6: Walking A Tightrope With Padre Pio

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Walking A Tightrope With Padre Pio

Letters to Ascended Master

St. Padre Pio,

Sunday, July 31, 2011

9: 50 A. M.

Dear Padre,

I just finished writing a spiritual musing (“A New Species Of Man: Homo Luminous”) for my book Old Whore Life, And Other Spiritual Musings, which I will be posting on my blog first, but I still feel spiritually restless; hence, my letter to you this morning.

Before the spirit of this letter carries me away though, let me thank you for coming to my aid the other night. I was beseeched by that sexual consciousness that I am prone to every once in a while (I was living in France in my early twenties and I accidentally opened up the chakra at the base of my spine while meditating one evening and awakened the kundalini energy, and I’ve had issues with my sexual energy ever since; thank goodness I learned to sublimate it through Gurdjieff’s teaching of “work on oneself” and creative writing), and I repeated one of my power mantras (which includes your name) to safeguard me from the temptations of my libidinous consciousness (which in your lifetime you called these temptations “the devil” and now call one’s “demons”), and I felt immediate relief from the downward pull of these unconscious desires; so, thank you.

In all honesty, I had no idea that you would become such a big part of my life when I started my project Healing with Padre Pio. I did not expect for you to be always present in my life. But being one with Holy Spirit, it was only logical that you would be with me all the time because I asked for your help for my spiritual healing; and I’m grateful now that you are always with me because you affect spiritual change in me that would otherwise take a long time to realize without you, for such is my resonance with you!

I did laugh however when you told me that I didn’t have to be so much on my guard that I would be too afraid to live my life. You said my consciousness of your presence in my life was like walking a tightrope, and that I should not be afraid to fall off every now and then; and you know what, that’s exactly how I feel I’m living my life now—on a tightrope!

And I was afraid of falling off the other night. That’s why I called for your help. And instantly I felt your energy drive away my sexual demons. What a relief that was!

Now, perhaps I should explore this whole concept of being assailed by one’s demons. First, what are one’s demons anyway?

My perception is that one’s demons are archetypal energies that have merged to form a matrix of unconscious ego-energy (what Carl Jung called our shadow) that seeks to feed off our conscious ego energies by forcing us to give them expression; hence, the more we give in to our demons, the more power our unconscious self has over us.

In other words, our demons are of our own making; although, we do inherit many of these archetypal patterns from our parents. This is what is meant by the sins of the parents being visited upon the children and grandchildren.

It is not the sins of our parents as such that are passed on to us, but the archetypal patterns of their sins—or, to express it differently, their shadow becomes a part of our shadow, or unconscious self.

So as we resolve our shadow self, we help our parents in their growth to spiritual enlightenment. What a mystery life is, isn’t it Padre? But we just keep plugging along. I think that’s all I want to say for today…

I remain,

Your faithful companion,

Orest