Positive Energy Guide

E.J.'s Paints

(Continued from Part 7) E.J. has been creating video games designed to train their players in some oftheinternal skills and principles necessary for making transitions in consciousness from one level to the next. “This is something people can do that is a little bit removed from doing the work directly,” he told me. ”They can involve themselves with some of the important elements of the work and familiarize themselves with them even if they are not yet able to do more.”

The group’s sci-fi vibe from the game project, orchestral teamwork, striking mixed nation accents and appearance, and the other-worldly collection of art in the shared living quarters made me feel like I was on a rebel starship.

E.J. generally goes to bed around 6:30 and gets up around 12:30–to work in the quiet hours when the energy is clear and open, I would guess. As our after dinner conversation drew out, I sensed it would end if I got up to relieve myself, so I sat in growing discomfort until it felt like time to move. It was 9:30!

It was time to go. Fortunately E.J. welcomed me to return over the duration of my stay in the area. This gave a chance to talk with him about entities, sensitivity to energy, and accidental transfer of energy from one person to another. He calls picking up energy “incursion.”

Back on the farm where I was to park and sleep the stars astonished me with their multitudes. In a conversation with one of my hostesses asked me to write about how I came to be visiting here and how I would describe or manage the sense of unity, belonging, or connection visitors feel with the community. I had just said: Presence creates the experience of unity.

I was speaking to the fact that many who visit feel an inherent sense of belonging or involvement. She liked the way I describe things and wanted my take on it. I will elaborate on my comment:

When we are present in the moment, authentic, and sincere, and we turn our attention to another person, they feel connected. Being treated to full attention makes us feel significant, loved even. Our associations of interacting with people being present with us are accompanied by memories and sensations of being personally involved. So when we encounter a group of more-than-normally-present people we feel connected.

An interesting thing about presence is that when we are present in the moment, rules are unnecessary, and structure is allowed to morph to accommodate authentic individual expression. We respond.

One more insight I had is that during the time I the feeling that I was being managed, this was more about stewardship than control. People were looking to give me structure. As I shared with them later, I need less structure than some guests may. Unlike many, I did not come to primarily to learn. I came to experience and commune. Communing with aware beings, fitting in with them, honoring them from a position of equality, and allowing one’s self to be influenced can transform us more than memorizing data. Not that E.J.’s teachings have to do with the information. For this reason I plan to read more of his books, including, “The American Book of the Dead.”