| The
following appeared in The Cygnus Review: |
| The
Missing Peace
- Eileen Watkins Seymour |
| Everything
is energy and comes from a divine source. There is a continuum
of energy which vibrates at different frequencies from the most
subtle dimensions to the physical world of matter. |
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We
too are made of this divine energy, some of which manifests as the
physical body and some of which is vibrating at a different frequency,
as part of the metaphysical dimensions.
As we go through our life, and lives, we have positive and negative
experiences. While the positive experiences encourage us to radiate
and express ourselves fully in the world, negative experiences initiate
a withdrawing of energy. If the negative experience is intense enough,
or if it is repeated enough times, our energy implodes and separates,
and parts of us seem to shut down. In the place of radiance we have
a fragmented energetic structure, which underpins and creates what
happens to us in the physical dimension.
The intention is that if a part of us is shut down, it/we cant
be hurt again. But although our system is trying to protect itself,
and is therefore acting with entirely positive intent, the result
is that we are not firing on all cylinders, we are not
all there, and we are hurt by being less than we could be. Tension
and struggle result.
And it is not just one part of us that shuts down. Over time at different
stages of our lives, more of our energy splits off and becomes hidden,
and each fragment covers itself with layers of protection. The result
is that our energetic structure is like a multi-dimensional jigsaw
puzzle which needs to be reunited so that it can radiate freely once
again.
Sometimes we are conscious of what has hurt us in the past and we
are aware that as a result we are shy, timid, fearful, self-conscious,
lacking in confidence, lacking in self-esteem, unable to commit to
a relationship, or that we compensate by over-eating, smoking, taking
drugs, or by being loud, aggressive, naughty or whatever. More often
we just assume that that is how we are as part of our
genetic inheritance without considering our deeper energetic
inheritance.
You do not have to have suffered serious abuse for this fragmentation
to occur. If youve been born and had a childhood, then youve
been affected, the question is just one of degree. And because everyone
is in the same boat, there is unconscious collusion between us. A
certain level of not-coping is considered normal and acceptable; it
can even be seen as attractive by some - or reassuring, since we seem
to be doing quite well in comparison with other people. But this syndrome
is leading to dysfunctional individuals in a dysfunctional society,
where more and more people are quite obviously yearning for what they
dont have and they are acting out their unhappiness and suffering.
The external universe mirrors the internal.
In days gone by you were just expected to get on with it. Youve
made your bed, now lie in it. Pull your socks up.
Now some of us are aware that we need help. More and more are turning
to therapists of various kinds, the self-help books are leaping off
bookstore shelves, and the mind, body, spirit section
grows ever larger. Others are so overwhelmed that they have given
up all sense of responsibility for themselves and look to the state
or charities or litigation payments to bale them out.
Our message is that it doesnt have to be like this. There is
a better way, which we call the RAPSI approach (Ravenscroft Approach
to Psycho-Spiritual Integration). This is not only for people who
know there is something wrong in their lives and are taking personal
responsibility to resolve their issues; it is also for those who are
materially successful and who want to achieve more, want to be whole.
You do not have to have broken down before you set out on your inner
journey, a journey which we believe all of us needs to take if we
want to grow and evolve.
You can do some of this with other therapies. Some of them take years.
Some may encourage dependence on the therapist. Some can be quite
distressing as they involve reliving traumatic experiences, sometimes
repeatedly. Some though are positive and faster and seem to work.
You may have experienced some of them. Each may bring you a piece
of the puzzle, but what is important is to discover the underlying
structure, the origin of the problem, the big picture.
So what are you still looking for? What is the missing piece - your
missing peace about you? What does the RAPSI process provide?
Simply put, RAPSI is going for perfection, your wholeness. The reason
why people dont seem to reach perfection with so many other
methods is that they are limited by belief systems - theirs and others.
They dont believe its possible. We do. We are going for
10. We want all of us to be 100 per cent integrated and
radiating now.
In practice, RAPSI involves exploring, discovering and releasing the
structure underpinning our limiting behaviour, including the parts
that have been covered over, often with several layers of protection.
Beneath this protection, what has invariably been covered is our innermost
essence, our light. Enlightenment is not a mystical term; it is literally
about releasing and embodying the light, being en-lightened.
It is how we are when we are living fully as human beings in this
material world, radiating light, being whole.
The dark spaces in our internal universe may suck in energy from the
outer world, including the energy of other people, or we might try
to fill the void with distracting or harmful experiences in order
to achieve a feeling of aliveness, however simulated and temporary
it proves to be. Freeing the light from the inside fills one with
the true satisfaction which comes from moving towards wholeness of
being. It also frees one from the need to indulge in destructive behaviour.
Being able to radiate fully and freely is what we believe we are on
earth to achieve. We are here to be the best that we can be, and to
contribute fully to the vast tapestry of being. We believe that perfection
is both achievable and desirable.
Before you read on, focus on yourself for a moment. Take a deep breath,
close your eyes and ask the question: On a scale of l to 10,
where 10 is a!! of me, how much of me is present here, now to radiate?
Go with the number that pops into your mind. If its anything
other than 10 - and its likely to be because you are already
engaged in a search for personal development - ask yourself, wheres
the rest of me?
It seems that we are not only releasing energy which has been hidden
since we were born, but that the fragmented energy pattern can be,
and often is, created before birth, while we are in the womb. Mainstream
science is now beginning to confirm energy forms can and do interact
with other forms of energy. The foetus responds to energy from its
mother, from her body, her thoughts, her emotions and from the world
around her. These influences can result in aspects of the energy of
the foetus withdrawing, fragmenting and/or going out of body and building
up layers of protection even before birth. This the story told over
and over again by people exploring their energetic structure.
After many years of experience helping people to explore their internal
universe using the RAPSI process, we believe that our energy, our
light travels through different lifetimes. Whether or not this is
true and whether or not you believe it, acting
as if its true allows trapped energy from past lives,
from our ancestral line or even from other people (alive
and dead) to be released and to radiate fully now. There are many
case studies in The Missing Peace where people have spontaneously
discovered past lives, so you can judge for yourself whether these
are real experiences or whether they are metaphors and whether it
matters.
What matters to us is that the clients achieve wholeness. |
From
The Missing Peace, (c) 2003 by Eileen Watkins Seymour
with Clive Digby-Jones and Susan Norman, published by Saffire
Press. |
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