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Manipulation...Upon reaching this point of spiritual practice, we are usually able to ensure our own survival. Here things become ugly. No matter how strong we are, any destructive contest brings a certain amount of fear and anger into our lives. By entering into our dreams, an adversary can manipulate that fear and anger to create ill will that can be focused to harm others. Worse, upon establishing our association with such emotions, an adversary can build ill will, and push it through our dreams onto his or her victim. The victim perceives us as the personality through which the energy moves, and will often blame us for the outcome. Through this technique, we are separated from our associates and supporters. The only technique that I have found to be effective in undoing this strategy is to make a concerted effort to heal the victim. The trick here is to fall back through time, harvesting as much of the ill will as possible, and passing it through the heart so that it can serve the purposes of healing. This is generally a great surprise to the adversary, who would never have dared openly to deploy so much energy if he thought it was possible to reach back into the past and turn it to alternative purposes. Naturally, in part we are harvesting the energy of the victim, who has a definite interest in the success of our endeavor. We also benefit, in the aftermath, from the alignment of their dreams with ours. In my most successful interventions, I have discovered my adversaries acting as my proxies. In order to re-enter the dreams of my associates, they invest their energy in furthering the goals I have placed with reach. In being denied the opportunity to directly participate, I sometimes find myself struggling with the contradictory emotion of jealousy. It helps, in those situations, to reflect on who is being loved. Of course, the final resolution of our struggle with manipulation is to accomplish our cerebral reconditioning, thereby achieving the strength to suppress anger, fear and other negative emotions when they appear in our minds. Remember: negative emotions simply motivate the use of power. Intelligence and understanding are fact the best tools for managing that use. The final strategy of the adversary is to attack those we love. The only advantage we have is an understanding of the larger context of the process. First, as long as we hew to love, the sacrifices made in this life will be carried as good will into the next. Secondly, love seeks to make others stronger, and the gift of our personality as an exemplar is enormously beneficial. Unconditional love provides everything to the loved one in the moment that they are ready to receive it. If the people we love have the strength to accept our gifts, they grow rapidly to match our power. |
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