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Monday, February 28, 2005

Got a friend? Here's a grounding exercise / game that takes two:

First, stand facing each other. Taking turns, first one then the other, give your partner a little shove. Notice how they react, how it feels when you push them, How did it feel to get pushed? Second, try lifting each other just a little off the ground. Again, notice the sensation of lifting, and being lifted. Now -- and you can do this standing if you like: Take a few minutes to say 'hello' to yourself, and establish your grounding. Remember, you don't have to try-- trying and doing don't work... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 27, 2005

Meditation 101: Sorting Yourself Out From The Chaos

prerequisites 1-- How Not To Get Fried (posted Feb 1st) http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel2752/s15 2 --Step One, practiced, preferrably, a couple of times or more The first step sat you down, and got you into communication with yourself. It helped you locate your self inside all the fuss and bother that is your daily routine in this busy, noisy, demanding world. It helped you make a distinction between your Self and your Body. The second step helps you define your Self in relation to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 25, 2005

Welcome to Meditation 101 -- Say Hello--

Hello! and Welcome! The first step is to sit down. That might be the hardest thing to do, considering how busy lives are, how short the hours, the number of demands from moment to moment... Finding the time to get quiet and still-- 20 minutes? An hour is better, but 20 minutes is a start... That's the first commitment you have to make to meditation. The second step is to close your eyes, and turn inwards. Stop paying attention to what's going on around you. At first, finding a place that is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Contemplation on Meditation: Experiencing Spirit--part 2

What's meditation? Wait, I have to think about that... (Heheheh...) All right... Meditation can be any of a number of techniques to either help you get out of your body-sense, and thus away from its distractions, so you can experience your Self as Spirit, or to help you get into your body-sense, to become more aware of its subtle dynamics and messages and the relationship between Spirit and Body. There is a lot of emphasis in several religious traditions on escaping the terrible trap that is the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Altered States: Going Out by Going Inward --- Experiencing Spirit--part 1

I've recently come across at least three reports about how human beings are genetically / biologically predisposed towards the spiritual experience. One was about how forms of meditation and prayer actually change how the brain is working: In profound states of inward-turning, whether prayers of a Catholic nun or meditations of a yogi, certain areas of the brain grow quiet and others light up. The ones that go quiet are the same areas that control the personal sense of individuality and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

white...white... white...white... Your Energy: Part Ten

white, oyster shell, bright white, off-white... Our palette here gives us the use of one actual white, but if you've ever looked at wall-paint samples, you don't need me to tell you how many different whites there are! To the inner eye, there is also Elmer's White --the color of the glue, with a similar consistancy. You may hear quite a lot about the wonderful White Light, as it has commonly been considered the Best Color, and equated with Godliness since the good old Victorian Metaphysics days... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 21, 2005

Beyond the Rainbow... Your Energy: Part Nine

And then there are all the rest of the colors... Browns and greys, white, gold, silver, black... And how many shades of gold or silver can you think of...? How many kinds of white, of grey? What about copper? How about that octarine ( a hat-tip to Terry Pratchett and the Discworld)? Mauve, puce, chartreuse... Of the entire electromagnetic spectrum, how much of it can we see? How much of it can we actually sense at all, with our five commonest senses? Not much. And how far can we see with Guy's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 20, 2005

They Call it Mellow Yellow... Your Energy-- Part Eight

Yellow --bright and cheery! Yellow, warm and buttery... Yellow, devoted to intellect... analysis... figuring-out... thinking-about... When I see that particular intense, deep yellow in an aura, I know some heavy thinking is going on. As I've mentioned elsewhere, there are some people who honestly regard thought as the highest purpose of humankind, some who would rather think than do... "Man seeks not to understand, but to explain..." I think it was Edward De Bono who said it that way, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 19, 2005

Can you transcend what your Sunday School Teacher taught you

and what your Church requires of you, to get to that subtle place inside yourself where you have your own direct connection with the Divine? It is an important distinction to make, between the packaging and the content. When one is mistaken for the other, disappointment is sure to follow. Unless all you want is the packaging. Packaging can be a wonder in itself, and any Mad Ave exec knows how important it is to attract to the outside, before anyone is going to discover what is inside. But in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 18, 2005

"...a color that rhymes with 'urple...' " Your Energy-- Part Seven

"Light urple?" Psychics reputedly love purple. So do old ladies, with red, these days... And I have a friend who finds purple to be the very most alluring color he knows! Whe I see a deep, translucent purple in an aura, I recognize it as usually having something to do with a kind of 'cosmic' attitude-- The brighter and pinker it is, the more a purple speaks to me of the kind of gregarious, New-Agey spirit of camraderie and We Are One, group-huggishness. A thick, opaque purple I associate with... Sign in to see full entry.

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I've been asking the Universe to explain itself to me since I was about 11 years old. I asked specifically how to reconcile God with Science. Now and then, I seem to tune in on an answer. All that I write here represents not Truth, but what I believe to be true.I have my reasons, and I like to believe, my reason. ///Everything of my own words and/or pictures that I post on Blogit is copyright by CLRedding 1972-present, all rights reserved.///

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