1. There is a way of directing and concentrating
the Force that circulates through the body.
2. In the body are points of control on which
depend what we know as movement, emotion, and idea. When the energy acts in
these points, it gives rise to motor, emotional, and intellectual
manifestations.
3. Depending on whether the energy acts more
internally or superficially in the body, the states of deep sleep, semi-sleep,
or wakefulness arise. Surely the halos that surround the bodies or heads of the
saints (or the great awakened ones) in religious paintings allude to this
phenomenon of the energy which, on occasion, manifests more externally.
4. There is a point of control of being-truly-awake,
and there is a way of bringing the Force to this point.
5. When the energy is led to this point, all the
other points of control move in a new way.
Upon understanding this and hurling the
Force to this superior point, my entire body felt the impact of an immense
energy. This energy struck powerfully within my consciousness, and I ascended
from comprehension to comprehension. But I also observed that if I lost control
of the energy, I could descend to the depths of the mind. Then I remembered the
legends of “heavens” and “hells,” and I saw the dividing line between these
mental states.
from the Inner Look by Silo
