Giving Up

Today we address the magical topic of the third level of mind: the energetic mind. This is the world of qi and space. It is emptiness, space, feeling, flow. Everything that is non-material. 

This is the world of the feminine.

When I use the word energy, I am speaking about qi or life-force energy. It’s what is in your breath and gives you life. Yes, you can manufacture and use it for your life. But it has nothing to do with exercise or enthusiasm. 

Qi is the power of space. 

To go toward the power of flow and emptiness you have to let go of what you know, what supports you, what is provable by science and how you control and create structure using your linear sequential processes. 

Through a series of conversations and events, Sarah and I decided to give up all of our screens, meaning no social media, no news, no videos, nothing for the foreseeable future. 

It didn’t start out as a full scale renunciation, but the signs had been there for awhile. I realized that I was using my phone like it was a house I built and was living in. I believed (linear thinking) that it was giving security and structure, when it was only burdening me and disconnecting me from my feeling nature. 

You can hear all about it in our long winded (er.. um.. my long winded) convo with Sarah here.

The Energetic level of mind is what the Sacred Taoist Movements (Tai Chi) are all about. 

The reality of being able to read, harness and direct energy, and therefore live in the energetic mind, can only happen when you let go and trust.

Letting go of structure is frightening. But you can’t know the power of emptiness until you enter it. 

There is a big connection to be able to drop your pride and be willing to fully suffer and feel all that is there beneath the control.