Merging with Siva Lesson 80

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Lesson 80

 

Odic and Actinic Forces

 

Meditation can be sustained only if one lives a wholesome life,

free from emotional entanglements and adharmic deeds. Intensive,

consistent meditation dispels the antagonistic, selfish, instinctive

forces of the mind and converts those channels of energy into uplifted,

creative action. The same force works to make either the saint or the

sinner. The same force animates both love and hate. It is for the devotee

to control and direct that one force so that it works through the highest

channels of creative expression. When this soul force is awakened,

the refined qualities of love, forgiveness, loyalty and generosity

begin to unfold. In this ascended state of concentrated consciousness,

the devotee will be able to look down on all the tense conditions and

involvements within his own mind from a view far "above" them. As the

activity of his thoughts subsides, he begins to feel at home in that

pure state of Being, released from his identification with and bondage

to lower states of mind. A profound feeling of complete freedom persists.

 

 

 

Meditation is similar to watching the play of light and pictures

on television. Identify with the pictures, and emotion is

experienced. Identify with the light, and peace is experienced. Both

light and energy forms have their source in God. Begin this evening while

watching the news on tv by keeping awareness more within the light than

the pictures. By all means, begin this ancient, mystical art, but as

you progress, don't be surprised when regrets, doubts, confusions and

fears you hardly knew you remembered loom up one by one to be faced

and resolved. Perform the vsana daha tantra: simply write down all the

regrets, doubts, confusions and fears in as much detail as possible, then

burn the paper in a fire place or garbage can. Claim the release from

the past impression that this tantra imparts. Begin searching within now.

 

 

 

There are two forces that we become conscious of when we begin to mediate:

the odic force and the actinic force. Actinic force is pure life energy

emanating from the central source of life itself. Odic force is magnetism

that emanates out from our physical body, attracts and merges with the

magnetism of other people. The odic force is what cities are made of,

homes are made of. The actinic force, flowing through the physical body,

out through the cells and through the skin, eventually becomes odic force.

 

 

 

As soon as we begin to meditate, we become conscious of these two forces

and must be aware of how to deal with them. The odic forces are warm,

sticky. The actinic forces are inspirational, clean, pure, true. We seek

in meditation the actinic force.