the outside world does not conform to your security programming。 Observe
how much of your time is involved in an unpleasant striving to achieve the
conditions that you tell yourself you must have to feel secure。 The Security
Center of Consciousness is very demanding and strongly pulls your
consciousness away from the higher Centers。
You will escape being trapped in this first level of consciousness when you
begin to understand that your feelings of security or insecurity are due to your
emotional programming which you picked up from addicted people before
you were mentally and physically mature。 You will also notice the
impossibility of getting enough of whatever it is that you equate with security。
You may be like the rat who is running as fast as he can in a revolving
cartwheel cage。 There is no way to get there by running faster or by
achieving more efficiently。
Paradoxically； you would probably be safer if you never again experienced
fear in your life unless you were actually trapped in a jungle situation faced
with the need for immediate fight or flight on a physical level。 You will be far
safer when consciousness replaces the emotional response of fear。 For
example； if you wish to cross a busy street； you increase the probability of
being hurt if you are afraid of being hit by speeding automobiles。 You will be
safest if you are simply conscious of the automobiles running back and forth
and calmly wait on the curb until there is a break in the traffic。 When you
perceive this break； without the slightest experience of fear； paranoia； or
danger； you calmly and peacefully walk across the street。 If you were totally
unconscious of what happens when an automobile hits you （as a small child
is）； fear would be helpful to make you more aware of the overall situation。
But once you are old enough to be conscious of the various factors involved
in a life situation； a fear response makes you more jumpy and less perceptive；
it uses up your energy by making you tense； and it keeps you from enjoying
your here and now。
You transcend the security level by developing a deeper and deeper
understanding of how your hunger for “security” is all a matter of your
emotional programming。 It is a trip that you are doing on your own head。
Your feelings of insecurity are not a necessary consequence of people； things；
and circumstances around you。 You will begin to realize that your life right
now is what it is。 And if you eliminate your addictive models of how things
should be； you always have enough to feel good right here and right now。
If you prefer to make changes in your life； you can make them far more
effectively when you transcend the addictive programming that makes you
feel insecure。 When your consciousness begins to operate more and more in
the Love Center and Cornucopia Center； your higher consciousness will
enable you to flow into situations that offer you far more real security than
your lower…consciousness struggle for “security” will ever provide。 For real
security lies only in the love and flowing that you will discover through higher
consciousness。 It can never be found in manipulating the world of people and
things around you。
THE SECOND CENTER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE SENSATION CENTER
A person who is hung up on the Security Center of Consciousness tells
himself； “I can be happy if I can just feel secure。” However； once he begins
to feel more secure； he finds that this is not quite true。 He then feels that if he
can arrange the people and things in his life to provide a constantly varied
pattern of beautiful sensations； he will be happy。
If you are like many people； sex may be your most sought…after sensation。
Your life style may be designed to provide you with sexual sensations。 The
people you choose to be with； the clothes you buy； the home you live in； and
the style of speech； thinking； and action that you have developed will tend to
be determined by whatever you calculate will make you appeal to the sexual
partners you most desire。 This is known as subject…object sex in which you
are the subject and treat “others” in your life as sexual objects。
There is nothing wrong with doing this except that you are operating on a
level of consciousness that cannot provide happiness。 For sex is never
enough。 You are tuning in to only a small part of yourself and even a
smaller part of others。 They are not responding to you as a whole person and
you are not responding to them as a whole person。 Behind the exquisite
sexual dance； both of you really feel the shallowness of the subject…object
relationship。 You know something is wrong； even though you don’t know
exactly what it is。 Because no matter how many terrific sexual orgasms you
may have； they are never enough。 Even if you could reach sexual climaxes a
dozen times a day； life would still seem hollow。 For this second level of
consciousness can only produce flashes of pleasure and long periods of
indifference and boredom。
Sensations； however “groovy；” can never make you happy if you are
depending on them for happiness。 You bee driven； thwarted； sometimes
satiated； and not tuned in to the flow of the here and now when you are
chasing sensation after sensation。 But the same sensations can be totally
enjoyed when your consciousness is no longer stuck on the second level。
When your consciousness is primarily tuned to the Love Center or the
Cornucopia Center； sensations can add to your happiness as a part of the
here…and…now flow of your life。
Although sex is the sensation that many people are most heavily addicted to；
it is by no means our only addiction on the Second Level。 We tell ourselves
that we can find happiness through the taste of food； the sounds of music； the
experience of a special environment that we regard as our impressive home；
the sensations of movies and plays； etc。 The search for happiness through
sensations keeps us ingeniously busy but nothing is ever enough until you
are enough。 When you are enough through higher consciousness； everything
can be enjoyed as part of the great drama of your life。 Until then； nothing
ever quite does it for you； and the enjoyment you seek will tend to elude you
as long as you addictively demand it。 When you uplevel addictions into
preferences； you enjoy it all。
When your consciousness is primarily directed toward providing you with the
sensation patterns to which you are addicted； you will have more energy than
when it was hung up on the Security Center of Consciousness。 You will
usually be with more people and you will need to sleep less。 An individual
who is hunting for sex is definitely generating more energy than a person who
is worried about his security。 In fact； one who is heavily addicted to the
security level will probably have dropped off to sleep during the early part of
the evening。 Thus the search for happiness through sensations is definitely an
improvement over the search for happiness on the Security Center of
Consciousness。 But wisdom； peace； and serenity are not yet in sight。
THE THIRD CENTER OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE POWER CENTER
The last of the lower Centers of Consciousness （that can never provide you
with “enough”） is the Power Center。 Most of the people in the world are
addicted to these three lower Centers the Security Center； the Sensation
Center； and the Power Center。 The attempt to find happiness through the
Power Center is definitely a forward step in growth toward higher
consciousness。 When you are operating from the Power Center； you will
have more energy and you will interact with more people。 But these will still
be subject…object interactions in which people either cooperate with your
power games or threaten them。 In this Center； life is a series of petitive
moves and countermoves。
What do you strive for on the Third Level of Consciousness？ Is it money as a
method of wielding power rather than money as a form of security？ Is it
prestige because the more prestige you have； the more you can manipulate
people？ Do your power addictions keep you preoccupied with external
symbols such as a mod car； an attractive home； fashionable clothes； etc？ Or
have you upleveled the game to internal status symbo