A Matter of Energy and Power--and Spirit

On January 23, 2010, I wrote a post on serendipity and synchronicity.  Writing that post reminded me about James Redfield's Celestine Prophecy and the Insights.  The third and fourth Insight were about energy and a struggle for power.  The fifth Insight was about tapping into the internal source of Spiritual energy--the energy flowing from God in all things and all people.

The way to overcome the struggle for power was to tap into our own inner source of Spiritual energy and to give freely of the overflow--sending it out to all things and all people.

In my own life I have found that tapping into the Spiritual power and giving freely (without attachment to outcomes) of the overflow helps me experience more joy and abundance and to see the positive energy around me.  James Redfield talks about it in The Celestine Prophecy and I experience it in my own world.

Sandra Bullock did an excellent job in the movie, 28 Days, in which she portrays Gwen Cummings, a person addicted to alcohol and drugs.  She is given a choice of jail or rehab and she chooses rehab.  Her experiences in the rehabilitation center and the choices she makes during and after rehabilitation make the movie an excellent reminder of choosing life rather than choosing the addiction.  There is clearly a struggle for power shown in the movie when Gwen's boyfriend at the beginning of the movie tries to influence Gwen Cummings to stay with her addiction.  The movie clearly depicts her claiming her own power and resisting efforts to bend her will.

In the Celestine Prophecy movie this struggle for power is depicted in the energy fields around the people trying to influence each other.  While the energy in real life is more subtle, the ideas ring true and I am aware of the power struggle when someone engages me in conversation on the telephone or even in e-mails and in ads. 

Thinking about the struggle for power that Osama Bin Laden demonstrates against the West brings me back to the third, fourth, and fifth Insights. 

While The Celestine Prophecy is a novel, I have found an excellent source for insight into practical spirituality for everyday life.  Many of the ideas expressed in The Celestine Prophecy are also part of the spiritual teachings from many spiritual paths.

Tapping into the connection with God that is inside each of us is a key to being aware of the loving and joy that fills and surrounds us and all things.  Remaining aware of that connection is both a challenge and a goal.  When actually filled with this loving energy that I will call Light, it is easier not to be influenced by people trying to steal power and influence behavior.  Sending  the Light for the highest good of all concerned (with no attachment as to outcomes) is a way to ask for God's blessings to be manifest in ways and times which are for the highest good of all concerned.  This process certainly fills me with loving and joy.