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INFINITE SELF BY STUART WILDE BOOKS: The Taos Quintet: Affirmations The Force Miracles The Quickening The Trick to Money Is Having Some Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power The Little Money Bible “Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle” The Secrets of Life Silent Power Sixth Sense Weight Loss for the Mind Whispering Winds of Change AUDIOCASSETTES: The Art of Meditation The Force Happiness Is Your Destiny Intuition The Little Money Bible (audio book) Loving Relationships Miracles Please visit Hay House USA: www.hayhouse.com® Hay House Australia: www.hayhouse.com.au Hay House UK: www.hayhouse.co.uk Hay House South Africa: www.hayhouse.co.za Hay House India: www.hayhouse.co.in INFINITE SELF 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power Stuart Wilde HAY HOUSE, INC. Carlsbad, California • New York City London • Sydney • Johannesburg Vancouver • Hong Kong • New Delhi Copyright © 1996 by Stuart Wilde Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com • Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au • Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk • Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.za • Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com • Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in Edited by: Anna Scott, Leigh Robshaw, and Jill Kramer Designed by: Jenny Richards All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording, nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private use—other than for “fair use” as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the publisher. The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional well-being and good health. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wilde, Stuart. Infinite self : 33 steps to reclaiming your inner power / Stuart Wilde. p. cm. ISBN 1-56170-349-4 (pbk.) 1. Spiritual life. 2. Peace of mind. I. Title. BL624.W54 1996 299’ .93--dc20 96-32058 CIP ISBN 13: 978-1-56170-349-4 ISBN 10: 1-56170-349-4 13 12 11 10 22 21 20 19 1st printing, October 1996 19th printing, March 2010 Printed in the USA CONTENTS The Ancient Teaching of the 33 Steps The Concept of the Infinite Self STEP 1: I Am God STEP 2: Expanding Your Awareness STEP 3: Having the Courage to Go Beyond STEP 4: The Courage to Accept Spirit As Your Inner Guide STEP 5: Accepting Negativity As a Learning Experience STEP 6: We Learn About the World Through Common Belief Patterns and Then Go Beyond STEP 7: All Human Knowledge is Affected By Human Weakness STEP 8: The Masters Were Supernatural Because Others Were Not STEP 9: Power Comes from Discipline STEP 10: Centering the Mind STEP 11: Believing You Are Already the Power STEP 12: Your Word As Law STEP 13: Acceptance STEP 14: Judge Nothing, Quantify Nothing STEP 15: Hold on to Nothing STEP 16: Don’t Defend STEP 17: Constantly Purify Yourself STEP 18: Respect All Living Things; Observe the Beauty in All Things STEP 19: The Power Rises from Within STEP 20: Action Through Nonaction STEP 21: Dedicating Your Life to the Sacred Way STEP 22: Understanding That Inspiration and Creativity Come from Within STEP 23: Always Maintain Freshness; Watch Nature, Align to Nature STEP 24: Fear Not Death; Accept It, Live Life STEP 25: Avoid Becoming a Guru STEP 26: Physical Discipline STEP 27: Emotional Discipline STEP 28: Mental Discipline STEP 29: Philosophical Discipline STEP 30: Spiritual Discipline STEP 31: Quest STEP 32: Fusion STEP 33: The Initiate About the Author THE ANCIENT TEACHING OF THE 33 STEPS The 33 Energies of Man was an ancient teaching. I believe it came originally from the Taoists in China. The 33 energies were said to flow from a higher plane into the earth dimension—a bit like a freeway built of light— to allow humans an exit out of the emotions and thought-forms of this evolution, into a higher consciousness. When I first heard of the concept from my old teacher, I found it hard to understand. The best way to explain it is that it is like a beam of light made of 33 strands, twisted around each other like a rope. It is there, in effect, to give people inspiration and to help them on their sacred quest in life. It assists them in creating a consolidation of power, which in this teaching is called Fusion. Once the energy of Quest and Fusion have been established for a while, the 33rd energy comes out of that synapse. This is the energy of The Initiate. I never liked the old definitions of the initiate; to me they always felt rather exclusive and elitist. I’m not up for the concept of “us and them”; I find it rather sinister and a bit egotistical. And I don’t like initiates who allude to powers. They do so, I feel, more for status and cash flow than spirituality. If you are an initiate, I want to see what you can do and, if you can do what you say you can do, I want you to teach me how to do it as well. In fact, through the teaching of the 33 energies, I discovered that the energy of the initiate is not necessarily one of a great wizard, or shaman—it’s more one of transcendence. It comes upon you gradually once you have gone beyond the emotions and thoughtforms common to this earth plane, and when you have let go of the ego somewhat and have embraced the Infinite Self within. Yes, your perception grows, and often extraordinary things happen, but that is not the point of the exercise. The point of trying to attain a higher spiritual energy of this sort is so that it can set you free and liberate you from emotional disquiet—and so you can teach it to your brothers and sisters and set them free. That is the fairest way, in my view. When I pondered on the ancient teaching, I wondered how one might translate 33 strands of light twisted around each other into something handy and useful that ordinary humans might use. I like energies that are “down here,” that help you transcend ordinary things, such as your loopy mother-in- law who’s driving you crackers. That’s the kind of user-friendly mysticism I like. Years ago, I decided to teach a weekend seminar on the 33 Energies of Man. I felt confident that I could translate the ephemeral nature of the ancient teaching into a practical method that might help people. So, I booked a fancy hotel in Washington, D.C., sent out brochures, and about 120 people showed up. Thinking over the seminar I was about to present, I wrote the first ten steps out on little cards, but as I got to Step 11, my mind went completely blank. It was 7:30 A.M., I was in my room at the hotel, and the seminar was scheduled to start at nine. Panic! As hard as I tried, I could not proceed from Step 10 through to the last three steps (31, 32, and 33), which I knew were Quest, Fusion, and The Initiate . I had a seminar that looked like a dough-nut with a bloody great hole in it! I was about to get up on stage and admit that I was a complete twit, and that I’d invited a bunch of people to a weekend seminar that I couldn’t figure out myself—a real bummer. “Relax, dude,” I told myself. I ordered breakfast: eggs, coffee, croissants, lovely stuff, all on a fancy silver tray. Now it’s 20 minutes to nine, and I’m still none the wiser. I think to myself, If this energy is real, it will translate into human terms; if it is not real, there is no point in trying to teach it. I picked up some of the hotel stationery and, silently to the great goodness out there that is helping us along, I said, “Great Goodness, dude, dudesse, whatever you are—custodian of the 33 energies—show me the rest of this teaching quick; otherwise, I am seriously stuffed.” A miraculous thing happened. I heard words go off in my head, and my hand began to write: Step 11, 12, 13...each flowed one after the other, all the way to Step 30. I jotted them down as fast as my stubby little fingers could manage. This is the book of the seminar that the Great Goodness kindly filled in for me after breakfast, at ten to nine, in D.C., 14 years ago. Some of these concepts are those I have included in my other books, and if you have read all my stuff, then this will be a partial review of those ideas.