Originally Posted by
Tranquil Toad
I would agree.
I'll use an analogy, its sort of vague but hopefully it can illustrate this a little.
Picture you consciousness as having one energy to it, which homogenized - neither positive or negative. You will always have this energy available to you, however it gets focused into different areas.
For instance, your mind and your ego have many of those "seals" that you spoke of. Beliefs, feelings, issues, thought patterns, etc, which are based around fear. Fear acts as the prime motivator, and then most of these seals come as a result of that. Usually fear = insecurity, which results in the need for control ("denying existence.") So that one energy which you have gets used up and focused into that area of your consciousness. You will be using all your energy just to perpetuate these patterns.
So of course when you begin to lift these seals, that same energy is no longer being used up and is allowed to expand into other areas. So all sorts of amazing things can begin to unfold. Increased sensory information, connection to other life forms, psychic phenomenon, connection to etheric planes. Its like having a spring coiled up your whole life and then finally letting it unwind a little.
Most people have very compacted springs. Their minds are in fear mode, albiet maybe unconscious, so they use their energy up just trying to be in control.