Showing posts with label grounding. Show all posts
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Friday, March 30, 2018
Solidity versus Stability; what is safer during these changing times?
Solidity versus Stability; what is safer during these changing times? ©2018 Joan M. Newcomb, CPC
We're going through a pretty chaotic time. Monumental changes are happening, faster than ever before. We're needing to adjust at lightening speed.
It's daunting and disorienting. How do we feel safe during all this expansion? How do we maintain our equilibrium?
The old or traditional ways of doing this aren't working any more. In the past, it would be creating or seeking some kind of anchor. That anchor may be in the form of a reliable job, an established belief system such as a religion, or even a persona, like being a "a solid citizen".
However, solidity is no longer an effective way to to respond to growth. The vibrational frequency of this Consciousness Shift is so high (and increasing exponentially) that trying to anchor into density is about as safe as staying inside a brick building during an earthquake.
Wait, I can hear all your analytical minds buzzing - doesn't stability equate with solidity? Isn't it the same thing? Are you stronger when you're solid?
Not necessarily. When you're in the amount of expansion we're experiencing, you need sea legs under you. Trying to stay immovably firm during these energy fluctuations, you'll topple over.
What's already happening is, any antiquated concept or tightly held belief within you is disintegrated, like mortar between bricks. Heck, for some people, even the bricks are turning to dust. Or maybe just their brick façades.
What creates stability instead? Think of it like trying to stay upright on a boat in the ocean, or even on a surf board (during some growth periods). Your focus goes inwards, to your core. Your feet may flat on the floor, yet your stance is flexible.
It's a different way of anchoring, going within, than going down into the planet. It may not seem very stable at first. In fact, it seems the opposite. Yet I've found in this new Consciousness, everything is often the opposite of what we were originally taught.
Reality is under renovation right now, it isn't the most secure anchor point. When you anchor within yourself, you're accessing your greater aspect of Consciousness. It's going deeper into the essence of who you really are, rather than the illusion of what is.
We don't need the old forms of grounding or protection. Protection is often a form of resistance anyway, and resistance magnetically attracts what you don't want. Consciousness is more powerful than anything. There's no need for protections in this new world.
When you connect inward to Consciousness, you innately know it's a benevolent Universe. You innately know that all is very, very well.
It's daunting and disorienting. How do we feel safe during all this expansion? How do we maintain our equilibrium?
The old or traditional ways of doing this aren't working any more. In the past, it would be creating or seeking some kind of anchor. That anchor may be in the form of a reliable job, an established belief system such as a religion, or even a persona, like being a "a solid citizen".
However, solidity is no longer an effective way to to respond to growth. The vibrational frequency of this Consciousness Shift is so high (and increasing exponentially) that trying to anchor into density is about as safe as staying inside a brick building during an earthquake.
Wait, I can hear all your analytical minds buzzing - doesn't stability equate with solidity? Isn't it the same thing? Are you stronger when you're solid?
Not necessarily. When you're in the amount of expansion we're experiencing, you need sea legs under you. Trying to stay immovably firm during these energy fluctuations, you'll topple over.
What's already happening is, any antiquated concept or tightly held belief within you is disintegrated, like mortar between bricks. Heck, for some people, even the bricks are turning to dust. Or maybe just their brick façades.
What creates stability instead? Think of it like trying to stay upright on a boat in the ocean, or even on a surf board (during some growth periods). Your focus goes inwards, to your core. Your feet may flat on the floor, yet your stance is flexible.
It's a different way of anchoring, going within, than going down into the planet. It may not seem very stable at first. In fact, it seems the opposite. Yet I've found in this new Consciousness, everything is often the opposite of what we were originally taught.
Reality is under renovation right now, it isn't the most secure anchor point. When you anchor within yourself, you're accessing your greater aspect of Consciousness. It's going deeper into the essence of who you really are, rather than the illusion of what is.
We don't need the old forms of grounding or protection. Protection is often a form of resistance anyway, and resistance magnetically attracts what you don't want. Consciousness is more powerful than anything. There's no need for protections in this new world.
When you connect inward to Consciousness, you innately know it's a benevolent Universe. You innately know that all is very, very well.
Friday, February 24, 2017
How Are You Experiencing The Earth's Energetic Shifts?
How Are You Experiencing The Earth's Energetic Shifts? ©2017 Joan M. Newcomb, CPC
I've been tracking shifts in reality for the past decade or so, and it's fun to see scientific explanations show up in my storyline.
As I started 'upgrading' energetically, one of the most disturbing changes was the disappearance of the center of the Earth. I was teaching grounding in a meditation class one day, and went to connect to the Earth's magnetic core, and it wasn't there. For me there was just outer space, as if I'd gone straight through the holodeck and outside the Enterprise.
Grounding had been my foundational technique for thirty years. When I corded the center of the Earth from my root chakra, I would feel gravity increase. It helped me come into my body and feel more present. My body felt more secure when it was connected to the planet. And then it was gone.
Eventually, I adjusted. I came up with other ways to center in the hologram without being tethered to the planet. I discovered how to wirelessly connect into my body and into this physical reality in a way that wasn't so dense. Instead of feeling increased gravity, I now feel this pleasant sense of buoyancy.
Recently, I taught these techniques to a couple of people and they reported feeling heavier. Hmm. So afterwards I played with using my original techniques again, and it just wasn't the same. Everything is still lighter, and more diffuse.
Then I came across a YouTube video of Inuit elders talking about changes in their environment, and saying the earth's axis has tilted. I wondered if this was part of what I'd been sensing.
More research revealed a report from NASA saying that polar shifts are normal, they take place over millions of years. However the shift has sped up in recent years, It is moving faster now, and "scientists estimate the pole is migrating northward about 40 miles per year, as opposed to about 10 miles per year in the early 20th century".
The Earth wobbles fairly regularly, but another NASA report stated that "around the year 2000, Earth's spin axis took an abrupt turn toward the east and is now drifting almost twice as fast as before, at a rate of almost 7 inches (17 centimeters) a year." Which they find "puzzling".
So, things are speeding up. Magnetic poles are shifting. The planet is responding. Our bodies are responding (since they're our vehicle in physical reality).
Physical reality looks the same but feels different. There are different ways to balance and center now. Wireless connections, rather than cords, help me energetically center in this reality. Our bodies like feeling connected to the planet, so for some people walking barefoot helps. I don't like being cold, so for me just walking outside (bundled up against rain and wind) helps.
This hasn't gotten around to explaining how, as I walk, I notice reality shifting in an out of focus, and how, to me, it I sense moving in and out of parallel universes, but that's for another article.
We're Consciousness, experiencing this world of form, and our body is our vehicle. Notice for yourself how you perceive the changes going on, and what your body may find supportive.
Whatever helps your body feel balanced and centered, do it. And you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. :)
I've been tracking shifts in reality for the past decade or so, and it's fun to see scientific explanations show up in my storyline.
As I started 'upgrading' energetically, one of the most disturbing changes was the disappearance of the center of the Earth. I was teaching grounding in a meditation class one day, and went to connect to the Earth's magnetic core, and it wasn't there. For me there was just outer space, as if I'd gone straight through the holodeck and outside the Enterprise.
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| NASA: Artist's rendition of Earth's Magnetic Field |
Grounding had been my foundational technique for thirty years. When I corded the center of the Earth from my root chakra, I would feel gravity increase. It helped me come into my body and feel more present. My body felt more secure when it was connected to the planet. And then it was gone.
Eventually, I adjusted. I came up with other ways to center in the hologram without being tethered to the planet. I discovered how to wirelessly connect into my body and into this physical reality in a way that wasn't so dense. Instead of feeling increased gravity, I now feel this pleasant sense of buoyancy.
Recently, I taught these techniques to a couple of people and they reported feeling heavier. Hmm. So afterwards I played with using my original techniques again, and it just wasn't the same. Everything is still lighter, and more diffuse.
Then I came across a YouTube video of Inuit elders talking about changes in their environment, and saying the earth's axis has tilted. I wondered if this was part of what I'd been sensing.
More research revealed a report from NASA saying that polar shifts are normal, they take place over millions of years. However the shift has sped up in recent years, It is moving faster now, and "scientists estimate the pole is migrating northward about 40 miles per year, as opposed to about 10 miles per year in the early 20th century".
The Earth wobbles fairly regularly, but another NASA report stated that "around the year 2000, Earth's spin axis took an abrupt turn toward the east and is now drifting almost twice as fast as before, at a rate of almost 7 inches (17 centimeters) a year." Which they find "puzzling".
So, things are speeding up. Magnetic poles are shifting. The planet is responding. Our bodies are responding (since they're our vehicle in physical reality).
Physical reality looks the same but feels different. There are different ways to balance and center now. Wireless connections, rather than cords, help me energetically center in this reality. Our bodies like feeling connected to the planet, so for some people walking barefoot helps. I don't like being cold, so for me just walking outside (bundled up against rain and wind) helps.
This hasn't gotten around to explaining how, as I walk, I notice reality shifting in an out of focus, and how, to me, it I sense moving in and out of parallel universes, but that's for another article.
We're Consciousness, experiencing this world of form, and our body is our vehicle. Notice for yourself how you perceive the changes going on, and what your body may find supportive.
Whatever helps your body feel balanced and centered, do it. And you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. :)
Friday, February 19, 2016
Defying Gravity
Defying Gravity ©2016 Joan M. Newcomb
Gravity:
1. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
2. Extreme or alarming importance; seriousness.: "crimes of the utmost gravity".
I used to believe that it was my Life Purpose to teach everyone to ground. I felt that everyone’s problems would be solved if they only knew how to create an energy cord from their first chakra to the center of the earth.
When I learned to ground, it completely changed my life. I had always been more out of my body than in it. If you’d asked me where my focus was, it was in my imagination, above my head. Grounding brought me into my body. I felt stable and secure. I felt like gravity increased.
It was a fundamental component of all my energy classes for twenty five years. And then something changed. It stopped working for me.
One day I was teaching class, I’d just taught my students how to ground, and there was no center of the earth. I had them stand up and go outside. I thought if we stood on the grass, I might feel something.
Instead, it was like standing on a holodeck, and there was nothing but outer space underneath. It wasn’t until I stood beside a 100ft tall Douglas Fir, that I sensed something. (It was the energy emanating from it’s magnificent root system that I felt).
A few weeks later I was meditating and there were no chakras. Chakras are energy centers in your body and part of a spiritual practice that is thousands of years old. What was going on?
What’s happening is an energetic shift, an acceleration of Consciousness coming into form. Whether or not we have any experience with energy, we are feeling it. It seems like everything that we thought was solid and real is falling apart. We're losing aspects of our identity in careers and relationship.
We're being called to live life as our Authentic Selves and anything that is not in alignment with who we truly are, is going away. What is breaking down is breaking through to Consciousness.
Our minds, our personalities, our bodies, are objecting and resisting. This is unfamiliar and scary. We think we'll die if our rigid belief systems cease to exist.
I had to upgrade my techniques. Cording the earth from chakras was about as efficient as using AOL dialup to access the world wide web. Now I use 'reference points' to anchor myself as Consciousness in form. I connect wirelessly to the center of the hologram. Information instantaneously and effortlessly downloads from the Cosmic Internet.
The old way brought you into a dense version of reality that was physically uncomfortable. I spent a lot of time dealing with blockages. Connecting as Consciousness, I'm present in my body, but there is no pain.
When you navigate as Consciousness, Life becomes a magical game. Synchronicities abound. The world looks different in HiDef.
Defying the body's gravity, it's limited world view, empowers you. Things are no longer happening to you. You realize that you are creating your reality as Consciousness down to the smallest detail. You are at choice with how to respond.
Most of my readers already know this, but some of you may be scratching your heads, I lost you at 'chakras'. If you want to know more, check out my website, I have videos and coaching programs and more.
Gravity:
1. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
2. Extreme or alarming importance; seriousness.: "crimes of the utmost gravity".
I used to believe that it was my Life Purpose to teach everyone to ground. I felt that everyone’s problems would be solved if they only knew how to create an energy cord from their first chakra to the center of the earth.
When I learned to ground, it completely changed my life. I had always been more out of my body than in it. If you’d asked me where my focus was, it was in my imagination, above my head. Grounding brought me into my body. I felt stable and secure. I felt like gravity increased.
It was a fundamental component of all my energy classes for twenty five years. And then something changed. It stopped working for me.
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| NOAA photo: Flying Humpback |
One day I was teaching class, I’d just taught my students how to ground, and there was no center of the earth. I had them stand up and go outside. I thought if we stood on the grass, I might feel something.
Instead, it was like standing on a holodeck, and there was nothing but outer space underneath. It wasn’t until I stood beside a 100ft tall Douglas Fir, that I sensed something. (It was the energy emanating from it’s magnificent root system that I felt).
A few weeks later I was meditating and there were no chakras. Chakras are energy centers in your body and part of a spiritual practice that is thousands of years old. What was going on?
What’s happening is an energetic shift, an acceleration of Consciousness coming into form. Whether or not we have any experience with energy, we are feeling it. It seems like everything that we thought was solid and real is falling apart. We're losing aspects of our identity in careers and relationship.
We're being called to live life as our Authentic Selves and anything that is not in alignment with who we truly are, is going away. What is breaking down is breaking through to Consciousness.
Our minds, our personalities, our bodies, are objecting and resisting. This is unfamiliar and scary. We think we'll die if our rigid belief systems cease to exist.
I had to upgrade my techniques. Cording the earth from chakras was about as efficient as using AOL dialup to access the world wide web. Now I use 'reference points' to anchor myself as Consciousness in form. I connect wirelessly to the center of the hologram. Information instantaneously and effortlessly downloads from the Cosmic Internet.
The old way brought you into a dense version of reality that was physically uncomfortable. I spent a lot of time dealing with blockages. Connecting as Consciousness, I'm present in my body, but there is no pain.
When you navigate as Consciousness, Life becomes a magical game. Synchronicities abound. The world looks different in HiDef.
Defying the body's gravity, it's limited world view, empowers you. Things are no longer happening to you. You realize that you are creating your reality as Consciousness down to the smallest detail. You are at choice with how to respond.
Most of my readers already know this, but some of you may be scratching your heads, I lost you at 'chakras'. If you want to know more, check out my website, I have videos and coaching programs and more.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Who's Driving The Car?
Who's Driving The Car? ©2015 Joan M. Newcomb
We all have subpersonalities, and it doesn't mean you're schitzophrenic! What it means is that you have access to all different aspects of yourself, and this can be quite useful when you're conscious of it.
It's when we're unconscious that they can cause problems.
The most obvious subpersonalities are our inner kids. It's as if each age we've ever been is frozen in time within us. At any moment our two year old can come out and disrupt the Monday morning staff meetings (especially if you skipped breakfast to be there)!
We also have subpersonalities for each role we've ever been. When I had a wedding business, it was useful to call upon my minister-officient subpersonality as I was driving to a rehearsal or ceremony; it stepped me into a professional mindset regardless of what else was going on in my life.
If you have a particular part to play in your life and you don't feel you know how to do it, it may be that the "wrong" (=inappropriate) personality is in your driver's seat. When that personality slides over and lets the "right" (=appropriate) one drive, you'll find you have access to the information you need.
Sometimes You need to put the wayward personality in the car seat behind you.
Not all our recalcitrant personalities are kids, however. Sometimes we have bossy adults gripping the wheel when we really need to let our artist out to wander. Bossy adults can be useful when it's time to stop procrastinating and work on the report that's due, but on weekends you need to lock them in the office.
We have an infinite number of personalities available to us, even ones we don't feel like we've accessed before. We may not be as practiced with them, but they are there to be called forth. Perhaps you're in love with 'the One' and your longest relationship was three months. Or your family background was so dysfunctional you have no clue how to make this one work. Take a deep breath, let all those concerns go, and allow the personality that does know how to make love last come up from deep within you.
You may feel a little wobbly and uncertain doing this at first, but trust that you have a wellspring of wisdom that you can tap into at any time. You have an inner Parent subpersonality that can take the wheel whenever you need.
Your inner kids all really want that subpersonality to drive because they can't (or shouldn't). They calm down when it's in the driver's seat.
Play with this for the next seven days. Call in the subpersonalities that you need whenever you need them. And see what happens!
We all have subpersonalities, and it doesn't mean you're schitzophrenic! What it means is that you have access to all different aspects of yourself, and this can be quite useful when you're conscious of it.
It's when we're unconscious that they can cause problems.
The most obvious subpersonalities are our inner kids. It's as if each age we've ever been is frozen in time within us. At any moment our two year old can come out and disrupt the Monday morning staff meetings (especially if you skipped breakfast to be there)!
We also have subpersonalities for each role we've ever been. When I had a wedding business, it was useful to call upon my minister-officient subpersonality as I was driving to a rehearsal or ceremony; it stepped me into a professional mindset regardless of what else was going on in my life.
If you have a particular part to play in your life and you don't feel you know how to do it, it may be that the "wrong" (=inappropriate) personality is in your driver's seat. When that personality slides over and lets the "right" (=appropriate) one drive, you'll find you have access to the information you need.
Sometimes You need to put the wayward personality in the car seat behind you.
Not all our recalcitrant personalities are kids, however. Sometimes we have bossy adults gripping the wheel when we really need to let our artist out to wander. Bossy adults can be useful when it's time to stop procrastinating and work on the report that's due, but on weekends you need to lock them in the office.
We have an infinite number of personalities available to us, even ones we don't feel like we've accessed before. We may not be as practiced with them, but they are there to be called forth. Perhaps you're in love with 'the One' and your longest relationship was three months. Or your family background was so dysfunctional you have no clue how to make this one work. Take a deep breath, let all those concerns go, and allow the personality that does know how to make love last come up from deep within you.
You may feel a little wobbly and uncertain doing this at first, but trust that you have a wellspring of wisdom that you can tap into at any time. You have an inner Parent subpersonality that can take the wheel whenever you need.
Your inner kids all really want that subpersonality to drive because they can't (or shouldn't). They calm down when it's in the driver's seat.
Play with this for the next seven days. Call in the subpersonalities that you need whenever you need them. And see what happens!
Friday, November 13, 2015
How To Handle The Ever Increasing Pace of Expansion
How To Handle The Ever Increasing Pace of Expansion ©2015 Joan M. Newcomb, CPC
Things are getting faster. Time seems to be speeding up. It's noticeable in our everyday lives - we have never ending streams of information bombarding us from social media 24/7, but we can also communicate with each other instantaneously, and get places quicker, than we ever have before.
It used to be that a second was the fastest measurement of time. Now it seems broken into nanoseconds. What is going on?
As we progress as Consciousness into form, our vibration increases. We *are* the higher vibration of Consciousness, and as we come more into our bodies, we experience it as expansion.
When I read energy, the past vibrates more slowly and the future vibrates at a higher rate. The past is denser, the future more diffuse.
When We are focused in the present moment, We are aligned in our bodies and able to effortlessly move with them on their perceived journey from the past to the future.
If we focus elsewhere - either to the future (daydreams) or the past (memories) we'll be disconnected from what's going on now. It's like trying to drive your car while staring at the GPS or in the rear-view mirror.
When We as Consciousness are anchored and centered in our bodies, our energy flows more smoothly. If we aren't, we'll accumulate pain, and look for distractions to get away from the pain, which disconnects us even more. It's like expecting your car to drive when you're not in it.
Really, our bodies want *Us*, Consciousness, to be driving. Our bodies experience resistance when they feel they're abandoned, or being made to do something against their will. They may create illness to get our attention.
If you are feeling rushed, if you're feeling stressed, if you feel like you're on a treadmill never getting anywhere - that's your body experiencing time and space without You in it.
You may think you don't want to take the time to anchor in the body, but when you do, time expands. You get more done when you're focused in the present moment.
The experience of Consciousness in form, You in your body, is effortlessness, non-resistance, centered but not weighed down, gliding through time like a kayaker on a river of energy.
Here are some instantaneous ways to connect in your body:
Use your lower abdomen as a reference area, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (I see Me as a dot of light). Notice what that's like.
Use your inner heart as another reference area, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (a centering point)
Your pineal gland - in the center of your head, between your ears, behind your eyes, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (another centering point)
And your solar plexus - inner stomach area, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (you can be centered in all these areas at once).
This allows you as Consciousness to lightly occupy the body and navigate with it through your life.
Play with this. See what happens!
Things are getting faster. Time seems to be speeding up. It's noticeable in our everyday lives - we have never ending streams of information bombarding us from social media 24/7, but we can also communicate with each other instantaneously, and get places quicker, than we ever have before.
It used to be that a second was the fastest measurement of time. Now it seems broken into nanoseconds. What is going on?
As we progress as Consciousness into form, our vibration increases. We *are* the higher vibration of Consciousness, and as we come more into our bodies, we experience it as expansion.
When I read energy, the past vibrates more slowly and the future vibrates at a higher rate. The past is denser, the future more diffuse.
When We are focused in the present moment, We are aligned in our bodies and able to effortlessly move with them on their perceived journey from the past to the future.
If we focus elsewhere - either to the future (daydreams) or the past (memories) we'll be disconnected from what's going on now. It's like trying to drive your car while staring at the GPS or in the rear-view mirror.
When We as Consciousness are anchored and centered in our bodies, our energy flows more smoothly. If we aren't, we'll accumulate pain, and look for distractions to get away from the pain, which disconnects us even more. It's like expecting your car to drive when you're not in it.
Really, our bodies want *Us*, Consciousness, to be driving. Our bodies experience resistance when they feel they're abandoned, or being made to do something against their will. They may create illness to get our attention.
If you are feeling rushed, if you're feeling stressed, if you feel like you're on a treadmill never getting anywhere - that's your body experiencing time and space without You in it.
You may think you don't want to take the time to anchor in the body, but when you do, time expands. You get more done when you're focused in the present moment.
The experience of Consciousness in form, You in your body, is effortlessness, non-resistance, centered but not weighed down, gliding through time like a kayaker on a river of energy.
Here are some instantaneous ways to connect in your body:
Use your lower abdomen as a reference area, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (I see Me as a dot of light). Notice what that's like.
Use your inner heart as another reference area, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (a centering point)
Your pineal gland - in the center of your head, between your ears, behind your eyes, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (another centering point)
And your solar plexus - inner stomach area, allow a piece of your Consciousness to be there (you can be centered in all these areas at once).
This allows you as Consciousness to lightly occupy the body and navigate with it through your life.
Play with this. See what happens!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Foundations
©2008 Joan M. Newcomb
I'm noticing that whatever people felt were their anchor point has become unstable nowadays. There have been many times in my life where either everything collapsed to my foundation, or my foundation was decimated entirely.
People who have sought security in money, jobs and investments are finding things evaporating before their eyes. Those who have counted on relationships are finding their loved ones morphing into completely different characters. Things we've believed are solid and real are turning out not to be, thus shaking our belief systems to their core.
In reality, this has been going on our entire lives, but usually with just one thing at a time. And we usually have a year or two or three to get over it before the next challenge comes. Now it seems all is being called into question at once, and it seems to be happening with everyone, magnifying the experience for all.
It's all happening because we're coming to a new level of awareness. It's an increased inner responsibility and a connection with a God-Self within. We're growing up. We're becoming Conscious. It'll be wonderful once we get there, but how do we manage the discomfort as the old illusions fall away?
A technique that I've relied on for half my life has been grounding. I create/imagine an energy connection from my first chakra/lower abdomen down to the center of the earth. It acts as both an anchor or stabilizer, and also an energy release. When I'm grounded, it usually feels like gravity has increased. I'm less knocked over by whatever is going on around me. My body feels safer when grounded. And, by imagining it like a trash chute, I can release negative energy out of my space and down to the center of the earth to be recycled.
I still believe that this can be an effective technique for many people. However, my hologram is changing, my realm of energy work is expanding, and so my technique of grounding needs upgrading as well.
When I first started working with Matrix Energetics, I discovered that I needed 'multidimensional' grounding. I was engaging in Parallel Universes and parallel dimensions, so all my parallel selves required grounding as well! Back then I didn't question where I was grounding to, I just did it.
I asked Mark Dunn about grounding and he said he doesn't ground to the center of the earth any more because 'the earth is dying'. I don't think that's true, but I do think that energy is being withdrawn from the hologram, so it feels that way to most. I think there will always be a playground Earth but it will feel different.
What started happening for me this summer is whenever I grounded, not just my body but my environment, I'd experience the 'Matrix wave' instead. The center of the earth disappeared and it seemed like there was nothing below but outer space. Oops! Maybe we really are in a giant holodeck on the Enterprise after all!
Mark teaches 'dropping down', moving from your head to your heart, but it also involves dropping into your solar plexus and your lower abdomen. It's kind of like grounding into your first chakra rather than grounding from it. Dropping down happened automatically with me when I grounded to the center of the earth. The grounding into my first chakra is taking conscious practice, however.
A visual image that came to me as I was considering how to conclude this article was swimming in a strong current (which we all are doing at this moment). Trying to have your feet on the ground isn't possible (or necessarily productive). However if you stay centered and focused within yourself, you'll maintain the presence of mind to navigate your way through the flow.
Which all comes down to bringing your energy and focus back inside. Your foundation isn't in money, job, relationships or an external God. It's in You. Try connecting to your inner You (or U, for Universe, I like to say) and see how that helps you in the coming days and months.
I'm noticing that whatever people felt were their anchor point has become unstable nowadays. There have been many times in my life where either everything collapsed to my foundation, or my foundation was decimated entirely.
People who have sought security in money, jobs and investments are finding things evaporating before their eyes. Those who have counted on relationships are finding their loved ones morphing into completely different characters. Things we've believed are solid and real are turning out not to be, thus shaking our belief systems to their core.
In reality, this has been going on our entire lives, but usually with just one thing at a time. And we usually have a year or two or three to get over it before the next challenge comes. Now it seems all is being called into question at once, and it seems to be happening with everyone, magnifying the experience for all.
It's all happening because we're coming to a new level of awareness. It's an increased inner responsibility and a connection with a God-Self within. We're growing up. We're becoming Conscious. It'll be wonderful once we get there, but how do we manage the discomfort as the old illusions fall away?
A technique that I've relied on for half my life has been grounding. I create/imagine an energy connection from my first chakra/lower abdomen down to the center of the earth. It acts as both an anchor or stabilizer, and also an energy release. When I'm grounded, it usually feels like gravity has increased. I'm less knocked over by whatever is going on around me. My body feels safer when grounded. And, by imagining it like a trash chute, I can release negative energy out of my space and down to the center of the earth to be recycled.
I still believe that this can be an effective technique for many people. However, my hologram is changing, my realm of energy work is expanding, and so my technique of grounding needs upgrading as well.
When I first started working with Matrix Energetics, I discovered that I needed 'multidimensional' grounding. I was engaging in Parallel Universes and parallel dimensions, so all my parallel selves required grounding as well! Back then I didn't question where I was grounding to, I just did it.
I asked Mark Dunn about grounding and he said he doesn't ground to the center of the earth any more because 'the earth is dying'. I don't think that's true, but I do think that energy is being withdrawn from the hologram, so it feels that way to most. I think there will always be a playground Earth but it will feel different.
What started happening for me this summer is whenever I grounded, not just my body but my environment, I'd experience the 'Matrix wave' instead. The center of the earth disappeared and it seemed like there was nothing below but outer space. Oops! Maybe we really are in a giant holodeck on the Enterprise after all!
Mark teaches 'dropping down', moving from your head to your heart, but it also involves dropping into your solar plexus and your lower abdomen. It's kind of like grounding into your first chakra rather than grounding from it. Dropping down happened automatically with me when I grounded to the center of the earth. The grounding into my first chakra is taking conscious practice, however.
A visual image that came to me as I was considering how to conclude this article was swimming in a strong current (which we all are doing at this moment). Trying to have your feet on the ground isn't possible (or necessarily productive). However if you stay centered and focused within yourself, you'll maintain the presence of mind to navigate your way through the flow.
Which all comes down to bringing your energy and focus back inside. Your foundation isn't in money, job, relationships or an external God. It's in You. Try connecting to your inner You (or U, for Universe, I like to say) and see how that helps you in the coming days and months.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
How to stay stable in an unstable reality!
©2008 Joan M. Newcomb
Things seem to be changing at an ever increasing rate of speed. The weather, the economy, you name it, it's transforming. The picture I get is that we're all going down the river of life and we've hit white water. How do you stay stable in an unstable reality?
My answer is grounding. Immediately some of you will roll your eyes at such an elemental suggestion. 'Grounding' has become a buzzword nowadays. Some of you will tilt your head to the side and go 'huh'? To both groups, read on, you may learn something new, or be reminded of something helpful to remember at this time!
There are many techniques for grounding (William Bloom calls it 'earthing' in his book 'Psychic Protection') - it's a way of connecting to the earth, which helps you feel stable or anchored. Some Martial Arts practices have you ground from your solar plexus, connecting your personal power to the planet. If I recall William Bloom's 'Earthing' technique, it's simply feeling the ground with your feet. The basic technique I use is creating an energy connection from the lower part of my body (the root chakra area) to the center of the earth. I'll also connect with my feet, which gives additional stability, a tripod effect.
Grounding acts like an electric ground - it helps your higher vibrational frequency (your Essence self) inhabit your lower vibrational body. You are so much more than your physical body, but if you tried to cram all of Yourself in, you'd fry your circuits! Grounding helps you bring more of your Self in and also helps you stay balanced and present when the energy around you is in flux.
I find I have to adjust my grounding to my circumstances. When I'm driving down the freeway, my grounding is different than when I'm sitting in a chair meditating. When I'm doing Matrix Energetics, I have to use a 'multidimensional' grounding, or even imagine grounding all my multidimensional selves, since I'm working on a level beyond this one. (It really isn't as complicated as it sounds, just pretend and you're really doing it). If I'm hitting "white water" whether it's personal issues or external circumstances, I adjust my grounding to be adequate for what I'm going through.
If this is all new to you, here's how to get started: Sit in a chair, feet flat on the floor, close your eyes and turn within (it helps you tune out external distractions and focus on your internal sensations). Imagine an energy connection from the lower part of your body to the center of the earth. Take a deep breath and release it down to the center of the earth. You can imagine your grounding to be a tree trunk, with it's roots sinking into the planet's core. You can imagine it to be a laser beam, from the energy center in your lower abdomen to the energy center of the earth. You can imagine it to be a water fall, cascading down into the earth. You can imagine a strong but flexible cable... or anything else that comes to mind.
When I ground, I feel a strong magnetic energy in my feet and lower body, as if gravity has increase. It doesn't slow me down, however, I can drive or walk or stand in front of large crowds and stay centered. My body feels safe and secured when I'm anchored this way.
You can also use it to release energy, tension, and any blocks to moving through these changing times. You can imagine the center of the earth to be a giant recycling station (or compost area, or incinerator/generator) that takes anything you choose to release and reuses it for the greater good.
For those of you following Eckhart Tolle and Oprah, this is a great technique for increasing Presence. If you find yourself sitting in traffic (Eckhart's favorite example, it seems), give yourself a grounding connection, and release frustration or impatience down it. You will find an increased Awareness as you do this, or the sense of Presence that he talks about.
Things are changing, the energy is accelerating, but instead of clinging to past (or external) securities by grounding from within yourself, you can find the ride exhilarating!
Things seem to be changing at an ever increasing rate of speed. The weather, the economy, you name it, it's transforming. The picture I get is that we're all going down the river of life and we've hit white water. How do you stay stable in an unstable reality?
My answer is grounding. Immediately some of you will roll your eyes at such an elemental suggestion. 'Grounding' has become a buzzword nowadays. Some of you will tilt your head to the side and go 'huh'? To both groups, read on, you may learn something new, or be reminded of something helpful to remember at this time!
There are many techniques for grounding (William Bloom calls it 'earthing' in his book 'Psychic Protection') - it's a way of connecting to the earth, which helps you feel stable or anchored. Some Martial Arts practices have you ground from your solar plexus, connecting your personal power to the planet. If I recall William Bloom's 'Earthing' technique, it's simply feeling the ground with your feet. The basic technique I use is creating an energy connection from the lower part of my body (the root chakra area) to the center of the earth. I'll also connect with my feet, which gives additional stability, a tripod effect.
Grounding acts like an electric ground - it helps your higher vibrational frequency (your Essence self) inhabit your lower vibrational body. You are so much more than your physical body, but if you tried to cram all of Yourself in, you'd fry your circuits! Grounding helps you bring more of your Self in and also helps you stay balanced and present when the energy around you is in flux.
I find I have to adjust my grounding to my circumstances. When I'm driving down the freeway, my grounding is different than when I'm sitting in a chair meditating. When I'm doing Matrix Energetics, I have to use a 'multidimensional' grounding, or even imagine grounding all my multidimensional selves, since I'm working on a level beyond this one. (It really isn't as complicated as it sounds, just pretend and you're really doing it). If I'm hitting "white water" whether it's personal issues or external circumstances, I adjust my grounding to be adequate for what I'm going through.
If this is all new to you, here's how to get started: Sit in a chair, feet flat on the floor, close your eyes and turn within (it helps you tune out external distractions and focus on your internal sensations). Imagine an energy connection from the lower part of your body to the center of the earth. Take a deep breath and release it down to the center of the earth. You can imagine your grounding to be a tree trunk, with it's roots sinking into the planet's core. You can imagine it to be a laser beam, from the energy center in your lower abdomen to the energy center of the earth. You can imagine it to be a water fall, cascading down into the earth. You can imagine a strong but flexible cable... or anything else that comes to mind.
When I ground, I feel a strong magnetic energy in my feet and lower body, as if gravity has increase. It doesn't slow me down, however, I can drive or walk or stand in front of large crowds and stay centered. My body feels safe and secured when I'm anchored this way.
You can also use it to release energy, tension, and any blocks to moving through these changing times. You can imagine the center of the earth to be a giant recycling station (or compost area, or incinerator/generator) that takes anything you choose to release and reuses it for the greater good.
For those of you following Eckhart Tolle and Oprah, this is a great technique for increasing Presence. If you find yourself sitting in traffic (Eckhart's favorite example, it seems), give yourself a grounding connection, and release frustration or impatience down it. You will find an increased Awareness as you do this, or the sense of Presence that he talks about.
Things are changing, the energy is accelerating, but instead of clinging to past (or external) securities by grounding from within yourself, you can find the ride exhilarating!
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