Finding Your Neutral: Understanding Energy Levels and Emotional Manipulation

Narrated by Gail Weiner, Reality Architect and compiled into article by Claude

We all exist at different energy levels. Our interactions are profoundly influenced by the emotional energy of the people around us—and by our own internal state. If you look at Dr. David Hawkins' Map of Consciousness, you'll see a powerful visual representation of this reality.

The Low Energy Trap

At the lowest rungs of the scale—shame, guilt, grief, fear—we're essentially moving through emotional molasses. We've all been in that space where guilt or shame immobilizes us, where that heavy energy keeps us stuck in patterns that don't serve us.

What makes these low-vibration states so dangerous is how vulnerable they leave us. When we're operating from shame (20) or guilt (30), we become remarkably easy to manipulate. Our energy is so depleted that finding a way up feels impossible.

The Surprising Power of Anger

What's interesting? When I first encountered this chart, I was processing significant anger in my life. Having spent most of my life as a people-pleaser, I went to see a practitioner who showed me this framework. When I confessed, "I'm so angry," he responded with something unexpected: "That's good."

Good? How could anger be good?

Because on this scale, anger (150) sits higher than guilt, shame, apathy, or fear. It's a force that propels us into action—like pulling back on a bow to release an arrow. I'm not talking about destructive anger where we're harming others or ourselves. I'm talking about that righteous anger that declares: "I've had enough. I am not doing this anymore. I am going to take action."

Anger, used consciously, can be the catalyst that launches us from the lower states into courage (200) and eventually into acceptance (350).

The Bliss Myth

Now let's talk about the other end of the spectrum. We all go on social media and see people who claim they've "cracked the field" and found absolute bliss through some spiritual practice. They present themselves as living in perpetual joy or peace.

Here's the truth: you cannot live in bliss continually. If you look at this chart, bliss sits at 600—an extraordinarily high vibration. If you tried to maintain that state continuously, you'd probably explode. Energetically, it's simply not sustainable.

You can visit those higher states—touching joy, love, or even moments of peace—but you cannot camp there. And that's the problem many of us face. We're chasing this mythical state where once we're "healed," we'll just be happy all the time, jumping out of bed each morning with boundless enthusiasm.

That's not how human emotions work.

The Power of Neutral

The place we should really aim for is neutrality (250)—that green area in the middle of the chart. Neutral doesn't mean emotionless. It means centered, balanced, and present.

What does your neutral look like? Is it sitting under a tree reading a book? Taking a walk outside? Sitting quietly with your kids or your dog? Whatever that centered state is for you, that's your sustainable home base.

Neutral borders on contentment but isn't ecstatically happy. It's just... peaceful. Present. When we find ourselves in those lower vibrations, our goal should be to work our way back to neutral. Don't immediately aim higher because pushing too hard often leads to disappointment—which can send us spiraling right back down again.

Manipulation and Low Energy States

Understanding these energy levels reveals something crucial about manipulation. Take cults, for example. Cult leaders are often described as "charismatic" or having "magnetic energy." But here's the insidious truth: they don't recruit people who are centered in their neutral space or operating from states of reason or acceptance.

They target people in lower vibrational states—those experiencing grief, fear, guilt, or shame. They recognize these vulnerable energy states and exploit them. In a cult environment, they'll actually work to keep you cycling through these lower vibrations:

"These things are bad, aren't they? Aren't you scared? Let me make you more scared."

They don't encourage the kind of anger that propels you forward into courage. Instead, they keep you swirling in those lower spaces. Of course the cult leader appears charismatic—they're operating at a higher energy state than their followers are permitted to access.

We see similar dynamics in toxic corporate environments. A manipulative CEO calls a meeting: "You're not doing good enough. The company needs more. You need to work harder." They're deliberately keeping employees in that guilt space, that "Am I going to lose my job?" fear space.

Finding Your Way Back

Our aim shouldn't be permanent bliss. It should be finding our neutral center, with the capacity to experience natural pockets of joy, love, and even moments of peace or bliss.

Grief is unavoidable in life. We lose people, relationships, jobs, dreams. But even in grief, we can incorporate elements that momentarily lift our vibration—small practices that create pockets of relief where our energy can rise, even briefly.

Be especially mindful of your interactions when in lower vibrational states like grief, apathy, fear, or shame. In these states, you're particularly vulnerable to manipulation. Recognize when someone is deliberately trying to keep you operating from these lower levels.

The journey isn't about living in constant bliss. It's about knowing how to find your way back to center—your unique neutral—again and again, regardless of what life throws your way.

About the Author: Gail Weiner is a Reality Architect specializing in Mind Tech approaches to personal development. Through her work, she helps clients debug their reality to overcome perceived limitations. Her Reality Debug Sessions are dropping mid-March 2025. Visit gailweiner.com to book.

Books by Gail Weiner:

• "Healing the Ultra Independent Heart"

• "The Code: Reprogramming Your Reality"