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 Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:27 pm
I agree with Maggie. Nothing is wrong with you, it will just take more practice. 3nodding
Between the three of us, we'll get this worked out, I promise.
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:52 pm
Everybody's so kind and helpful! I can't beleive how nice everybody is... I'm so glad I joined this guild... biggrin 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:05 pm
We're glad to help. I've got some ideas about energy work that you might be able to do, though you'll have to meditate, too. PM me if you want to work on both energy and meditation, but, for now, I think you should AT LEAST focus on meditating, and I'll let Maggie (dark_angel) handle that. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:11 am
Well i finaly got texture a lil. I made a lumpy ball, and a sticky one. Again i forgot to ground, and 2days after i got another cold. When will i learn right. Well i grounded now and i feel a lil better, but im still sick. Sigh...
Ive also thrown it a bit, higher anf higher each time. Its fun
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:45 pm
Wow...This is a tricky lesson. xd Thankfully, I'm starting to understand and get the hang of it. I make my little balls (or other shapes and textures) and I'm starting to toy with them more. I've learned to bounce them and I can throw them and let them return. The only thing that I don't understand is how to dismiss your ball when you don't need it anymore....x_x Do you just "poof" it away or something?
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:11 pm
Zabazor: You had better learn quick before the Gods drop a brick on your head instead of throwing pebbles! Do this while you're sick: meditate, ground, meditate on feeling better, ground well, meditate, ground. Do it over and over again. Make it become a habit.
And Amethyst: If you're in a safe spot, like in your room, you could just leave your ball in there and it will eventually disperse on it's own, or you could PUSH it into the Earth, or into a plant (it's been said that plants can survive, or even thrive, on magickal energy with little to no water or sunlight). We'll get into more advanced stuff later that you can do with energy, but experiment for now, and keep me posted!
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:37 am
WelkingPath Zabazor: You had better learn quick before the Gods drop a brick on your head instead of throwing pebbles! Do this while you're sick: meditate, ground, meditate on feeling better, ground well, meditate, ground. Do it over and over again. Make it become a habit. And Amethyst: If you're in a safe spot, like in your room, you could just leave your ball in there and it will eventually disperse on it's own, or you could PUSH it into the Earth, or into a plant (it's been said that plants can survive, or even thrive, on magickal energy with little to no water or sunlight). We'll get into more advanced stuff later that you can do with energy, but experiment for now, and keep me posted! yes teacher... *looks to the ground shamfully* I have been getting better at remembering... Y do some people not get efected by not grounding but i get so sick and ill each time? its not fair... I shall meditate asap and the ground and repeat...^_^
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:39 am
Well, it all depends on your make-up. Physically, you may have an iron defishency problem, or you might have vaso vagal syncope (if I spelled it right), which means that you could just faint a lot, or your diet might be the problem. Magickally, though, it could be for many reasons. Eventually you'll work your way up to being able to handle more energy and you'll be able to deal with just shaking your hands after doing Lesson #1 and you'll be fine. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:30 pm
Lesson #4 Wrap-Up
In lesson #4, you learned to move your ball on a surface as well as through the air.
Some of you may have read my earlier post about why some people respond to grounding better than others. If you haven't read that, I suggest that you do. One could make an interesting study of it, but it would take lots of time and training.
We also went over the importance of meditation with one of the students. Let me say this: Meditation is the basis of anything related to the Craft. If you are currently unable (key word: currently) to meditate with a little bit of efficiancy, PM me and I'll be happy to help you.
The next lesson will have to wait until next week: I've been busy, if you can't tell, and I appologize for the delay. I'll post a list of experiments you can do with your energy balls in Honey, and that should be fun and keep you busy until your first lesson in Shielding!!!
Happy Findings, and may you Blessed Be
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:55 pm
Fun Experiments to Try With Your Energy Balls Create your ball, then try these fun experiments for a little more energy experience! Key: ==(beginner), ++(intermediate), --(advanced), (And in parantheses like this will be the practical applications for each excercise.)==Make a black energy ball, prefferably when you're in the shower or bath. As you wash yourself, take the ball in your hands and see all the negativity come out of your body and go into the ball. If it helps, imagine the ball is a vacuum that sucks up all negativity in it's path. When you're fully done, the black vacuum ball simply goes down the drain and into the sewer system. Ground and center. (Obviously good for starting off on a good day (if you shower in the morning), but also an energy work that can be as long or short as you want.)++Find a plant that looks like it could use some energy. (It doesn't matter what kind of plant.) Sit next to it/against it/whatever, and place your receptive hand (usually the opposite hand you write with) on the plant. Ask it what color energy it would like. Then feed it the energy straight from the Earth (or other energy source of your choice). Try not to take the energy into you first, but this may take a while. When you feel it is full, take your hand away. Ground and center. (This is a good way to give back to Mother Earth, or Gaia. There is only so much She will let you take from Her before She will dump you on your butt, so this is just one way you can repay Her kindness while working with energy.)--Start your ball at the top of your head, hovering a few inches above your crest. Then make the ball circle you in a spiral from your head to your feet. (This is best if worked standing.) If you do one "round" without loosing control, make it come back up, but at a faster speed this time. Keep going, gaining speed as you go up and down your body. If the ball touches you, or flies out of your control, you're out. Ground and center, and wait a few hours. (This excercise is not only fun, but it also works your endurance and control. Be careful not to overtax yourself on this one, though, because it is a very hard excercise if you're not used to working with energy.)Happy Findings and Many Blessings! I'll start shielding sometime next week! heart
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:16 pm
This is going to be interesting. For the past few months (since about September) I've been studying the effects that various activities have on my sleeping ability. I have a lot of trouble sleeping, so I try a lot of things to try and help me sleep. (actually, in another guild there was this thread with some records of meditation and sleep... *fades off*)
I digress... Anyway, I did the first activity during my shower. I shower at night before bed, so I focused the ball on removing the stress of the past day and everything negative about what happened today. Tonight I plan on watching how well I sleep. I'll be sure to share the results with you all tomorrow!
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:51 pm
This definitly seems interesting and I would love to join! I just hope its not too late or something.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:54 am
No, I'd love it if you would join! I'll add your name to the list of classmates!
I've been sick this past week, and my defenses were/still are down. It's weird to find that, even though I don't consciously shield, when I'm healthy I'm totally innocent to the world around me energy-wise. Yesterday I was at my boyfriend's house and he got a little angry, and I felt HORRIBLE because of all the negativity. When we were eating dinner I felt dizzy even though I was sitting down, and my arms were tingly. (We had a nervous waitress.)
So I'm just posting this for your benifit. If you're sick, like most people around here, take it easy, and ground and center as needed.
I'm sorry, but I can't think well enough yet to post the first shielding lesson. Maybe later today or tomorrow, but I'll get on asap to do that. Maybe my morning coffee is all I need. heart
Happy Findings, and may you Blessed Be
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:55 am
Yeay! Thanks xD and I hope you feel better soon!
I'm not sure if I should post this or not because I'm so far behind, but it might help you help me when I ask questions.
Lesson #1:
My hands beame warm as I rubbed them and they created/drew energy. When I pulled them away, they felt tingly and warm, there was a pressure between my hands, then a cold rush made my hands feel as if they were in cool water. The second try was the same, except it felt like very cold water, not just cool. The third time had amazing results. I kept my eyes closed and when I pulled my hands apart, I focused on that strange pressure, that *possibly* magick energy which I held. I played around it it, pushing it in and amaking it very hot, then I tried expanding it. I slowly moved my hands out, then a little in, then more out, and a little bit in. When not expanding it, I could feel it running in my veins. I concentrated on forcing it out of my hands, pushing it back and forth. It grew hotter, larger, and stronger feeling. After some time, my concentration broke and the energy disapated. My arms felt heavier than before, probably from doing something with energy that I have never done before. Then I had a slight headache, but that was probably because I was very tired.
[eek! I hope its not too long!]
[Edit!]
Lesson #2
First I tried using the Moon and purple, but nothing happened; I changed my color to blue and my hands felt slightly tingly, and I began to feel cool, but it just didn't feel right so I stoped. I meditated and started again. This time I rubbed my hands together a little bit first and pictured pink energy from teh Sun, that time it worked. It felt like lesson one, but my hands tingled a little bit, and my shoulders, chest, and spine got really warm. I concentrated so hard and attempted to hold it in one hand, I managed some of it, but I think i droped part of it or something. When I switched to my left hand I droped it in my lap. This is the cool part, I went to pick it up with my right hand [cause I'm a rightie so thats natural] but I somehow managed to get it to go into my left hand with my mind on accident. Don't ask how cause I don't know. There were other balls that I may have dropped or... I don't really know what happened but I guess I ordered stray bits into my right hand. I was really confused about what happened and my concentration broke, then I lost the ball.
Now, I'm a bit confused on how I got the energy into my hand from my lap, do you know what I did?
And I also don't know what happens to the energy when I break my concentration, it seems to dissappear into nothing. My room did feel warmer, and the air was thicker than it was before I started, but it could have just been my immagination. Help?
Lastly, I really don't get how to hold it in one hand, it just doesn't work for me.
And for grounding I just breathe deep and drink some water, when that didn't work I pictured myself as a fountian and the energy flowed out of my hands as water into flowers around me.
[sorry if I'm posting too much!]
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