by The Writers Group
© December 2016, L.D. Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All
information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment,
prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
I. INTRODUCTION
This part of the Pushing Series not necessary
A Bit Of History
Safety
How This Exercise Differs From Brainwashing
Habit Change And The Pushing Exercise
Developing The Witness
Sexual Healing
Useful Analogies To Understand The Exercise
From Externally Controlled To Internally Motivated
The Ultimate Lifestyle Modification
II. IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS AND MORE LOVE
Connecting The Inner And the Outer Selves
Polishing The Mirror
Clearer Perception
Love Aspects
Emotional Control
Power And Authority With Others
Greater Ability to Love And Help Others
Happiness
Less Energy Vampirism
How The Exercise Reduces Stress
A Positive Stressor
Mental Development
Descending Into Hell And Returning Here, At Will
IV. RELEASING TRAUMAS AND DARK THOUGHTS
V. SENSUAL ASPECTS OF THIS EXERCISE
V. CAN CHILDREN DO THIS EXERCISE?
VI. HOW THIS EXERCISE DIFFERS FROM OTHERS
VII. THE PUSHING EXERCISE AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
I. INTRODUCTION
Third part not
necessary. This part of the Pushing Down series is
not necessary. All that is really
necessary is the procedure, and to do the exercise correctly and persistently. However, the pushing down exercise
touches upon many aspects of life.
This third part of the series briefly discusses many of these areas of
life.
A BIT OF HISTORY
In the West. The pushing exercise has been part of the Orthodox Hebrew
religion for several thousand of years.
It is done while davening,
an old Hebrew worship practice.
Christian monks and nuns have also taught this exercise to
their members for over 1000 years.
To my knowledge, however, they do not teach it in churches to the
public.
In the East. Tibetan and other Buddhist priests teach this exercise to
all the monks and nuns in their monasteries and convents. They have done so for at least 10,000
years. They do not teach it to the
general population, as this article does.
Other Eastern religious groups also teach the exercise to
their priests, but none that I know of teach it publicly.
Did you know that many mental exercise or meditations are
not safe? This is why Christian
and Jewish leaders generally advise against all of them.
Problems with most of them include: one can overdo on
them, lose awareness, Òspace outÓ, become ungrounded, and even have
hallucinations and delusions that one cannot control. One could also learn false doctrines and beliefs. Any of this can be very damaging.
One can also waste years of oneÕs life with a Òspiritual
practiceÓ that really does not move one along, even though that is how it is
advertised or taught.
Why this one is safe. In my experience, the pushing down exercise is very
safe. I have helped teach it to
thousands of people without hearing of disasters or adverse effects. Also:
It is very grounding and
centering. This tends to be much safer than
many other mental exercises.
It does not cause strain to the
body or to the mind. Always
make yourself as comfortable as possible.
It is helpful, however, to have your back straight and not to use a
pillow under your head if you lay down when doing the pushing exercise.
It is not hypnotic. In fact, it has an opposite effect. That is, it will help to break hypnotic
conditions.
It is a slow, steady, safe way to open the energy centers of the body
and heal the body. This does not occur with many other
mental exercises.
It will not lead you astray. Many other exercises
lead the mind on a journey, or teach it a nonsense idea or word to calm it
down.
Some
affirmations cause people to believe in things that are not really true, such
as ÒI am happier and healthier every day.Ó This statement might be true, but often it is not and is
just an attempt to brainwash yourself.
None of this is part of this exercise.
It only teaches or requires one
idea – and that is to move energy downward from the head to the feet. This is based on the polarization of the human body and it
increases the control of the mind over the body. This concept is either right or wrong, and you will have to
decide. If you donÕt like it, then
donÕt do the exercise.
HOW THIS EXERCISE DIFFERS FROM BRAINWASHING
The following chart helps explain the difference between
brainwashing and the pushing exercise:
The Pushing Exercise Brainwashing
Mind training Mind
manipulation
Develops the will Destroys
the will
Empowers Disempowers
Non-violent Always
violent
Not sexy Often
a focus on sex
Ennobling Humiliating
Enlightening Deadening
Causes more etheric Causes
less etheric flow
Raises the Na/K ratio Lowers
the hair Na/K ratio
Reduces trauma Causes
trauma
Always healing Always
damaging
ÔCreatingÕ from within ÔMakingÕ
from without
Less animalistic responses Animalistic
responses
Enhances mental control Damages
mental control
Opens energy centers Closes
energy centers and spins
& with the correct spin them
backwards
Enhances vitality Reduces
vitality
Brings up issues and Suppresses
issues
resolves them in the light
Enhances awareness Reduces
awareness
Liberating Oppressive
Enhances intelligence Reduces
intelligence
Brings in the Holy Spirit Brings
in discarnate entities
& helps remove entities
DEVELOPING HEALTHIER
ATTITUDES
The pushing exercise automatically develops healthier
mental attitudes. Emotionally, one
slowly becomes more centered and balanced in oneÕs attitudes and approaches to
life. One becomes more centered in oneself, which is not the same as becoming
self-centered. The difference
between these two states is enormous. Centered in oneself
means that one has a place of balance and peace within. This allows one to be much less self-centered, which means preoccupied
with the ego self or selfishness.
These
physical, mental and emotional effects combine to reshape the entire person,
top to bottom, into a more loving, more unselfish, more enlightened being. This is the beauty of this meditation.
HABIT CHANGE
By doing the pushing exercise daily, bad habits will tend
to drop you. This occurs because
you will no longer be compatible with them. Many bad habits simply stem from unawareness. As your awareness grows, you will see
the roots of your habits. As these
are revealed to you, often stopping the habit is very easy.
For example, you may not understand why you want to smoke
cigarettes or marijuana. As you do
the pushing exercise, the deeper reasons may be revealed. Armed with this insight, quitting the
habit is often much easier. The
exercise often will allow you to understand yourself without becoming morbid or
negatively self-conscious.
As you take more of your cues from the higher self or real
self, you will be less often triggered by people or events. Common sense and a spiritual sense take
over. Change then becomes much
easier. Life becomes simpler and
happier without exerting any special effort, except to keep doing the exercise,
even if you think you have ÒarrivedÓ or become ÒenlightenedÓ.
DEVELOPING THE WITNESS
The exercise causes a retraining of the mind to watch or
observe itself without judgment or condemnation. This is not, in itself, a way to solve problems, but it is a
way to increase awareness.
By increasing awareness, one understands
oneself and others better. This
understanding brings solutions for problems without struggle or effort. The only effort required is to practice
the exercise regularly.
This is a unique way to solve problems. I first read about the idea years ago
in the books written by J. Krishnamurti. I highly recommend reading one of his
books. However, while he
recommends ÒmeditatingÓ as the solution to all problems, he does not offer a
specific exercise, so the results did not come. I believe he practiced a similar exercise, but either did
not wish to share the details in his books, or perhaps did not realize the need
to share them clearly. As a
result, his books are wonderful to read, but will not produce the same results
as doing the pushing exercise.
Doing this exercise is like carefully a studying a friend
from an objective perspective.
Often it is easier to solve the friendÕs problems, because one is less
involved. The same will occur with
oneÕs own problems as they are seen more objectively. Common sense will take over in many instances and help
you solve your problem.
Learning to observe objectively. This exercise is a way to Ògather the
factsÓ about oneself and oneÕs situation in a new way. The trick is not to judge what you see
or observe. DonÕt say, ÒOh, but
this canÕt be. That person seems
so niceÓ.
Just keep observing and ask only for the truth to be
revealed. With enough insight,
solutions to problems become apparent.
There is no need or benefit to adding any new thoughts or ideas of your
own. It is enough to see what
is. The underlying premise is that
you know the answers. They are
just obscured by confusion and misperceptions. This meditation is, in fact, a removal process. This differs from many exercises that
seek to Òaffirm awayÓ or cover over negative or undesirable thoughts or
emotions.
Witnessing is excellent if you
cannot change your situation. Becoming a
witness to your life is superb if you are in a situation that you cannot
change. For example, some people
are ill and it will take a few years to change this. Others are in a bad marriage, or have a very stressful job,
or are in a location they do not like, but they cannot change these things
quickly.
In these cases, learning how to just witness the situation
without reacting greatly reduces stress and can save your life.
SEXUAL HEALING WITH
THIS EXERCISE
Doing the pushing exercise is excellent for sexual health
in the following ways. Some of the
benefits below repeat ideas from Chapter 4 as they specifically apply to sexual
attitudes and behaviors. The
pushing exercise:
1. Provides a little sexual pleasure that is completely
safe and does not deplete the body.
2. Does not require a partner, so it can be done any time,
any place, all by yourself. You
can also do it with a partner, with great benefit, if you so choose.
3. Illuminates and clarifies all relationships and
situations.
4. Helps to dissipate and dissolve sexual thoughts and
bodily sensations in a healthy way, without suppressing them.
5. Release traumas and scars that affect sexual attitudes
and behavior.
6. Reduces an overly sexual ÔlookÕ that some people have
that gets them in trouble. For
example, doing the exercise correctly tends to flatten the chest, a little, if
it is protruding too much. The
exercise also corrects the tilt of the hips and other aspects of posture.
7. Helps improve oneÕs integrity and dignity.
8. Removes Entity Attachment
and other subtle energetic imbalances that often cause sexual problems.
9. Can promote a healthy celibacy, if this is desired.
10. Helps heal infections and toxicity in the body, brain
and soul that cause or impair healthy sexual activity.
11. Promotes a less sexual, but more enjoyable lifestyle
based upon development of the etheric envelope or etheric energy field.
12. Increases the influence of the soul over the brain,
and increases the influence of the brain and soul over the feelings of the
body. This helps a person develop
self-control and a healthy attitudes about sexuality.
13. Helps one discern what is real love versus what is
just sexual attraction or repulsion.
14. Helps men to become ÒpolesÓ. This is quite important. It means to become mentally and emotionally stronger, more
self-sufficient, and more centered and grounded. For more on this topic, please read the article entitled Poles And Climbers on this site.
15.
Helps to stop vampirish sexual activity and
attitudes. 16. Helps one to discover what one really wants and really needs in
the sexual area.
17. Helps discover the causes of sexual fears, and to let
them go.
18. May help to correct a personÕs sexual identity.
USEFUL
ANALOGIES TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE EXERCISE
The pushing exercise is similar to:
o Taming the wild beast of the mind. At
times, the exercise can feel like ÔbreakingÕ a wild horse or trying to tame
another wild beast.
o Coming home. It is like deciding to stay home, so to
speak, and spend time with your real self instead of just running out all the
time with various distractions and activities. This exercise is a way of being with oneself in a relaxed
way, of viewing problems without running from them or having to react in any
way.
o Turning down the volume of a blaring radio, so you can hear the more
subtle music within.
o Going to the movies every day. However,
the subject of the movie is yourself.
This may seem boring, morbid or self-centered but it is really none of
these. You are a child of God and
to explore and see yourself in this way is a wonderful exercise that helps you
to appreciate yourself and then to appreciate others at deeper levels as well.
o Magnetizing a piece of iron. The exercise is like stroking a piece of iron with a
magnet to magnetize the iron. One
simply strokes the iron over and over again in the exact same direction and
way, and in a short time the iron becomes
magnetized properly. It may
take thousands of repetitions, however, to form a strong magnet. Once done, however, it is quite
permanent, and indeed, it builds upon itself.
o Inducing a current flow in a transformer. A more exact analogy for this
exercise is that of a transformer that induces a current. The exercise actually induces a kind of
electrical current in the body.
In a
transformer, one wire that is connected to a battery or energy source is placed
next to another one, although they are not directly connected. The current and voltage from the first
wire, when set up properly, is able to induce or cause a voltage in the second
wire. With the pushing exercise,
the energized wire is the energy that one moves through the body. The body itself is the other wire that
becomes energized, as a result.
o Being the bride of Christ and personally receiving God or the
angels. You are working on your personal
relationship with God or Christ each time you practice the exercise.
FROM EXTERNALLY
CONTROLLED TO INTERNALLY MOTIVATED
The pushing exercise helps a person to be controlled less
by outer or worldly forces and agendas.
This is replaced by more and more self-control by the inner person. This opens the way, later, for
receiving other personal guidance and instruction.
Beware, however, any time the mind
is made receptive to guidance. Change in this direction, however,
takes time and occurs slowly and gently in most cases. If an opening occurs quickly, all the
better. However, one must be on
guard, at all times, against the intrusion of other beings into the mind who
are not benign, or who are less benign.
These are sometimes called negative souls or negative guides.
One must always use common sense in regard to following
any possible guidance. It is
imperative that one stay well rested, well-hydrated and well-nourished so the
mind never is allowed to become unbalanced or too tired.
This exercise allows one to unfold
from within, like a flower in the springtime. In
our physical development, we grow
from the inside out, but mentally
most people grow from without to within. That is, oneÕs education, friends,
events and traumas shape the mind from the outside in. The pushing exercise permits a
different kind of mental and emotional development from within. It occurs
according to oneÕs personal plan, not by accident, or by the influence of
others, or by random circumstances of ones life.
This is a fascinating concept of the unfolding of the true
nature of an individual. Few
methods or exercises promote this type of unfolding. One might not even recognize parts of the self as you unfold
from within. Not to worry,
however, because your positive qualities will be maintained. The only ones that drop away are those
that are not truly yours, but instead have been Òadded onÓ by your parents,
friends, or others. These need to
be removed. Some of your friends
may not like the Ònew youÓ. These
are not your real friends. Your real friends will love that you are coming into
your own power and selfhood.
THE ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE
MODIFICATION
This exercise is the ultimate lifestyle modification
because it will slowly shift every area in your lifestyle, often in interesting
and unusual ways as you keep meditating.
For example, it is:
o A Habit That Allows You to End
Your Attachment To Mindless Habits.
o A Discipline That Helps Remove The
Need For So Much Discipline.
o A Use Of Your Lower Will That
Helps End The Reign Of Your Lower Will.
SECTION VII. IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS AND MORE LOVE
CONNECTING THE INNER
AND OUTER SELVES
The pushing exercise cultivates a relationship between the
inner self and the outer self. In
other words, it is a powerful way of cultivate a sincere, loving relationship
with yourself, one that is not a relationship with the ego self. To cultivate a relationship with the
ego self is easy, as the ego is always demanding things and one simply follows
the impulses to eat some ice cream, perhaps, or buy some new clothes or put on
some makeup to look better, perhaps.
This is a different kind of loving relationship that is
not about the ego self or even about the mind. The mind is actually part of the ego. The mind might make demands, too, such
as it wants to be entertained by going to a movie or perhaps it wants to be
stimulated by reading a fascinating article or book, even this one. This is still of the ego self, though
perhaps at a different level.
The relationship that is cultivated through this exercise
is actually still at an ego level, but so subtle that it is far more
health-producing and healing. It
is actually a relationship with the most subtle aspects of the body and spirit.
Because it is at this high level,
however, it tends to straighten out and improve all of oneÕs other
relationships with people, things, and events. By
working on this relationship, all other relationships improve because one is in
better touch with oneÕs deepest essence or higher self or God. For example, marriages often begin to
work better, or perhaps one may realize that this marriage is not going to
change much and another course of action is needed.
POLISHING THE MIRROR
Polishing the mirror is an ancient expression that means that
as one improves and heals oneÕs own perception, others around you will be
forced to change or end their relationship with you. This can and often does occur with the pushing exercise.
For example, if you do the exercise faithfully, your
children may start behaving differently, and hopefully better. In fact, all of
your relationships, both personal and professional, may change, to some degree,
often for the better.
This does not mean that all your relationships will
continue, since some are unhealthy and one will become more acutely aware of
this fact. However, whatever
happens, one becomes much more authentic, genuine, present, and not as easily
fooled or manipulated by others.
While it is not discussed enough in psychology books, a
key to relating to others is to not allow them to manipulate conversations and
other activities. This may make
others angry, but in the end it is best for them, as well, of course, as it is
for oneself. Allowing others to
control and manipulate oneself is just an ego game that is Òpar for the courseÓ
in most human relationships.
When that comes to an end, some relationships will
disintegrate or end, but that is as it should be. They will be replaced, in most cases, by better ones based
upon deeper spiritual connections
and real friendship rather than seeing if one can get oneÕs way with others, as
is the more common style on earth.
CLEARER PERCEPTION
As one learns to see oneself more clearly by doing the
exercise, one tends to see others with more clarity and discernment.
Of course, not all your friends and family will like
this. They may have been using
your anger against you, manipulating you with praise or blame, flattering you
to get what they want or intimidating you with idle threats. You will see all this more clearly and
the relationship will change.
One becomes less influenced by
images and illusions outside as you dissolve the images and illusions inside
your head. One becomes less gullible and less
vulnerable to other's attempts to deceive and control you.
If a couple both do the exercise
regularly, it adds a neutral third party or mediator to the relationship. This reduces ego fighting and the
battle of the wills that often occurs between mates. This
is an extremely powerful way of doing marriage counseling, by the way, without
having to pay counselors. However, both parties must really do the exercise
correctly, and that, unfortunately, is rare today. Usually one will do it thoroughly, while the other is still
stuck in what he or she believes is correct and cannot truly let go completely
into the exercise for fear that perhaps one will see that the perspective was
not correct, after all. This is
the only problem with recommending that a couple meditate together, so beware
of this possibility.
LOVE ASPECTS
By loving oneself through taking
the time and trouble to do this exercise, one becomes less dependent on the
love of others, yet able to enjoy the love of others more. In a sense, the exercise allows you to practice true
love. Many people want to be
loving, but they don't seem to know how. By connecting to your higher self or
real self, one is filled the love of the Creator. This can then be shared with others in endless numbers of
ways. It can truly allow a person
to do as the bible suggests, to Òbless and forgive this worldÓ in each
moment.
This kind of love is detached, asks nothing in return, and
is therefore more pure and unconditional.
One can see what others really need, not what they think they need or
what they say they need. It is the
quality of compassion and not a
bargaining session, as too much of ÒloveÓ is on this planet, such as Òif you
love me I will love you. But if
you do this or that, then I donÕt love you any moreÓ. This is purely an ego type of love, and not very spiritual
at all.
By experiencing the Òreal thingÓ, one becomes aware of
selfish motives and feelings that one thought were love. These include attachment,
identification, projection, lust, ambition, sentimentality, enabling and
pride. One will be able to let these
go as one sees they are not very deep forms of love. This can help relationships of all kinds in fabulous ways if
a person can remember that love is always blind in that it just loves, and does
not look for anything in return.
EMOTIONAL CONTROL
This exercise is about getting to
"know thyself" at a much deeper level. It is an impartial way to study the self and the mind. As one understands the self more
deeply, power and control over the self increases. As you gain control over yourself, your emotions come
naturally more under your control and begin to even out. They just have less power and
effect.
In a sense, the real Armageddon is fought inside your
head. When you have conquered
yourself, meaning your own thoughts and emotions, dealing with the world is
much easier. The world situation,
you will see, is often no more
than a reflection of the struggle that goes on inside each of us. By changing yourself, the spiritual
struggle is won and the world tends to shift in amazing ways around you.
POWER AND AUTHORITY
WITH OTHERS
After doing the exercise for a few years, you will find
yourself more confident. You may
also discover that you will have more control or authority with others. Some people will not like this, by the way,
especially Òold friendsÓ and family who may have known you as you were before.
These people are often ones that are used to having you
somewhat out of control so they can manipulate you in certain ways. This may sound negative, but is often
true, and is just one truth that you will learn as you continue to meditate.
You will see how people feign the truth, change their
voice to manipulate and control others, and use a hundred other sly methods,
often without realizing they are doing it, to control others. As you see and feel these, you will be
less influenced by them.
This will place you in a superior position of authority,
and they will be unhappy that their little tricks donÕt work any more. You must be ready for this, as it will
cause some anger on their part in most cases. But it is best, of course, as their manipulative actions and
words harm others and are not really helpful for the perpetrators, either.
GREATER ABILITY TO
LOVE AND HELP OTHERS
Many times, we wish to help others but it doesnÕt seem to
work out. By allowing yourself to be loved unconditionally using this particular
exercise, you will have a greater understanding of how to love others. Without any conscious effort on your
part, for example, you will cease to spread around your stress and your
negative thoughts and emotions you didn't even know you had. This alone can have an amazingly
calming and uplifting effect on everyone around you. They may not understand it, but will just realize that
somehow Mom, Dad, Joe or Nancy is just nicer to be around these days.
You will have a greater sense of perspective and therefore
become more knowing and compassionate.
Compassion is a special kind of love in which you understand more. You will understand better what people
need, when to intervene and when to leave people alone. Without even realizing it, you will
start to manipulate people less and just allow them to be more. This also has a subtle calming effect
on some people, though not all.
A NEW LIFE FOCUS
The pushing exercise can provide a new focus for oneÕs
life. OneÕs life goal becomes to
calm down the brain, to develop mentally and spiritually, to learn
broadcasting, and to heal at the deepest levels.
This alone can result in new directions, new pursuits, new
occupations and new relationships that are more healthful and satisfying.
HAPPINESS
Positivity and happiness can be of two basic types. The first is a common, somewhat false,
forced, or put-on happiness and joy.
The second is the type that tends to result from doing the pushing
exercise for a while. One develops
an honest positivity because one
lets go of false negative ideas, delusions, traumas, and useless emotions such
as thinking that one is just ugly, stupid, stubborn and worthless.
OneÕs understanding and perspective
begin to derive more and more from the high self or real self, which is happy,
free, relaxed and okay all the time because it is unaffected by the world. This kind of happiness develops slowly as layer after layer
of unreality or unhappy ideas and emotions are removed from your mind.
This is very different from the ÒhappinessÓ and Òpositive
thinkingÓ that many people experience, especially adults. Theirs is dependent upon temporarily
blocking out the negative ideas and emotions, usually by turning their focus to
something else such as their new house, their children, their job or friends or
family, sex, food or something else, perhaps.
While there is nothing wrong with any of these things, if
they are used to ignore or block out negativity, this is called a co-dependent
relationship and it is not healthy.
But is the common way in most peopleÕs lives. It is very different, for example, than the joy felt by a
newborn baby. They donÕt need a
new house or car or friend to feel good.
When they are fed and dry, can just be happy without all these things,
and they can often play by themselves for hours, as every mother and father
knows, in harmony and peace, it seems, and without needing to run away from
anything.
Increased awareness, or just
knowing more, as a result of meditation, can be a great source of happiness. We all want to understand ourselves and others better. Awareness can bring that understanding
and this is a source of joy for most people. Of course, awareness occasionally brings pain as one sees
that the world is not as one thought it was. But that usually passes if one realizes that knowing the
truth is best, even if it hurts, at times.
As you become happier inside, you will stop looking for
happiness outside yourself, and this relieves a great amount of anxiety and
stress, bringing even more happiness.
This is another secret of meditation of this type.
Another way this meditation brings happiness is that, as
the body heals, the cells begin to send messages of happiness and joy to the
brain. This is a subtle type of
happiness that may not be appreciated by some people, but it is the truth that
a healthy body is easier to be happy within. Life flows more easily, one can sleep, digest and eliminate
better, and the hormones that make us feel good are available in
abundance. All this contributes to
a happy outlook on life.
LESS ENERGY
VAMPIRISM
Many people are not in touch with their own source of
subtle energy. As a result, they
essentially steal energy from other people. This is called energy vampirism. It is common, and it always hurts relationships, families
and the general society.
If a person will do the pushing exercise, one becomes in
better contact with oneÕs own source of energy and energy vampirism always
decreases. This is a great benefit
for all personal relationships. To
read more on this topic, please read Energy Vampirism
on this site.
A MENTAL BIOFEEDBACK
EXERCISE
A
principle used in the science of biofeedback is ÒAnything you can monitor, you can changeÓ. This exercise is a form of biofeedback
in that one monitors oneÕs thoughts and other mental activities. As one does this, thinking and feeling
habits will change. Confucius said
ÒIf you understand a problem deeply
enough, you will have the answerÓ.
Meditation is a way to study yourself ever more deeply. This will bring answers to many
problems.
SECTION VIII.
REDUCING STRESS WITH THIS EXERCISE
Ways this exercise reduce stress include:
1. Making you aware of tension in
the body sooner. For
example, the body becomes more sensitive so you will feel tensions in the body
each moment, and can change your posture, habits or other causes for stress,
rather than let the tensions build up.
2. Making you aware of danger
sooner. You will
becomes more like the wild animals who sense danger quickly, and react quickly,
saving their lives in many cases.
3. Reducing negative and illusory thoughts and feelings
that waste energy and time.
4. Calming the nervous system, both physically and in
other ways.
5. Reduce internal stress.
A POSITIVE STRESSOR
Emptying the self of the old and bringing in a new source
of energy functions as a positive stressor. This means it stresses one, but in a
positive or beneficial way. It brings
in more truth, along with the subtle energy, so one can say it is the stress of
truth and awareness. This places a
spiritual stress on one that can
result in character development.
The stress of needing to
change. This meditation exercise will show
one the truth about many things. One is not forced to act on the
information, but If one does not act, the truth will be brought up over and
over again. This is an
interesting effect of increasing oneÕs awareness. Sadly, it causes some people to stop meditating, as they do
not want to be reminded of certain truths.
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
Moving energy downward from head to feet balances and
opens all of the physical chakras or energy centers on the physical body. Slowly, this not only has a physical healing
effect, but also it brings more etheric or vital
energy into the body. As this
occurs, the body goes through specific set of changes called on this website
mental or spiritual development.
The process and effects are explained in a number of articles such as Introduction To Mental Development.
DESCENDING INTO HELL
AND ASCENDING AGAIN, AT WILL
An unusual effect of the pushing exercise is that, at
times, you may feel like you are descending into a kind of hell or muck that is
inside. The great thing is you are
in control, so you dip into it, let the light shine on it, and when you have
had enough for one day, you come back out of it and back into your normal state
of consciousness.
By doing this daily, a number of things happen:
1. You become more comfortable
with your subconscious mind, its dark thoughts or feelings. You learn to tolerate the muck
better and better, able to move in and out of it, through it, and so on
comfortably without getting slimed.
2. You see more truth about
yourself.
3. You will and must come to
actually love and, in a way, admire this ÒunderbellyÓ, substructure, or
whatever you want to call it. This makes
you a more loving person, in fact.
You are learning to love an important part of yourself that most people
donÕt even realize exists.
However, it is a very important part of yourself and your development
and structure as a person. You
also stop projecting that which you do not want to ÒownÓ or recognize. This is wonderful health benefits.
4. Eventually, you come to embrace
more and more parts of your mind and your self. This is powerful and important for many reasons. Not only will you know much more about
who you really are, for example, with all the benefits of this knowledge. But also, for example, you will no
longer feel the common and often strange need to run away from certain people,
ideas, feelings or activities.
Most people dodge parts of their life, totally
unconsciously, of course, but this is what they do. They ÒdonÕt want to go thereÓ, as the phrase is called. Instead, they run to the parts of
themselves and the activities they know and like more, not realizing that the
motive is often to avoid other parts or thoughts or activities that remind them
of unhealed parts of their mind.
5. The real self, or the new
energy spoken of above that flows in using this exercise, slowly heals all the
unhealed parts of your mind. It slowly
eliminates the dark thoughts, unsightly emotions and more.
This tends to happen quite automatically, by the way, as
long as you donÕt stop it and as long as you continue to meditate this
particular way. Amazingly, you
will not need to visit counselors for years, for example, when you find something
you donÕt like, or something that is just no longer appropriate or no longer
what you want or need. You may
visit a counselor, of course, but you will find that many of your Ôhang-upsÕ,
fears, anxieties, hostilities, grudges, prejudices and much more just seem to
evaporate one day on their own, without needing to talk about them for hours,
or even understand them. This is
quite remarkable.
The insights and change will usually not come while you
are meditating. They tend to come
afterwards, while you are just about your daily work or play. This may be because what occurs during
meditation sets up new patterns in the mind, and when you return to everyday
life the new pattern interacts and actually conflicts with your ÔoldÕ behaviors
and thoughts, and suddenly you realize that you donÕt like your old ways, which
were usually unconscious, and you see that you can change quite easily.
This is a simple, easy and
inexpensive way to change any ÔbadÕ habit, attitude, or behavior.
6. Eventually, you will become very
proficient dealing with your unconscious or sub-conscious mind. It is like getting good at karate or ju jyutsu fighting methods. And it is fun. It gives you an amazing power over
yourself that others will find enviable.
It can also help you through many tight situations.
7. Eventually, you will conquer
the mind. This means you will be more in control
of your thoughts and feelings. Conquering the mind is rare on earth. It means you are more in charge, not
your subconscious programming, old emotional wounds and traumas, and old
thinking patterns.
SECTION XII. SENSUAL
ASPECTS OF THIS MENTAL EXERCISE
Sensual
pleasure is not the goal of the exercise, but it is a byproduct when it is done
correctly. It causes a slight
tingling sensation in the body that is pleasurable. The more and the harder one moves the energy down from the
top of the head toward the feet, the more pleasurable the tingling
sensation. It is often felt at the
first energy center, located slightly inside the body and between the anal
opening and the scrotum in men or the vagina in women.
In
Christian terms, this aspect may be called becoming
the bride of Christ, becoming activated in Christ, feeling the love of God or
the universe, being slain in the spirit or filled with the spirit. You can visualize yourself
ÒimpregnatedÓ or ÒpenetratedÓ by the holy spirit or God or the universe. You can also see yourself as the
recipient of a kind of golden fluid that sparkles with life as it moves downward
through the body. I could speak
more graphically, but I will leave that to your imagination.
There is nothing wrong with thinking of the exercise this
way. The exercise should bring a
smile to your face, and can be a source of pleasure that is not dependent upon
others, available at all times and places. Most important, it is the physical evidence that you are
loved and lovable always, regardless of your age, physical appearance, health,
mental status, or anything else.
SECTION
XIII. CAN CHILDREN DO THE PUSHING
EXERCISE?
Yes. Many young children enjoy the
exercise. Teach it to them in a
simple way, such as imagining that they are standing under a waterfall and the
water is beautiful and is falling all around them and through them. Have them draw the energy down and push
it all the way to their feet and beyond.
It is much better if a parent or older sibling does the
exercise at the same time with a young child. This is an empathic method that works the best. In fact, just the presence of a parent
who does the exercise is very helpful for any child.
The
same is true of a couple. If one
partner does the exercise daily it will help the other, even if the other does
not do the exercise. This can be
difficult for a relationship, however, if the other does not wish to see the
truth.
SECTION XIV. HOW THIS
MENTAL EXERCISE DIFFERS FROM OTHERS
Prayer, for some people, is not too
different from the mental exercise described in this article. Both can involve asking and emptying
the self, for example. However,
many times prayer is a more rote exercise for people involving just the
repeating of various words and phrases.
This is not the same. This
pushing exercise does not require or involve any words or phrases or mantras at
all. In fact, it is purely
energetic and if you add any words, prayers or mantras to it, you will either
negate it altogether or at least weaken its effect.
However, to say a prayer at the beginning, and even for a
while at the end to help with closure, is fine. But realize the exercise is very specific to bring in a new
energy by emptying the self of the old.
Prayers also often specific rituals and doctrines. This pushing exercise requires no
doctrine whatsoever. The only
ritual is to empty the self and allow and even force the energy down from the
head into the hand and eventually the feet. That is all.
OneÕs religion, nationality or belief systems do not matter in the
least.
In fact, this is a danger with this pushing exercise, in
that anyone can use it for his or her benefit, even if the person is not the
most honest or high integrity person.
This is a danger with this method.
I am not too concerned, however, because the exercise takes a fair
amount of work and dedication to receive the benefits.
Is it a religion? This exercise is certainly not a
religion, and can be done by anyone, as stated above. However, I see it as the basis for a new religion,
perhaps. The reason is that it is
a way to get in touch with oneself, which is the real meaning and desire of
religions. The danger, of course,
is that someone will design a religion around the exercise and fill it with
other rituals and doctrines until the basic exercise is forgotten. This has happened before in history.
Is it relaxation, visualization,
self-hypnosis and concentration? The exercise
does involve some visualization and some concentration. However, these are not the goal or the
central focus of the exercise.
That is how it differs from most of these other exercises. This pushing exercise is certainly not
self-hypnosis, a concept that is the very opposite of wanting to remove or
eliminate all hypnotic tendencies of the mind.
Repetition of words, phrases or mantras tends to produce a
somewhat hypnotic state, and this is one reason this is not employed with this
exercise.
What about breathing with the
exercise? This is not required. Adding special breathing, such as
counting to 10, or holding the mouth or tongue a special way, can definitely
distract one and slow progress with this exercise.
If one wishes, a very simple breathing method called
circle breathing may be used an might enhance progress. One simply moves energy up the back
during the inhale and down the front of the body on the exhale. That is all there is to it. However, recall that one is supposed to
be moving energy down the body at all times, so this should be done as
well. In fact, energy will
circulate this way – up the back and down the front – to some
degree. However, pushing the
energy or drawing the energy down the front is by far the most critical and
important.
SECTION XV. THE
PUSHING EXERCISE AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
This exercise concerns some basic qualities of life on a
metaphysical level:
o Self-awareness. This is a purely human trait, one not shared much by animals or other
life forms. This pushing exercise
directly assists anyone to increase self-awareness.
o Healing. While diet, lifestyle, nutritional
supplements and detoxification are all critical and never to be overlooked, the
mind is also very important for healing.
It is either your friend and ally or, in many people, it just gets in
the way. Worry, fears, desires,
racing around all the time and other things use up most peopleÕs energy. This pushing exercise can do a lot to
bring the mind under your control and learn to use it to assist healing on many
levels.
o Spiritual development. The development
of the chakras or energy centers of the body is everyoneÕs birthright as a
human being. Very few, however,
make much progress with it. This
pushing exercise allows it and assists it easily. This can extend life and allow achievements that most people
cannot even imagine. We have all
read about the possible unfoldment of super-human
abilities in ordinary human beings.
This pushing exercise may allow this to occur for you as well.
Most people live the ego lifestyle, going from goal to
goal, often trampling others to achieve their goals. The pushing exercise allows you to grow from the inside. You
will find, if you do the exercise regularly, that your outer life, work,
relationships, family matters and more will change for the better, often in
unusual ways. As you meditate, you
let go of the blocks that are in the way of your happiness and success.
For more about how to succeed with this exercise, please
read Qualities Of A Broadcaster on this site.
To
listen to the exercise online free of charge, click here.
ROY
MASTERS
I
learned about Mr. Masters by reading one of his books in 1979, How Your Mind Can Keep You Well. I started doing his meditation-observation
exercise and immediately noticed results.
Soon after that, I had an experience that caused me to change the
exercise so that the focus was pushing energy downward, and not just being
aware of my hand one finger at a time, as he recommends. I must give him much credit for some of
the ideas in this article that I took from his books and radio programs.
Good
features of his exercise are that he says do not roll your eyes upwards, and
the awareness of the hand tends to be grounding, and can move energy downward,
to some degree. Also, the focus on
the right hand means that energy moves from left to right, and this is correct.
Problems
with his exercise are two: it is not forceful enough, and it does not move
energy downward enough. That is why
I no longer recommend it.
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