentality" of various forms. These include our family unit, religious background, country of origin, ethnicity, etc. The tribal mentality effectively indoctrinates an individual into the tribe's beliefs, ensuring that all believe the same. The structure of reality – what is and is not possible for the members of the group – is thus agreed upon and maintained by the tribe.
While the tribal mentality has definite benefits in terms of establishing common ground and ensuring group survival, it is not a conscious agreement. We are born into it. Yet at a certain stage, both personally and collectively, the tribal mentality must be challenged. People can then begin to recognize the need for a personal honor code independent of the tribe. If humanity is to progress, we need to learn how to treat everyone – regardless of tribal affiliation – with honor and respect….
… Every one of us is plugged into the tribal mind. We support tribal belief patterns by directing a percentage of our life force into maintaining our affiliation with the tribe. This involves an implicit agreement to think like the tribe thinks, to evaluate situations and people the way the tribe does, and to believe in right and wrong according to tribal values and ambitions. As long as the tribal mentality within us remains unexamined, we unwittingly subject others to our tribal laws.”
Full article here (http://www.wanttoknow.info/inspiration/transcending_tribal_mentality) (and highly recommended).
In conclusion, there are two components to the struggle for energy (said struggle being unnecessary, since we all have access to infinite energy all the time) – the individuals’ need to steal energy from others using Control Dramas, and the Groups’ need to monopolize energy and control others through the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion, peer pressure to conform, and determining that certain people are not “fit” to be part of their group.
A group that excludes people is stealing the energy of those people so excluded, by making them feel inadequate and rejected, and their attention is thus given in a negative manner to the group that rejected them. Of course, if the person so rejected is in good spiritual shape, they will not be affected by that exclusion, since they do not need the energy of the group in the first place, and all the group has done in that case is deprive itself of a valuable member who could have contributed to the group. A group that rejects such a person can then be presumed to not be a healthy group itself.
If someone is acting in a destructive manner, a truly evolved society would provide counselling to that person, maybe temporarily excluding them to prevent destruction of the group, but engaging them in another venue to assist them heal from their issues if they choose. The Control Dramas also play out within groups as well, of course, and dramatically leaving groups is another form of grasping for energy.
If we truly are to create a better civilization, we need to address both of those aspects and develop more evolved mechanisms to deal with individuals and groups who steal energy, and to heal them from this unnecessary compulsion.
My opinion, FWIW. :)
Arwen