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can be enjoyed as part of the great drama of your life。 Until then； nothing
ever quite does it for you； and the enjoyment you seek will tend to elude you
as long as you addictively demand it。 When you uplevel addictions into
preferences； you enjoy it all。
When your consciousness is primarily directed toward providing you with the
sensation patterns to which you are addicted； you will have more energy than
when it was hung up on the Security Center of Consciousness。 You will
usually be with more people and you will need to sleep less。 An individual
who is hunting for sex is definitely generating more energy than a person who
is worried about his security。 In fact； one who is heavily addicted to the
security level will probably have dropped off to sleep during the early part of
the evening。 Thus the search for happiness through sensations is definitely an
improvement over the search for happiness on the Security Center of
Consciousness。 But wisdom； peace； and serenity are not yet in sight。
THE THIRD CENTER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE POWER CENTER
The last of the lower Centers of Consciousness （that can never provide you
with “enough”） is the Power Center。 Most of the people in the world are
addicted to these three lower Centers the Security Center； the Sensation
Center； and the Power Center。 The attempt to find happiness through the
Power Center is definitely a forward step in growth toward higher
consciousness。 When you are operating from the Power Center； you will
have more energy and you will interact with more people。 But these will still
be subject…object interactions in which people either cooperate with your
power games or threaten them。 In this Center； life is a series of petitive
moves and countermoves。
What do you strive for on the Third Level of Consciousness？ Is it money as a
method of wielding power rather than money as a form of security？ Is it
prestige because the more prestige you have； the more you can manipulate
people？ Do your power addictions keep you preoccupied with external
symbols such as a mod car； an attractive home； fashionable clothes； etc？ Or
have you upleveled the game to internal status symbols such as knowledge
and lots of hobbies so that others perceive you as an interesting； achieving
person？ Or perhaps sex has now bee a power game whereby you enjoy
sex not only for the sensations but also as a challenge to your Power Center。
Do you seek the sexual partner who is hardest to attract because of the ego
challenge？
Have you ever noticed that the people who are the most successful in the
power game are simply living a hollow life with external evidences of worldly
success but without really winning inside in terms of peace； serenity； and
oneness with others？ It often happens that the more successful a person
bees on the outside； the less successful he is on the inside。 Anxiety；
ulcers； and heart disease tend to increase with external “success。”
To the degree that your moment…to…moment consciousness is biased by
security； sensations； and power； you are trapped in the lower consciousness
folkways of our culture and you are not finding enough in life to be happy。
You are ready for your next step toward higher consciousness when you
deeply realize the utter futility of trying to make it in life using these lower
consciousness levels。 This does not necessarily mean that you must
drastically change your external activities。 For what you renounce is your
addictive demands and not necessarily the things you are doing。 For
example； it is not money or sex that causes unhappiness it is your addictive
demands for money or sex。 It is the clanging of the emotion…backed circuits
in your bioputer that keeps you disappointed； frustrated； and suffering if
the happenings outside you do not exactly correspond to your inside
programs。 Thus you do not renounce your worldly activities for it’s all here
for you to enjoy。 You renounce your emotion…backed demands which keep
you from enjoying the bountiful life that has always been available around
you。
It is easy to see the more obvious power games involving money； political
power； status symbols； people bossing each other around； etc。 But it is
helpful to be aware of the more subtle power games we play。 For instance； it
is clear that someone talking in a loud voice may be trying to control people；
but a power game may also be present when someone talks in an unusually
soft voice that makes people be quiet and listen hard if they are to hear。
Someone who is constantly ordering people around and who forcefully insists
that people accept his or her opinion can be ing from the Power Center。
However； someone who is always quiet can be subtly manipulating by his or
her “sweet acceptance” and “you…always…know…best” attitude。 This type of
subtle manipulation makes one put energy into extracting what someone else
really wants。 This game creates a subject…object type of separateness。 We
might ask ourselves； “What do I do to get what I want？” “What masks do I
wear？” “What part in the drama do I play？”
You have hundreds of things in your head that you are now protecting as a
part of your personal boundaries and social position。 You will grow in
happiness as you gradually realize that all of this stuff is not who you really
are。 It’s just ego…backed programming that you picked up on your way to
where you are now。 Your energy will enormously increase and your sleep
needs decrease as you give up guarding the various manifestations of your
security； sensation； and power addictions。
One of the bonuses of higher consciousness is that when you give it all up；
you get it all back。 What you give up are your inner addictive demands
what you get back is more of everything than you need in order to be happy。
As you grow into the Fourth Center of Consciousness； you will find that you
have all the power you need in your life in fact you will have more than you
need。 For your unconditional acceptance of everyone around you will open
doors that you could never have opened when you operated from the Third
Center of Consciousness。
When you approach life with power addictions； you will be instantly r