“Transcending Spiritual Emptiness”
by: Robie Punsalan
(Robie is a Pranic Healer, Arhatic Yogi, student and practitioner of esoteric arts.)
Transcending means passing or going over boundaries or limits. What is spiritual emptiness? It could mean challenges, feeling nothing, manifestation of a broken ego, rock bottom.
Robie reached rock bottom in his life when he went through 3 years of darkness. Since 2012, he has been studying a lot of esoteric arts with no guidance. He says it was like a spiritual journey fast forward. It was a horrible experience that his family and friends worried about him. Robie did not like the fact that he was causing emotional pain & hardship to everyone around him.
He said that spiritual emptiness isn’t really a bad thing. It’s part of the learning process. It’s something we can use to become better people and it’s all in service to the Supreme Being.
HOW TO TRANSCEND SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS
1) ACCEPTANCE & UNDERSTANDING
– accepting that spiritual emptiness is a part of life
– trial given by God which will ultimately make us grow
– a product of karmic debt
– process that almost everyone goes through
Transcending spiritual emptiness is giving meaning to everything that happens in our life. Accept that we cannot change the situation. Learn and grow from it. Anything that doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.
Robie always tries to look into the future when he does something. He tries to be a model that everyone else can follow. Do the right thing and everything else will follow.
2) INTROSPECTION & CHARACTER BUILDING
Introspection is looking within yourself, contemplating on the details of a situation or your life. By doing introspection, you will be able to connect and learn.
– Recognize the problem. Looking within and identifying the root cause of the problem is a step towards enlightenment. Enlightenment means growth, learning, understanding, evolution. Knowing gives purpose to the emptiness, it’s a space for growth and evolution.
Character building is having a concrete self to serve as an example for others to follow. Robie used to be so depressed before and he would tell people about his problems. He learned that we grow through conflict, our hardships and everything that happens in our life. We begin to feel the bliss and show compassion to others when we find meaning and purpose to what happens in our life. We begin to look at everything with a positive mindset. Robie realized that he can’t take care of others if he doesn’t take care of himself. He has been trying to apply all the virtues taught by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui.
3) TRANSFORMING & TRANSCENDING
– fill the emptiness with Love, Light & Power
– turn weaknesses into strengths
– know that every time you get back up you are stronger
– giving purpose & meaning to everything we go through
– doing all of the above in service to the Supreme Being
2015 was the start of Robie’s healing process. He used to be so depressed and anxious. Then he realized that he has all the free time to do the things he wants to do. He started going back to school. His best friend recommended Pranic Healing to him. Andrey, one of the Pranic healers, healed his depression and anxiety. Robie took the classes. He realized that the legacy he wants to leave behind is heaven on earth.
Growth is never stagnant. Everything that we go through is given to us with meaning and purpose. When we see that, we are rewarded. Evolution is making our mistakes into answers. It is through our mistakes that we grow the most.
