Dear Friends, Family, Fellow Earthumans,
Looking around, what do you see, hear, feel…?
Many have been telling me “a lot”, “too much”, “chaos”.
Few have said “harmony”, “beauty”, “peace”.
So who is correct:
Those who observe and absorb the rampant vices, or those who notice and project the rare virtues?
Either/Or/Both/And
One of my oft auto-quoted memes is “Both/And”. Can it both be crazy and perfect out there? What about in here. That is, within our inner states and not just, say, the United States (the country where I live).
Another common auto-quote is, with a slow stroke of the beard on my chin, “It depends.” Depends on what? Well, we can call it self-mastery, awareness, or my favorite, cultivation, which is a botanical metaphor.
For instance, we may be surrounded by a desolate desert barren of living forms, yet our oasis is lush, vibrant, fruitful.
Why?
There must be a hidden spring of fresh water!
We cannot see it from afar, though this assumption is most likely true. Approaching, exploring, persevering, we finally find the liquid origin and quench our extreme dehydration. It has been so chronic, we no longer noticed we were actually slowly dying of thirst.
Illness/Wellness/Wholeness
Now, not only can we be physically parched, but also mentally, emotionally, spiritually, ecologically, economically, politically, culturally, etc. Furthermore, due to our limitations and vocations, it is usually best to focus on filling your local cup first.
There is a Source that gives us the power to re-source from within.
Unfortunately, many do not know how.
Precisely because our modern society and conventional education does not value abundance of wellness and remembrance of wholeness. It runs on scarcity and partiality. And, illness is profitably monetized and therefore perversely incentivized.
So is there another way? One that empowers, emancipates, emanates, rather than emaciates our life force? Below is an energetic progress map to overview and orient ourselves:
Process of Formation
Con-formation: Set in old pattern (Energy stagnates)
De-formation: Break in old pattern (Energy leaks)
In-formation: Learn new pattern (Energy opens)
Re-formation: Do new pattern (Energy changes)
Trans-formation: Be new pattern (Energy integrates)
Note that gathering new information is not enough. It is just one step (#3) during which we expose ourselves to previously unknown possibilities. We read books, watch videos, seek teachers, take classes, etc.
Moreover, we can flail and fail during any or all of these steps (#1-5).
Some drown in the flood of information (#3).
Some get lost at the breakdown phase (#2).
Some struggle at the rewiring phase (#4).
Some do not even realize they are stuck (#1).
Some are not able to sustain change (#5).
I’ve been honored to guide fellow Earthumans along this process, path, Dao for nearly three decades! It has been humbling and enlightening to teach in over twenty nations to thousands. Thus, with such broad, long, deep experience, I have been blessed to distill the essence of our common story, journey, myth.
For the first time, I have partnered with two colleagues, Belinda Liu (Sacred Land Steward) and Rebecca Kim (Spacetime Energy Healer) to co-create a formal online platform (a masters program or Jedi Academy, if you will, with a shoutout to the upcoming May 4th, “May the Force be with you.”) called:
If you can make it on short notice, we have a special Masterclass and Virtual Open House tonight April 30, 5:30-6:30 pm PDT. If you cannot make it, feel free to schedule a personal consultation call.
May the Source be with you,
Dr. Paul C. Wang, LAc, DACM