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1. VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 4 April 2011
Mastery Journal
The International Ezine on Mastery in Qigong, Internal Arts, and Life
Body Awareness
Lama Tantrapa Dancing with new Energies
World Healing Day Julia Griffin
Bill Douglas Three Minds Into One
The Ins and Outs of John Weston
Breathing Part II The Greatest Epidemic
Gary Giamboi Known to Man Part III
Paul Levy

2. April 2011
Volume 1 Issue 4 Dear Reader of Mastery Journal
Letter from the Editor
Articles
This month we are very pleased to offer you a special
Body Awareness issue dedicated to tai chi and qigong in honor of World
Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD), which is happening
Lama Tantrapa on Saturday, April 30, 2011. This day will be celebrated
World Healing Day around the globe. For those of us dedicated to
bringing you meaningful content on mastery in qigong,
Bill Douglas internal arts, and life, we will be celebrating WTCQD at
the World Qigong Congress in San Francisco, California
The Ins and Outs of Breathing Part II on April 30 – May 2, 2011. For more information on
Gary Giamboi the WQC go to www.eastwestqi.com or to find events
in your area go to www.worldhealingday.org.
Dancing with the New Engergies
Julia Griffin
WTCQD was founded by Bill Douglas, who just so
Three Minds Into One happens to be our Master of the Month. In addition to
John Weston our special guest, this issue offers articles on increasing
your health and wellbeing through breathing exercises,
The Greatest Epidemic Known to Man improving body awareness, addressing the three dan
tiens or gateways of the body, and releasing the chains
Part III of our egos.
Paul Levy
As we enter springtime, which is a time for renewal
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4. Body Awareness displays a peculiar culture of movement revealing his or
her body awareness, or rather lack thereof. Such culture
of movement is what I refer to as disharmonious, because
Lama Tantr apa it isolates and compartmentalizes movements of different
parts of the body, which makes it look comparatively
In the English language, there are many metaphors robotic.
reflecting the awareness of the human body-mind. For
For the energy to flow freely between the head
example, one can be “nosy,” “spineless,” “gutless,”
and the rest of the body, the neck and shoulders need
or “heartless.” One may also be “straightforward” or
to be free of excessive tension. When the head and
“upfront.” One can either “face things,” “throw one’s
neck are misaligned, the muscles of the neck have to
weight around,” “pull away,” “turn one’s back” on a
continuously hold tension in order to compensate for the
problem, or even “lose one’s face.” One may have a
lack of support from the spine. When the vertebrae of
“good head on his shoulders,” “gut feelings,” “butterflies
the neck naturally rest one on top of the other, there is no
in the stomach,” “balls of steel,” or “no leg to stand on.”
need for any more tension than a regular muscular tone.
Moreover, one may appear to have a “stiff upper lip,” a
Since the cervical spine is a part of the whole spine, you
“high brow,” or even a “stick up one’s ass.”
cannot be in alignment if your head and neck are not
These phrases hint on some degree of body aligned. Neck alignment requires some basic awareness
awareness people had in the olden days. One must of its bone structure. Despite a popular belief, the bodies
pay at least some attention to one’s bodily sensations of the cervical vertebrae are not really close to the back of
and expressions in order to come up with such a body- the neck like many people think (confusing the vertebrae
centered phraseology. Nowadays, fewer people pay for their spinous processes), but are connected to the
attention to their bodies than to their cars or computers. center of the skull and continue down in the middle of
It seems that the advancements in technology left our the neck.
“civilized world” without the need to pay attention to the
Head alignment also entails awareness of the
sacred abode of our precious lives. Being in the flow of
top of the head so that it actually is the highest point of
life within the temple you inhabit – the physical body and
the head. The center of mass of the head corresponds
its energy field – is the hallmark promise of Qi Dao to you.
to the location of the atlas – the first cervical vertebra.
The head can balance effortlessly on the bone structure
Alignment of the Head of the neck when it is in a neutral position. It happens
Alignments of the head and neck are obvious totally naturally as long as the top of your head (Bai Hui
areas to start with. People in modern society often acupressure point) is literally on top.
complain about pain and tension in the neck and the In order to experience the natural alignment of
base of the skull. Such tension blocks the circulation of your head, you can gently pull your head straight up by
blood and lymph and often leads to headaches, ringing the tips of the ears with your fingers. Notice the way
in the ears, TMJ dysfunction, eyesight disorders and
other complaints. Observation suggests that energy
cannot flow freely through areas of the body holding a
lot of tension. Since communication requires free flow
of energy, tension in the neck and shoulders restricts and
even disconnects communication between the head and
the rest of the body.
The phrase “stuck in the head” generally denotes
someone who thinks or intellectualizes too much. This
describes a person whose muscle tension has created an
energetic and emotional divide between the head and the
rest of the body. Someone who is stuck in the head often

5. your head naturally finds its alignment. Bear in mind
that tension is something you do to yourself. Keeping the
head out of its natural alignment requires a lot of doing.
You cannot ease tension by doing more. Relaxation is Lama Somananda
a function of non-doing. By simply paying attention to Tantrapa is the 27th
the areas of tension in your body, you will begin to notice lineage holder of Qi Dao,
changes happening moment by moment. also known as Tibetan
Experiment with the following methods of Shamanic Qigong. He has
focusing attention on tense neck muscles: been practicing Qigong,
Dream Yoga, Meditation,
1) Physical touch – match tension with pressure and and Internal Martial Arts
gradually ease pressure when the tension begins for over thirty five years,
to subside; primarily trained by his
Grandfather who was the paragon of the Russian Martial
2) Increasing and decreasing tension – prevent the Arts and Qi Dao Grand Master. His background is com-
head from moving with the help of one or both plex enough to include serving in the Soviet Army’s Spe-
hands while contracting and relaxing the tense cial Forces, being kidnapped in the Ukraine and surviving
muscles; several near-death experiences.
3) Animation of the head – move your head with the Lama Tantrapa was ordained as a Buddhist monk in
help of the hands in the direction it wants to go three different orders and initiated into Subud spiritual
without tensing up the neck muscles; and brotherhood. In addition to being a Tibetan Bon Lama,
he studied with a number of Qigong and kung-fu mas-
4) Breathing and visualization – imagine that you ters, great teachers of Yoga and meditation, as well as
can breathe through your neck muscles while Native American, Hawaiian and Siberian Shamans. He
observing the flow of energy being restored. is also trained in Cultural Anthropology, Meta-coaching,
Hypnosis and NLP. When living for two years on a small
tropical island in the Pacific, 7000 miles away from the
majority of his students and clients, he pioneered a
No need to force Qi to flow where you think it novel method of conducting Qi Dao sessions over the
should flow or to do anything to the muscles in attempt to Internet called Qigong Coaching. In the last decade, he
make them relax, unless you actually wish to experience has provided wellness, peak performance and life coach-
more stress and frustration. Letting go of tension ing to thousands of people of all ages and from various
parallels letting go of expectations. walks of life. He is also a bestselling author of several Qi
Dao books, executive producer of the film Qi Dao – Ti-
betan Shamanic Qigong, creator of CD albums Qi Dao
Initiation and The Art of Being in the Flow, publisher of
the Basic Qi Dao Home Study Course and other multime-
dia learning materials available at
www.qidao.org.
In addition to being the publisher of Mastery Journal,
Lama Tantrapa is also the host of the Internet Radio talk
show The Secrets of Qigong Masters that you can enjoy
at www.blogtalkradio.com/qigongmasters.

6. World Healing On World Healing Day people from many walks of life all
around the world will cross racial, ethnic, religious and geo-
political boundaries to come together . . . to breathe together
Day . . . and to wrap our world in a wave of healing intention.
Bill Douglas
The World Healing Day family of events includes many events,
all designed to focus human consciousness on the vision of
global healing. These events include:
World Healing Day - Needed Now More than Ever
World Yoga Day, www.WorldYogaDay.org
Our lives are accelerating. Technological transformation is
part of it, population growth is part of it, and the strains of World Tai Chi Day, www.WorldTaiChiDay.org
both of these accelerations are adding to it. Humanity is
slapping the water of life in all directions trying desperately to World Qigong Day, www.WorldQigongDay.org
stay afloat. World Reiki Day, www.WorldReikiDay.org
World Healing Meditation Day, www.
When the world is spinning faster and faster, finding our WorldHealingMeditationDay.org
center becomes more and more important. Just like on a World Prayer Day, www.WorldPrayerDay.org
merry-go-round, when you stand in the center of life, you
don’t get as disoriented and dizzy. All decisions in this world World Art Day, www.WorldArtDay.org
come from the field of human consciousness. If it is in a
state of fear and panic, then nothing good can come out of World Music Healing Day, www.WorldMusicHealingDay.org
it. If it is in a state of compassion and calm, then a world of
possibilities becomes evident.
and many other World Healing Day events such as World Sufi
Dance Day and World Native & Aboriginal Sacred Dance Day.
Years ago, the vision of a World Healing Day came into being
as yoga and meditation and even healing prayer groups
contacted World Tai Chi & Qigong Day, asking how they could
be part of the global wave of Qi and healing intention that The goal -- to affect our world by sending a vibration through
WTCQD is. the field of human consciousness and our physical world -- a
vibration of world healing.
This is not just a symbolic act. There is scientific research
On Saturday, April 30th, 2011, at 10 AM local time, that shows that cohesive human consciousness, such as is
worldwide, tens of thousands of people will come together produced with mind-body meditative tools, can affect the
to wrap our world in a wave of healing Qi, consciousness, and larger society positively, far beyond the number of people
intention. This event is called World Healing Day, and is listed actually meditating. See this fascinating video by physicist
in the Chase Calendar’s Calendar of Global Events. World John Hagelin: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=yVFa6Wtu
Healing Day is comprised of a host of healing events. How did xu8&feature=player_embedded
this begin?
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) caught our attention
Over a decade ago World Tai Chi Day gave birth to World Tai at World Healing Day and became part of our reason for
Chi & Qigong Day when Roger Jahnke of the National Qigong creating this global event. Born out of research at Princeton,
Association contacted us and suggested that Qigong be added GCP discovered that when human consciousness was focused
to the day, and this global event has since evolved into the en masse, such as during the tragedies of 9/11 and Princess
birth of World Healing Day. Diana’s death, that it actually physically affected their
computers worldwide. This realization that thought can not
only affect others around us, but physically affect our planet,
spurred World Healing Day to push on with the effort of

7. bringing as many humans as possible into our global circle of
healing intent.
By planting seeds of vision now, we may reap the benefits in
future months and years. Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius,
wrote, “The world you see is the one created by your own
thoughts.”
On the last Saturday of April each year, people around the
planet from Israel to Iran, from the United States to China,
from Brazil to Russia, and in over 70 nations -- will come
together -- breathe together -- a vision of global healing.
In 2010, global media embraced World Healing Day:
“What if human consciousness were focused en masse for
a 24-hour period not on fear and desperation, but on an
intention for personal and global healing,” [World Healing
Day’s] founders asked. Further details may be found at www.
worldhealingday.org. - Al-Ahram Weekly, Cairo, Egypt
Working together, World Healing Day seeks to
accomplish collectively the true power of a global human
consciousness. - Pakistan-Asia News.com
World Healing Day . . . addressing world healing - Agence
France Presse
Today is World Healing Day . . . [it] seeks to unite healing
intentions from a multitude of spiritual and medical
practices. - The Huffington Post.com
[The last Saturday of April] is World Healing Day, plus Adam
Yauch (Beastie Boys) and Yoko Ono are meditating twice daily
for world health . . . - UK Independent
World Healing Day events are open to all. Attend an event or
organize one yourself. Visit www.WorldHealingDay.org to
learn more.

8. Master of Excellence on Qigong Award from the World Congress on
Qigong and the Leadership Award from the National Tai
Chi Association. Please visit the official website of the
the Month
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day www.worldtaichiday.org for
more information about this worldwide celebration of the
Energy Arts.
Bill Douglas
He is the author of the best selling tai chi book, The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to T’ai Chi & Qigong (Penguin/Alpha
Books, New York), which is published worldwide in several
languages. Bill is the presenter/producer of the DVD titled,
Anthology of T’ai Chi & Qigong: The Prescription for the
Future, which was called “an excellent introduction to this
ancient art” by Booklist Magazine.
He is also the author of a highly acclaimed mind-body
spiritual thriller, 2012 The Awakening, which was chosen
Best Fiction of 2010 by Spiritual Enlightenment Magazine.
Enlightenment Dudes Review gave it ten out of ten stars,
calling it mind-blowing. Midwest Book Review called 2012
The Awakening “riveting metaphysical fiction . . .” Bill’s
next novel, A Conspiracy of Spirits, an environmental-
spiritual thriller, is slated to be released in 2011.
Bill has been a media source on mind-body tools for
the modern world and a host of other issues regarding
humanity’s challenges for The New York Times, China’s
Xinhua News Agency, BBC World Radio, The Wall Street
Bill Douglas is the co-founder (together with Angela Wong) Journal, The South China Morning Post, The Vancouver
of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day. Over a decade ago they Sun, and media worldwide.
invested their life savings in a vision of bringing together
the global Tai Chi and Qigong family, so that we might
together spread Tai Chi and Qigong to the entire planet at
time when it was most needed by a stressed out modern
world.
Bill is the Tai Chi Expert for Dr. Andrew Weil’s DrWeil.com,
and was one of a handful of national Tai Chi experts to help
formulate a National Council on the Aging national efficacy
guide for aging professionals to begin Tai Chi programs for
local aging populations.
Bill has presented for the National Parkinson’s Foundation,
the American Heart Association, and for some of the
world’s largest corporations and health institutions. He is
the 2009 Inductee to the Internal Arts Hall of Fame and the
recipient of the Extraordinary Service in the Field of Qigong
Award from the National Qigong Association, the Media

9. World T’ai Chi &
Qigong Day
An Unprecedented
global health and healing
event which will unfold
across the planet on
Saturday, April
30th, 2011, 10am
worldwide

10. The Ins and Outs easier with practice.
of Breathing Because of all of the sequential actions involved in this
Part II form of breathing, it is the slowest method of breathing.
The slowness of this breath does not short change our
breathing. Because of the great amount of air it actually
Gary Giamboi gets into the lungs, it is actually the most efficient
method of breathing.
The Complete or Yogic Breath
In Part I of this article we discussed in detail three of the Perhaps because of the slow, even and rhythmic
four forms of chest breathing. We will now take a look nature of the Complete Breath, it does not cause any
at the fourth kind: The Complete Breath or the Yogic extraneous stress factors even though we are using our
breath. mid and upper chest to breathe.
The complete Breath is called Complete because it Speaking of slow, even breathing, the ancients believed
entails utilizing all 3 of the previous methods of chest that when we were born, we were allotted a certain
breathing in two particular sequences: fixed number of breaths to take during our lifetime.
When we use this number of breaths up, we die. By
breathing slower, deeper and longer, we can decrease
1. The Inhalation consists of beginning with the number of breaths we need each minute, each day
lower chest breathing initiated by lowering and thus prolong our life. If this seems a little farfetched
the diaphragm. When this part of the breath to you, just consider that a good rule of thumb in the
is complete (as full as it can comfortably get), animal kingdom is that generally speaking, the quicker
the next phase begins with middle chest the respiration of an animal, the shorter its lifespan is.
breathing. This is initiated by expanding An elephant lives longer than a mouse. A tortoise lives
the rib cage as far as comfortably on all four even longer than that.
sides. When this is complete, then upper
chest breathing begins which is initiated by
moving the upper chest and collarbones Another ancient yogic text says that the further
upwards and slightly forward. outwards your exhalation can be felt, the shorter your
lifespan will be. Or conversely, the shorter the distance
2. The exhalation proceeds in the exact
your exhalation can be felt on your skin, the longer you
opposite order. First, the collarbones drop,
will live. This is actually the same concept because in
pushing the air out of the upper part of the
order for you to expel the same volume of air in each
lungs. Then the rib cage relaxes, pushing the
exhalation while using a shorter column of exhaled air,
air out of the middle section of the lungs.
one’s exhalation must be propelled by less air pressure
Finally, the diaphragm relaxes, rising up and
and thus it must take a longer amount of time to finish.
expelling the air out of the lower lungs.
If one is to breathe rhythmically, one’s inhalation must
proportionally match one’s exhalation; and so, it must
also be longer. Thus, this is just another way of saying
This is the most complete, fullest method of exchanging that the slower we breathe, the longer we will live.
gases between the lungs and our surroundings. Unless it
has been practiced regularly, this method requires a lot
of concentration to perform correctly. It does become

11. The very act of breathing more slowly calms us down.
Gary Giamboi founded
If we are breathing slowly, the part of our brain that
The Institute of Asian
monitors such things comes to the conclusion that all is Arts in 1994 in order to
well and keeps the body working in calm, slow, relaxed continue the tradition
manner without a stress hormone in sight. of discovering, nurtur-
ing and passing on the
wisdom of the ancients.
The ancients would attribute this calmness to the He began his Eastern
slowness of the breath. This is because as we inhale, journey in 1969 and has
our Prana or Qi rises up our body toward the top of our had the unbelievable
head. The more we inhale with greater pressure, the good fortune to have
faster and higher it will rise up. become a disciple and personal student of four World
Class Masters
He has achieved the Rank of Master Level Instructor in
As our energy rises, it energizes our heart center and Qigong, Taijiquan, Ninpo, Jujutsu, Asayama Ichiden Ryu,
causes havoc with our emotions. It then proceeds to our Kenjutsu and Yoga in world recognized organizations. He
throat center making it easier for us to speak things we is also certified as a Personal Trainer, as a Pilates instruc-
wouldn’t have if we had taken the time to think about tor, in Ohashiatsu, in Thai Yoga and has several other
them some more. Lastly, our energy makes its way up to lower rank Black Belts in various martial arts. He special-
our brain and feeds whatever thoughts up there that the izes in finding the common thread of Truth in All of these
feelings from our heart center inspired. It short-circuits Arts, because at the end of the day “Things Can Only
our intellect, bypasses our reason and lets our emotions Work One Way.” Even though they use different systems
dictate our actions. of Internal Energy, Yoga works in China and Acupuncture
works in India. Each contains a piece of The Truth or The
Way Things Are. It is up to each of us to find as much of
That Truth, That Way and live by it as closely as possible.
This is not to say that breathing more quickly makes
you lose control of yourself. It just means that it makes
Gary has taught and demonstrated Martial Arts, Qi-
it more difficult for your intellect and reason to remain
gong, Yoga and Fitness Training in the USA, Japan, China,
in control of your actions, and that you will have to be
Canada, UK, Belgium, Germany, and Ireland. He has sev-
more vigilant in watching over what you feel, think, say
eral articles published a total of over 64 times on various
and do.
web sites and blogs, produced 2 DVDs on Qigong, 1 on
Taijiquan, 2 on Yoga, 1 on Balance and a Point by Point
Relaxation CD. He also has two books nearing publication
In other words, breathing more slowly, evenly, deeply and several new DVDs coming soon. His web sites are
will help keep our energy from rising unnecessarily. This www.Genbukan.biz and the new
will also keep our emotions and intellect from rising www.Secrets-of-Yoga-Qigong.com
unnecessarily.

12. Dancing with the discovers an odd conundrum – now the mind argues
with the form with the strange talk to self that is called
New Energies the monkey mind or inner dialogue. Strange situations
and upsets follow which cause disturbing emotions
and often shut-down with a desire to do nothing but
Julia Griffin experience this state.
The time of the turning ages, the ending of the Mayan Through meditation, it is possible to discover that our
calendar and the positions of the stars hint that it is reactions and upsets are caused by deep childhood or
time to leave behind the undesirable parts of “our past life beliefs. Ultimately, life responds to our inner
reality” to create a new life or reality that is a more being. What we refuse to see, the Universe must
fulfilling expression of our higher nature. (Think of it mirror. Many of us are passing through this fire of inner
as an opportunity to use the skills that you have gained discovery. As Frankl said, “That which is to give light
through the summer and past year, like graduating must endure burning.” As we move into enlightenment
from skiing on two skis and now learning to slalom.) as a group, we surrender and sacrifice the old patterns
It is the nature of the Universe to allow opportunity that cause discomfort and pain – the odd part is that our
for expression of mastery. What is mastery? It is the patterns form the experience of opposition and squares
understanding that our conflicts allow for insight, greater as reflected by the heavens.
compassion and inner love for self while moving into the
In an opposition, two planets or forces face one another
auspices of greater co-creation.
at 180 degree angles, and the two forces are not in
Grasping our ability for co-creation is only possible by agreement. For the sake of expression, they could be
witnessing the dance between the shadow and soul. said to be in disagreement. In squares with 90 degree
The soul longs for greater opportunity and dreams of angles, there is an element of force. Two energies must
frontiers for experience. The un-integrated ego finds come together in an expression of matter. We could say
the sofa and television appealing with a sigh of “Oh, I’ll that the soul’s desire for expression in the material and
do that later.” The dreams of the soul are elusive until the ego with its karmic patterns of self-protection and
we learn how to put the two voices together. The soul neediness are in opposition. By learning to combine
speaks through intuition, a repetitive voice that sings in two opposing forces, we step into the operation of the
the heart, while the ego speaks of past pain, hurt and marriage of opposites – the only known formula of
protection with patterns of victim, perpetrator and hero. creating consciously in matter. As the two opposites
(imagine 2 circles overlying one another as in the Flower
While the dreams of the past ages are being of Life) merge, a third thing or child is formed. Right
surrendered, new dreams of love, compassion and angles of a square are formed as the offspring of the two
enlightenment are being born, but alchemical birth only opposing forces takes shape in matter.
comes through the marriage of opposites. Opposites
are light and darkness, soft and hard, yin and yang. The The “Hastened Path” is the name given by Robert
opposite sides of our nature are the shadow and soul. Wilkinson (Aquarius Papers) to the path of the
Every desire is born of both, the hidden vulnerability enlightenment or light seekers. The Hastened Path
of gifts that lie beneath the shadow and the brave means that the commitment to awakening begins a
courageous inspiration of the forward-moving soul. journey of experiencing karma, gifts and wisdom more
quickly. It is said that astrological aspects that we find
The Alchemical Process so challenging are but the heavens beckoning this group
into the awakening of mastery. The planets and stars are
A dream or desire is born from the heart and is amplifying the alchemical process that must take place
illuminated by the fire of the soul. It forms an intention, within those who are awakening so that the co-creation
a blazing star that our heart follows with sharp visual of reality is better understood throughout this process of
images and is shaped by emotion. The body follows, for attaining higher frequency.
it must follow it with action for it to take form in matter.
In the moment that the image is formed, the aspirant

13. Patterns resonance with illusion or lower vibration. Also, we
accumulate karma or a particular vibratory rate through
Patterns begin usually in childhood, adolescence or early the energy of the repetitive experience. We can begin
adulthood. They are based on a belief that involves with the admission that it is our pattern – not someone
acceptance, approval and love from others. We measure else – that causes the frequency. By accepting the
our value by the gift of these qualities as children as they frequency, pattern and situation, we immediately
are necessities for survival. Imagine a child who only begin to observe it. And everything changes when an
knows how to give love and encounters a parent who is observer is added to an equation. When we move into
angry or upset. The parent may tell the child that they acceptance of a pattern, then compassion is gained for
are too social or solitary or that reading or playing with the characters in our play of life that are mirroring our
friends is inappropriate. The parent may say that the deepest pain. It is helpful to entertain the idea that our
child is too loud or quiet, too different or a conformist. experience eventually frees us from our pain body.
At this point, damage is incurred. The child begins to
change his or her behavior for approval, acceptance and Listed below are a few of the steps that I use in
love – it seems responsible to reflect that these episodes counseling. They can be applied by anyone who is willing
likely occur because of accumulated karma brought into to practice. The application of the alchemical elements is
this existence. also useful.
Regardless, a pattern is formed. Whenever the child Exercise:
experiences the same situation, a false behavior is
exhibited so that the pain from the initial situation is not Begin with the feeling and stay with the negative feeling
again caused. This behavior is known as the protective or state for a few minutes. Initially it will deepen, but
part of the ego – the false behavior hides the true in a few minutes or hours it will lessen. Notice that
self. The odd part of the pattern is that the protection you have always felt this way (or at least for years)
eventually causes pain because it hides the gift of true and remind yourself that observation changes it. Only
expression and causes our being to move out of balance. the “inner you” or “real you” can observe. When the
feeling lessens, visualize the opposite state, meditate, or
This protection from the ego is the device that causes so exercise. Any of these three acts builds the frequency
trauma in life itself. It is the software in the computer for the desired change, and the three acts differ from the
of the self that brings about harsh words, unkindness usual response, thus changing the pattern. When your
and repetitive situations in life. The truth is that if a energy changes, notice that everyone involved is simply
situation is repetitive then it is “us” who is causing it, not acting as a mirror. Try to feel compassion for their
an outer force or difficult universe. In fact, the universe involvement and extend forgiveness. Now ask, “What
is presently delivering perfect aspects to see our internal would I do if I were free of reaction?” Simply imagining
mirrors and the beliefs that lie behind them. it or asking the question changes the pattern.
When I work with students, I find that our darkest 1) Meditation – Devotion to spiritual life is always
feelings and thoughts travel back almost as long as we helpful when moving through difficulty. We
can remember. For example, the topic may be love, find new insights and learn to apply them.
money or health but our feelings and thoughts tend to The connection with spirituality is comforting
stay the same whenever faced with difficult situations. and provides love and nurturing. (Akasha –
One person may feel overwhelming anxiety about career connection to the Field)
or money; another person feels tragically abandoned
or abused in relationships. Through intuitive probing 2) Spirituality – Inspiration is the expression of
and gentle conversation, I usually find that the same spirituality in physical form. Ask what the
circumstances have followed the person throughout Universe wants from you and act on it. Notice
his or her life. Their dream is often the exact or polar the actions that cause fear and visualize that you
opposite of the situation. begin them. (Fire – inspiration)
The experience of patterns occurs because of our 3) Images – Create new images of life that move in

14. the opposite direction. Whatever you are not of a desire by staying fixed on its course like the North
receiving, imagine it in abundance. Whatever Star. We do this not because of the end result, but
you needed as a child, imagine that life now because Spirit leads us.
imparts it. Observe any negative images or
projections. Remember how often you have Our desire becomes more profound as we move into
been successful with similar situations even the path prepared by Spirit or the creative forces of the
when they seemed overwhelming. (Air – mental Universe. Now our desire is more than “us”; it is the
image) path of sharing our light with many in whatever way that
the Universe offers. No longer do we suffer through the
4) Feelings – Notice that feelings change sometimes creations of our patterns – we shed them to follow the
hourly. Stay with negative feelings until they light. Our lives begin to follow a new pattern, one that
lessen. When the change comes, breathe is based on the new person that we are becoming. We
through the heart and feel love flow through find new ways of action, new forms of expression, and as
the heart chakra. Express gratitude for all that is we do this, the light comes to meet us.
good. (Water – emotions)
The presence of the light comes with its illuminating
5) Body – Notice that tension or contraction occurs power – its love and majesty for every fiber of our being.
in the body when working with a pattern. The Now we feel only that – and not the darkness through
same energy is in the body as well as outside of which we traveled. We express our gifts and talents.
it. Breathe through tight points, practice yoga This is part of the path of the journey of the soul, and it
or walk. Whenever possible, eat well and drink is one of the paths of awakening.
plenty of water. Remember too that your home,
body and life are expressions of your being in the There are many paths on the journey, as well as
physical realm. Love every molecule whenever many different roads for travel. It may be that soon
possible. (Earth – physical surroundings, a transcendental leap will be made as we choose to
sensations and body) learn from simple expansion and growth, as opposed
to patterns. In the meanwhile, each time that one of
The Light us surrenders a pattern and transmutes the energy to
create a higher vibration, all of us experience a greater
The real reason for hesitancy is that movement forward opportunity for change and to see the light within
in the light brings change and chaos. Sometimes, we ourselves. At this moment, humanity is moving away
lose the sense of our identity. People react differently to from patterns of hiding the self into self-love, awareness
us, and their reactions may cause feelings of instability and discovery. By bringing together the opposing parts
or negative emotions. But like two people in a dance, if of our nature, we move away from judgment and loss
one steps away, then the other will step forward or find toward compassion, love and expansion – the gift of
another dancer. The people in our lives will either step illumination.
up to match our frequency or fall away, as will the events
in our lives.
The illumination of the light is known to bring change, For more information, sign up for Julia’s newsletter or
initially chaos. But we survive it and create again. The visit her website at onetrueself.com
garden is plowed before it is brought to life; the house is
most disorderly as it is cleaned. We also learn balance
by bringing the forces of the self together. We learn
to rephrase words, to alter reactions or to exercise
and meditate first instead of last. We understand that
everyone acts in a certain way because of our underlying
beliefs – not the people themselves. As we understand
our involvement, we eventually surrender and let go.
We end our movement between the low and high point

15. Julia Griffin is an
intuitive healer who
has successfully
transformed the
lives of thousands
of people through
her manifestation
and meditative
techniques. She teaches these techniques in her
group classes, one-on-one sessions, and now
e-courses.
Julia has a deep understanding of energetics based
on extensive studies and her own successful practice.
She is an alchemist, astrologer, herbalist and Reiki
master, and is able to communicate with plants and
animals. She lived with wolves for nine years, while
developing her intuitive abilities. Julia has been a
contributing writer for Spirit of Ma’at and Aquarius,
and she publishes a bi-weekly newsletter called One
True Self.

16. Three Minds into of the actual picture on the screen. Literally on your forehead
is a picture screen where you can visualize and observe what
needs to be observed, like a movie picture on your forehead.
One The conscious or middle mind is where we are actually doing
the thinking, which is in the heart center. The Taoists say you
have three minds, but we use the three minds at the same
Jon Weston time. In other words, three minds into one mind. They call
this one mind the “Yi” (one).
Now Taoists have an interesting concept and we have So, the abdominal, Lower Dan Tien or the lower
already mentioned the first two minds, the upper mind or mind is the awareness and that is really as the West calls
monkey mind that you can transform to the observatory it “our gut feeling.” When we are aware of whatever it
tower or the feeling mind. The second mind that we is through this awareness we start to feel a sensation
talked about was the second brain, which is called the in the gut or abdominal area, which is the third mind.
heart center or heart mind and the conscious mind. The And the interesting thing about this is, again through
first mind is the observing mind, Western science, that if we utilize our
the second mind is your upper mind to think we utilize eighty
consciousness or your conscious percent of the energy in the body just
mind and we have a third mind in this thinking process. When the
the Taoists talk about, which monkey mind is activated, the rest of
is the lower mind. It is in the the body uses twenty percent of the
abdominal area and it is the energy.
awareness mind. We put far too much of our energy
So, I think we have a clear idea in the upper mind, when in reality it
of what we mean by the first mind, does not really think for us anyway.
the upper mind, and a clear idea It is really crippling us because we
of what the middle mind is, the conscious mind. Now, what do not have the awareness if we
is the third mind? Again, going back to Western science, do not activate the lower mind and we do not have a
it has been proven that the abdominal area has the same consciousness if we do not activate the middle mind.
nerve endings or nerve connections as the upper mind. It So, as the Taoists explained, what we need to do is to
has the same reaction and thinking process with the neural activate all three minds at the same time, and when we
transmitters and connections in the lower abdominal area activate all three minds we form one big mind which the
that the brain (upper mind) has. Now what do we mean by Taoists call the “Yi” – Three Minds into One (it is just an
“awareness”? Awareness is expansion, like radar. It expands expression or word for three minds into one, the “Yi”).
way out to the universe and you can pick up different aspects Now, you are probably asking yourself,
of the universe. So it is like radar. We can use an illustration “OK, I understand what to observe is, I mean just
from the time people were in the desert war several years ago. witnessing and feeling and sensing like a TV
They lived buried in the ground because of the bombing and picture, but what is the difference between
had TV screens with radar. the awareness of the lower mind and the consciousness
They sent out a signal and of middle mind?” Well, again as I explained before, the
they picked up a picture of awareness is like radar. You just send out your energy
an aircraft from way out field way out and your energy center is in your Lower Dan
in space and transmitted Tien. You send that energy, expanding it way out and it just
becomes aware. You start to pick up radar or sensitivity way
that picture, the awareness
out to certain points so the upper mind or observatory mind
from the radar, onto that
can pick it up. It is like radar sending out and picking up what
TV screen.
it can pick up and then you utilize the upper mind to observe
The TV screen buried what you actually picked up. That is the awareness.
in the desert cave where
they lived buried inside
So it is a conscious effort on your part just to send
the earth was the actual
that focal point out into space, make that connection
observer. Then the
and then start to pick up the information or whatever is
conscious mind was the
out there. Now, once you pick up the information, you
person determining what
have to make a conscious understanding and this is the
the actual picture was
conscious mind, the middle mind or heart center. That
explaining. So you have the awareness, which is like sending
conscious understanding is when you recognize what
out radar, way out to the universe. You have your observation
it is and you can make comparisons and then make a
conscious decision, have a conscious thought or take a

17. Jon Weston is the true
“international man of
mystery,” who con-
tributed to the mas-
sive success of master
Mantak Chia and his
organization. In addi-
tion to W. U.
Wei, Jon Weston
wrote under the pen
name Wei Tzu and
co-authored Living in the Tao, the twelve Taoist poetry
books of over 1,200 poems Emerald River expressing
the feeling, essence and stillness of the Tao. He also
co-created with Mantak Chia the Universal Tao formula
cards, “Chi Cards” (6 sets of over 240 formulas) under
the pen name
The Professor – Master of Nothingness.
www.the-professor-mon.com
conscious direction. This is where the direction and the
consciousness are manifested in the heart center. This
is the complete knowing. In other words it is deductive;
you compare it with various aspects and come out with
a conclusion from the source of all knowledge of the Wu
Chi, the Nothingness.
This is the actual thinking process because the middle
mind picks up everything, using all the information and
utilizing the awareness within itself to make a conscious
decision. This is where you make the thought process,
so one’s awareness is like radar, which is the lower mind,
and the other is consciousness, making a conscious,
deductive reasoning based on all the information of
the universe to complete the thinking process itself.
One is thinking and the other is radar: Awareness and
Consciousness. And the third, upper mind, you utilize it
not as awareness or consciousness, but just to observe,
just to witness .

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20. The Greatest we pay attention to it, or it will kill us. Its cure is the
most pressing and fundamental issue facing us today.
Author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen
Epidemic Known writes in his foreword to Jack D. Forbes book about
wetiko psychosis, “Columbus and other Cannibals is,
I think, the most important book ever written on one
to Man Part III of the most important topics ever faced by human
beings: why is the dominant culture so excruciatingly,
relentlessly, insanely, genocidally, ecocidally, suicidally
Lets Spread the Word: Wetiko destructive?” Historian Arnold Toynbee points out that
a civilization doesn’t die from being invaded from the
By Paul Levy outside, but unless it creates culture that nourishes the
evolution of the creative spirit, a civilization invariably
commits suicide. As if possessed, our civilization is,
In the first part of this series, we contemplated the trance-like, sleepwalking in a death-march towards our
idea of a psycho-spiritual disease of the soul that has own demise. The most pressing and inevitable question
been wreaking havoc throughout human history that of our time is not just “why?” but more urgently,
Native Americans call wetiko. In part two, we inquired how can we stop this seemingly out-of-control, self-
into how the wetiko bug disrupts and deranges a living destructive, hell-bent part of ourselves?
system, using the world financial system as our case
study. The wetiko virus is like a parasite that literally
feeds off, takes over and aberrates the “curren(t)cy”
of the infected system. The wetiko pathogen originally
manifests as a disturbance in the field of the collective
unconscious of humanity itself, creating the psychic
ley lines upon which world events are erected and
energized. The origin of this virulent disease is to be
discovered within the psyche. Because of the psychic
nature of wetiko, it serves us to understand the “PSYCHO-ANALYSIS”
psychological underpinnings of the virus, which is to
say, how it affects our day-to-day relationships and The origin of wetiko is the human psyche.
lives. We begin to ‘see’ the bug when we are able to Psychologically speaking, shadow projection is at the
get in focus and recognize its psychological signature very root of wetiko disease. Shadow projection is a
in both ourselves and others. The fact that the source process in which we split-off from and project out
of the wetiko germ is within the psyche means that the our own darkness onto others. It is our misguided
cure for this disease lies hidden within the psyche as attempt at a final solution to the problem of the evil
well. within ourselves, which actually deprives us of the
capacity to deal with evil. Projecting the shadow
opens up the door and invites in the vampiric entity
of wetiko to make itself at home in the most intimate
Wetiko psychosis is at the very root of humanity’s spaces of our own psyche. It is through the dynamic
inhumanity to itself in all its various forms. As a species, of shadow projection that the wetiko bug digs in and
we need to step into and participate with our own entrenches itself within our psyches, where it is then
spiritual and psychological evolution, which means able to commandeer the executive function of the
that we must focus our attention on and contemplate psyche to its own ends. When we project the shadow,
this topic of topics before this virulent madness we unwittingly become a conduit for evil to possess us
destroys us. Up until this point in our history we have from behind, beneath our conscious awareness, and to
been too easily distracted by the ruses of the wetiko act itself out through us. When there is mutual shadow
bug itself. The disease itself is now demanding that projection between individuals, groups or nations,

21. each side has an unconscious investment in the other and dream up others to experience what it is like to
playing out the projected evil so as to prove their own be the part of themselves which they have split off
self-righteous innocence, a dynamic which becomes from and denied, and are thus not able to consciously
self-reinforcing and continually feeds the polarization in experience – the part of themselves that has been
the field. Shadow projection, as it collectively plays out abused and vampirized. In playing this out, wetikos are
en masse on the world stage is an outer reflection of transmitting and transferring their own depraved state
the initial process within ourselves of our “be-night-ed” of inner deadness to others in a perverse form of trying
effort to exterminate our own darkness. When shadow to deal with their own suffering. Paradoxically, wetikos
projection happens en masse, it is as if the archetype of both try to destroy others’ light, as it reminds them of
evil emits its toxic radioactivity underground, through what they’ve killed in themselves, while simultaneously
the shared unconscious of the collective, and manifests trying to appropriate the light for themselves.
collectively as destructive psychic epidemics.
In shadow projection, we attempt to master and
experience power over the internal condition that
originally proclaimed our powerlessness to ourselves
not by becoming conscious, but by unconsciously
identifying with, becoming, and then acting out the
power to externally destroy. Unconsciously acting
out unbound power without restraint is our perverse Wetiko disease is an expression of the convincing
way of defending against the internal breakthrough illusion of the separate self gone wild. Bewitched by
of feelings of helplessness. Evacuating and relocating the intrinsic projective tendencies of their own mind,
our inner darkness outside of ourselves by demonizing full-blown wetikos are unconsciously doing the very
the ‘other’ seemingly protects us from feeling our thing they are reacting to and accusing other people
vulnerability and pain. Our inner anxiety about our of doing. Projecting the shadow onto others, they will
existential ‘power to be’ attempts to resolve itself in accuse others of projecting the shadow onto them.
the power to act free from restraint. In an unmediated To use an extreme, but prototypical example, it is like
expression of our disempowered inner condition, our someone screaming that you’re killing them as they
unconscious acting out does not surmount the need for kill you. If their insanity is reflected back to them,
compulsive repetition, however, but rather, assures it. they think it is the mirror that is insane. Suffering
Wetikos’ modus operandi, their MO, becomes to root from a form of psychic blindness that believes itself to
out and kill everything that feels tender, vulnerable and be sightedness, full-blown wetikos project out their
alive within themselves, thus systematically murdering own unconscious blindness and imagine that others,
anything and everything within them that could instead of themselves, are the ones who are not seeing.
possibly melt or produce a crack in the ice that encases Governed by the insane, self-perpetuating logic of fear
their heart. and paranoia, those taken over by the disease fear that
if they don’t attack and rule over others, they are in
danger of being attacked and ruled over themselves.
Because full-blown wetikos are soul murderers who In their convoluted, upside-down, flawless illogic,
continually recreate the on-going process of killing their wetikos re-act to their own projections in the world as
own soul, they are reflexively compelled to do this to if they objectively exist and are other than themselves,
others; for what the soul does to itself, it can’t help but thinking that they themselves have nothing to do with
to do to others. In a perverse inversion of the golden creating that to which they are reacting. Someone fully
rule, instead of treating others how they would like to taken over by the wetiko bug is like a kitten endlessly
be treated, wetikos do unto others what was done unto reacting to her reflection in a mirror as if it is another
them. The wetiko is simply a living link in a timeless, kitten separate from and other than herself. The evil we
vampiric lineage of abuse. Full-blown wetikos induce see in the full-blown wetikos is a reflection of our own

22. evil; if we don’t recognize this, we will just be projecting
our shadow onto them. We are then guilty of the very
same thing (shadow projecting) we are essentially A FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER COME TO LIFE
reacting to and of which we are accusing them. Wetikos suffer from what is called “pseudologia
phantastica,” a form of hysteria characterized by a
talent for believing their own lies. “Lying,” Forbes
The term wetiko is a Cree term (windigo in Ojibway, writes, “in fact may represent a key strand in the entire
wintiko in Powhatan) which, to quote Forbes, refers to epidemiology of wetokoism.” Ultimately deceiving
“an evil person or spirit who terrorizes other creatures themselves as they believe in the propaganda of their
by means of terrible evil acts.” Wetikos are the human own lies, full-blown wetikos become strangers to
instruments for the transpersonal spirit of evil to themselves. Wetikos continually have to invest their
terrorize the world. In wetiko disease, we unwittingly life force in lying to themselves, while at the same
become drafted into being foot soldiers in the war not time fooling themselves into believing that they are
on, but of and for terror. The wetiko parasite feeds on not doing so, a version of what George Orwell referred
and harvests the emotions of fear and terror. Terror to as doublethink. Suffering from amnesia, they have
is the essence of its insidious “ill-logical ill-usion.” forgotten what it is to remember, and to seal the deal,
In wetiko disease, the psyche takes the terror that they have forgotten that they have forgotten. The
haunts it from within, and in its attempt to master it, result is that they split their mind in two. Falling into
unwittingly becomes taken over by it, thus becoming denial, and yet denying they are in the state of denial,
an instrument of terror in the world. We have then becomes a process that they are invested in at all costs,
become the thing we most feared, creatures of the or it would blow their denial. Anything that threatens
their perverse state of affairs has to be destroyed.
Hiding from their lie, they are in essence hiding from
themselves, which is pure madness.
Instead of living from and out of an awareness of the
psyche, full-blown wetikos continually avoid awareness
of the psyche, a habitual pattern which becomes their
internal compass and continual default, their M.O.
Taking refuge not in, but from, themselves, wetikos are
continually fleeing from themselves, endlessly circling
around in the hamster wheel of samsara. All of their
energy gets invested in fueling their own, and others,
deception. Their will becomes dedicated to hiding
from the truth of what they are doing, a truth, which
endlessly pursues them, as they continually avoid
relationship with themselves. Wetikos become wedded
to the full-time occupation of keeping one step ahead
of themselves, a process that, once it gains a certain
momentum, attains a seeming autonomy that is self-
generating. As this inner process progresses, it gains
European nightmare world, as we psychologically a sovereignty over their psyche, as if a self-created
terrorize ourselves, as well as terrorizing the world at Frankenstein monster has come to life in the flesh. The
large. Wetiko is the bug that feeds the experience of wetikos have then created their own sci-fi nightmare,
terror within our minds and out in the world, fueling with themselves in the starring role. Once created,
one of its more prominent manifestations in our world a mind-virus like wetiko, just like the Frankenstein
today: the Global War on Terror. monster, gains a seeming life of its own, independent

23. of its creator. It then holds its creator in thralls, unable of anger, frustration, numbness and rage. Suffering
to escape from the out-of-control hell of their own from a deep disorder of feeling in which they cannot
making. allow themselves to consciously feel, they typically
swing between numbness and rage. Fixed in their own
limited and myopic point of view, they have no capacity
Speaking of someone possessed by the wetiko virus, to see themselves as others see them. Proclamations
Forbes writes, “such a person cannot be authentic. to the contrary, they have neither empathy nor
Such a person is not merely a pimp, he is also a ghost, compassion. They can’t see the world through others
as it were, a mere imitation of a person. His life is point of view, only through their own, which in Hannah
an imitation of life…their life is less than that of a Arendt’s opinion is a primary characteristic of what
wild (free) animal who is, after all always authentic.” she calls the “banality of evil.” Wetikos don’t relate
Wetikos become unreal to themselves, a simulation to others as autonomous, independent beings, but
of themselves. Split in two, they become schizoid, rather, as pawns to be used as means to their own
dissociated from themselves, duality having seemingly selfish ends, objects to be manipulated for their own
established itself as the reigning logic at the core of narcissistic benefit, rather than as ends in themselves,
their being. Different parts of the person taken over by subjects with their own intrinsic value and valid
wetiko become compartmentalized, neither connected viewpoints. Because they have lost connection to their
to each other nor to the whole. This process of inner soul, they cannot hear the pleas of nor see the soul
fragmentation serves to hide from the wetikos what in others. They refuse to see the harm their actions
they are doing to themselves, as they become their are doing to others, as this would injure their overly
own never-ending cover-up. This psychological dynamic positive, inflated narcissistic self-image, which protects
is kept in place by how painful it is to behold and them from consciously feeling their shame and guilt.
contemplate the modes of avoidance they construct Seemingly unable to consciously experience their guilt
to protect themselves from what they do not want to animates more shadow projection, which fuels the
know. And yet, as painful as it is, it is only in the seeing wetiko pathogen in a continually self-regenerating
of what they are doing (to themselves) that there is feedback loop. Unwilling to experience their guilt,
any possibility of becoming free from this malignant wetikos are afraid of being exposed, of being found
malady. out, which is an outer reflection of the terror that the
wetiko parasite within us feels at potentially being
illumined.
Wetikos can psychopathically (and thus toxically)
mimic the human personality perfectly. If it serves
their agenda, they can be convincing beyond belief,
making themselves out to be normal, caring, politically
correct human beings. They are unable, however, to
grasp emotionally the meaning implicit in the thoughts
and feelings they are exhibiting. They lack insight into
how they differ from others, for they do not differ
from others as they see others. They are skillful at We secretly feel a sense of guilt when we shadow
pretending love and devotion, as if they are imitating a project, because we inwardly know we are not in our
person. Impersonating themselves, their existence is a integrity. This sense of guilt itself is the very feeling
true parody of life. They can’t distinguish between their from which we split-off. Our guilt does not allow us to
mimicked (pseudo) responses of love, remorse, etc., feel our guilt, which is what we secretly feel guilty over.
and the genuinely felt responses of a healthy person. To the extent that we don’t consciously experience our
guilt, we become caught in an infinitely perpetuating
double bind, in which we project out our guilt and
darkness perpetuating the very thing we feel guilty
Full-blown wetikos are emotionally stunted, as their about, ad infinitum.
feelings are confined to the primitive, archaic emotions

24. rape. Etymologically, the meaning of the word evil has
to do with excess as well as to transgress boundaries.
Big wetikos may neither know nor be forced to come to Full-fledged wetikos are rapists of the human soul.
terms with the harm they have caused, as oftentimes The word ‘rape,’ etymologically speaking, is derived
they find themselves in the privileged position of the from words that mean to overwhelm, to enrapture, to
victors who rewrite history on their own terms. Many invade, to usurp, to pillage, and to steal, which are all
of our society’s historians, themselves infected by the characteristics of someone who is taken over by the
wetiko virus, exalt aggressive and exploitative behavior, wetiko virus.
categorizing as primitive and backwards those, who
don’t forcibly conquer others, thereby subtly and
subliminally brainwashing the young into the ways of
the world of wetiko. Wetiko disease is a self-devouring operating system
that leaves nothing unmolested. It is a living death
sentence that, if left unchecked, destroys everything
within its dominion, including itself. Wetiko psychosis
THE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE EMPIRE ensures that everything is sacrificed on its altar of
Being a field phenomenon, wetiko psychosis doesn’t death and destruction. From a galactic perspective, our
just express itself individually, but its nonlocal tentacles planetary so-called “civilization” is a living, spreading
are continually manifesting collectively throughout outbreak of wetiko psychosis that is threatening
the underlying field of consciousness. The multi- to destroy not only its human host, but the entire
headed hydra that is the wetiko collective psychosis planetary biosphere which makes life on earth possible
materializes itself in families, groups, nations, and in as well. Speaking of wetikos’ ravenous hunger, Forbes
whole species such as ours. Wetiko’s body politic has an points out, “It’s voracious, rapacious, appetite will
intrinsic and insistent need for centralizing power and cause it to literally eat itself.” Forbes continues, “The
control, fueled by the bottom line of corporate-driven rape of a woman, the rape of a land, and the rape of
profits. Speaking about the monster of ever-expanding a people, they are all the same…Brutality knows no
empire, Forbes writes, “imperialism and exploitation boundaries. Greed knows no limits. Perversion knows
are forms of cannibalism and, in fact, are precisely no borders. Arrogance knows no frontiers. Desire
those forms of cannibalism which are most diabolical knows no edges. These characteristics all tend to push
or evil” A front for the underlying wetiko virus, the towards an extreme, always moving forward once
military-industrial-criminal-complex, with its ultimately the initial infection sets in.” Untreated, this psychic
self-destructive, built-in need for endless expansion infection gradually takes hold of the wetikos’ being,
is like a systematic runaway in cybernetic theory. The corrupting their heart, poisoning their psychic body
Frankenstein monster of ever-enlarging empire is like politic from within. Like the virus of evil insinuating
a runaway locomotive gaining speed, approaching itself into the soul in incremental, un-noticed steps,
the event horizon of its inevitable crash, all under the at a certain point this leukemia of the soul becomes
deceptive banner of progress. Meanwhile, this progress irreversible, inevitably leading to its host’s destruction.
destroys people, families, communities, and potentially, The wetiko virus’s pathogenic effects within an
the biosphere itself upon which human life depends. individual are a microcosmic fractal iteration of the
“Wetikos,” Forbes writes, “have taken their Satan to collective, macrocosmic dynamics of the disease; how
the four-corners of the world, and they have made him wetiko works within each of us is synchronistically
their God.” mirrored with stunning perfection in how it is playing
out throughout the greater body politic.
Evil is like a pathogen that enters a system, be it an
individual, nation-state, or world-system, and exploits Unchecked by a psychic vaccine, the disease, like an
the system, knocking it off balance. Such disturbances addiction running rampant, is progressive and is thus
can transform something wholesome, such as the getting worse over time. Forbes writes, “The wetikos
drive to reproduce, into something evil – the drive to destroyed Egypt and Babylon and Athens and Rome