Omen of the Prepared

Pound the water to pull the bow;

Always target, before the throw.

Tribal steps, channel lands;

Breathe the craft, not the dance.

Quiet mind with busy hands.

Pound the drums, feed the stream;

Truth is shadow, within the beam.

@copyright Jason J. Walton

Grounding

Using the five physical senses when grounding is very effective, and the senses themselves are commonly associated with the elementals.  Below you find the correspondenses I use, there are of course different thoughts on the subject.

Sense => Element Table

Earth	Touch
Fire	Sight
Air	Hearing
Water	Taste/Smell

Keeping the previous table in mind; there are many ways to use different elements and the senses for grounding. For instance, blue and green are calming, balancing colors associated with earth and water respectively; red and yellow, fire and air. By adding a colored glass to your environment, you can effect water or even by enjoying a calming cup of tea, put on some relaxing music or natural sounds and you are pulling in the element of air. Burn lavender, jasmine, or other soothing incense to connect with fire, even using colored or white candles can be great ways of bringing fire elements into a grounding ritual. Get in a comfortable position on a nice soft upright chair, surround yourself with some of these suggestions, and grounding can be an almost effortless event.

@copyright Jason J. Walton

New Beginning

Dark or Light; All the Spectrum.
Harmony and Discord; Perspective.
Portals are vibrations, we the orchestra.
Who sings the song; key of the mound.
Destruction and Creation; Binaries cycle bound.
A storm weathered when shelter’s found.

-W4R

@copyright Jason J. Walton

Grounding Challenge

This is an invitation to add your own elements to any grounding exercise. The most obvious being those that react with the five senses. i.e.

• Sight (Outdoors, Pictures or Videos, Colored Water)
• Hearing (Music, Sounds, Tones)
• Smell (Incense, Candles, Perfume, Cologne, Flowers, Foods)
• Taste (Foods, Mints, Gum)
• Touch (Clothing, Jewelry)

What I want is for you to add to an existing grounding technique; anywhere from one to as many as you can think of, to it, and let me know what you added and share what your results were.

• What did you add?
• What senses did it interact with?
• What were your Results? Improvement? Ease of Grounding? More or less Refreshed?

@copyright Jason J. Walton

Advanced Grounding Exercise

This is an exercise I have worked out to “Ground”. It can be done at any time of the day and modified to work with virtually any physical activity or even without it. I incorporated the activity in this way to mentally link the physical world to the mental process in a practical way.

It is important to drink water at the beginning to help with the rejuvenation of the body and mind. As the human body is 65% water on average; in the brain, heart and lungs this is considerably higher. It is very important to stay hydrated, especially when doing any physical activity.

Breathing is also very important, as it is a very physical reminder of energy flow and of course an essential way that we replenish oxygen in our bodies. Controlled breathing also helps us to set the pace and be mindful of our surroundings.

Many have put to use visualization techniques of creating an energy ball and worked with energy at different levels, but more at a later time. Picture energy as the path of your thoughts and senses like an electric fire.

In preparation all you will need is access to water for both before and after, as well as a place to walk around, preferably outdoors.

1. Drink your glass of water.
2. Adjust your breathing so that you are inhaling for roughly three seconds, holding for three, and exhaling for three.
3. Picture an empty ball of energy in front of you like the energy is flowing from your hands, merely to hold the shape in your mind.
4. Your walk should be planned to take no more than 15 minutes.
5. It is time to begin your walk or other activity, continue to breath and hold the shape of the ball.
6. What I want you to pay attention to is everything that you can observe with your five physical senses.
   • The sights
   • The smells
   • The tastes in your mouth
   • The sounds you hear
   • The temperature and sensations you feel
7. When you notice these things occurring let them float in your mind and then let them drift out of focus.
8. When you notice other thoughts, let them move down to your hands and into the ball, letting it get heavier and more dense as you walk.
9. When you return from your walk, get your other glass of water.
10. As you drink your water; picture it washing the ball clean again and all those thoughts drifting in the current down your earthing cord and into the earth until the energy ball is completely gone. Feel the weight lifted off of you as this happens.

 

Special thanks to Errin for helping me work out the visualization.

@copyright Jason J. Walton