Toxic Ships
In the physical environment, there is a great deal of resistance, such as the resistance encountered by a moving object. In the mental environment, there is nothing that affects the velocity of a moving thought except a countering thought. And a countering thought must be born of a mind that is aware of “what is impacting it” and can arouse within itself “power in the mental environment” to counter obstruct or prevent the accelerating thought from reaching it. We call this mental screening. It is a great ability.
You cannot use this ability constructively unless you are selected by the wise and prepare for a very long time. You must begin to learn about “Life Force” now because it represents part of what affects you individually and what shapes your world. As the mental environment influences gain a greater stronghold in your world, their abilities, their power and their awareness will exert an ever-greater impact on all aspects of your life.
Some of these are instant manifestations, but many are quite subtle. Often, they cannot be seen. However, they can be discerned because you can feel them. Why is this important in the context of Toxic Relationships? Because it represents the world into which the Creator has sent you. Given a real understanding of your purpose and a real experience of its meaning, you will see that everything fits within this Self-Care context because of the nature of your origin and your destiny———where you come from and where you are going.
The world is a place that you are in temporarily. Therefore, where you have come from and where you are going provides the real meaning of your existence here. Life Force is power that few have ever discovered and fewer still have ever learned to use constructively. There are those in the mental environment who can use it in certain situations, but this does not mean that they can control it. There is a very great difference between use and control. For example, you use electricity, but the ability to control it redirect it and guide it represents a greater set of skills and abilities. You use the power of the sun to grow food, but can you harness the power of the sun? Can you control it?
No one in physical life can control the mechanism of the universe. No one in physical life can control time. They can use time, but they cannot fully control it. The wise know the limits of control and exercise their abilities appropriately. The foolish think that there are no limits, that everything is there for them to acquire, to conquer or to obtain. No one individual or group of individuals can gain control of the physical universe because everyone exists within limits. It may appear that you have great power and ability compared to other people. However, seen in a larger context, you have significant limits. Knowing your limits represents an aspect of wisdom. Knowing what you can develop and what is beyond your reach represents an aspect of wisdom.
These are learned as you proceed in Your Life Path because here you are beginning to distinguish greater powers from lesser powers. You cannot control knowledge, the knowing mind within you. You cannot direct it to give you what you want. You cannot focus it to produce the results you want. You cannot use it to influence others. Why?
Because it is more powerful than you are. You can enter into relationship with it; you can reclaim it in your awareness; you can learn to re-associate with it by taking the steps to knowledge, but you cannot control it. You can only control your expression of it, and this is within your range of responsibility. However, don’t think for a moment that this is a small responsibility. It is actually vey great and represents consummate learning in the human environment.