Hi All:
“Energy interactions” between practitioners has been a topic of discussion in the forum recently, and there has been an email correspondence here on it as well. With permission, I am copying it as a Q&A below, with an eye toward making the distinction between a targeted energy interaction and a natural one occurring in stillness. It is an important distinction to make.
The guru is in you.
Q1: I was wondering if you felt/perceived the energy interactions with/between AYP members?
A1: Sure, but doing my best to keep a low profile. Spiritual unfoldment is about the practitioners’ purification and opening within themselves, not primarily about the energy flowing between them. Refining energy dynamics are an effect of awakening, enriching life through the rising flow of divine love in stillness. For sure, most of us are not in it only for the unmanifest (abiding inner silence) side of it, but it is good not to mistake the effect for the cause. 
Q2: Thanks for your response. Would you mind if I stopped by and felt/shared the “light” that flows through you?
A2: It is a common thing that people want here. I do not encourage it or indulge in it. I much prefer to be in relation with the whole in stillness (samyama). Much less complicated, and supportive in a non-invasive way. I suggest you do the same.
Q3: Once again, thanks for your response. So, you do not see any value in sharing states of knowledge with things like “light transmissions” or with communion? More primordial paths like Bon, Dzogchen and some gnostic Christian?
I also ask because of the “guru-like” connections that seem to happen on their own as discussed in the forum recently. It also happened to me a couple times before I had a clue what was going on.
A3: There is plenty of communion associated with AYP of the transcendent kind I mentioned. That is different from the kind of the one-on-one energy interaction you are suggesting, which is not part of the AYP baseline approach, and for good reasons. That does not prevent anyone from doing their own investigations in that area. But I can neither predict nor vouch for the quality or consistency of the results.
Q4: Could you share what you mean regarding “for good reasons”? To me, a light transmission is the same as Samyama. I can see the point regarding “energy”, but i don’t understand once the energy & silence have become one (light). It seems that is the same as a prayer.
Is it that you have had specific issues? Or, is it possible that we are talking about different things?
Thanks for sharing your insight.
A4: No, it is not the same thing. A personal transmission of “light” is not a natural expression of divine flow in stillness (samyama).
Projecting an individual energy connection is outside the realm of stillness (and outside the AYP baseline), and from a spiritual point of view can be filled with hazards. Nothing wrong with seeking intimacy, personal friendships and helping others, but when it gets into purposefully entering into another person’s inner energies for whatever reason, it can quickly become energy interloping, invited or not. And with some people it can easily become a possession-like co-dependent situation. It is not much of an issue here, since I am constantly inundated with such incursions, and deflect them routinely. It goes with the territory. But you should be careful about pushing this sort of thing on others who may be vulnerable, even if they are willing. It can become a sticky situation for all concerned. I know your intentions are good, but you are going about it in the wrong way. From the get-go, it is not samyama (releasing in stillness), because you are grasping for it.
It is very simple really. You have asked about a one-on-one connection several times, and the answer is a respectful no thank you. The suggestion is to let it go.
Keep in mind that I am asked about many modalities outside the AYP baseline every week, and it is impossible to address them all in detail, nor should I have to. I’m the AYP guy, remember? Not the all-knowing sage. That is why I wrote Lesson 384. In this case, I am offering a word of caution, and that is as far as it goes. A word to the wise is usually sufficient. The rest is up to you.
Q5: I apologize if my you have found my followup questions to be annoying. I was not advocating (or pushing) for anything. It is just that I get the feeling that we may be talking about two different things, so I asked some clarifying questions. As an example, my experience with light is that it just flows through, rather than such a thing as a personal version. But, you have made yourself clear about the discussion.
A5: Actually, it is not a “flow through” when directed toward someone else, particularly when used to influence the energy of another. It is a “flow to.” Directed energy is not the same as true flow through energy, which has no object. Samyama has no object beyond touching the sutra or name and letting go in stillness, and that’s it.
We all would like to fancy ourselves as remote healers or shaktipat gurus, but true remote healing and shaktipat have nothing to do with targeting someone. It is the recipient who does the targeting by becoming receptive, and the source does absolutely nothing. A source does not even have to be identified or localized, because a receptive recipient will attract divine energy from everywhere. That is the essence of bhakti – surrender to the divine in a perceived form, or non-form, and grace comes from everywhere. It’s got little to do with the form or the source (except as perceived by the bhakta). It’s got everything to do with the recipient.
Still, we tend to assign the flow of grace to someone or something, because most of us think in terms of sources – someone or something must be doing this for me, and I can surrender to that one. It is natural, and effective. But it is not natural to assume we are a source with the power to influence the destiny of others, either as a directed flow through, or in particular ways. It is a road to less, like the intentional application of any kind of siddhi is. Again, if you are aiming it at someone, it is intentional, and that is not the same as releasing in stillness. It is an important point, especially for those who are feeling their internal energy oats, light, or whatever. With that comes responsibility. Responsibility to do what? To let it go in stillness. Then we put ourselves in the best position to do the most good … less is more.
All the best!
The guru is in you.
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