Clearing Your Energy Channel For Meditation And Guidance Use the following exercise to open to the clear flow of Divine Energy into your body, mind, and consciousness. You may want to use this method everyday as a way of aligning to the flow of Divine Light and Love into your form. You can also use this technique as a way to connect to your Higher Wisdom for inner guidance. This process does not need to take much time. If you are doing this exercise as a daily spiritual practice, take as long as is needed to clear and balance each of the centers. If you are doing this as a preliminary for opening to inner guidance, move more quickly, using the focus of your intention to do the preparation that is necessary. You do not need to have a thorough understanding of the spiritual centers to do this exercise. Simply know that each center is the opening through which the light of God flows into your form. The centers appear as disks of light spinning in a clock wise direction. You might imagine that these centers are intersecting with your body. As this light flows into them, they become more radiant and refined. You might want to record the following instructions into a tape recorder and play the tape back as you do this exercise. Read the instructions slowly, pausing frequently to give yourself time to do the activities and experience the results. The instructions are listed below: Sit quietly with your eyes closed. Breathe deeply several times as you allow your body to relax. Imagine a brilliant white light is flowing down from your High Self into the crown of your head. You might image the energy of your High Self as a ball of light six inches above your head. As this light moves through each of your spiritual centers, imagine that the center is expanding, clearing, and becoming more radiant. Imagine these disks of light spinning in a clockwise direction at just the perfect speed for you. Stay at each center, until you feel it is time to move on to the next center. Begin with the crown center located at the top of your head. This is known as your spiritual center, connecting you to the higher dimensions of yourself. Move down to the third eye, a spot in the center of your forehead which is the seat of intuition. This center allows you to see into the inner realms. Next, take your awareness to the throat center. It is located at the front and center of your throat. This center governs your self expression and creativity. Move your awareness to the heart center, in the middle of your chest. This is the center of Divine Love. Feel the love permeating your body as this center opens to the flow of this beautiful light from the higher dimensions. The next center is the solar plexus located near your belly button. This is the center of your emotions and power. It may need extra clearing during a crisis. Take your awareness next to the spleen center located at the center of your abdomen. This center is related to sexual activity. The last center is the root center located at the base of your spine. This is related to the physical life force energy. Imagine that all the centers are now completely cleared, allowing the pure light of God to flow through you as an open channel. See this light continuing its journey down your legs and feet into the center of the earth. Imagine that the light of God flows from the higher dimensions through you, as an open channel, into the earth and back up to the heavens. Feel yourself as a balanced and clear channel of God’s love onto the earth. You are now ready to receive divine inspiration and guidance. Record your experiences with this exercise in your journal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO ACCESS YOUR INNER GUIDANCE We have already mentioned that one of the most powerful aspects of using your imagination to receive inner guidance is to pretend that you know the answer. “If I knew the answer, what would it be?” In this exercise, we are going to imagine the future based on a choice we might make. For example, suppose you need to choose between two job offers, but you are not sure which one to accept. In this process, you would image the future that would be created if you chose one of the positions. Exercise: Using Imagination For Guidance Follow the directions listed below to use your imagination as a tool for connecting to your inner guidance. You might want to record these instructions on a tape and play them back as you follow along. Be sure to speak slowly and pause frequently to give yourself time to do the activities and experience the process. Find a quiet place. Close your eyes. Say a silent prayer of intention. Imagine you are connected to your inner guidance. Pick one of the choices and imagine you have made this choice. What does this future look like? Let yourself experience the details of your life emanating from this choice. What does it feel like? Does it feel light, heavy, tight, free, joyous, sad, etc.? Imagine where you will be in five years if you made this choice. Switch decisions, and imagine you made the other choice. What does this future look like? Let yourself experience the details of your life emanating from this choice. What does it feel like? Does it feel light, heavy, tight, free, joyous, sad, etc.? Imagine where you will be in five years if you made this choice. Now, imagine you are standing at a cross road and both paths are before you. Which path has the most light? Which path seems to draw you to it? Ask yourself, if I knew which path to take, which one would it be? Thank your High Self for its assistance. Open your eyes. Record your experiences in your journal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEALING WITH DIFFICULT EMOTIONS Finding appropriate avenues for expressing your feelings is part of the healing process. Many people resist their emotions because they fear the consequences of expressing their feelings. They do not want to hurt others or themselves by honestly speaking the truth. It takes exploration and practice, but there are safe ways to express your feelings. Expressing your feelings to yourself is the first and most important step in speaking your truth. Keeping a journal allows you to vent your emotions in a safe and private place. In your journal, you can say it anyway you want, without worrying about the effect your words have on others. You do not have to be concerned with the validity of your feelings. With feelings, there is no right or wrong way to feel. Use your journal to explore the meaning behind the feeling and to express the emotions. Be honest. A drawing is another good way to express a feeling. Use a blank page and color pens to express what you feel. This exercise is not an art contest so do not be concerned with style. Use this time to express the depth of your emotion with color. Whatever you create is perfect. At a later time you might want to examine the drawing looking for themes in the patterns and colors. Your drawings will often give you great insight into the meaning of your emotions. If you feel comfortable, you might want to show your drawing to a friend. Often someone else can see things that are hidden to you. Some people use movement or dance as a vehicle for expressing emotions. Other people use exercise as a way to vent built up feelings. One woman I know ran every day as a way to deal with the anxiety and anger she felt concerning her divorce. Writing a letter allows you to express your feelings to others. You do not have to send the letter to the person unless you want to do so. Sometimes expressing the feelings is more important then sending the message. You might want to write one letter that you know will not be sent as an exercise in catharsis. After you have fully expressed your feelings, you can rewrite the letter into a form with which you feel comfortable in sharing. In a effort to express their anger, some people find it helpful to beat on a pillow or hit a punching bag. One friend reported experiencing a great release of anger by screaming in a car with all the windows rolled up. One of the most effective ways to deal with emotions is to transmute them. Emotions are energy moving through our consciousness. If we have received the message of the emotion, we can safely transmute the energy into a higher form, keeping it from becoming repressed in our bodies. Follow the instructions listed below to transmute emotional energy into light. Exercise: Transmuting my emotions Find a quiet place and time to do this exercise. Close your eyes and relax. Call forth the energy of the emotion you want to transmute. Allow yourself to feel it in your body. Thank it for the message it has brought to you. In your mind's eye, see the people involved in this situation and surround them with light. Forgive them and yourself for the part you each played in this scenario. Ask your Higher Self or God to take the energy of this emotion and transmute it into light. Release the energy into the hands of God. Thank God that what you have requested has been done. Anytime the old feelings come back to mind, remind yourself that you have released this situation and energy into the hands of God. Record your experiences with this exercise in your journal or on the opposite page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEING PRESENT WITH YOUR PAIN Pain is a common feeling for people in a crisis to experience. As I mentioned earlier, the most natural response to pain is to resist it. Unfortunately, resistance only serves to create more pain. Sometimes the best response to physical pain is to experience it completely. Listed below is a technique that might assist you in dealing with your pain. Exercise: Being present with my pain Find a quiet place and time to do this exercise. Close your eyes and allow yourself to experience your pain. Do not resist it, allow yourself to experience it as completely as possible. Imagine the pain has a color. What color would it be? Try to soften the edges of your pain. Imagine you can move the pain away from your body. Imagine you can move inside the pain. Imagine you can make it smaller or larger. Imagine you can add light to the pain. How does the light change your experience of the pain? Experiment with changing the size, color, or location of your pain. Shift your awareness to that part of you that is observing the pain, letting the observer relax behind the pain. Explore the experience of your pain in as many ways as you can imagine Imagine that you can surround your pain with love. Do this for as long as it feels appropriate to you. Record your experiences in your journal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------