you end up being naturally protected from all sorts of negative
energies which the man in the street unconsciously catches all the
time.
Of course, if you are following a teaching that shows you only
how to open your aura and to float above, then you may become
more vulnerable. This may be the case if you are trying to become
a trance-medium psychic and make yourself ‘transparent’ so you
can pick up ideas and trends of influence. This can also be the case
if you are following a spiritual path in which everything is
designed to unground you: eating very little and very light foods,
waking up before dawn (so you remain half asleep during the
whole day), cultivating an airy-fairy state of mind. Such methods
may be appropriate if you are withdrawn from the world, living
in a monastery or meditating in a cave. But unless you spend your
life in a secluded environment, they leave you unprotected and
exposed.
The Clairvision techniques have been designed for those who live in
the world. That is one of the reasons why the very first technique
of this book aims at awakening the vibration in the third eye. By
learning to maintain a permanent vigilance in the eye, you build
up a wonderful shield against negative energies and you develop
your sensitivity and your intuition at the same time.
18.5 The will centre
There is a centre of energy located approximately one inch below
the navel that is of great value whenever you need protection. It
corresponds to the area of the acupuncture points Conception 5 and
Conception 6, and is related to the hara where one learns to
concentrate energy in martial arts.
If you search with your fingers about one inch below the navel,
you will find a depression, like a notch right in the middle of the
abdominal wall. The will centre is more or less centred around this
notch. The notch is sometimes felt more easily when you contract
the abdominal muscles. If there is too much fatty tissue in the
area it becomes very difficult to feel the notch.
What are the functions of this centre? It is a place in which an
extraordinary potential of energy is stored. For instance, the
Chinese name for the acupuncture point Conception 6 is qi hai,
which means the ‘sea of energy’. Through proper training this
energy may be made available to the physical body.