The Balance of Perakee

by Larry Brinkley

Everyone has their own stories, their own tales of power, if you will. But most people feel their own stories are powerless. So they seek other people’s stories. It seems the more outlandish the story, the more people flock to become a part of it, even if vicariously.

Every man, woman, and child on this earth has a story to tell. And we tell them incessantly to each other and to ourselves. We tell endless stories about our needs, wants, desires, expectations, troubles, frustrations, and successes, to our friends, families, children, co-workers, strangers that we meet, anyone at all who will sit still long enough to listen.

You can write a book on every man who has ever lived
And still not comprehend all that life can give.
Everybody’s got it,
But nobody gets it!

No two people are the same. No two people live the same life. Our backgrounds are different, our environments are different, our bodies are different. Our tastes, motivations, and dreams vary, often from day to day. Therefore, no two people have the same story to tell.

And yet, though different as different can be, we are all the same. Each of us is tapped into a seemingly mysterious power that dwells inside ourselves. It forms the basis of our entire lives whether we ever become consciously aware of it or not. Most of us never realize that this Wisdom can only come from Inside. We tend to ascribe these feelings of certainty, that we all have, to outside entities. We fail to take responsibility for our own gains and failures.

I stopped writing on this site when I started receiving messages offering to help me turn my writings into a money-making proposition. These teachings were freely given to me, and I give them freely to you, to use as you see fit, for no other reason than I enjoy telling stories to those who enjoy listening to them, the same way my grandpa did, the same way his grandpa did. Toh told them around the campfire, Preacher Hoover flung them from the pulpit, and now I use the internet. Different words, different venues, same stories.

Something has been pushing me these last three years to write more. A part of me says, “You have so much more to tell.” Another part of me says, “You have told too much already!”

So, let me make a deal with you, one that maybe we can both live with. Take a jar and write “Perakee” on it. If you read a story that helps make a little sense out of your world, stick some money in your jar. When you get enough in it, go buy yourself a good meal. You worked hard for it, and you deserve it.

OK, then. Gather around the fire. Hear my story.

Finding Balance

The most any human being can hope for is to find their own balance. And no human agency can do that for them.

All Finding Balance means is to allow all your Yellow Energies to rise by not allowing your current favorites to control them. They are simple to understand, so very simple, and everyone knows what they are. They are: Breath, Hunger, Thirst, Sleep, Shelter, Pleasure, and Procreation. Without the fulfillment of these things, Mankind will simply cease to exist. They are the Instincts. Everything Man does revolves around their dictates. They control, ultimately, all Man does, has ever done, and will ever do while he is alive.

Each person is responsible for his own Balance. No other human being can do it for you. You were born with the capability to do so. The Perakee Way teaches that to follow another man, for religious or philosophical reasons, is a total waste of time. The only way to find balance is to understand who and what you are.

No two human beings are exactly alike. Therefore no one else can tell you how to balance your own energies. They are too busy trying to unravel their own. Simple. So very, very simple.

Once the Red and Blue Energies stop fighting, when the struggle between Desire and Reason calms down, and they begin working together, the Yellow Energies begin to rise. They were there all along, but could not be heard above the din. And as you come to understand these Instincts, these Racial Memories of Man, you will come to an understanding that is beyond normal comprehension. You will be amazed and held in awe by what comes from deep inside of you. Some of you may become frightened and run away.

And, once you find balance, your true journey begins.

Maturity

Maturity may be the closest word in the English language that describes what the Perakee called Balancing the Energies. Young people, while learning to deal with the powerful forces that push to the surface from deep inside, those of their peers, and those of society at large, go through tremendous struggles with often hilarious, and sometimes tragic, consequences. Though there are priests and psychologists to counsel us and police working overtime to keep us within the rigid bounds dictated by Law, Experience is truly the only gauge we have. By and large, most of us have no idea whether we did the right thing until after the smoke clears and we take stock of ourselves.

“It’s all fun and games till you lose an eye!” — an old hill-country saying

Learning to meet their own needs and control their own emotions in a socially accepted manner within the framework of their particular society is perhaps the greatest accomplishment most individuals ever achieve. At least then they will be left alone to live as they wish, with happiness and misery being the accidental byproducts of the choices they make.

But Balancing the Energies implies more than just a haphazard way of learning how to use our energies correctly. Each of us is different. Therefore, there is no simple program of How To Balance Your Energies In Three Easy Steps. Only you know how you are wired. Only you know which Energies push and pull you the strongest. Only you know which ones cause you to negatively impact your fellow man. Only you can understand you. Only you can balance you.

The proper use of the Energies of Man is as follows:

1. The Yellow Energies let us know when something needs to be done to ensure the continued safe survival of the Self.
2. The Blue Energies are our understanding of our options.
3. The Red Energies dictate which of the options we will choose.