Chapter 17: Techniques Learned along the Path

The Consciousness of Money

In the middle of 1998, Vanity Fair magazine featured the top hundred people responsible for controlling the flow of power and money on the planet. To see what I had in common with these power brokers, I spent several hours reading their histories and focusing on their photographs. I realized I had little, if anything, in common with any of them. In fact, I had issues with most of them about how they made money and controlled the nations or companies they led.

I discovered that I was not energetically aligned with how the majority of wealth was accumulated in the world. I knew I was working hard, doing everything that was successful for me in the past, yet I saw little return for my effort. It became clear to me that if I wanted to create financial abundance in my life, I would have to align myself with the consciousness of money and I began to call in the consciousness of money as part of my daily practice.

The first thing I noticed was that the vibration of money had its own spin and could affect my energetic field. Curious about this, I began to experiment to see what balanced the spin of money. To my surprise, I discovered that the consciousness of sexual energy was the vibration that balanced the spin of money. I now bring in the collective consciousness of all vibrations of creation on a daily basis: the consciousnesses of money, sex, disease, war, death, peace, abundance, and love. I would have to be at peace and in balance with all the energetics created on earth if I was to best serve the collective consciousness in these times of change.

Lucid Dreaming

We are moving into the dimension of instantaneous creation and preparing for a major shift in our consciousness. Much of the preparation for these changes is happening in our dream state. When you practice lucid dreaming, you are working in the dimension of instantaneous creation. The more you consciously use the dreaming process, the more you become conscious of your creations and increase your creation skills. Lucid dreaming is perfect for practicing instantaneous creation and exploring new realities and dimensions of consciousness.

Lucid dreaming is a one of the most important techniques I practice. Research at Stanford University indicates lucid dreaming occurs during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Since most REM sleep takes place in the later part of the night, mornings are likely to be the most favorable time for lucid dreaming.

I have a simple and effective exercise to improve your ability to lucid dream. In this exercise you will discover if any hidden programs or ideas in your subconscious mind are keeping you from having what you desire in this life. After you've perfected your ability to lucid dream, and have a good understanding of the subconscious patterns affecting your ability to create in the third dimension, you can go a step further and use lucid dreaming to explore other dimensions and realities.

To begin the lucid dreaming exercise, first think of a question about your life. Your question may concern a special relationship, spiritual goals, your health, or your job. Whatever it is, write it down. Keep your questions simple and use as few words as possible. Complicated questions will create complicated dreams filled with too much information to easily understand.

After choosing a simple question, set your alarm clock for half an hour earlier than you would normally get up in the morning. Use the type of clock with a snooze alarm that goes off every ten minutes. When the alarm goes off, press the snooze alarm button, focus on your question, and fall back to sleep. In the following dream, your subconscious mind will show you stories representing the ideas or programs you subconsciously carry that are related to your question. These stories will help you understand the programs that are keeping you from having what you choose. After ten minutes, the alarm will go off again. Notice briefly what you were dreaming, ask the same question, and fall back to sleep. Continue doing this for thirty minutes.

After thirty minutes either tape record or write down the information you received while it is still clear in your mind. Since dreams can slip away so quickly, have a recorder or pad and pencil ready by your bed. You do not have to record the complete dream, just the main ideas and images.

The more you practice lucid dreaming the easier it becomes. Keep asking the same question until you get a clear, understandable answer, and then ask another question. Within two weeks you should uncover and understand the subconscious programs you have that are interfering with your creations.

One of the first questions I explored though lucid dreaming was ³How do I become a good healer and teacher?² Through lucid dreaming I discovered my subconscious mind held the idea that if I became popular as a healer I would lose my freedom, because I'd attract attention. I was surprised at this information. My freedom is important to me, and I did not think my need for freedom would interfere with being of service to others. My subconscious mind was doing everything it could to keep me from being as successful as I was capable of being because it did not want me to lose my freedom. By becoming conscious of my subconscious program, I was able to change it. I now understand what personal freedom means to me, and I know it is safe to become popular without loosing my freedom. By exploring the dimension of lucid dreaming, I was able to become conscious of the hidden, subconscious programs affecting my success.

My dream state now feels as real to me as my waking physical state. If I don't understand what is going on in my dreams or they contain problems and conflicts, I continue to replay the same dream over and over until I do understand and the conflicts are resolved. My dream becomes real to me when I become conscious of what it reveals. If I create perfection in my dreams by understanding and resolving any conflicts, I can use this insight to create a more balanced and healthy physical reality for myself. I first create and experience perfection within my dream reality and then I recreate that perfection in my physical reality.

Lucid dreaming is a powerful technique because it assists us in understanding our subconscious mind. By practicing lucid dreaming, our subconscious mind will fully support our conscious mind in creating what we want in our lives.

I believe our dream state is the next dimension because that is where we can experience instantaneous creation. With lucid dreaming, we can perfect living and being in the dimension of instantaneous creation, and then we can bring that mastery to our three-dimensional lives. Lucid dreaming is one of the most important exercises we can do; it allows us a greater understanding of our lives and our universe.

Rage

A friend of mine who studied with a Buddhist monk came to visit me and we talked about all the changes taking place on Earth at this time. Right before he left, he gave me some information that was to change my life. He said there is a Buddhist belief that this is the last lifetime the monks are going to be here on Earth. He asked me, ³Since this is to be our final life, do you know the last thing we have to release?² I had no answer. He said, ³We have to release our rage.²

His answer shocked me. I could not understand why a group of monks would feel they had any rage they needed to release. He said he was taught to let go of everything and go completely into rage. He explained that when one goes into rage, one loses control. Being with one's rage, sets one free. Buddhism teaches that one needs to let go of every thought held on to, because each thought ties one to this reality. To fully transcend this dimension, one can no longer control anything.

Even though we only spent three or four minutes discussing rage, I really thought about what he said. Most of us in the Western world are taught not to express our anger, let alone our rage. As a healing facilitator, I often see six people a day who tell me their life's story, which of course is my life's story, too. As a result I get to look at my issues over and over again. After working with thousands of people, I know how much work I've done on myself to keep clear and balanced. Even so, I knew I still had unresolved feelings towards certain people in my life.

I decided to start exploring my rage with the person with whom I had the biggest energetic charge. If most of us are honest, we would admit that we still have issues with our mothers and fathers. Commonly, the love we received as children from our parents did not match our full potential for being loved. After leaving home, still searching for love, many of us transfer the issues we had with our parents onto the new men or women in our lives. In our thirties or forties, we perhaps realized our parents could only love and protect us as much as they loved and protected themselves.

The times we live in are very energetic. Any unresolved issues are showing up daily to be balanced and released. Because time is presently collapsing, the polarities are closing in like walls, intensifying and solidifying unlearned lessons. As I prepared to address my rage, I realized my issues with my mother and father had become solid.

So what were my issues with my parents? As I was growing up, my parents were not the way I wanted them to be. I wanted them to be kinder, happier, more loving, and gentler towards me. Now I realize that there was nothing wrong with them. They were always the way they were. I had a lot of unfulfilled expectations and judgments about their behavior. However, whatever issues I had with them were really my problem; and I would not be able to heal my relationship with them until I let go. I knew that I could no longer blame others for my rage.

When I was ready to explore my rage, I focused and balanced in the moment and then completely immersed myself in the anger and frustration I felt towards my mother. Immediately I was swirling in a vast pool of emotion, a space without end, a place with no boundaries. I didn't know where I was and was scared because I didn't know how to get out.

When I surrendered to my feelings, I found my way out. I then realized I felt nothing towards my mother. Since I had been the one holding the feelings of the past, as soon as I let go, there was nothing left. I only felt clear and a little giddy.

I experienced a profound sense of freedom. I was free of my rage and free of my past. My childhood needs and judgments had defined my mother. My willingness to surrender to my feelings and then let them go allowed me to experience a new reality.

Feeling great, I searched for others with whom I was angry and frustrated. Even after all the work I've done on myself, I was surprised to find twenty people and a couple of institutions, the IRS and the Catholic Church, with whom I was enraged. I went through the rage release process with each of them.

I did the rage release process three separate times with all twenty people. The first time, I came out with nothing, with no feelings at all. My rage was gone. The second time resulted in feelings of love and compassion. The third time, I ended feeling pure love.

Afterward, the dynamics with the twenty people I worked with during my rage release changed, but more importantly, my whole life changed. Before I did the rage release, only a few of the twenty people were still in my life. The feelings I had for them, however, were reflected onto new people. Because my feelings of the past had remained unresolved, Spirit kept drawing similar people and situations to me. Each time I recreated the same energetics, I gave myself another opportunity to understand why I had been recreating these dynamics. This endless cycle stopped after I released my rage and understood what and how I had been creating. Afterwards, I felt quiet, compassionate, peaceful, and fresh.

Practicing the Release of Rage

You may safely do the process of rage release by yourself. This is a very powerful internal process and it is not necessary to physically act out your rage. Begin by thinking of a person with whom you have unresolved rage. Focus on your feelings towards that person and allow yourself to go into your feelings intensely. Do not censor your experience. If you feel like hurting or hitting, go into those feelings. Go into the anger, depression, and sadness. To benefit the most from this process, do not hold back your emotions, otherwise you will not enter true rage.

Your rage will take you into the Void, which reflects your feelings back to you. You will lose control and just for a moment it might feel a little uneasy. This will feel similar to times when some of you physically went into rage. Remember how out-of-control you were. It was only when you came out of it that you realized you had broken some object(s) or said many wild things. Don't worry about this happening to you during this process. Remember, what you are feeling is you. You are the one trapped in the vibration of anger and rage. Continue being with your rage and anger until they have dissolved and all is quiet.

You may repeat this exercise more than once. The first experience will be the most intense. Give yourself time to process the first exercise, and wait perhaps a month before repeating. If you still feel a residue of old feelings, repeat this process until you feel nothing. Your inner voice will tell you when to do it again. This is what the Buddhists meant when they said it is important to let go of every single thought you've ever had. This is how you can move on in your life.