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Center of Consciousness。
When you approach life with power addictions； you will be instantly resisted
by the power addictions of other people。 Instead of opening themselves to
help you get what you want； they close themselves and are automatically
antagonistic to your power thrusts which threaten them。 As you grow into the
higher Centers of Consciousness； you will begin to experience an
effectiveness that you could never attain when you were shoving from the
Third Center； trying to bulldoze life into giving you what you thought you
needed for happiness。
Some of the most dramatic performances of your ego and your rational mind
will be triggered at the Power Center of Consciousness。 Some methods of
consciousness growth treat the ego and rational mind as enemies to be
destroyed。 In the Living Love Way； we regard the ego and the rational mind
as friends that are really there to help us but they can be like ignorant
friends who hurt us as often as they help us。 Helpfulness requires both skill
and understanding。 Our egos and rational minds are often like the wellmeaning
neighbor who sees his friend lying in the street with a broken spine
after being hit by a car。 When he picks him up to take him to the hospital； the
broken spine crushes the spinal nerves so that his friend will never walk
again。 In trying to help； the neighbor ignorantly damages his friend。
Similarly； when our egos and rational minds use lower consciousness
programming； they continually keep our lives from working in ways that
produce optimal enjoyment。
The Living Love Way does not try to kill your ego or your rational mind。
Since they are our friends that would like to help us； we engage them to help
us root out our addictions and uplevel them to preferences。 We realize that
our egos trigger a feeling of uneasiness when the outside world does not fit
our addictive models of how it all should be。 They also give us a flush of
pleasure when the outside world does fit our addictions。 In either case； we
need our egos to give us the emotional experiences that enable us to bee
aware of our addictive demands and to understand the heavy price that we
pay for all of them sooner or later if they are not reprogrammed into
preferences。
The goal is not to kill your ego but to retire it due to lack of work。 If you
killed your ego； you might retreat into a schizoid…type shell that would keep
you from enjoying the beautiful things life offers you。 Your ego has a vital
part to play in revealing to you the addictions you have yet to work on。 When
you reprogram your addictions； your ego will automatically stop triggering
negative emotions that interfere with your happiness。 So wele your ego；
watch its operation； and use it as a necessary part of you that will give you
the experiences you need in order to grow into higher consciousness。
THE THREE LOWER CENTERS
PRODUCE UNHAPPINESS IN LIFE
CENTERS ASSOCIATED
EMOTIONS
WHY THE THREE
LOWER CENTERS
OFFER A YO…YO
TYPE OF
ENJOYMENT OF
LIFE
1 … SECURITY Fear； worry； anxiety； etc。 1。 Constant driving
pulsiveness。
2。 Constant fear of loss。
3。 The rational mind
can always trigger an
unlimited chain of future
possibilities to worry
about。
2 … SENSATION Disappointment；
frustration； boredom；
etc。
1。 Constant driving
pulsiveness
2。 Constant fear of loss。
3。 When we repetitively
experience an enjoyable
sensation； we bee
satiated and bore
ourselves。
3 … POWER Anger； resentment；
irritation； hostility； hate；
etc。
1。 Constant driving
pulsiveness
2。 Constant fear of loss。
3。 Our power threat
stimulates a counterattack
from others and
we are continually
caught up in defending
and trying to control。
Chapter 11
The Two Joyous Centers
In the previous chapter； we saw that the Security； Sensation； and Power
Centers of Consciousness cannot be depended upon to continuously enable
you to feel that you are getting “enough” to be happy in life。 One problem
with the Security Center is that； with a little imagination； you can always find
one more loophole in your security setup that must be plugged。 And there is
no end 。 。 。The Sensation Center of Consciousness cannot work to produce
happiness for you either； because you will very likely bee bored with
anything you do repetitively。 You seek to solve the boredom trap by finding
more and more variety； but this in its turn just brings another set of problems
into your life。 The Power Center of Consciousness will not work to produce
happiness for you because your pushing； dominating； and manipulating will
stimulate similar actions from other people。 Their defensive and offensive
tactics then require you to be more dominating and forceful； but this only
works for a short while until the people outside of you respond with even
more force。 What you expected to be a simple solution to a situation actually
sets up the next round of problems in your life。 When you see the
unconscious dance in which you have been ensnarling yourself； you begin to
realize that a higher Center of Consciousness is required to enable you to
enjoy your life。
In the last chapter we learned that when our consciousness operates on the
lower three Centers of Security； Sensation； and Power； we can achieve
greater external success but be a failure inside in terms of happiness。 We
are beginning to get somewhere in our journey toward awakening when our
consciousness deals more and more with the drama of our lives from the point
of view of the two joyous Centers the Love Center and the Cornucopia
Center。
THE FOURTH CENTER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE LOVE CENTER
The Fourth Center of Consciousness in the Living Love Way is called the
Love Center。 Love es with the unconditional acceptance of everyone and
everything around us。 And how do we do this？ When your consciousness
lives in the Love Center； you instantly accept anything that anyone does or
anything that happens but the acceptance is only on an emotional basis。
You’re still entitled to your preferences。 A mother will love her child even
though he upsets the quart of milk and it smashes on the kitchen floor。 She
prefers that the quart remain intact。 But if it spills； that’s here and now。