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Chapter 9: Fusion as a Bridge
As a result there is a refusal to even consider looking inward, as
the source of misfortune is placed outward. Thus the heart’s natural
tendency towards love and compassion is obstructed and the
wound is cultivated to legitimize one’s withdrawal from life, as a
result of which both the internal as well as the inward flow from
outside are being impeded. All traumas first of all settle deeply in
our organs from where they affect our energy flows. They can only
be dissolved with patience and gentleness towards oneself. Only
when internally energy is accumulating, can it flow outward.
The strengthening of the organs have in the Taoist tradition a
vital role to play in mitigating and achieving control over the negative
emotions. Forgiving does not mean that the wound needs to
be closed. It may remain but it is no more active in generating
toxins and preventing positive emotions from growing. Also forgiving
does not means that one forgets. That may be too difficult and
is not necessary. Only the charge, which activates to toxins needs
to be defused.
The aim of the Fusion Practices also is not to eliminate pain.
Pain and joy are intrinsic in life and form a unity of opposites.
Attempts to eliminate it create frustration and exasperation and
may well make it grow and become more difficult to control, as
negative emotions such as fear, anger, worry, sadness and impatience
multiply. The more negative emotions are suppressed, the
more they have a tendency to run wild.
The purpose of the Fusion Practices is to achieve control and
regulate them consciously so that major imbalances can be prevented
and the quality of the energies, upon being fused and blended
is heightened and transformations into new states of being (the
energy body and the spirit body) become possible. Ups and downs
are inevitable but as you grow able to accept them and balance
them and grow in equanimity, a point is coming when you are less
affected by what happens around you; you are less carried away
by events and you become less vulnerable.
Rather than to do away with toxins, it is wiser to allow for them
and it is easier to control them. This immunity is both raised in
balancing positive and negative emotions (Fusion of the Five Elements)
and by strengthening the positive emotions (Cosmic Fusion).
The unity of the two is of great importance. To make a small
tree grow one does not only weed, but also creates optimal conditions
for it to grow: that it is planted in good soil, that it receives
shade and water and that it is pruned at the right time.
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