{"id":428,"date":"2012-03-25T20:38:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T01:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.wordpress.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2012-03-25T20:38:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T01:38:53","slug":"magical-self-care-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/25\/magical-self-care-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Self-Care IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve told the story of how I broke my brain and then spent a year or so hiding in the basement.&nbsp; To say that I quit practicing magic altogether is an exaggeration, but these two meditations made up 90% of my practice at that time.&nbsp; It is to these meditations and that period of seclusion that I attribute my current sanity (such as it is \u2026 if that gives you any idea of how crazy I was before hand).<\/p>\n<p>The first exercise, obviously, is rooted in the near-ubiquitous seven-chakra system I was originally trained in.&nbsp; It is not of my own design, but I can\u2019t find my original source\u2014perhaps it\u2019s back with the library in Kansas City\u2014or anything similar on the web.&nbsp; It should be easy to adapt to whatever shape you\u2019ve worked your aura into.&nbsp; The second <em>is<\/em> of my own design.&nbsp; Suffice to say, I was once obsessed with energetic balance in the form of the Yin-Yang.&nbsp; Still, it was very useful.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Fountain of Light Chakra Meditation<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find somewhere quiet, preferably in front of your altar.&nbsp; Light incense, put on music\u2014do whatever it is what you do.&nbsp; Sit comfortably with your back straight.<\/p>\n<p>Reach down into the Earth, as far as you can.&nbsp; Open your Root chakra and let energy flow up into it.&nbsp; Feel it energize, swirling, building.&nbsp; The traditional color of the Root Chakra is red, and I found it helpful to concentrate on that color.&nbsp; Feel yourself grounded, steady, and rooted. <\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re ready, let the energy flow up from your Root into your Sacral Center.&nbsp; Feel it energize, swirling, building, orange light.&nbsp; Feel yourself swell with vigor, love, and lust for life \u2026 and maybe outright lust.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The light and energy rises further, to the One Point at your solar plexus.&nbsp; Feel it energize, swirling, building, yellow light.&nbsp; Feel your body: feel its strength and precision, your capacity for movement.<\/p>\n<p>The light rises further, to your Heart Center.&nbsp; Feel it energize, swirling, building, green light of primal life.&nbsp; Feel your heart and lungs, feel the blood and breath of life moving through your body.<\/p>\n<p>The light rises further, to your Throat Chakra.&nbsp; Feel it energize, swirling, building, blue light.&nbsp; Feel your voice, your&nbsp; spiritual connection to the world around you.<\/p>\n<p>The light continues to rise to your Third Eye.&nbsp; Feel it energize, swirling, building, violet light.&nbsp; Your Astral Sight grows sharper.<\/p>\n<p>The light reaches your Crown.&nbsp; Feel it energize, swirling, building, and finally pouring out of you and back down into the earth in a fountain of brilliant white light.&nbsp; Your whole body buzzes with power.&nbsp; As the light flows out of your crown, you continue to draw it up from the earth, through each of your chakras, and out of your crown.<\/p>\n<p>Allow the energy, the light, the power to continue cycling through you until you feel clear and bright.<\/p>\n<p>Break the cycle at your Root, and allow the excess energy to drain off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image:none;border-bottom:0;border-left:0;margin:0 auto 2px;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:block;float:none;border-top:0;border-right:0;padding-top:0;\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/image_thumb1.png\" width=\"404\" height=\"399\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Yin-Yang Power Meditation<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><p>Sit somewhere comfortable where you are unlikely to be interrupted.&nbsp; Visualize yourself floating in a void.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>In the void below you, visualize a large Yin-Yang disk floating perpendicular to the axis of your spine.&nbsp; Set it to rotating clockwise, and let its power rise up to fill you, then overflow upwards into infinity.<\/p>\n<p>When you are ready, visualize another Yin-Yang disk floating above you, parallel to the first.&nbsp; Set it rotating counterclockwise and feel its power flowing into you, parallel to the stream from the first, and down into infinity.<\/p>\n<p>Let the perfectly balanced energy fill you to the brim, as much as you can take.&nbsp; When you are ready, slow the rotation of both disks simultaneously, letting the energy flow taper off slowly until you are grounded and centered.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve told the story of how I broke my brain and then spent a year or so hiding in the basement.&nbsp; To say that I quit practicing magic altogether is an exaggeration, but these two meditations made up 90% of my practice at that time.&nbsp; 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