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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:43 pm
So far, the best source of energy for me was the moon.
I think it could be because it's full tonight, and that I feel more connected to the moon more then the earth or sun.
I picked the color green, since that's my favorite color xd
My body doesn't feel warm, but it feels charged after I did this...
It's kinda like lesson 1, but in lesson 1, I actually felt the energy in my hands. Now, I don't feel it in my hands, it feels like it's running through my body xd I'm going to try again later.
It took about 5-7 minutes to ground myself
This is how I ground myself:
I sit comfortable with my feet flat on the floor. I breathe slow and deeply. I close my eyes and picture myself as a tree. My head and shoulders are the branches and my legs and body is the trunk. I let that image sink in. Every time I breathe out, my roots grow deeper into the ground. I watch them go deep into the earth. As I breathe in, they pull up nutrients into me. Now, when I breathe out, I pull down the sun's rays down the branches, through the trunk, and into the roots. I breathe in the nutrients. When I'm done, I picture my roots coming back to me, and once they are, I open my eyes...
To tell the truth, I can't tell when I'm not grounded... But I can tell when I am... It's kinda hard to explain
Oh, by the way, I tried using the earth as a power source but it didn't work that well for me... I'm going to stick to the moon 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:17 pm
Great job, Lily. If you look at the first post, I remind everyone to put their findings in their BoS. Don't forget to do yours, too.
And a great technique for grounding yourself. If everyone modeled after you, they wouldn't need to have Cakes and Ale! xp
Blessed Be
-WP-
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:37 pm
i will start this lesson 2moro since it is late...and i just focused my energy as i did befor. Just to put in some input though, i was befor making a ball of energy but not deserning it like making it a color or having an energy sourse other than me. I made it white i guse, i did see hte color. But ne thing i did notice from his before was this...
~I could move my hands apart and after a little while my energy filled that space, not imediatly, but in less than half a minute.
~I was able to focus my energy faster each time i did it, and even in the presence of others or distractions
~If i ever moved my hands apart, if it were for the ball growing or me moving them, when i moved them closser the ball became more chalanging to "crush" i bacame dencer.
~also if i ever lost focus for long, more than 5 seconds about, the bal would pull my hand inward as if it were imploding, and disipear all together. Pritty depressing but it happened.
~And the longest i could maintain a ball i belive was about 5-10 minutes. not long, but i lost my focus alot.
I did al this before you said it would so i am definantly a beliver of this. I was so amazed, this is unbeliveable...
So before i go and try this new one out i need to say something. Grounding i have never been tought, so if u coud explain it i would apreciate it alot. I do know i need it since i feel over energetic and as if something were wrong. Nothing feels right after i do this. So i would aprecite it so i don end up realy messing up my chakras or something, thnx...
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:34 am
Actually...the reason that some of you feel cold and others hot(and it even changes from time to time for the same person) is because there are multiple types of energy...the cold is water energy and hot is fire energy...one arm aligns with one element and the other works with the opposite( Andrew tells me right arm fire and left is water generally, but not always) it just depends on which one is coming out more dominantly at the time(also wind and earth energies are for the legs, right leg=wind,left=earth) you can of course connect to all of these elements through any limb, but these are where they are the strongest, which might be why more people feel heat instead of cold since more people are right handed......plus more randomness...most people's non-dominant is more adept to energy workings since you don't use it as much for physical activities(little bit of info from reiki classes)....and sorry if this seems out of line at all....just thought I would add some useful information that might make understanding energy itself more clear sweatdrop 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:23 pm
today was utter caos at my house so i couldnt find any "quiet time" But 2moro i shall since i am home a bit... I was sensing energies today. My BF is amazing! His energy out put is so much more advanced than mine. I could feel it from quite a distance. He also was able to make it super hot and once super cold, it was cool. He has been into energy balls and such for years though so i dont expect to be as good yet. I still haad my share of fun, not showing him my energy balls yet, feel kinda embarased even if i am the scholar of my class, but i made about 4 2day. Most of them i couldnt hold for more than 5 minutes since i couldnt focus and people were all over, but a few were good. I havent worked on color, but i have played with density, its fun. ^_^.
So yah, sadly my gaol is to start this exersize 2moro, and practice some grounding tech since i feel funny.
OMG almost forgot. My BF gave me some of his energy, it was amazing. He held my hands and they got "red hot" it was amazing, i felt so full of energy afterwards...^_^
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:47 pm
I've done this many times before because I have karate and we do this after every class.
Anyway my source is the earth and I pick the color white because it resembles pureness and healing. I was estatic to find that the first time I tried this it worked for me. My sensei tells me it's because I'm very yin and so I can control my chi much easier. Anyway, here is what I do:
To ground myself I go into a riding horse stance, for anyone who doesn't know what that it it's when you spread your feet out and bend your knees so you can't see your toes; it is also called an earth stance. After that I bring my hands infront of myself and imagine the white light flowing through me, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath as I do so. Then I push down with my hands, and exhale my breath, imagining the white light in my hands. I then take another breath, bringing my hands up, the white light coming with me. Then I push out with my hands, exhaling. Then I bring my hands back, intaking breath once more. After that I bring one hand ontop of the other infront of me, my hands apart like i'm holding a ball.
After this I make the motions like I am forming a ball in my hands, taking deep soothing breaths as I do so. I imagine all of the white light forming into a ball in my hands. I usually feel a very warm sensation in my hands, sometimes in my body too. Then, if I choose to do so, I place my hands on my stumach, bringing the energy back into me. This usually makes me feel really good. If I do not put the energy into me I either disperse it into the air or put it into another person.
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It can either be a short process or a very long process. My first two times it seemed like it took forever, but afterwards you feel so great. Also, if you try my method, you should have red sploches on your hands in the end, or even fully red, i've had that happen. Yes, anyway, that is all.
Blessed Be. <3
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:24 pm
Thanks teacher blaugh
sweatdrop Uh, are you supposed to see the energy ball? Or do you just sense it?
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:54 pm
1Lilyflower - some people can see energies so yes some can see it, but not to worry, most people cant. I have heard you can learn to see energies, is this true teacher? Just wondering. Othwewise imagining the color makes it that color even if you cant see it without your minds eye...^_^
so, i actually had time today, belive it or not...^_^
This time i tried to use an energy source.I focused on the earth. I felt and "saw" its energy flowing into my body from my feet. his energy was purple, a spiritual color, light with a liquidy flow. The energy made its way through my body and to my hands to aid in my own abilities. I was able to make the ball go from the soft ball size, or the size of 1/2 feet as i was able to reach the day B4, to about basketball size or even 1 1/2 to 2 feet in diamiter. That was quite an improvement but i still have truble stabalizing the ball and maintaining it over 5 minutes. I shall try to maintain my focus better but i may need help. On another note here is some thing i noticed.
~The farther, bigger, i made the ball the weaker the density to a point i nearly didnt feel it but i was able to feel the warmth. ( what dose that mean?) My guse is since the closer i compact the ball the denser it becomes, the farther i expand the morer less dence i becomes. This would then mean based on the eergy out put there is a set mass even when you change the volume i supose. Could this mean that everyone has a lmit or that it will be better soon?
that was it straight from my BOS
and BTW, can u help with the questions, they werent just to be willy nilly...^_^
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:07 pm
All this information is great, just great, you guys. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, Lily, just as zabazor said, some people can see energy and some can't.
And Zazabor, (actually everyone, for that matter) you should read all of my posts because it might have some valuable information in them, even if I post it for others' benifits. For example, you stated that you didn't know how to ground yourself. Yesterday at 5:17 Gaia time, I posted something that would have pointed you to Lily's last post, where she told us how she grounds herself.
Zazabor, there is a difference in "feeling" the energy ball and "knowing" it's there. Does that make sense to everyone? What you need to do is compact the ball, expand your hands while ordering the "origional" part of the ball to stay the same size while you add energy to the outside of the ball through your hands. You can do it again, too, if needed, until you get the density you need. And yes, everyone has a limit, and your boyfriend has more "power" (read "practice") than you do, so he can "put out" more energy in a shorter amount of time.
Does all this make sense? Good discussion, guys, keep it going!
And Zazabor, read Lily's post about how she grounds herself. If you still have questions, PM me or her to ask about it. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:27 pm
i did read her post i just didnt get it at all. I was wondering if i could have been told some of the basics of grounding. What one dose to ground? I dont really know what i was looking for but i did find a way that i belive worked well for me. I couldnt visualize myself as a tree but i did this...
I took some calming breaths as you told us in lesson one. I thought of a water fall rushing over my body. The water pouring down me to the ground. As the water flowed over my body the energies that werer left over from the energy ball were being washed away with it. I could literaly feel the wet water flow over me and my body becoming more and more calm. So i guse after reading hers and a few others on other forums i reealized how to do it i think. I am sorry that i speak out alot but i do read before i post, i just dont always get everything i am told.
This knowing the ball is there was something i had never thought of. I thought if i could feel the ball in any way then it was there. Are you trying to say that even if i can not feel the ball, as i would if i were to gather more energy to put around the already made ball, it would still be there? I was never able to find the ball once it left my hands before. It would always just vanish and i would lose focus and try again. I have had ever since we started this second lesson trubble maintaining the ball for very long.
Any comments would be apreciated...
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:03 pm
Zabazor, that's a great way to ground yourself, and, actually, is working with energy also. You bring the water energy from somewhere (it doesn't matter where), then you pour it on yourself and let it fall to the middle of the Earth, correct? That's awesome! And it gives you more practice with energy. And I don't really get some of your third paragraph, but let me try. If you were to make an energy ball and set it on your desk, depending on how good you are at doing it, it will still be there later. For some, it will stay minutes, where others' energy balls will take merely seconds to disperse natrually. If you set it on your desk, you can't feel it anymore, right? When you condense the energy with your hands (squeeze your hands together), you then have some room to open up your hands again and add more energy around the ball. This doesn't really mean that you are making another ball around the origional one, though. You can, but you can also just add this energy to the ball you've already got. Make sense? Here's where you lost me: Quote: Are you trying to say that even if i can not feel the ball, as i would if i were to gather more energy to put around the already made ball, it would still be there? Did I answer your question?
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:17 pm
Grounding Alright, I know I said I would give you more things to experiment with in the middle of the week, but I think you guys need more practice with the energy balls in their origional form before I give you things to play with. And I woud like to post good ways to ground oneself here, since I really want to make sure everyone has several examples to work off of and they can find what's best for them. Sometimes I just crouch down with my hands between my knees, palms to the floor and imagine the extra energy going counter-clockwise into the earth. I'm able to "feel" when I'm done, but if you don't have the feel for it yet, you'll have to experiment. Other times I eat and drink a little something afterwards. Women, if you're on your period, I would do this and one other method. 1Lilyflower says this about grounding: Quote: This is how I ground myself: I sit comfortable with my feet flat on the floor. I breathe slow and deeply. I close my eyes and picture myself as a tree. My head and shoulders are the branches and my legs and body is the trunk. I let that image sink in. Every time I breathe out, my roots grow deeper into the ground. I watch them go deep into the earth. As I breathe in, they pull up nutrients into me. Now, when I breathe out, I pull down the sun's rays down the branches, through the trunk, and into the roots. I breathe in the nutrients. When I'm done, I picture my roots coming back to me, and once they are, I open my eyes... To tell the truth, I can't tell when I'm not grounded... But I can tell when I am... It's kinda hard to explain Zabazor says this: Quote: I was wondering if i could have been told some of the basics of grounding. What one dose to ground? I dont really know what i was looking for but i did find a way that i belive worked well for me. I couldnt visualize myself as a tree but i did this... I took some calming breaths as you told us in lesson one. I thought of a water fall rushing over my body. The water pouring down me to the ground. As the water flowed over my body the energies that werer left over from the energy ball were being washed away with it. I could literaly feel the wet water flow over me and my body becoming more and more calm. So i guse after reading hers and a few others on other forums i reealized how to do it i think. Basically, the point of grounding is to get you acclimated and back down to earth, so to speak. Grounding should take place after rituals, meditations, and any kind of magickal work (energy included). If the work was small, say a brief meditation, a small snack might suffice for some people. Others may need to imagine that spiral or corkscrew going back into Mother Earth. Experiment with these, or post your own and I'll add it here (unless you don't want me to, then I won't). I hope I didn't offend anyone by quoting these, Lily, Zabazor, tell me if I overstepped the line. Happy findings, and may you Blessed Be.
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:14 am
no no no, u are fine to post these, you are the teacher after all...^_^ Lets see, in the 3rd paragraph i was trying to get you to explain what you meant by knowing it is there oposed to feeling it is there. I didnt quite get it, but i thinik You may have cleared it up at least a little. I shall try to place a ball in a location 2day and see if it is stil there later.
4th day...what i did
I made an atempt to add energy to the already made ball. I took my hands and made a ball. I compactde the ball to buid up some density. Then i spun my hands around it and moved my hands away from the ball, as if i were trying to make more, "friction", energy and i then pushed that into the ball. I did it over and over again. I noticed that the ball was growing and easier to do so and maintain some density. I think i am getting the hang of it but i am not quite sure.
I stil can not hold this for long but i again did not do it alone in a room bu tin school with friends since when i come home i am so exausted i can not focus on anything but getting to bed...^_^
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:06 pm
It sounds good, but I wouldn't worry about putting it down anywhere, we'll get to that later. biggrin Just keep experimenting with the density and the overall size of it, the color, and the source of the energy.
And if you're doing it in a public place (I don't mean to insult your intellegence, here), make SURE it's safe for, not only you, but your friends, also. I don't want teachers/other students/any school personel getting angry at one of my students because they are working on MY stuff, you know? question
I may post more things for you to play with later, I'm kinda waiting on your other classmates to check in to see if they're ready.
Happy findings and Blessed Be.
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:34 pm
Im sorry it took so long for me to post.
I have done the first lesson. When I did it, I felt energy around me, not just between my hands but also around my torso. I seemed to slip away as well and was totally relaxed. My mind seemed to connect with the energy that was between my hands. But because I was alone for so long, I was able to do lesson 2 as well. I was able to feel the ball between my hands grow from just the size of a golf ball to the size of a baseball. I was able to visualize what it might look like and I was able to obtain a picture where the ball of energy was a beutiful blue, white color. I was able to hold it for a good while and when I was ready to release the energy, I aloud it to slowly desolve back into myself and from around myself and back into the earth. I took a few deep breaths and was able to come back and I felt a bit drained but I think that was because I held the energy for longer than I should have and might have not given myself back my energy that my body gave.
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