My last post covered personal power. I tried to give a good idea of what it is and I went over a basic idea of how it is accumulated. Now, I will discuss how it is used. It is hard to cover such material without creating personal dogma, but I am trying. In the end a certain amount of that sort of behavior is hard to avoid for me at this time, so realize that I see my own bias. Once again this is my interpretation of a body of work tempered by my diligent personal experience. Your milage may vary :-)
We utilize the concept of personal power daily whether we are aware of it or not. Any action creates a conversion and an expenditure of energy. If I walk a short distance my body converts the chemical energy available to mechanical energy so that I can accomplish this task. A certain amount of mechanical energy is then expended. If I have a creative idea then my body uses some of the available chemical energy so that it is expended by the brain in the production of neurotransmitters and hormones. Now, here is where it gets a little esoteric. If 2 people interact then an energy conversion and exchange is made. The process of communicating with another being actually transfers a small amount of energy. You may use chemical and mechanical energy to make the communication while the other being picks up energy from you in the form of the concepts. While this eneregy tranfer is small....and one could not live off of this type of energy alone, it can inspire action of some sort in another human. The more efficient the (communication) energy transfer the greater the potential action. Even this posting is an energy exchange. I used chemical and mechanical energy to type it, and you absorb the concepts contained within.
In order to exert the will towards any serious goal one needs available energy. If you have ever been or known an alcoholic or a drug addict you will know that these people have a terrible time with setting and accomplishing goals. Their actions are chaotic and inconsistant. This is because the addiction is using all of their available energy to maintain itself. Many shamanic cultures see such forces as often being outside the self in the form of a spiritual parasite...or an evil spirit. I tend to see it as a form of alien (outside the self) energy that supports itself by feeding off ones personal power. If one is free of major addictions, dogmatic behaviors and beliefs, and in good physical health one comes into a state that has been described as impeccability. Then one can use their personal power to exert the will. It must be noted that ones state of impeccability determines the personal power one has available.
When one exerts the will there are efficient and inefficient ways of doing it. Two practices that can make the exertion of the will effective are "Dreaming" and "Stalking". Dreaming is utilizing any visualization process. There is night dreaming and day dreaming. Stalking is the manipulation of behaviors based on observing and practicing various behaviors. The psychological effect of practicing behaviors alone is quite powerful...stalking alone is quite capable of manipulating ones awareness very effectively. In the normal course of events we all use visualization to determine our course of action. If one can maintain a consistant mental image then one can more easily acheive that goal. The amount of will applied to the visualization determines the consistency of the vision. So, the more powerful the vision, the more consistant ones behavior is in responding to it. This is why night dreaming can be a powerful tool....because using lucid dreaming techniques creates very vivid visions. When one dreams (day or night) one creates a new state of awareness. Some refer to this as the movement of the assemblage point. Now it is not useful to change ones awareness if one cannot make the change long lasting and consistant. Stalking is used to fix the state of awareness (or assemblage point) in place. When one stalks one engages in a predetermined behavior to realize a vision. It is helpful to fully realize dreams and behavior by considering all of the variables and possible outcomes before one engages in the behavior and accept the full responsibility for the action. This helps to create a state of total personal responsibility where one does not waste personal power regretting or second guessing the self after an action is performed. When one engages a vision one then determines which behavior is most conducive to realizing that vision and then they engage in that behavior. When one uses a vision like this one must be totally immersed and fully emotionally invested in that vision in order that they stalk the required behavior appropriately. By observing and practicing behaviors one can become more efficient stalkers. It is very important that one stay in a state of fluid grace regarding the adoption and the discarding of behaviors. I imagine that acting lessons would be very relevant to stalking. It is important not to cling to old and outmoded behaviors because they are "comfortable". When one employs dreaming and stalking simultaneously and continuously it can often have effects that seem magical or preternatural. When one is in a state of impeccability with a surplus of power this means of exerting the will can be very powerful. I personally have experienced impressive effects. I have experienced other people even speeking the words that I "dreamed" for them. I have used this method to overcome a serious alcohol addiction...completely....with no residual effects. It is often said that an alcoholic cannot be cured. One can change ones awareness so completely that previous states of being become almost alien. Life can assume a dreamlike quality where doors of opportunity seem to open in a magical way. Many have reported experiencing results such as the manipulation of weather as well as physical events through sheer will. The more one practices these techniques the better one becomes. For a few years these practices can hit high and low points before a large degree of consistancy is acheived. I am just now becoming able to produce consistant effects. Even at the beginning one will have many moments of such total mastery that one is easily spurred on further. In the end your life is just a dream set against a material frame of reference and motivated by your cultural programming.
My overview of this practice has been very brief, and I have left out much. There are reams of information to learn about the implications of stalking and dreaming...I have barely touched the subject. These techniques can exploit probabilities to a great extent allowing one to hook that small percentage of probability and turn it to one's favor. It is worth it to note that using them to enlarge the ego can result in inefficient behavior and a resultant loss in personal power. Self importance and clinging to outmoded self image is a major powersink. Avoid these behaviors at all cost. An efficient practioner has a fluid notion of ego and self image that can be stalked and manipulated appropriate to different conditions. Once again I have, but crudely touched on this material. There are nuances beyond my capability to understand right now, but I am trying. Ultimately my greatest friend and my greatest foe is personal experience.
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"A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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) You cannot judge your thoughts and have this work well. You have to learn to unconditionally accept everything and just notice. The amazing part is if you do this you will begin the process of change automatically. It's easy then to challenge the thoughts in a rational way, (no challenge to the thinker only the thoughts). This is the best tool I have found for change in myself. I don't know if this is stalking proper but I like the term.
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