THE PATH OF SELF HEALING

To a close friend (L.K)

We must understand and see that our mind is made up of consciousness (a mixture of
knowledge, impulse and ignorance), which itself is nothing but psychic energy. Our
whole being, knowing, becoming, desiring, feeling, thinking, experiencing is rooted into
that psychic energy. The psychic energy operates at three different levels: the semi-
unconscious (ignorant) level, the semi-conscious (impulsive) level and the conscious
awareness (knowledgeable) level. These three levels or states of consciousness
constantly compete with each other in order to get a greater share of the psychic energy
for gratification and fulfilment. This is why at a given point in time a person appears to
be intelligent, at another time the same person becomes impulsive and excited, and at a
different time, he seems dull and destructive. We are all normally victims of these
swings among the levels of consciousness. The actual realisation of this reality triggers
off understanding, compassion, forgiveness and tolerance in us.

Six enemies operate at the two inferior levels of semi-conscious and semi-unconscious.
The unconscious level, which is the deepest and most primordial, is characterised by the
absence of consciousness, lack of any sense of self, being or becoming.

1. At the egoic level, we usually express our desires and passions (pleasures and worries).
This is our semi-conscious mind, which is more or less shadowy, with some amount of
light and some amount of darkness. On this field, the six negative forces that usually
predominate are 1. sexual attraction and ideation, 2. anger and irritability 3. desire for
pleasure and avoidance of pain and suffering, 4. beliefs, superstitions, lies and hypocrisy
5. egoism and egotism, and 6. comparisons and competitions. At this level, however,
these six forces are more or less manageable owing to the presence of the light of
conscious awareness. (This is the weak and corruptible level of consciousness, which is
future oriented because it always seeks a future gain, gratification or state, to be attained
immediately or as soon as possible).
2. At the semi-unconscious level, where the mind fails to exercise conscious control and
where darkness, lack of conscious awareness and ignorance predominate, six dark forces
find their roots and try to overpower the semi-conscious mind through unconscious
promptings and urges. These dark forces manifest as: 1. immoral sexuality, pornography
and bestiality, etc, 2. apathy, brutality, cruelty, 3. avidity, greediness, addiction,
obsession, 4. delusions, hallucinations, compulsions 5. vanity, tyranny, conceit, self-
glorification and 6. jealousy, scheming and hatred. (This is the powerful and crude level
of consciousness, which is rooted in the past, in our early life experiences, especially in
the most difficult and unfinished businesses that have been repressed or rationalised but
not emancipated. These are our internal demons that continuously haunt our
consciousness and keep us in the dark. Fighting blindly against them simply drain us of
our energy and vitality.)

The psychic or mental energy of human consciousness, when subjected to the light of
conscious awareness, gets translated into virtuous, pious or awakened (religious) forces
and actions. Being full of light, these strive to dispel ignorance, impulsiveness,
unconscious motives and dark forces from taking roots in our consciousness. These
psychic friends, born out of the light of conscious awareness, are: 1. affection, goodness
and caring 2. forgiveness and an understanding heart, 3. self-sacrifice, self-restraint and
sharing, 4. awareness, honesty and wisdom, 5. altruism, commiseration and charity, and
6. respect for differences, appreciation of individual uniqueness and mental openness.
(This is the sensitive and refined level of consciousness, where love and compassion play
an important part. It is rooted in the present, in the simple joy of being alive and
experiencing life). Moving from this level up, one is bathed in the higher state of light,
the higher self that illumines and animates all the individual entities of the world, as units
of consciousness, just like the sun.

The best approach to cleanse the mind of these six enemies, who are in reality very much
intertwined, is by becoming aware of their presence, power, actions and consequences on
ourselves, our lives and on those who interact with us. By becoming intensely aware of
that, they become irradiated by the light of conscious awareness and lose their power and
vitality. With greater awareness and deeper observation without any blind and impulsive
struggling with them, they are dissolved just as darkness is dispelled by the light. By
staying more and more in the living present, in the awareness of the moment without any
desire to escape, to fight, to win, a great miracle occurs and we become healed and full of
light and love. A sad heart can never truly love but a healed heart is full of love and
wisdom. This is the whole philosophy of self-healing. Philosophy means philos
(affection) and sophia (wisdom), which may connote the wisdom of love or the love for
wisdom. The great masters of the past have offered a simple method for cleansing one’s
psyche:

Follow the light of the Conscient

Face gently the inner Demons
Fight, fall and rise till the End.
Fortify your own inner Faith
Finish this stupendous Game
Flourish in blissful Holiness.

May all be full of light, affection and wisdom!

koosradha@gmail.com
25.05.2010