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 Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:04 am
lesson 6...zabazor's log
ok, so i moved on to lesson six. I just created a sheild with energy from the earth, and made the energy green. i actually think the color comes to me, i dont really chose the color, bua any how, it was green. So i was lifting the energy from the earth, and this time it felt heavy, like i was lifting dirt. Which makes sence cuz earth is a dence energy, so yeah...it was intresting. I sheilded againse ill wishes and physical harm, and i feel i made a good sheild for both. I also feel a little odd as always. My arms are heavy. They feel kinda numb and rubbery. And my whol body feely heavyy also i guse, except my legs. Its weird, i feel kinda stronger, but like something is resisting me. I think it is all the energy i built up in the sheild...this time i used alot of energy. But for once most of it was not my own. So i feel good and healthy, even though i still hae a cough from a cold i got last week, and a cough kinda. But i feel energized. Its intresting. These sheilds really mess with how you feel alot...i like it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:08 am
zabazor i actually think the color comes to me, i dont really chose the color Same. XD Sorry I've disappeared off the face of the earth. Anyway, I've finally done lesson six. I felt like I had to get better at it before moving on. But I shielded my room against sleepless nights. I chose the color purple for the shield (or rather, like zabazor said it just came up), but apparently if you paint your room purple it's supposed to help you fall to sleep. How this correlates with a purple shield... I'm not sure... XD But I think it's worked, because I felt a lot more at ease when I was done.
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:57 pm
I have done lesson 1 and sorry for the wait
first I would like to say that I created my style for the lesson, in which instead of rubbing my hands together (which I had trouble telling the difference between when I just rub my hands together and when I was trying to raise energy) I concentrated on warming my hands (seperately) then bringing them together in which I would concentrate on the space between my hands to make them even warmer. Then I seperate them little by little focusing on the space between my hands until my hands are tennis ball width apart. and from there I just focus on the energy between my hands and maybe toss it around a bit (just started doing it [its very fun! 3nodding until I fail to catch it, then I get all tired and stuff sweatdrop ]). And to finish I will hold the ball and slowly bring my hands together while inhaling to bring the energy back in.
now onto the homework...
What do you feel?
When I start my hands get all warm and then the warmth will disapate and when I concentrate on building it up my hands I feel a tingling sensation and the occational push outward and the feeling as if Im holding a cup of water that was tilted left and right (trying to describe it as best as possible)...plus there is the feeling of two opposing magnets when my hands come together a little and what feels like a link between my two hands that feels like it disconnects from my hand when I move my hands a little farther apart.
Why does it feel that way?
it warm up in the start because Im stiring up the energy and the warmth goes away because I move my hands away from each other and the warm energy is no longer squished up against my hand (like hot water squished between my hands as a good example [doesnt feel like water though]), and the spreading tingling feeling is from energy being built up. then the magnets feeling is from the feild of energy taking on what seems to be more or less a solid for (still trying to describe this stuff [very tricky]), then link between my palms seems to be the points where the energy flows between my hands (sort of like the + and - parts of a battery)...thats all of the experiences I can remember that I had stated above (it getting late [almost midnight])
What other possibilities are there?
Those where the best I could come up with right there...Next Question!
What did you just do?
I beleive I had summoned energy between my hands using my own bodies natural energy.
Now that the homework is done...I regret to say that I wont be able to start lesson 2 for at least a couple of weeks, because I havent ever practiced grounding before and there have been a good few STORMS lately!
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:44 pm
Strawberry and Zabazor, you're doing awesome. Colors come to you for a reason, so just go with it!
Seeker: You're very good at working with energy. Make sure you work on grounding before you move on, though. (Read the previous post on grounding!) The simplest way to ground yourself is to eat and drink something after meditation or simple energy work. More complex energy work/deeper meditation will take a little more than simply eating and drinking, but I agree that you should work on combining methods to find the one that works for you.
Good work, you three! heart
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:56 pm
Ok! I have a lot to report.
So I tried my lesson today and I got some pretty fantastic results. I did the usual swirling energy whirlpool thing in my hands after a long period of meditation. I had the piece of paper in front of my legs but couldn't see it too well because I was working in total darkness.
Usually when I try to look at my hands it messes with my concentration and I lose the energy, but on the rare occasion when I'm able to without losing it its extremely difficult for me to focus inbetween my hands (where the energy is). I can only describe it as seeming "slippery" and my vision keeps slipping away. Almost like its difficult to stare directly into a light. Tonight though in the darkness (I'm staying with my grandparents and didn't bring any of my stuff, so no candles) I could just barely make out my hands and since there werent too many visual distractions I tried to see if I could try and see the energy just as an experiment. I could make out a lot of weird lines that formed distinct images around my hands. It seemed like there was some kind of polygon in the area (I didn't count how many sides) and within that more of the same shape drawn within, like there were multiple shells or layers. It looked a bit like when you've been staring into the sun or another light and you look somewhere else and theres a little burn in your vision, except instead of a formless blob they were very distinct pale blue lines. It was really interesting. Anyway, that isn't all that important but I thought I might share it to see if anyone else might want to try and see if they can do it too.
Anyway, I got my ball going and then had it absorbed into the paper. I allowed it to swirl downwards into a spiral, which kinda had a bathtub drain effect. After I felt I had used up the energy that was between my hands I picked up the paper so I could feel it (since I couldn't see it) and placed it in my palm while the other hand was about six inches above. There seemed to still be a lot of excess energy between my palms but for some reason it didn't start to swirl. Part of it may have been because it was in the paper, but I think it may have had something to do with the position of my hands. Usually I hold them away from each other horizontally with the ball between, but this time they were vertical. The energy felt a lot more passive and easier to manipulate, so that'll be really useful to remember in my next energy working.
I could tell right away that things were going to be a lot easier this time. I got my other hand closer to the paper on my left palm and slowly drew it up, visualizing hair growing from the paper. It felt more like grass because of where I had it, but I could definitely feel it coming out. I messed around a little more (this all took about 30 minutes) and made it do spikes and a few pyramids (which were easy because my right palm was at the point). Everything was so much easier to control this time, and did almost everything I wanted it to without a struggle like before.
I tried sticky and sandy too but those seemed to float away from the paper and it seemed to influence the general energy between my hands as opposed to the paper. Sticky worked alright, but I had to put my hands into the "sticky energy" and pull it away to tell. Sandy was probably the worst out of my attempts, since it was hard to give a sandy feel to an airy space, but I could still feel a grainy feel against parts of my skin. More like tiny non-painful pinpricks.
When I don't give a ball/swirl form to my energy it has a very magnetic field feel which I think other people have described in their findings. When I charged the piece of paper and put it in my hand and started working and playing around with it, I got a very strange feeling. Sometimes it felt as if I could actually push the paper around my left palm with my energy. It was like playing with two weak magnets. I could have sworn I could really feel the paper moving in my palm, and there were no doors or windows open and the fan was off. Unfortunately I had the lights off so there was no way I could see it though I tried very hard to. I'll have to try it again sometime with some light next time and see what happens. It was probably just my imagination though.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:29 pm
Great job, Kyou! That was an amazing detail-oriented post. I love it! heart biggrin heart
Hopefully you've learned to ground yourself well, because I could imagine one huge headache if you didn't. smile
Great suggestion for anyone who is looking to see if they can see their energy balls. Some energy is better seen in the darkness, some in light. Some with a dark background, some with a light one. Still others will never be able to see energy at all, and this goes for auras, also.
Which brings me to this: Have any of you guys been in a classroom, bored, and the teacher is rambling on against a white or blackboard, and he moves and you see light colors around him or where he was? That is the teacher's personal energy, or aura. Try it sometime (I know, I know, it's a bad time to try it, but, eh, whatever. smile )
I'll try to post another lesson soon, but so many people are doing so many different things, it's hard to know if you're ready. So here's what I'll do:
I want you guys to PM me if you feel you are personally ready for the next lesson. Please do so by Wednesday, because I'm leaving on Friday to go on vacation, and I'll be gone for like 10 days with little to no access to a computer. Also, I want you to tell me how you feel the class has helped you, and what I can do to make it better/more helpful to you. Don't worry, I won't turn into a b**** because you were honest, I will truly try to accomodate everyone, I promise.
But overall, you guys are doing a great job! Keep it up.
Blessed Be
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:00 pm
okay, I finally got around to making my element-based shield! I was so excited when you brought this up, but I couldn't do much because of unstable weather conditions... But I've finally done it, and here to report my results. By no means am I done with this practice, I just feel like I should report my findings :3
My first try was with the earth element. This one doesn't move too much, so I went with the plant-type aspect of it. I sat on the ground and imagined a ton of tiny little plants circling me. I made them grow in my minds' eye, and encouraged them to take a shell-like shape around me. They kind of... spiraled their way up, not sure if that's significant or not. Anyway, I soon had all these little vines envisioned around me, but it felt... like mesh, like things would be able to get through. So I made them sprout little briars and leaves, to fill the gaps and made it more substantial. I can tell you this took a LOT of time to finally do but it ended up working fairly well. I kept the shield up for about a week, and... I could feel it there fr the whole time! x3 I felt so proud that it was working, it was one of my favourite ones so far.
my other attempt was with the Air element, but it wouldn't stay put for more than a few hours, so I'm going to keep working on that and with others.
[[I am SO goign to PM you. I adore these classes x3]]
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:39 pm
Torak, that is AMAZING! It reminds me of a meditation/spell/shield to keep unwanted visitors (physical and non~) out of your room.
Here it is:
Sit in the middle of your room. Meditate for a few moments on how this room is YOURS, and not anyone else's.
Connect with the energy of the earth.
Imagine yourself as a seed. Encourage the seed to grow, and as you grow, slowly stand. All the while, think, "This room is mine."
Now you are half-standing. You are a bush. "This room is mine."
Spread your hands, and the roots, leaves, and branches of your bush. "This room is mine."
Stand taller. You are now a young tree. "This room is mine."
As the tree grows, you continue to program it--"This room is mine. Keep unwanted visitors out."
You grow until you're on your toes and lifting your head up to the sun/ceiling. Your branches and roots are still expanding, climbing up and down the walls and covering the doors. "This belongs to me. I belong here. No one else belongs here."
Leave the tree there. Replenish it as needed.
Blessed Be and have fun!!!
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:37 pm
it... is? well then yay! progress for me! :3
that mediation sounds so perfect for me! though I DO have a shared room, unfortunatly. but I'll practice it anyway, see if I can't encourage her to give me some space :3
But I really love how that mediation is earth-based because.. well it's just so easy to work with! x3
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:12 am
Yeah, it's really cool, and one of the first shields I learned to do that was outside of me, if that makes any sense.
But if you share a room, you probably have a journal or a box that you don't want her to look at/in. Try doing the meditation for your side of the room only, but intensify the roots and branches around those areas. You may even want to put thorns on it, but it's all up to you.
Great work, though. Good improv-lesson! It should help you keep busy when I'm gone.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:06 am
I haven't fallen off the face of the earth or anything...just been busy these days
Okay after my not so nice experience with solar energy and the shock jolt I got from trying to draw lunar energy, I've decided to stick with the ones I trust best- earth. I tried to work with water and fire too but ehhh ^^;
Earth gives me the best results so far; I can pretty much draw and channel without much effort. I find it easier to ground and center by just 'planting' myself into the earth and making an equilibrium of energy flow... My earth element shield comes out purplish, with more red or blue depending on my emotions...it's around me most of the time but kinda like low power? But when I really want to strengthen it, I visualize sideways and front and up and then I draw from below...like an egg shape.
The meditation/spell/shield to keep unwanted visitors.
Well I recently moved and perhaps because of my increased work with magick and energies, I keep sensing presence around the house. It's nothing aggressive or harmful at this point but the feeling of being watched can be annoying. I don't quite grow, like the tree growing. I've kind of 'marked' four points around my bed. I usually draw energy from the earth and visualize it passing through my body, my mind finding and linking the points together with gold light, and then I connect them all at a point above the bed and 'pull' it below.
It seems to work because I've passed my hand through the shield several times and gotten this tingly feeling. When I tried to push with my mind, it gave me a feeling of vertigo. That and the extra warmth and no watchy feeling.
Oh yeah, I've noticed a change in my circles too. Don't know if it's relevant here... but they- how should I put it? Well from within it feels like being inside a soundproof room. I'm more aware of the barrier now than before.
But though I can shield myself and my surroundings from elements and presences, I still don't get the hang of warding off negativity and stuff like that. Maybe I'm not concentrating hard enough?
I will try meditating tree and branches...
I have a question: Is it possible/ okay to shield your entire space? So that if something or someone passes through it, you can feel it? I mean most people probably won't notice if they are passing through a barrier but someone who has worked with energy will right?
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:49 pm
Okay, guys I'm back. Vacation was fun and relaxing, but it's back to work tomorrow, you know. sweatdrop
Anyways, I realize just how much I miss being on the internet. I mean, when I was on vacation, I got connected with Mother Earth and the elements (played with fire a lot lol), but I missed teaching you guys and others. I missed reading the debates (actually I feel as if I missed the whole Kathy Lee Gifford thing I started before I left...), I missed connecting with my students. Because when I'm teaching you guys (and others), I feel like I'm learning it from all angles. You raise questions I've never thought about, and it helps me to challenge my own thinking and ways of doing things. Thanks for being such a great class!
That said, Anabel--it figures that Earth would work best for you! It seems you have no problems with that. If you want to connect with other elements, find some simple meditations (or make your own!) and then try to make a shield of the element you meditated on. Don't push yourself too hard, or try to force yourself to connect with other elements. It just won't work, and they will reject you even more.
It is good to hear that your awareness is expanding! And also good to hear that your circles' walls are becoming more powerful--now you can do more powerful magick!
As for warding off negativity--don't worry about that too much. Try to make a black energy ball the next time you bathe, and as you wash yourself make all the negativity you have "stuck" to you go into the ball. Then wash the ball down the drain. Whala! You're done!
It is totally possible to shield your entire space. If you wanted to, you could shield your entire house! It would take a lot of energy and a lot of time and consentration, but you could do it with practice. And I suppose it is also possible to make you "feel" when someone is in your room/house/moving your stuff. People also have energy "footprints" and I can talk about that in my next post....
And, for your last question, if people are extremely sensitive to energy, they will sense your shields right away, even if they don't know what kind of shield it is, or even if they don't know how to construct a shield themselves. Also, if people know what they're doing, they can open themselves up to your energy and see how you programed it. They may be able to dispell it, but why would they want to do that?
Good questions, guys! Again, great to be back. Blessed Be
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:08 pm
Energy "Footprints"
You may have heard of your Carbon Footprint, or you Ecological Footprint, but what is your energy footprint?
Your energy footprint is just that--the energy you leave behind on an object or in a space. (Actually, I don't know what they really call it, this is my technical term for it!)
So, what can you possibly do with this? Well, if you have a magickal friend (someone who practices magick), you could ask him/her to carry an object of their choice around with them for a few days. Do the same for him/her. Exchange objects, hold the object in your receptive hand, and close your eyes. Meditate on where the object has been and see what kind of emotions your friend has gone through these past few days.
If you don't have a magickal friend, ask a mundane friend if he/she wouldn't mind doing this for you. If not, try to get a hold of something that one of your family members has touched a lot recently.
Just let your feelings come to you about the object and the person who the object belongs to. Don't put barriers on your mind--which means don't have expectations of what you're going to find. Just be open-minded.
Lastly, a warning: Be careful who you do this with. You might find out some things you didn't want to know. And again, be careful who you let do this to you--you might not put your best foot forward. It is often best to do this with a close friend, prefferably one you've known for years. This way, you won't likely be thrown by anything you learn (well, at least not in a bad way), and the same thing goes for him/her.
Try it. If you have any questions, feel free to post them here. We will work on this until everyone is caught up with their sensing ability. 3nodding
Blessed Be
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:25 pm
I don't have much to report, but I feel like I should post anyway...
I've been sick, getting a lot of headaches lately, so I haven't been doing much but resting. Therefore I haven't practiced much... XP
But during that time I came up with a few ideas that I really want to try. Even though I feel like I'm recessing, I want to make an energy ball and tell it to go hide, then see if I can find it.
Also, on the 12th, I'm going down the shore, so I'll probably "play" a bit with all of the water energy down there. ^-^
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:00 pm
Strawberry--it's totally fine. Don't do too much energy work unless you're trying to heal yourself. Get better first, then play. 3nodding (Psst! This is the part when you say, "Yes, mother... rolleyes " lol)
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