Driven By Desires

Siddhananda: So, another guy here (shows a small cream stone with a golden edge on one side). I'm hearing, “Influenced by so many things."

G: Okay.

Siddhananda: (pause) So I'm asking, what kind of things are you influenced by?

G: Mm hmm.

Siddhananda: (pause) I'm seeing an image of the chakras.

G: Okay.

Siddhananda: I'm asking him if he's focusing on the chakras. He said that he was ... he/she.  I can see the whole scale of the chakras and it feels like he, this energy, is particularly focused on the lower chakras.

G: Ah, Okay.

Siddhananda: Is that correct?

Spirit: I'm here.

G: Why would you focus on the lower chakras (laughing)?

Siddhananda: (laughing) Good question!

G: For what reason are you doing that (laughing), pray tell?

Siddhananda: (laughing) Stop it! No, just kidding (laughing).

Spirit:  Because ... (pausing for a time) ... ego? Driven by desires.

G: Mm hmm (nodding).

Spirit: Driven by desires.

G: Okay, and that's helped you how?

G and Siddhananda:  (laughing)

Spirit: To feed my desires and cravings.
 
G: Mm hmm ... mm hmm ... are you willing to let go of those yet?

Spirit: Yes!

Siddhananda: He's had his fill there ... he/she.

G: Yeah.

Siddhananda: That's what he feels like ... he's done. I don't think it was necessarily a practice, but maybe it's his way of saying that’s the way he's [been].

G: Yeah, he's been run by his desires rather than pure light.

Siddhananda: Yes, and cravings ...

G:  Ask, instead then, for the pure light of wisdom rather than seeking pleasures of the form. This is not to say if you seek the true light of wisdom that you won't have pleasures (laughing).

Siddhananda: Right!

G: Guaranteed, they are better pleasures than you had before (laughing).

Siddhananda: He's saying, "Thank you for telling me that."

G: Also, understand that you don't focus on chakras. They are just levels and layers of consciousness that one passes through. That is the indication of what it is.
 
Spirit: So, they're not ...What's that saying? So, that's not what has to do with yourself so much ... the chakras?

G: In a way, but it has to do more with going through the levels and layers of consciousness  ... ideals and ideations. One passes through each level, each layer, and gets a chance to dispel them, to see them, to encounter them and to let go of them.

Siddhananda: Okay, so now, as you're speaking, I do hear more of a balancing,  a fluctuation between the lower [chakras], and getting a little higher (laughing).

G: Right, yeah.

Siddhananda: Aiming higher, which is nice (laughing).

G: That's good (laughing). We're making progress.

Siddhananda: It's a good thing! Aim higher! He's laughing.

Spirit:  I want to aim higher.

G: Aim higher, yeah (laughing).

Siddhananda: (laughing) Get past those base primal [desires]...

G:  ... Yeah, let's get past the base primal stuff.

Siddhananda: Come into spirit more, and, that's what he, this energy, is wanting ...

Spirit:  ... to come more to the heart.

G: Aha (nodding).

Spirit: Okay, so that's more focus on the heart then?

G: Yeah, focus more on the Heart ... exactly.

Siddhananda: He's like, "Oh, that's so nice," (chuckling).

G: Yeah!

Spirit: It's nice to be out of that kind of turmoil!

G: Yeah, so he can do the "Om That I AM" and the "I AM THAT I AM."

Siddhananda: Yeah.

G: Just OM ... OM, the sound of the universe. Connect with the sound of the universe.

Siddhananda: I see an OM in my Heart. So, it's his way of saying, yeah, he's getting that energy into his Heart.

G: Right.

Siddhananda: He's ready to be quieter .

G: It's a good place to start.

Siddhananda: So I think that's good!

G: (gesturing Namaste). So, we will let him proceed from there. Thank you!

Siddhananda: Why are you doing that (laughing)? Sometimes, it's just that question that kind of rattles people ... yeah,  why am I doing that?

G: (laughing)

Siddhananda: That's stupid! No, just teasing.  But, sometimes people have to get their fill of something before they’re ready to move on.

G: Exactly.

Siddhananda: You know, that's part of a process.

G: Exactly. Sometimes people have to fall and hit rock bottom before they're ready  to move forward.

Siddhananda: Exactly.

G: it's the harder way of doing it, but sometimes that's the case.

Siddhananda: Right, but he did make that shift pretty well and I think they were really tired of that.

G: Yeah.

Siddhananda: Being in that kind of energy.

G: Yeah!