November 15, 2007

The question is asked in this moment:

Many from Spirit have advised us to follow our joy. However, in the pursuit of joy, especially those joys which are dependent on external objects (such as sex, alcohol, drugs, food, or even one's romantic partner and children), wouldn't we become even more attached/addicted to these external objects, and thus becoming disempowered?

I greet you this day dear one!

I AM Raphael, the Angel of Healing and Transformation and it is an honor to be here with you once more. I come forth to sit with you and share these wondrous energies and I marvel at all the grand transformations that have been occurring for those who facilitate this lovely magazine and for those who allow themselves to learn what is being presented within it’s energetic pages.

This question that is being asked for this presentation of this magazine is one that carries many, many layers of energy and is one that is not so easily answered in one fell swoop! So much will be delivered at this time in the words and with energy that is being brought through as we continue. Give yourself permission to breathe deeply of those loving and dear energies that are here especially for you dear one, and be at peace and live in peace.

For that energy which takes your attention outside of yourself to find your personal fulfillment is primarily an illusion and is also fleeting.

In this message that is being presented this day we will speak of two layers of energy regarding what humans know as “Joy”. We will use the terms for energy that our dear friend Adamus St. Germaine uses which are the overlay energy and the underlay energy to describe these layers. As you live in a dualistic world, in all things there is present both the negative and the positive aspect of a thing. What is most apparent on the surface is the overlay energy, be it positive or negative. The underlay energy is that which is not so readily apparent, yet is present nonetheless.

The underlay energy in joy is what could be perceived as the external manifestation or even the illusion or artificiality energy. For that energy which takes your attention outside of yourself to find your personal fulfillment is primarily an illusion and is also fleeting. This underlay energy is much sought after because it can mimic that true joy that is the overlay energy, or the internal energy of joy and for a time can indeed be fulfilling physically.

Much has been written about the energy of addiction and what it takes to clear and release this energy. And that external of seeking joy in artificial means is more in the area of addiction energy and not in the realm of true joy. Addictions are fed by an old, old Atlantean energy of activating the pleasure zone within the masses as a form of control, for those who are in a state of pleasure or always seeking pleasure are more easily led and structured and less likely to question their status.

When the human being tries to create their joy in the outer expressions that most often take the form of addictions, this is feeding that pleasure control and is not coming from a place of the true joy, which is created internally with the divine being. And the energy most present within the dynamic of seeking outwardly for joy is found in the rebounding effect that takes place with whatever joy or pleasure being experienced is only fleeting at best. And then more and more of whatever it is that is being used to create the outwardly focused creating of joy is more difficult to manifest. The outwardly focused feeling of any joy or pleasure is less and less satisfying and eventually can lead to great excesses that eventually do nothing to satisfy the inner being.