Everything is energy and comes from a divine source. There is a continuum of energy which vibrates at different frequencies from the most subtle dimensions to the physical world of matter.
We too are made of this divine energy, some of which manifests as the physical body and some of which is vibrating at a different frequency, as part of the metaphysical dimensions.
As we go through our life, and lives, we have positive and negative experiences. While the positive experiences encourage us to radiate and express ourselves fully in the world, negative experiences initiate a withdrawing of energy. If the negative experience is intense enough, or if it is repeated enough times, our energy implodes and separates, and parts of us seem to shut down. In the place of radiance we have a fragmented energetic structure, which underpins and creates what happens to us in the physical dimension.
The intention is that if a part of us is shut down, it/we can’t be hurt again. But although our system is trying to protect itself, and is therefore acting with entirely positive intent, the result is that we are not ‘firing on all cylinders’, we are ‘not all there’, and we are hurt by being less than we could be. Tension and struggle result.
And it is not just one part of us that shuts down. Over time at different stages of our lives, more of our energy splits off and becomes hidden, and each fragment covers itself with layers of protection. The result is that our energetic structure is like a multi-dimensional jigsaw puzzle which needs to be reunited so that it can radiate freely once again.
Sometimes we are conscious of what has hurt us in the past and we are aware that as a result we are shy, timid, fearful, self-conscious, lacking in confidence, lacking in self-esteem, unable to commit to a relationship, or that we compensate by over-eating, smoking, taking drugs, or by being loud, aggressive, naughty, or whatever. More often we just assume that that is ‘how we are’ as part of our genetic inheritance without considering our deeper ‘energetic inheritance’.
You do not have to have suffered serious abuse for this fragmentation to occur. If you’ve been born and had a childhood, then you’ve been affected, the question is just one of degree. And because everyone is in the same boat, there is unconscious collusion between us. A certain level of not-coping is considered normal and acceptable; it can even be seen as attractive by some – or reassuring, since we seem to be doing quite well in comparison with other people. But this syndrome is leading to dysfunctional individuals in a dysfunctional society, where more and more people are quite obviously yearning for what they don’t have and they are acting out their unhappiness and suffering. The external universe mirrors the internal.
In days gone by you were just expected to get on with it. ‘You’ve made your bed, now lie in it.’ ‘Pull your socks up.’ Now some of us are aware that we need help. More and more are turning to therapists of various kinds, the self-help books are leaping off bookstore shelves, and the ‘mind, body, spirit’ section grows ever larger. Others are so overwhelmed that they have given up all sense of responsibility for themselves and look to the state or charities or litigation payments to bale them out.
Our message is that it doesn’t have to be like this. There is a better way, which we call the RAPSI approach (Ravenscroft Approach to Psycho-Spiritual Integration). This is not only for people who know there is something wrong in their lives and are taking personal responsibility to resolve their issues; it is also for those who are materially successful and who want to achieve more, want to be whole. You do not have to have broken down before you set out on your inner journey, a journey which we believe all of us needs to take if we want to grow and evolve.
You can do some of this with other therapies. Some of them take years. Some may encourage dependence on the therapist. Some can be quite distressing as they involve reliving traumatic experiences, sometimes repeatedly. Some though are positive and faster and seem to work. You may have experienced some of them. Each may bring you a piece of the puzzle, but what is important is to discover the underlying structure, the origin of the problem, the big picture.
So what are you still looking for? What is the missing piece – your missing peace about you? What does the RAPSI process provide?
Simply put, RAPSI is going for perfection, your wholeness. The reason why people don’t seem to reach perfection with so many other methods is that they are limited by belief systems – theirs and others’. They don’t believe it’s possible. We do. We are going for ‘10’. We want all of us to be 100 per cent integrated and radiating now.
In practice, RAPSI involves exploring, discovering and releasing the structure underpinning our limiting behaviour, including the parts that have been covered over, often with several layers of protection. Beneath this protection, what has invariably been covered is our innermost essence, our light. Enlightenment is not a mystical term; it is literally about releasing and embodying the light, being ‘en-lightened’. It is how we are when we are living fully as human beings in this material world, radiating light, being whole.
The dark spaces in our internal universe may suck in energy from the outer world, including the energy of other people, or we might try to fill the void with distracting or harmful experiences in order to achieve a feeling of aliveness, however simulated and temporary it proves to be. Freeing the light from the inside fills one with the true satisfaction which comes from moving towards wholeness of being. It also frees one from the need to indulge in destructive behaviour. Being able to radiate fully and freely is what we believe we are on earth to achieve. We are here to be the best that we can be, and to contribute fully to the vast tapestry of being. We believe that perfection is both achievable and desirable.
Before you read on, focus on yourself for a moment. Take a deep breath, close your eyes and ask the question: ‘On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is all of me, how much of me is present here, now, to radiate?’
Go with the number that pops into your mind.
If it’s anything other than 10 – and it’s likely to be because you are already engaged in a search for personal development – ask yourself, ‘Where’s the rest of me?’
It seems that we are not only releasing energy which has been hidden since we were born, but that the fragmented energy pattern can be, and often is, created before birth, while we are in the womb. Mainstream science is now beginning to confirm energy forms can and do interact with other forms of energy. The foetus responds to energy from its mother, from her body, her thoughts, her emotions and from the world around her. These influences can result in aspects of the energy of the foetus withdrawing, fragmenting and/or going out of body and building up layers of protection even before birth. This the story told over and over again by people exploring their energetic structure.
After many years of experience helping people to explore their internal universe using the RAPSI process, we believe that our energy, our light travels through different lifetimes. Whether or not this is ‘true’ and whether or not you ‘believe’ it, acting as if it’s true allows trapped energy ‘from past lives’, ‘from our ancestral line’ or even from other people (alive and dead) to be released and to radiate fully now. There are many case studies in The Missing Peace where people have spontaneously discovered past lives, so you can judge for yourself whether these are real experiences or whether they are metaphors – and whether it matters.
What matters to us is that the clients achieve wholeness.
From The Missing Peace, © 2003 by Eileen Watkins Seymour with Clive Digby-Jones and Susan Norman, published by Saffire Press.
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