01-24-2014, 06:22 PM
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_(electricity)
Grounding can be translated in psychological ways and in terms of one's connection to the "Earth Self", however I have always fundamentally considered it in purely electrical terms.
Grounding is really about creating a circuit or circulation of the electrical current of the self with the electrical current with the Earth, or it can actually be done with pretty much anything, the point is to create a balance of potentials so the electrical charges in the body can be stabilized. It is the same reason we use a ground on an electrical plug, so any charge forms a complete circuit with the ground (or whatever is being grounded to) so rather than travel in to our bodies and becoming caught, therefore electrocuting us by increasing the electrical charge in our body beyond its threshold (note there are people who can hold huge electrical charges), the energy continues to travel its circuit and be equalized.
So, the most basic of grounding techniques I know is to focus on the bottoms of the feet and the raw connection with the ground you are standing on. This is best done with bare feet on earthen ground or grass as the rubber in the soles of most shoes can actually inhibit grounding for those who don't know how to work around that. One way to do this is to also include the awareness of the energy in the body and extend that awareness downwards in to the earth, "feel in to the Earth" until your electrical field and the electrical field of the Earth are forming one circuit. While doing this, one can also actually ground upwards to the sun or sky, and using the two together is similar to a technique called the Unity Breath.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/jun1/unity.htm
Another technique is to actually breath the energy out, clenching the abdomen slightly and with each outbreath visualize excess energy being pushed out with the breath.
You could say grounding is actually one of my specialties aha
If you really have an excess of energy, you can also do a spontaneous qi gong kind of technique where you basically stand with feet shoulder length and literally shake out all the energy by shaking your limbs, your body, flicking your fingers and tensing the whole body and more or less doing what you can do discharge the excess energy. It is good to do a space clearing like a smudging regularly if you are using this technique though. Or, you can visualize all the energy you are letting off flowing off and downwards in to the earth.
Grounding can be translated in psychological ways and in terms of one's connection to the "Earth Self", however I have always fundamentally considered it in purely electrical terms.
Grounding is really about creating a circuit or circulation of the electrical current of the self with the electrical current with the Earth, or it can actually be done with pretty much anything, the point is to create a balance of potentials so the electrical charges in the body can be stabilized. It is the same reason we use a ground on an electrical plug, so any charge forms a complete circuit with the ground (or whatever is being grounded to) so rather than travel in to our bodies and becoming caught, therefore electrocuting us by increasing the electrical charge in our body beyond its threshold (note there are people who can hold huge electrical charges), the energy continues to travel its circuit and be equalized.
So, the most basic of grounding techniques I know is to focus on the bottoms of the feet and the raw connection with the ground you are standing on. This is best done with bare feet on earthen ground or grass as the rubber in the soles of most shoes can actually inhibit grounding for those who don't know how to work around that. One way to do this is to also include the awareness of the energy in the body and extend that awareness downwards in to the earth, "feel in to the Earth" until your electrical field and the electrical field of the Earth are forming one circuit. While doing this, one can also actually ground upwards to the sun or sky, and using the two together is similar to a technique called the Unity Breath.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/jun1/unity.htm
Another technique is to actually breath the energy out, clenching the abdomen slightly and with each outbreath visualize excess energy being pushed out with the breath.
You could say grounding is actually one of my specialties aha
If you really have an excess of energy, you can also do a spontaneous qi gong kind of technique where you basically stand with feet shoulder length and literally shake out all the energy by shaking your limbs, your body, flicking your fingers and tensing the whole body and more or less doing what you can do discharge the excess energy. It is good to do a space clearing like a smudging regularly if you are using this technique though. Or, you can visualize all the energy you are letting off flowing off and downwards in to the earth.
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