The real Self or the spiritual Self is a powerhouse of energy. The physical self is conditioned energy that is limited and often inhibited or restricted. The lower nature of the human for the most part is an expression of force and the higher nature is an expression of energy. It is force that is mainly used in materialization and separation and it is energy that is used in gaining spiritualization. No one can storm the gates of heaven. When you have earned the keyword the gates automatically open. Energy is what you grow into as you unfold yourself and clear your connecting channels. Energy is the power that moves toward the center and acts as a magnet as we move in on ourselves in our march toward the spiritual Self. Force is the opposite physical power of matter that moves away from the center and as a result causes human separation and restriction. The centripital and centrifugal force operating our spiritual nature is heavily charged with electricity and the more spiritual we become the more we become charged. As an example, one person may give a lecture and only words come forth, yet another may give the same lecture, only his words are charged and give forth energy which inspires and uplifts those who hear him. So, one is using force and the other, higher speaker, is using energy.

Some people you meet give forth energy to you and others you meet draw energy from you. It all depends upon the degree of infusion or lack of it. Higher energy levels certainly signify higher vibrations. Some people express tremendous physical power or force, yet they mostly repel others, while the ones with spiritual energy attract.

As for the control of our physical actions and our mental and emotional activities is concerned, it is important for us to conserve our energy and not heedlessly dissipate it in excess physical activity, mental worry or emotional drain. Unless we are spiritually charged, and few people are, we have a given amount of energy to operate on which physical activity uses up very rapidly. We are only spiritually charged when we become a clear channel for energy. We have it to the degree that we have purified the nervous system and made an alignment with our higher bodies in order to create a clear channel for a continuous stream of energy to pour into us. There also needs to be an infusion of all vehicles with the soul and then a further infusion with the spiritual. The body should be kept in good condition at all times as energy can leak rapidly from a damaged organ, gland or other body centers. Sex is also one of the most popular ways of depleting enormous amounts of energy if it is misused.

We need to raise our energy level from the three lower centers of the body to the higher centers and thereby gain the benefit of the energy and increase it at the same time. As an example, the three lower centers in the body spend energy absorbed from the sun and one-fourth from food. They are physical centers and they are concerned with the physical life of the body. Here again, if excess amounts of energy is used up, the body becomes exhausted. Even on this level, it is necessary to control negative emotions and heavy sexual activity. The reason children are taught not to abuse themselves is because in so doing they lose their powers of concentration and memory, which is so necessary for a student.

Energy when raised to the heart center changes the individual from selfish love to group love; to selfless love and compassion for all of humanity, along with a greater understanding of those who are less evolved.

Energy when raised to the throat center causes one to become more creative in the arts, etc. The human has to go through the process of an energy transmutation through a method of purification, and this is through Transcendental Meditation.

Energy when raised to the sixth center opens one up to the spiritual worlds and an input of higher knowledge and wisdom is received.

Then, when raised to the seventh center, or crown center, a cosmic status is gained and unlimited energy pours forth and infuses us, just as much as the body can handle without burning out something. The energy is tremendous and the physical power is much less. Hence, one in a high energy state becomes less and less physical.

As greater energy is accumulated on higher levels, it creates a pressure on the lower physical, in the organs and glands and this can cause over stimulation. This is why one at this point should turn to activity of service without reward, rather than the selfish misuse of energy. That is why one should think in terms of activity for humanity, rather than for profit or personal gain. Also, one should also have conscious control of his energy or activity, rather than to allow himself to become programmed, i.e., to simply function automatically. When one follows this automatic pattern and there arises an emergency situation, or a traumatic event, one is unable to absorb the shock and unable to function in a crisis.

We exist as an individual unit in a field of energy and this field is called a field of love. When we act against this field, it causes us misery and suffering and rapidly exhausts our energy supply as well as closing off certain centers of our body, causing them unnecessary damage. On the other hand, when we are in harmony with nature, or our energy field, we establish a clear channel to receive more love-energy or an increase in health and happiness.

To keep the channel clear we must remember that what we put out we receive back. A negative output in life calls for a negative input back to us to the degree of the output - cause and effect. And, this is controlled by our attitude and emotional stability. This is where willpower comes into play, with discipline and discrimination working together and now no longer creating thought forms of a negative nature that tend to control us.

The Soul is said to be the sun within ourselves. Sometimes the heart is referred to as the sun, because the Soul resides in the heart. When we think right, speak right and act right, this increases the light within us and breaks up the clouds of negativity that cuts us off from the Soul-sun. When this is done, the sun shines through us for all to see and enjoy. This radiates out as love which is magnetic and attracts others to us rather than repelling them.

It is very necessary that we detach ourselves from the unnecessary energy sapping bonds we have acquired in life, unnecessary emotional restrictions, which are unnecessary attachments to materiality and unnecessary projection of the ego. When we control these, we can be said to be in tune with nature and the infinite. A great load is lifted from us and the light of love-energy pouring forth from us helps all others who are around us.

It is in the mental aspect of life that the mind becomes the prison of the Self. And it is the mind that must be cultured by love so that it will release the self, and in love the lower self will surrender to the higher Self. It is the lower mind that creates negative clouds that in time take on form and further binds us. It is in Transcendental Meditation, that by infusing the Being or God into the mind and body (which is energy, light and love, and this completely charms the mind) that the mind no longer is a demon of destruction, rather it becomes the servant of God.

We are always receiving impressions in the mind, some from the world above and some from the world below. The impressions we act upon make all the difference. The impressions from the lower world act through the physical senses, whereas the impressions from the higher worlds act upon the subtle inner nature of the human. The main problem is that most of humanity is not highly enough attuned to receive the higher impressions, so they go unheeded and they only act upon the lower impressions. As a result, they are victims of their senses and, therefore, they are lost in a material maze of life.

At sometime we have to raise our level of consciousness and become receptive to our true Self, to pure energy and to our real God nature. We will, however, continue to create thought forms, only they will be of love and beauty, not ugly and destructive. We will not only become receivers of pure energy, but we will also be transmitters of love-energy into the world in order to dispel the clouds of cunfusion, despair and false illusions and allow the sun of pure energy to shine upon the world and uplift much of humanity. It was for this end that God so created us in his image, that we might finally stand verticle and tall in the pure light of love and energy as a silent witness to our cosmic unfoldment.