The teacher can only ever really give you a skeleton which you then need to flesh out and enspirit. The flesh comes from the practice – the work – but the spirit comes from the inspiration, enthusiasm and life you bring to that work. It is quite a skill, acquired over time, to be able to bring just enough of your own spirit to the work to make it sing its own song rather than your song. It is all part of the process of refinement making your energy subtle, attractive and interesting – communicative and communicable – listening to what is there and encouraging what is there. The inspiration for us men is always the female. As I write this at quarter to eight in the morning I have two 16 year olds hovering around – a male who lives here and his guest – a (stunning) female friend. The difference between their energies is striking. Even though she has only just woken up she is far more awake and aware than he will probably ever be. And it is so clear to see that his only hope of ever reaching her heights (of salvation) is through intense and immense discipline – day by day chipping away at the uncarved block – refining and annealing. This is the real creative process – gradually turning yourself into what you can be. A teacher is vital because he/she is the person in your life who can see your potential, and then give you the means and encouragement to meet it. Is all you have to do is work hard and apply your intelligence and sensitivity to the riddles thrown up by the teaching – somehow get yourself on the right wavelength to able to hear what the teacher is saying. This means that for moments you need to have the spirit to become either the teacher or the teaching. Such spirit is grace – it comes from above. To receive grace you must be soft. In a sense this is what softness is – the quality that enables you to receive (grace) and thereby puts you in a state of grace – constantly communing with, and thereby becoming, what we call the divine. You then become far more than just you. You become a trembling confluence of many energies from many sources. You become immense, and intensely light. You touch everything.
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Even though she has only just woken up she is far more awake and aware than he will probably ever be. And it is so clear to see that his only hope of ever reaching her heights (of salvation) is through intense and immense discipline – day by day chipping away at the uncarved block – refining and annealing
Only a bloke could have written this - you underestimate male energy because its innate - you're taking it for granted. If he didn't have an equally interesting energy to her she wouldn't be with him.
I liked his energy...
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She wasn't with him, if you know what I mean.
It's not a matter of energy at all, it's a matter of awareness. His energy is stronger and more robust than hers - it flows out of him in big effusive waves - regardless - but hers will probably always be more effective because her superior awareness (intelligence) will generally put it to better effect. As you get older your energy is always going to wane so unless you are becoming more aware - more refined and more awake - you will also begin to lose effectiveness. There comes a point where your awareness and your know-how allow you to utilise other energies to your own ends. It's important to reach this stage before your faculties begin to fail otherwise it's all over.
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