Spiritual Thermometer
(wasting subtle energy is so easily to do)

Negativity wastes precious energy – if we over-react. Subtle energy transforms into gross energy.

When we over-react to something we have read, heard, seen, touched or smelled, the inner ‘wind’ in the subtle body (the nervous system) rises and we experience a ‘gut’ reaction. This may then rise to the heart, throat or head, and we feel a sensation of tension in those areas, and lose a little sanity (and our immune system may also be affected).

There is some material that we read or hear that can be so overwhelmingly negative that it has the effect of dragging down the subtle energy into gross energy, and we really do feel the effect of this. That is when the inner wind is rising – a bit like a spiritual thermometer 😉

It takes understanding to be able to deal with such negativity, and transform it into positivity; this is what Gampopa means by “confusion dawning as wisdom”.

There is a problem with listening to the same old wisdom every day; we stop hearing, and look for something new. But it’s not the ‘same old wisdom’ – which is ancient wisdom: with the clearing of obstacles (dare I say it – letting go), a refinement takes place.

The more the profound, the simpler it gets.
It’s what Buddha in the Mud is all about.

There is no Mud and there is no Buddha:
just pure awareness.