Karmic Cleaning and the novice learner

Some days as I tramp up the mountain of metaphysical evolution I like to pause and look at the view of how far I have come. But the reality hits home as soon as I turn to continue my journey, of just how much of a novice I actually am. It is not that I mind feeling like a novice, not at all, in fact I am excited about the opportunity that lies before me. It is just I have to remind myself that every part of the journey is as valuable as any other, and that each step up the mountain can be executed with the same enthusiasm as long as I stay grounded in my now enjoying my current experiences that wont be available to me further up the mountain. Today I had a thought to begin energizing my food before I consume it. The best experience I had of doing this was actually before drinking water. I have decided that if I can do this regularly as in at every point that food/drink is on offer, then I am very likely going to be more able to kick the habit of eating dead food such as processed foods and drinks. I guess in a way it is like saying grace before eating. By having a sense of appreciation for what I am about to eat, I feel better about myself, and of course I am producing that all important appreciation energy. There is a slight difference here of course, and that is I had the intention to energize the water before I drank it, so as I was drinking it I felt I was drinking something more than just water. I believe there is plenty of merit in this idea, which I am sure I will discover in time. One of my karmic cleaning tasks is to change some of my old habits. Eating high sugar items, is one habit I am working on now. So this concept of connecting to my soul before I consume, as well as having an intention to energize or appreciate what I am eating helps a lot. What I have run into of course, is that ego doesn't wait for anyone, and is disastrously sly at grabbing and swallowing while my attention is else where. I have a never surrender attitude, so every time ego gets the better of me, I become more determined to close down that avenue. I had another thought today about Kundalini. I have seen a bit of material on it. I have a hypothesis about it. What if our brains were conditioned to interpret certain levels of energy within us. Perhaps it is a safety mechanism, but for now I will refrain from that belief. What if the energy within us rises with appreciation, karmic cleaning, and positive energizing, and like a thermometer as the level rises it passes through stages. What if the stages were measured as feelings. What if the first level was interpreted as happiness. The next level as excitment, the next as inspirational, the next as sexual. What if, the default mechanism of the brain/ego is designed to vent that energy to prevent it from intensifying and further rising. At the moment, the ego is in charge. The ego wishes to be the creator, and manipulates everything so as to position itself just so. What if the next tier up from sexual, was a creation/ manifestation tier. The ego would work overtime to ensure that we never made it to that point. Hence the ego has become an expert at "tempting us into actions that alleviate us of the energy that were have. Now this is not some anti sex campaign. But I think there is some merit in the idea. Somewhere along the line, there are certain things that the majority of the population have in common. Some sort of conditioning and learned behaviours that defy boundaries of age and race and gender to keep us around the same level. Of course there are many who jump ahead, and of course the group consciousness evolves over time, but something acts as a brake, something that all have in common. I will contemplate often over the next little while to see what pathways are there in relation to this. I have done up my plan for Dec. One of the things I am going to set up this week, is an abundance fund. This idea is born from the fact that spending is an infinite exercise. That the only way for me to get forward from my current state is to make a decision to not spend anything in the coming week unless I have specifically planned for it. Nothing that I haven't planned for not even bills are so important that they would have to be paid for within a week if they arrived during this week. I have found that my creating ability has been getting better and better. I am easily able to create an abundance every week. The but of course, is that without quality planning, I find things to spend it on. Also the ego wants to control everything, and create what it wants. So any extra energy I have surplus to my decisions, the ego is keen to get a hold of and use for it'self. Due to the fact that I am seeking to experience abundance, and off load ego so that it no longer is in control of the ship, I have proposed a new method of managing my surplus manifested energy. I have created a future fund concept. This is an account that all surplus funds go into at the end of a week. At this time, this money is no longer available for manifesting. It is instead invested with the intention of only using the interest. Effectively I am using energy to create more energy. Then I set my goals again for the following week, starting my week back at zero, and seeking from the universe the means to create my new desires and needs. I think one of the most important aspects of this is that I am looking to the universe as my provider not my ego. Intention is good as it sets the direction to move in. Action is great because it gets me out on the road. Reviewing enables me to change direction if I deviate from the path, and therefore brings about development and evolution.