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As I melded with
effusive wildness of Costa Rica, I unearthed an answer. We humans can re-connect to our natural aliveness by opening to a force that is more powerful than our programming, more compelling than our collective conditioning. The force that can liberate us is universal life energy, primal life force. This unbridled exuberance abounds everywhere around us—and within us. Fortunately, cultural conditioning cannot control primal life force. This raw creative energy is free and innocent of all human concepts and beliefs. Primal life force doesn’t follow its own drumbeat; it is
drumbeat.
Primal life force is more fundamental, more basic, than our human psychological and cultural creations. In reality, this power provides
lifeblood, essence and juice that sustains and supports
entire human culture currently existing on
planet. Primal life flow is
natural energy source that literally runs our human creations.
Several years ago, a wall of red-hot lava streamed down
side of a volcano on
Big Island of Hawaii cutting right through a village located between
volcano and
ocean. So intense was
temperature of
boiling lava, its radiant energy vaporized
wood and cement foundations of
human structures before
lava physically touched
foundations. All traces of
village and human habitation were annihilated in
wake of
lava inferno as it made its way to
sea.
Modern science doesn’t know a way to stop
power of
Goddess Pele,
impassioned expression of
spirit of
volcano. The human structures were not as real, fundamental or substantial as
energy of
volcano. Human concepts, beliefs and paradigms trying to overlay and dominate nature are no match for
raw, creative primal power of natural vigor.
The vibration of original vitality, passion and excitement is strong enough to melt our collective granite heart. Just as primal life force vaporized
not-so-solid foundations of
Hawaiian physical structures, primal life force can dissolve
foundations of
psychological structure that makes us think we need to control and feel separate from other life in order to get enough energy to survive.
One key to becoming fully revitalized is to reconnect with universal life force in such a way that we are not only fed by it, but also transformed by it. If we resonate with
abundant aliveness all around us, divine alchemy will transmute us into
experience of being that eternal essence of life energy. When we become one with universal life force, we are able to draw our very sustenance, supply and security from our own source within. We are sovereign, self-generating, in terms of where we get our energy. Sourcing our own energy, we then have enough personal power to melt
crystallized granite heart within ourselves and our culture. And until we walk with
authentic sovereignty of natural vitality, we won’t have
courage and strength to go out and love with true spirit and fulfill our core purposes on Earth.
Another crucial aspect of
message I received from
wildness of Costa Rica is that to be successful on our quest, we humans need to open to this primordial energy through direct, pure, spontaneous, innocent and fresh means. We cannot approach this enterprise from an old paradigm or model. For, if we seek natural, organic vitality in an unnatural, nonorganic way, we won’t uncover
pure source we seek. To approach aliveness in a sequential, methodical, linear manner prevents us from contacting its basic nature. This natural aliveness does not exist within
framework or box in which we currently exist as a society. Pure, free life expression lives outside of our cultural conditioning, underneath it, behind it—beyond it.
We can reclaim our natural power only if we approach
challenge in a manner that is new, wild, free, unexpectant and in-the-moment. If this alive space is sought in any way that is familiar or known, it won’t be found. Where we’re going and what we’re looking for isn’t located on any existing cultural map.
The way to natural vitality is uncharted because
very finding of this energy transforms us and our universe to such an extent that no previous map, blueprint or paradigm is relevant. By
very nature of
goal—aliveness—the path to
goal remains fresh and spontaneous, impossible to document or plan.
No methodology, technique or structured approach can ever remain valid for any period of time—or even a second time—to assist us in reaching this vibrant state. This space, once achieved, once embodied, once lived, is so free, transforming, creative and constantly changing that any existing map, chart or way won’t take us there a second time. Strategies previous to this moment take us to old places and old experiences. Really cool, but not current. Pleasant, but not present. Potent, but not profound.
To undertake this odyssey in
most advantageous way, my inner coach suggests a simple, direct, personal approach. To rekindle our fire of aliveness, we can open to peak moments in our life when we experienced a strong connection to
vibration of raw, creative primal life flow. Many of us can’t think of—or remember—a time when we did merge with this basic life force. Fortunately, it doesn’t matter that our memory of our true nature is blocked by our mind. We can employ our intuition as a guide, instead of
mind. Our intuition knows where and how to access this vibration of vitality. Our intuition knows how to remove or go around any barriers or denial. Behind our veils of fear, dismissal, distraction, invalidation and misinterpretation are hundreds of firsthand encounters with this universal fire. Within each of us lies a treasure house of direct personal experiences readily available for
enhancement and transformation of our everyday life.
The heart of Costa Rica radiated one primal message: “Go for
juice,
electricity. Forget
form.”
If whatever is happening in
moment looks and sounds right, but doesn’t feel intuitively right to you, then it’s not right. It isn’t what you’re meant to be doing at that moment—it isn’t what is spiritually appropriate or indicated for you to be doing at that precise time.
In regard to any situation,
key question to ask yourself is: “For me, in
moment, is there passion, aliveness, heart?”
If there is not, then you are not in
right place, no matter how convincing
outer appearance might be. Let it go.
The spirit of
Earth urges: “Move on. Stay open. Keep flowing.”
In an Arizona canyon twenty years ago, a venerable Hopi medicine man named Medicine Cloud shared a keen observation with me: “Everything you need to know about life you can learn from streams and clouds.”
I now know what he meant.

Drawing from the wisdom of native and ancient spiritual traditions, Keith Varnum shares his 30 years of practical success as an author, personal coach, acupuncturist, filmmaker, radio host, restaurateur, vision quest guide and international seminar leader (The Dream Workshops). Keith helps people get the love, money and health they want with his FREE “Prosperity Ezine” at www.TheDream.com.