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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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:
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:
“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:
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:
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.
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Thank you for your clear and helpful work here. “All things that rise must converge”. If this is true then all rising consciousness must be ONE. Wow- to be alive in the body when the collective awakens into ONE-ness; that will be the bloom and consumation of those gifts of “mind and speech” given to all humanity. Your work here hastens that day. So - uh - rock on! And thanks again.
Thanks Mark! Love your perspective! Very interesting and what an astonishingly beautiful, blissful experience to have.
Thank you so much.This was right on time. Without going into detail.Really appreciate the message and feedback I needed this dose of strength to kiss bye dispair Love it
Thanks very much Maria! So glad you found it at the right time! Isn't that the way it is? ;)
Was raised by a narcissistic parent and thus, have been emotionally stunted from a young age. How would one overcome what feels like an additional obstacle to effectively apply the law? It would seem anti-depressants and the like would be frowned upon and counter-intuitive to mental mastery...
Any techniques would be sincerely appreciated
Hi John, thanks for your message!
Emotionally charged events from your childhood can leave a deep impression. Trauma being an example. From a biological perspective, neurological and hormonal patterns that have been used frequently have a tendency to be used again - such the case of depression (or any unserving thoughts and obstacles).
Using mental mastery, you can direct your thoughts to emit different chemicals and practice that over time to rewrite your habits of thought and feeling. It is challenging, uncomfortable and unusual at first.
Anti-depressants have their function in suppressing or enhancing certain neurological functions, which make it significantly easier to visualize, plan and execute what you want in your life. So as a short term tool, they could serve a purpose. Dependence on them is not my personal preference - to each his own.
You can put anti-depressants in a category like psychedelics. Only in the case that they are a map. They will show you what something FEELS like or LOOKS like. Then you capture this and recreate it yourself.
You have the power to do anything anti-depressants can do with mental mastery. Feeling that and believing it can sometimes be challenging, especially from a depressed frame of mind, so feel into what is right for you without judgment.
I would start with reframing the obstacle of your childhood into the possibility that it may have been a blessing. The experience that drove you to deeper awareness, truth-seeking and to experience a broader spectrum of emotion.
Within the Universal laws: The principle of correspondence “As above so below.” and the principle of polarity of seemingly opposite poles are actually on the same line. Expanding your pain threshold actually expands your pleasure threshold as well. Some of the most compassionate people are the ones who have seen the most pain and hardship and have chosen to transmute the energy into compassion. You can see more here: https://consciousnessliberty.com/beyond-the-law-of-attraction-discovering-the-12-universal-laws-using-them-to-your-benefit/
Once you see this obstacle as a gift of strength, you take back your power and realize you may now have deeper power because of it.
To your question about the law of neutralization, the place of your power is in the here and now, and what you experienced is now in your memory.
To help apply the law of neutralization you can do 2 things.
1. Consider the possibility that you may remember wrong. Scientifically speaking, our memories can be significantly inaccurate, even though they feel very real to us.
2. Zoom out on the experience to shift perspective. Reframe. See the obstacle as a gift. Or have compassion for your parent. Rise above from the eyes of their son to the eyes of their parent. See them as your child, learning and growing on their own journey.
Emotional connection can hinder the process of zooming out.
A technique to aid in the process of using this law is to allow yourself space and time to refeel the emotions in order for them to process out of the body. The energy of an event can be stored in the cells of the body - in the cellular memory.
Once your energy is clear your perspective will also become clearer and you will be able to rise above it. That will help you put things into perspective along with taking into consideration the possibility that the event didn’t even happen exactly as you remember.
To your self-mastery and liberty!
With much love!
Jacqueline
You have raised my awareness. Thank you, beautiful woman. ❤️
Thank you, Odessa. ❤️ So glad to hear it!
When you can rise above your pain, not much can hurt you anymore.
Hey Barb,
Interesting comment thanks for sharing!
I like to see it as rising above your current perception of ego. Are you referring to making peace with pain? I'm interested in what you mean.
Best,
Jacqueline
Hey,
I've benefited from your explanation. Well done.
Personally I Ike to "lean" on polarity when I need to neutralize "things."
Everything is something no matter what label we use. So that's my first step. I agree with myself that if it's not one thing it's some-thing else. Regardless of the label I choose to identify the "thing". This little bit of mental gymnastics helps to reduce my judgment of the thing.
It's one thing to say it's raining outside, quite another to say the rain is "bad"
Emotions aren't good, or bad, they just are.
So first I eliminate my "subjectivity" of a thing, simply by "observing" it.
Next.
I apply a "what if?" Proposal. To the thing in question in order to identify its polar opposite.
For example.
Let's assume (for now) that Lucifer is "evil" we have lots of reasons and and programming to focus on such a belief. But what if we look at things from a different point of view. How can I "what if" things in order to believe that Lucifer is "good"? I'm not choosing Lucifer over God. I'm just allowing myself to considering that maybe Lucifer isn't such a bad Angel after all. Maybe he and God know something I don't.
What if, one day back in distant infinity, God called Lucifer into his office for a private chat.
God explained to his most trusted Angel he needed someone he could really trust for a very important job.
God says to Lucifer, "we've all been in the light now for sooooooo long that no body seems to remember what it is. What I need buddy, is a "reference" point, so souls can understand what light is in reference to what it's not. I need to add something called "darkness" to my creation in order to balance things out, (among other things.)
Lucifer is like: "no problem God! For you anything. I love you so much I'd be happy to help."
God: "men will hate you for an eternity, you'll get no love from them. Are you sure you're "willing" to do this.
Lucifer: As long as you love me I can do anything.
So in this context we can see Lucifer in a different light and allow the possibility that Lucifer sacrificed EVERYTHING because his love for God and Gods love for him was worth more than being hated by men for an eternity.
Quite a guy. I get to understand about love and light all because Lucifer provides me a reference point for what Light is against what it is not.
What if Jesus pulls Judas aside and says: "I need someone to help me become a martyr, you're the only one I can trust."
All of a sudden the story is completely different.
The key for me regarding neutrality is "reason". The ability to ask myself...is this, or that, possible?
I happen to know anything is possible making reason a rather easy key to use.
At first it takes a bit of time, consideration, pondering and faith to see things in a different light, but do it enough and it becomes easy because the becomes less and less "things" to reason out.
Thanks for reading.
Hey Trenton, glad it was of benefit!
Thanks for sharing these excellent techniques and examples! They do a great job of shifting perspective which shifts what the "thing" is.
The principle of polarity is also very effective. Scientifically, it's simple. Like adding boiling water to ice water will create a lukewarm effect in proportion. I've found it can be difficult to master emotionally, especially when attempting to apply highly charged positive emotions to highly charged negative ones. The momentum of negative emotion creates a challenge to focus on positive ones.
Which is why the reason based techniques work well. They can short circuit the emotion. When the perception of the situation changes, the thoughts, emotions and reactions that we associate with it also change. For example, if your wallet was just stolen, it's natural to become upset. If you find your wallet the upset emotions no longer apply. Usually, the effect is instant unless you have lingering energy.
Love & Gratitude!
Jacqueline
So essentially, we have to refuse negative emotions to remain or get to a state of happiness?
Hey Joel,
Thanks for writing in and excellent question!
To get into or remain in a state of happiness, you want to focus on happiness.
When it comes to negative emotions, refusing them directs concentrated energy towards them, which in turn amplifies them and keeps them there longer. Not really the effect we're going for.
To diffuse negative emotions, you accept them, allow them to wash over you. Let the current energy ride its course. Sometimes you already have a lot of energy built up. You just let it die out. Where you put your attention and focus directs your energy towards it -feeding it your energy and keeping it alive. Your emotions are alive because YOU are keeping them alive with your attention and energy towards them.
The key to the Law of Neutrality here is PERSPECTIVE. Your relationship to them. Observe and know that it will pass. According to the law of perpetual transmutation of energy, everything changes. If you know that you can begin to create peace/happiness and suddenly you will be taken over by peace/happiness.
A good example is when you feel sad, to just cry or write or release it. Holding it/refusing it/pushing it doesn't let the energy ride out and keeps it there longer - especially if you keep thinking about it. Makes it a bigger deal.
So if you find yourself in a negative emotion (especially a strong one) ride it out, and focus on the peacefulness of knowing that it will pass. Perhaps you can learn something from an undesirable emotion in the process. It may even be a blessing in disguise.
With love and thanks!
Jacqueline
Thank you so very much for this! I was just reading The Kybalion, Chapter-Rhythm, and came across The Law of Neutralization.
Now, I've read The Kybalion many times over the past few years, but this time LON stood out to me, as I've been having some issues with not allowing my emotions to get the best of me. I even say affirmations to assist me in achieving this mind set.
Now I totally get why I was led to re-read Rhythm, to "get IT" about how the LON can assist me in controlling my emotions, through controlling my thoughts about the situation, keeping them positive and the negativity will pass without affecting me.
Then I came across your site and gleaned further understanding, with excellent examples.
Thanks!
Hey Cam!
Thanks very much, I appreciate it! Best of luck with your journey.
I was looking for some practical ways to apply the law of neutralization and I found it.
Thanks
Hey Jesse! Glad it helped. Thanks for sharing :)