CHAPTER 11
OBSESSIONS
Obsessions! There is a
hesitance among those who work
in the psychic and intuitive realm to
work with this subject; to clarify the actions and reactions, the connotations,
of this field. A mental picture of
someone who is obsessed can come to many persons. They may be under the domination of a habit, a person or a
compulsion that is in control of another individual.
The
challenges to the worker are many.
First of all, we must be ASKED to help.
We are never to push ourselves forward.
The asking need not always come from the individual obsessed since they
are too ill or don't realize their dangerous situation. Others who may ask must be very warmly yet
impartially loving, such as parents or family members. They must "judge not, lest they be
judged."
We must also
affirm that we have no personal responsibility for the work done. It is impersonal and performed by Universal
Mind that touches the Divine Spark in the being to whom we extend help. We ask for sufficient protection so that we
are encompassed by the Divine Presence and nothing can come near which is not
for us.
If
we have any fear to do the work, it is far better to gently but firmly state to
whoever has asked for help that this isn’t in our area of expertise. The questioners should then go to the
Creative Force within themselves and meet their own challenges or find someone
who is more confident in this department.
Actually,
obsession is not always a vicious thing placed upon us by another person but
may be a habit that we will not or apparently cannot shake without help. In either case, any habit which “has us”
rather than we “have it” or that seems to be overwhelmingly put upon us by
someone on the other side, is our own responsibility. This is so because WE LET IT HAPPEN TO US. No person or thing has power over us unless
we permit it.
There are
actually two types of obsession – small, personal ones which the individual is
capable of handling, in which case a small bit of advice may be all that is
necessary or perhaps the individual realizes their own challenge and doesn’t
need any outside help.
A
very small personal example of the later: during the last pregnancy of the
author many years ago during World War II, she telephoned her husband to tell
him she was pregnant. Before she got
the words out, he told her the night baker had quit. The work of the bakery seemed to be more important than the
personal situation so she worked during almost the whole nine months as the
baker. Any pregnant woman can realize
this as almost an impossible task.
She
reasoned she probably carried a low-grade fever during the entire time as she
craved ice constantly. She allowed
herself to become addicted to cherry cokes and chopped ice from the drug store
soda fountain. She never visited the
doctor again until she became ill a few weeks before the baby was born. The mention of a soda fountain and the lack
of medical care date her for soda fountains are rarely seen in today’s world
and the medical neglect wouldn’t be allowed in this time period. This apparently tiny habit which may seem
small to others was huge to her.
It
was an obsession to her since cherry cokes and ice chips “had her,” not the
other way around. She could give any
number of excuses but as she understood it, she was responsible. After the birth of her youngest son, she
took charge of the habit. She made up
her mind not to touch a "cola product" of any kind until she was in
control. For two years she didn’t drink
a drop of one. Then, because she felt
she had won her battle, she permitted herself an occasional one. That’s where she still is more than fifty
years later – she still drinks one once in a while.
You
laugh at such a small habit? It wasn’t
little to her. As she never drank
alcoholic beverages nor smoked cigarettes or pot, nor sniffed cocaine, it was
big to her that long ago and the remembrance is still real to this day.
Let
us look at our own personal habits that we insist upon continuing even when we
know they aren’t good for us before we go into heavier work. Is this small habit an obsession because we
feel we can’t get rid of it? Think
about it. Do we have a strong enough
personal will to say, “No more!” and stay with it? If so, congratulations!
Take that same energy and belief into the larger field.
If,
on the other hand, like St. Paul, the Christian missionary, we say, “I do not
understand what I do; but instead I do what I hate . . . for even though the
desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it. I don’t do the good I want to do; instead, I do the evil that I
do not want to do.” (Rom. 7:15-18)
What
are some things that may obsess us?
There surely are the well-known habits which are considered to be crimes
and through which we are confined in jail or prison – pot smoking; cocaine sniffing,
heroin mainlining, alcohol overuse.
These are the types of habits we meant when we mentioned the challenges
of working with severe cases of obsession.
There is also the desire for wealth that can be a compulsion. If our every thought and action drive us
harder and harder to accumulate riches for the possession itself, we need help.
Perhaps
we must be constantly busy, never permitting a quiet moment in our lives for
thinking anything through; contemplating our place in the world. Do we frantically clean house? Envy another until we become ill with
covetousness? Constantly be on the
phone so that we are pests to others?
These types of challenge are put upon us by ourselves.
Perhaps
we recognize ourselves in the above or maybe we are asked for help along these
lines. If this our own challenge, we
can recognize the addiction and place it in the hands of Highest Source in
prayer or petition, thus: “I lovingly
give into your forgiving, healing hands this obsession of mine (or of another,
if asked.) It shall be according to
your Will, not mine nor theirs.” Just
simple statements of faith like that can help overcome the desire that has had
possession.
When
we allow someone else to rule us; to submerge us in a different life, we have
no freedom, no matter how much we love him or her or the person loves us. We must recognize that this is not the Will
of Universal Mind. It is an obsessing
love. The same would be true if we held
another in the bondage of our own selfish love.
True
love never desires to control another.
It is not of our Creator’s Light.
When we see people in any situation attempting in subtle ways to control
others, we realize we are dealing with negative psychology. This is so, for instance, when people permit
the deluge of advertisements that come in the mail to convince themselves that
they need to buy something. This is a
type of obsession.
The Light of the
Triune Ray, tempered to what is right for all concerned, must be poured upon
this kind of love because it is not that of the Creator. We have already learned the rules for using
this magnificent tool.
Another
situation that needs this treatment is the plight of senior citizens that often
believe all the ads that come in the mail for various types of insurance which
are purportedly needed. Or they are
convinced they have won a sweepstakes and that the prize has been lost.
It is very possible that the Power of the
Word and of Thought is being used negatively toward those concerned. This is obsession. It should be recognized and the Freeing Word of clearing of body,
mind and soul for all needs to be spoken for those open to this type of
negation.
We
must remind ourselves that if we are in need of a particular thing, it is our
right and privilege to seek it, rather than having many things put upon us.
Look
about and note obsessions in many forms that are designed to lure us into an
addicting habit that we aren’t sure we want or need. Politicians may try to influence us and our minds can become
blurred with the ideas they are trying to force upon us. It is our privilege to use our free will
mind rather than absorb another’s philosophy.
We will then decide judiciously rather than through enticement.
Thought
forces constantly surround us in the practical world. Words and pictures that try to make us buy something we don’t
need nor do something really unnecessary.
If this happens, we allow ourselves to be pulled into another’s orbit of
persuasion. We will remember that we
learned in the beginning of this manuscript that we are bombarded every second
by ideas from the ethers. Many of those
thought pictures are put out negatively.
Our prayers of protection put on us each day will help us avoid
them. We have the ability and free will
to make a good selection! Be free, not
under anyone else’s power. Know these
thing for what they are – obsessions that close the mind to Truth.
We
ask that healing may take place in all that hold excessive ideas – obsessions –
and we use healing prayers for them. We
finish this portion of our work with statements of thanksgiving for the removal
of evil.
Now
we come to the more serious side of obsessions – that for which we need the
extra protection. This work is done on
the inner plane and this is when we question if the work is ours to
channel.
Medical
persons of today are aware of possession of patients by powerful drugs but few
have realized that there are those who have died but have chosen to stay “earth
bound.” These beings can attract
serious conditions as they attach themselves to those on this side of the
veil. There are forces unseen by the
human eye that can affect and control human beings on the earth plane.
Many
souls who pass out of the physical life have a psychic rather than a spiritual
body. They still have the desires of
the flesh very strongly. There is no
way for them to satisfy their cravings except to draw close to a human being on
Planet Earth who is indulging in the same habit as they and whose personality
light is bright. Those on the other
side try to get a “second hand high” through or from that person.
Take
for example a man who is an alcoholic in this life. He may wish to stop drinking and often say and believe, “I can’t
do it because there’s something that seems to make me take another drink.”
When
this happens, the person is probably speaking the truth for there may be an
obsessing entity wrapped around him, especially the head, like an octopus. It is pouring the thought on the victim to
drink – more and more – and more. The
entity is only able to breathe in or absorb the fumes coming from the head of
the drinker. It receives but little
satisfaction for its habit. It is as
though the person was dying of thirst and could only get one drop of water at a
time.
This
is the same with all the weaknesses or “sins” as the scriptures call them that
afflict humanity. So often theft, rape
and even murder come from the unseen influences of entities that try to get
satisfaction from human beings.
Sometimes,
but not often, the one who is obsessed recognizes the condition and asks for
help. More often loved ones or friends
ask for assistance for them. There has
to be a petition for help because of our free will. Help can only be given when requested.
Here
is a very simple way of helping someone like the ones above. In our meditational time, first we pray the
prayers of protection for one’s self and all other workers. It is good to have three persons and it is
especially helpful if one has the gift of extended vision, but if not, surely
there is one who “feels” things strongly or has the gift of “knowing.”
Three
working together make a trinity of Love, Life and Light. This gives more power. One looks or “feels,” another “speaks the
Word” and the third holds the power or does silent prayer work.
It
isn’t our job to help the obsessing soul.
There are millions of those in the inner kingdom whose work is to take
care of the obsessor. Our work is
freeing the one on earth who is obsessed.
After our protection is complete, we invite
in the angelic helpers. It is our
privilege to call upon the Hosts of Heaven to assist us. Some are angels including the Masters of
Wisdom, the Color Ray Workers, Scientists of the Heavens and all the healers
from the Inner Temples of Healing.
The
procedure is thus: 1) the workers and the patient must be protected. 2) The one
being helped who is on this plane is called “into visibility” whether they are
seated beside us or are many miles away.
We are not working with the personal being but with the inner being
. We
speak their name aloud three times. If
the one who can “see” doesn’t have a picture in sight, we say, “In the Name,
through the Power and by the Word of Universal Mind, come forth into visibility
and show your true identity.” Sometimes
the one being called is held back by the obsessing entity. If they still aren’t seen, we say, “Whoever
is holding this soul back from freedom, release it instantly in the Name of
Universal Mind!”
The
one who has the gift of vision may see the soul walking in erectly or creeping
in on hands and knees or staggering, often falling down, lying prostrate.
We
then ask the healers and helpers in the Inner to come to the person’s aid. Often he/she will rise to their knees. At that time we say, “In the Name of
Universal Mind, Stand up! Don’t be
afraid. We are here to help you.” Then use this powerful statement: “In the Name of Universal Mind, we take the
great Sword of the Spirit in our mental hands and cut every line that binds
this soul to the Dark Ones.
We allow time for
this to take place before we declare, "In the Name of our Creator, dear
one, you are absolutely free! For this
we give thanks.”
We
call the healers and helpers again and ask them to take care of the soul for
the one who has been freed is weak and needs the help that these unselfish
workers can give. Those who have helped
are to be thanked and we also express our gratitude to our Creator for the
privilege of helping and freeing one of its beloved ones.
The
work is closed with a prayer of peace and thankfulness.
After
an intricate piece of work like this is done, we always remove ourselves from
the area for a while. We shake our
hands vigorously, then wash them to take us out of the atmosphere. Stretch.
Walk outside for a bit. Break up
the atmosphere of intensity for this is work that takes stamina.
Ask
Universal Mind to refill your energy and protection.
Don’t
attempt to do more than one case of this type on any given day.
Give
our Creator thanks that you have been protected from all psychic and emotional
harms. Be grateful for having been
blessed to be a channel for the good work accomplished.
Rest and rejoice.