thought, speak in service to that thought, and take some
physical action in service to that thought.
Such emotions as fear, anger and greed are not inherently
bad or negative, for if they’re handled skillfully, they can
become helpful resources. If the conscience recognizes
them as merely an ego or sense gratification that conflicts
with your own Inner Wisdom, you are being asked to
renounce your attachment to them so that their intrinsic
power can be transformed and stored for your future use.
The laws of physical science state that energy cannot be
created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed. Viewing
Yoga as a sister science, the ancients experimented with
controlling, conserving and transforming the energy of
thought. Through trial and error they realized that when
they renounced a single contractive and debilitating desire
that conflicted with their own inner wisdom, the energy of
that desire manifested in a different form.
Recognizing this process, imagine what would happen if,
instead of gasoline, twenty gallons of crude oil directly from
the fields of Saudi Arabia were pumped into your car’s gas
tank. It would wreck your engine. Crude oil is simply of no
use in a combustion engine. To become an appropriate fuel
for your automobile, the raw oil must first be refined.
Each of us has the capacity to employ a refining process
that can transform the raw, inherent power of every
thought, desire and emotion. When the mind’s conscience,
intuitively advises that the unusable, destructive and
constrictive power of a particular fear, anger or self-willed
desire is appearing in your awareness, you, as a Yoga
scientis t, have access to a mechanism for capturing and
transforming that power. This refinement process is
accomplished by consciously and willingly renouncing your
attachment.
Remember, in every moment, the conscience is always
present to advise you when it’s not in your best long-term
interest to give your continued attention to a specific ego or
sense gratification. If you consciously or unconsciously
choose to serve any thought, word or deed that conflicts
with your own inner wisdom, you will inevitably
experience some form of physical, mental, emotional or
spiritual dis-ease.
Every thought, word and deed is a means for spiritual
unfoldment. Recognizing that desire is the fuel for human
action, the ancient sages conceived a scientific formula that
might well be called the spiritual equivalent of Albert
Einstein’s E=MC2. The formula they discerned was D = E
+ W + C.
Every desire is composed of three basic components:
energy, will power and creativity (consciousness). When
you align every thought, word and action with the wise and
The major crisis of our
culture today is not one
of IQ––intelligence
quotient. Rather, the
problem we face
individually and
collectively is one of
WQ––will quotient.
good counsel of the mind’s conscience, you’ll be led for your
highest and greatest good. When you willingly and consciously
surrender your attachment to the merely pleasant, comfortable,
familiar and attractive ego or sense gratification that conflicts with
the conscience, you really give up nothing of value. You can
never lose the intrinsic power of those thoughts. Instead, your
voluntary act of sacrifice automatically transforms them into
internal reserves of positive energy and will power, and opens
the doorway to the superconscious portion of the mind––your
access to the Divine source of intuitive wisdom and creativity.
JAN 2018
YOGIC HERALD 63