Grounding...techniques, ideas, comments, recent changes...

[FirstLight]

Hey everyone- In the post about getting"rolled" this week, the subject of grounding came up.

So I figured I would share my current experience of how I "do" it and ask others to put in their 2 cents.

The concept of grounding is something we talk about alot in these spiritual circles, but may be something each of us "gets" diferently. Words are a rudimentary way to express a 'feeling' and I have and still do struggle at times with how it is "supposed to feel" when I am grounded. I think the biggest thing is to realize that our thoughts are instantaneous, and usually all we have to do is "tell" our spirit and it is ALREADY there. One of the greatest ifts given to me by my current meditation teachers has been the phrase "re-committ your grounding cord" because it reminds me that I am not realy ever DISconnected from the Mother, we just forget to nourish that connection ...

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Once you feel how your grounding 'clicks' for you, prctices it ALL the time. While cooking, standing in line, driving(which is a real trip!) etc... it helps us stay in alignment with our creator selves on SO many levels ;)

So I like to ground in the morning or at night when laying in bed and work my energy, either setting intention for the day or making sure i am "clear" a night and protected while I sleep...

Breathe and find a silent moment inside you
first send a thread of consciousness from your tailbone to the center of the earth, like a taproot

Then, expand the thread to be the width of your hips
it can help to imagine a belt or rockcimbing harness or even pantyhose, enveloping your lower 3 chakras

Make that thread into a tube and at the bottom it meets the golden center of the core
imagine how the core of the earth looks for you - usually a pink quartz in liquid form radiating warmth & love

Let your 'tube' wrap around that core
it could be like the roots of a great tree wrapped around, it could be wrapped like a climber's rope and tied in a square knot, etc...
give it a tug, make sure it is snug :)

...Come back up the tube and feel your body 'sink in' to that anchor, open it wide again, look for 'dents in your cord and smooth it out, does it feel plugged like a pipe? roto rooter it out. Sometimes, sending a golden exploding rose or throwing a ball of gold down the cord can really open it up.

...Allow anything in your aura, stuck in your cells, your psyche to just flow down to the center of the earth like waterfall
and KNOW that the earth is MADE to transmute that and reycle it. The earth is not concerned that it is 'negative' the earth sees it as energy only, and then uses it for her own needs...

Use this technique for releasing pent up energy that make be making you skittish, use it to realease illness, use it to let go of others stuff that may be stuck on or inside you...

how does that feel?

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[FirstLight]

1. ...anyone...? bueller?

after witing this I must have felt pretty grounded & energized...I cleaned the whole house!

...still working on laundry tonite, though.

howz everyone? did you all fly away or get so deep you forgot to post? lol

[kentauros]

2. I hope this technique doesn't mean I have to go through all the crap Bueller's principal

went through during that movie! lol :P

I haven't yet done it, yet I visualized it as I read. I like your method. A similar grounding I had once read said to visualize silver cords growing out of your feet and ankles like roots, and to send those to the center of the Earth. Your addition of visualizing the energy at the center of the Earth helps even more :)

Grounding will help sexual imbalances, too, right? (I don't think I need to explain that... )

[FirstLight]

4. The benefit of grounding the lower THREE chakras...

The first root chakra is understandable, but the big deal is that all three low vibrations are whaer we need to close down reaction, and bring in the siprit point of view (hence allowing the heart & throat to be open a little more 25-30% and the third eye and the crown 100%...allows you to recieve the spirit energy and change your reality easier...does that make sense?)

the second deals with partnership and manifests as us subjugating our authentic selves in order to be "liked" by someone

the third brings in the Analyzer and the Judgement pieces that keep us attached to "right & wrong"

turning down all three of those chakras to 20% or less can assist in not being 'corded' by those energies in your interactions


so the idea of anchoring in all three in the grounding, and making the cord open like a tube as wide as your hips, gives you more stability in your heart, throat & the rest...

[kentauros]

5. Your description makes sense for what it does with the chakras

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I'll be trying it in a little while. I have to take epsom salt baths for this sciatic problem and it's a perfect time to relax, ground, meditate, overtone and whatever else comes to mind...

[liberalmuse]

3. Thank you!

I'm going to try this and report back. :)

[mysticalchick]

6. Messages from the Universe ...

... this is the second thing I "happened" upon in my internet travels this morning speaking about how to ground. I get the message. heh I have been using food to do it for many years and particularly so of late and feel worse in my body causing me to NOT want to be in it that much more. Thank you for this suggestion, FL. I was able to visualize it as I was reading and will use it often and see how that helps because using food isn't the way. (Ha! Like I *don't* know that but still ....)

Will try today and report back! Many thanks for taking the time to share this.

[FirstLight]

7. good for you for 'getting the message'...

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So much of our synchronicity is just catching those little 'hints' we are given! (sometimes i choose to ignore tham, but hey, the universe just keeps sending! thankfully)

I, too, tend to ground with food or tobacco, bad habits! I know that in a pinch, a bite of dark chocolate will help 'bring you down' if you are out of your body...and yes, I totally know that feeling of thinking you are using something as a tool- only to realize it is really responsible for feeling yukky and doing the opposite. Instead of feeling better, you find yourself fleeing the scene!

I look forward to hearing how your practice goes. Pm me if you need any more tips ;)
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