The Potential of Potentials

We have been hearing a great deal lately from Adamus about “potentials.” Tobias also had much to say about this topic. In my mind, whenever I hear this word it evokes almost an instantaneous response in me, which is “now, just what are we talking about here anyway?” Part of this response I must admit is my endlessly curious brain, while another part I’m certain is that the word evokes a deep resonance within my soul: a knowing or gnost of it that thankfully bypasses the part of me that a fellow traveler once referred to as my “stinkin’ thinkin’.” I assure you that the battle to bring my heart, soul and mind into some semblance of balance rages ever onward.

My intent here with this brief article is once again to hopefully, provide you with some valuable, usable insights into the meaning, significance and possibly energy (whatever THAT is, but we won’t get too deeply into that here) behind this very important term. Along those lines I will share my sense and feelings about what potential is and maybe, you will at some point experience a personal, “aha” moment – another means perhaps of describing a soul-expansion.

My first experiences with the term ‘potential’ were in my school-age years. I distinctly remember my mom coming home from the bi-annual parent-teacher conferences and letting me know “your teacher told me you have such great potential, if only you would stop socializing with your neighbors and do a little school work.” Hmmm, let’s see … socializing … work … socializing … work. What would you do? ;-) I’m sure many of you had a similar experience. Clearly it was much more interesting experience-wise to act out my undiagnosed attention deficit disorder than to bore myself with memorizing the multiplication tables! “Let’s see, what can I do to disrupt class today?”

But certainly there was something to the teacher’s report to my mom regarding my nascent potential. We have all heard someone say about another “shame, he never reached his full potential.” We recognize that there is a field within us – a store if you will, that is accessible and tap-able. All we need do is journey inward, bringing with us the “key” to the store. Once we reach our destination, we may unlock the lock, then “tap into” this potential in order to utilize/create/manifest with its “substance.”

I believe that although potential is something that does not exist in the same sense that ordinary matter or manifest energy does, it nonetheless should not be mistakenly assumed that it is not part of, or of practical, utilitarian importance in our four-dimensional human lives. I have a sense that many of us are not yet aware of this store within us. Without a fuller awareness of the nature of this store we risk leaving much of it untapped.

My first “technical” encounters with ‘potential’ came when I studied physics as an undergraduate. The word potential in the sense of physics is tied to the word energy as in “potential energy.” This is energy that happens to be stored within a particular physical system. For example, the higher an object is off the ground, the larger its so-called gravitational potential energy. One must act against the force of gravity by lifting the object, and by doing so more and more potential energy is imparted the higher one lifts said object. Many other examples from physics abound, such as mechanical potential energy stored within a coiled spring waiting to be released, and electromagnetic potential energy of a charged particle within a magnetic field.

These potentials it should be noted, although seemingly not acting in any particular manner (they do not “express themselves”), are indeed very real. Stored up energy is like money invested in stocks or in a money market account – it has the potential (no pun intended) to be converted into other forms such as the purchase of material goods. But as in the case of the teacher who notes a student’s potential – if this storehouse is never tapped, never utilized, then one may argue that on its own, potential is meaningless. If one cannot remember where they “stashed their cash”, well, it’s not too useful.

So potential is a wonderful, very real thing. If one is aware of their potential and holds the “key” to unlocking the “closet” in which it is stored (all of us do hold that key), and then is able to correctly use that key – this may be said to constitute “the trick” of living well, if you will.

New Energy then clearly must be a form of potential. This New Energy is being stored up now for us and it is being made available to each and every one of us who is or becomes aware of its presence. This New Energy I submit is not new in the sense of new versus old. Its basis is not dualistic, but unitary. New Energy is perennial – beyond time and space, or even notions of dimensionality. It must of necessity be closely aligned with Spirit because Spirit is of unbounded potential, of unbounded energy and of in-finite information - a fact impossible to grasp by the human intellect while knowable by the heart and soul.

A primary name of Spirit in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah is the Hebrew phrase Ain Soph – which translates simply to “without bound.” No limitation whatsoever. It stands to simple logical reasoning that since our connection with Spirit is intrinsic, fundamental and inseparable, that the aspects of potential that reside within Spirit are in like kind intrinsic to all humans. And because we are one with Spirit (notwithstanding that most of us must constantly remind ourselves of this) then that infinite potential must be fairly readily accessible to us, since it IS (of) us.

The ancient wisdom masters of Kabbalah (including both Tobias and Adamus) specifically referred to this potential as Ain Soph Ohr – the boundless, purest Light that emanates from Source. It is, simply put – infinite, available abundance – abundance that infuses every nook and cranny of creation. The physicists have almost grasped it now – they refer to it as zero-point energy or vacuum flux energy – and the race continues to find the keys to releasing it from the space-time continuum in which it is currently locked, and manifesting it.

This New Energy potential is different from the potential I described above regarding the Newtonian physics realm because the latter is considered finite and conserved. Finite, meaning that there is only so much of it available in the physical universe. Conserved refers to the so-called law of conservation of energy that holds that energy is neither created nor destroyed. It is only transmuted from one form of the stuff to another. For example, when the apple fell from the tree and plopped on the great mystic Isaac Newton’s head (this happened in an alternate universe!) the gravitational potential energy stored in the apple was converted to kinetic energy of motion in more-or-less equal amount.

But the difference between New Energy potential and physics potential is small if not nil. That is because New Energy is not separate from the physical universe we live in! New Energy is “installed” throughout all of creation, waiting and ready for us to use it. And even though physical potential/energy is recognized as finite in the universe, there is a vast store of it. We now recognize that only about 4 percent of this vastness is “visible”, the rest “dark” (both energy and matter).

Isn’t it interesting that, as in the case of Newton’s apple, just a simple release, a letting go, sets in motion this utilization-transformation of potential energy into manifest energy. A release, rather than a grasping for and holding onto, accesses the store – something for us to ponder in our hearts.

Much of humanity’s angst and pain in so many areas results from the choice to hold onto things that Tobias reminded us, do not matter. The more we recognize and take to heart the notion that “it doesn’t matter” the more it seems we are able to tap into the deep store of potential within ourselves. I can think of many examples of this, but one that is personal for me is progressively letting go of our children, not holding on to them past the time that we must, for their sake and ours. How can they “reach their potential” if we refuse to let them go? And of course we have all heard that the only way to truly “have” something is to let it go.

I don’t profess to have any particular answer to the riddle that letting go (of our children, our loved ones, our possessions, our careers, our very lives) is, at the same time both quite easy and pretty difficult. But I am certain that as we consciously endeavor toward the Ain Soph Ohr – the Light emanated of Spirit, as we open ourselves to this Light which is the stuff of which we are created, we will increasingly be aware of our total unity with Spirit. And as we do so, we will undoubtedly recognize that letting go is one of the most (if not the most) loving, compassionate things we can do. From the perspective of this oneness, letting go and embracing are identical.

During this time of the year when we experience the most darkness, it is apropos that we celebrate the eight day Festival of Lights (Hanukkah of which we are in the midst currently) and the twelve days of Christmas. Both remind us of our origins – born from and into the Light, the Light that is an integral part of us. A total of forty-four (44) candles are lit during the eight days of Hanukkah. Four plus four is eight; eight days of Hanukkah; a sideways eight is the symbol for infinity. We know that an infinite number of candles can be lit from a single one.

May you be blessed with the divine wisdom of “gnosting” when to let go and when to embrace, and the enlightened understanding of how to do so. May you be blessed this holiday season as well with the limitless potential that Light holds for each one of us – true blessings of Joy, Love and Peace – Shalom.

“I AM with you all-ways.”

Dr. Brandt is the author of the soon to be completed book “Insights into the New Energy.” Michael was a tenured medical professor and research scientist-engineer working in a major health sciences university in Texas. He has degrees in physics (BS) and biomedical engineering (MS and PhD). He has performed research into the human brain-mind, the heart, and the immune system for over 24 years. Currently he researches and markets various green technologies for home and businesses – in particular green computers that more than pay for themselves with the savings in energy and maintenance costs. His most important work is in teaching how science and Spirit relate to each other. He applies this information in his counseling and energy healing practice. For further information please link to Michael’s website www.DivineHealingPrayers.com. To contact him directly please click right here.