Let’s face it, some days you wake up and wish you never left your house. You feel unusually irritable, depressed or just “blah” or “meh”. This affects you, your relationships, your career and your overall success in life.
As you grow and take on more responsibility, there is more pressure to perform — to take on more demanding, advanced and challenging tasks in your work and home space.
The pressure’s on to perform and excel every day.
So how do you sustain your permanent “A-Game” to perform at your very best every day?
How do you make every day a GREAT day?
“To change your mood or mental state — change your vibration.” – The Kybalion
I’m going to share some very powerful ancient wisdom, so you can use the Law of Neutrality to never have another bad day again.
Applying the Law of Neutralization brings mental and emotional balance, stability and sustained success in your life.
Sounds too good to be true?
The law is simple. The challenge lies in the application. It takes diligence and mastery to command.
Ready? We are going to dive deep into wisdom here so stay with me even if you don’t understand all the details.
According to Hermetic philosophy, there are 7 natural Principles of the Universe. Among these 7 is the Principle of Rhythm. The Principle of Rhythm is defined in the book, The Kybalion, which states:
“Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates.” – The Kybalion.
This principle can be seen in nature in the form of day and night, the changing of seasons, the waves of the ocean and the rise and fall of your moods.
This principle embodies the truth that in everything there is manifested a measured motion, to and fro; a flow and inflow, backward and forward.
We see and understand the rise-and-fall behavior of these energy waves that permeate our existence.
It is a pendulum-like movement between the two poles. Hot and cold, happy and sad, courageous and fearful, empowered and powerless.
And it can make a world of difference in your performance when you wake up especially demotivated or fearful.
This principle explains that what goes up must also come down, including your wealth, moods, success etc. Understanding this principle is crucial to your perpetual success and balance in life.
The good news is that once you understand this principle you can also neutralize it. The Hermetists used this principle and also understood how to neutralize its’ effects.
“…there are many Planes of Causation, and one may use the laws of the higher to overcome the laws of the lower.” – The Kybalion
The Law of Neutralization
The law of Neutralization works by applying the laws from the higher planes of consciousness, the mental plane, to the lower planes of consciousness, the emotional and physical planes of consciousness to neutralize the swing of the pendulum caused by the Principle of Rhythm.
The Principle of Rhythm manifests on the mental as well as the physical plane.
“Rhythm may be neutralized by an application of the Art of Polarization.”
– The Kybalion
The moods and feelings you experience on the emotional plane of consciousness are due to the backward and forward swing of the mental pendulum which carries us from one polar experience of emotion to the opposite. Such as elation and depression.
Applying the Law of Neutralization
First, we will understand what the planes of consciousness are, so we can affect the higher upon the lower.
According to various spiritual and esoteric teachings, there are 7-31 planes of consciousness that range depending on how they are broken down and explained.
Below, I have defined them as 7, to keep it simple. Although they can be further broken down.
#1 or highest plane of consciousness is the Logoic Plane. The lowest or densest plane is the physical plane at #7. The highest plane vibrates at the highest frequency and the lowest plane vibrates at the lowest frequency, comparatively.
They are:
- Logoic / Monadic Plane
- Divine Plane
- The Spiritual Plane
- The Buddhic / Unity Plane
- The Mental / Causal Plane
- The Emotional / Astral Plane
- The Physical Plane
Taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(esotericism)
We are focusing on applying the Law of Neutralization on the mental plane, in bold above. From this list, you can see that the mental plane lies above the emotional and physical planes. So we will use the law of neutralization to balance our mind and consequently our emotions.
According to the Kybalion:
“The Hermetic Master, or advanced student, polarizes himself at the desired pole, and by a process akin to “refusing” to participate in the backward swing, or, if you prefer, a “denial” of its influence over him, he stands firm in his polarized position, and [1.] allows the mental pendulum to swing back along the unconscious plane.”
“All individuals who have attained any degree of self-mastery, accomplish this, more or less unknowingly, and by refusing to allow their moods and negative mental states to affect them, they apply the Law of Neutralization. The Master, however, carries this to a much higher degree of proficiency, and [2.] by the use of his Will he attains a degree of Poise and Mental Firmness almost impossible of belief on the part of those who allow themselves to be swung backward and forward by the mental pendulum of moods and feelings. – The Kybalion
I have bolded the key parts of the above:
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- By using the law of neutralization you allow the swing of the mental pendulum to swing in the unconscious mental plane instead of the conscious mental plane.
- This is achieved by willpower.
“The Will is superior to the conscious manifestation of this Principle, although the Principle itself can never be destroyed. We may escape its effects, but the Principle operates, nevertheless. The pendulum ever swings, although we may escape being carried along with it.” – The Kybalion
So what does this mean exactly?
The master uses willpower do 2 things:
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- Polarizes himself with a selected mental state (say positivity) and stays there, basking in positivity.Then
- Raises his ego (himself) to a higher plane of mental consciousness. It is akin to rising above a thing and letting it pass beneath you.
This causes the swing of the pendulum to manifest on the lower plane, while the master is on the higher plane, thereby escaping the pendulum swing backward as it manifests on the unconscious lower plane. (Remember the master’s conscious mind is now on a higher plane).
To give you a few examples:
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- Let’s say you are 5 years old and another child has taken the toy you were going to play with at school break. How crushing. You cry for 25 minutes.
- You are now 13 and your parent is picking you up from school in an outfit strikingly similar to yours. How mortifying! What will your friends think? It’s ruined your day and perhaps even your life at school.
Assuming you are now adults of various ages, the above 2 examples seem petty and insignificant, right?
That is because your ego, or understanding of self, has risen above this. You have risen above this.
Let’s try another example.
You start a business and it fails. Devastating. “Am I a failure? Who do I do? This can’t be happening!”
Now, let’s say you’ve started 15 businesses. 10 of which have failed and 5 succeeded. A failure is more like a lesson learned and moved past, not an identity with self (ego). Your mental and emotional response is completely different, now that you have a broader experience of starting 15 businesses as compared with the narrow experience of starting just 1 business.
In all cases, you, ego, has risen above.
So you, as a master, when faced with the failure of your first company, raise your ego above the situation and don’t let it affect you. Although you don’t have the experience of starting 15 companies yet, you have the knowledge that your perception can vary based on your understanding of self and situation.
So, you use your willpower to foster the mental thoughts of accomplishment — and give yourself credit for trying, for risking for learning.
Thoughts and feelings of you being a failure swing beneath you. You have risen above.
This takes practice, mental focus and willpower to achieve. Successful control in applying the Law of Neutralization is both simple and masterfully challenging.
Best of luck and success to you.