Are you spiritually grounded ?

[henners]

What Does it Mean to be grounded?

When we are heavily engaged in spiritual practice, staying grounded can be challenging. We can divert a little too much of our energy towards the spiritual plane. We begin disconnecting from our physical reality.

Becoming and staying grounded is incredibly important if our spiritual evolution is to have an effect on our physical existence.

# Are you having trouble connecting to others ?
# Are you having trouble doing mundane things like paying bills, or looking after yourself.
# Are you edgy, do you have scattered thoughts or forgetful.

Connection to the spiritual plane is a wonderful thing. However, we must not be fooled into thinking that we must lose our connection to our physical existence in order to connect deeply to Spirit.

What keeps you grounded ?

In my case its my wife.

If not for her i would be up there with the fairies. Spending my time meditating all day, looking at selling up all that i have and moving to the highest peek, standing on my soap box and telling the world that, " The end of the world is nigh".
She listens to me and brings me back to reality. It doesn't mean that i've lost faith in my beliefs, just that i am more balanced/grounded.

I found this out with other Ground Crew members here in Sydney. Either a wife, or girlfriend or even a sibling keeps them grounded.

What are your thoughts on this ?

[henners]

And by the way, i know there are other meanings to be grounded.

" Grounding is a process that helps the body to connect to earth energies via its root chakra. Because we are first and foremost spiritual beings the physical body sometimes gets neglected. It is important to respect and care for the "container" that houses our spirit during our incarnate lifetime. Grounding is typically done through visualization or vibrational exercises. A common visualization is to imagine your feet growing roots and anchoring them deeply and securing into the earth."

I am looking for the other meaning that works for you.
Henry

[Carmen]

Grounding? Well yes, living on a farm keeps one fairly grounded. The energy is hard to contain sometimes. That when I turn up the music and boogie round the house. I used to be good at spelling. I seem to have lost words, just have to write them phonetically sometimes. My tendency would be to flit and fly like a fairy, spreading radiance and Love.

Love and Light

Carmen

[BROOK]

Yes grounding is very important to the physical existence.
We must never forget...we can go to the higher plains of existence at any time... we are eternal beings...but our purpose, our mission, is to create in the physical 3d we are in now....we have eternity to experience our higher self...the mission is here in the NOW...
And frankly...there is much beauty to behold in this world

[Anchor]

If one is not grounded, one floats uncontrollably like a leaf on the breeze.

Grounding means to allow your energy to become equal in potential with point at which you are grounded to. This is a good idea since it can provide a consistent point of reference. Most people who teach meditation will refer to grounding oneself at the start.

Just like in electronics. One grounds an electrical appliance to the earth. Similarly one grounds ones being to the Earth.

The Earth is a good place to be grounded since our 3rd density bodies are made out of material that is on loan from her, and we live in symbiosis with her.

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[giovonni]

I'm sorry henners!
Speaking of not being grounded

[henners]

Hey Giovonni, thats hilarious. No reason there can't be humour in this thread.

[giovonni]

Please forgive my silly, Its been hard day!!
Believe it or not ~ I'm going try too meditate now

[henners]

Hey listen giovonni, no need to apologise. We need humour in this life.
Henry

[Anchor]

Originally Posted by giovonni

Way to be dude - that was hilarious

[Carmen]

If anyone wants some really good advice on grounding oneself. The book "The Hathor Material" Tom Kenyon. has some really good 'grounding' exercises in it

Cheers

Carmen

[rhythm]

Housework and particularly gardening good for grounding
and LOTS N LOTS OF HUMOR .
And no i dont want to do your housework !!!
love you guys , infinite love ,rhythmmm x

[dagon]

a bump to the top to rid dark energy!!

the power of christ compels you!!!

[tribe of light]

Being grounded has two major connotations for me....

(1) Inertia
(2) Being Present in the Presence - Continuity of Conscious Awareness

(1) is based upon being drug (sic) down by old thought-forms and ancient energies... this is in particular reference to the power of the lower nature to keep us grounded in matter. Like a rocket, we must overcome this gravity in order to ascend from the 4th to the 5th kingdom.

(2) is the nature of Fiery Intuition. It is the Clear Light of Primal Awareness that is neither within nor without. It is simply that our "higher self" or "buddha nature" is covered by the inertia described in (1) and must be overcome if one is truly to be grounded in the Light that Is (2).

So basically, I feel that people can be quite grounded in (1) and thus feeling incomplete b/c they are like a golden nugget covered with the inertia of (1) and until it is overcome the gold of (2), true grounding will not be manifest to themselves or to the world in which they live.

You could call (1) Being grounded in illusion and (2) being grounded in Reality if you feel so inclined.

[MyShadow]

I think the key to this is that everyone persuing a spiritual path will learn in their own ways how to achieve grounding - it's part of the process of coming into your enlightenment. It may not happen in this lifetime, but it depends on your capacity, experiences and choice of opening your focus.

For many, the desire is so strong to be "off planet" into the dimensions where realities are fluid, so they give much of their focus towards that - they forget to experience all of the marvels of this dimension.

You do exist in both dimensions simultaneously, which provides you the optimal opportunity for expansion - but some just choose to deny themselves of that. A lesson that will be learned eventually across multiple lifetimes.

[TruthWillSetUFree]

One must be grounded from within

Not to rely on something outside of oneself, such as a person, a place, a thing for your groundedness or peace of mind or you are giving it power over you. If it were gone what would you do then?

Where thought goes there goes one's energy.

If a thought takes a person outside of themselves; thinking about how to pay bills, doom and gloom, drama, etc. they are giving energy to it, instead of keeping the energy within oneself.
This keeps them in the past or future and away from the present moment.

We live in the physical so naturally we do think about when to pay our bills but we have a choice in how we perceive bills in our judgment/non judgment of them, which is a whole different conversation.

Focus on the inside, your breath, your body your energy center, solar plexis and you keep your energy instead of it going all over the place.
This makes one tired, stressed out and sick.

Being grounded is keeping one's monkey mind focused within. This is your safe place this is your source of power.

It is always with you, It will never leave you.

Love & Light

[Carmen]

Tribe of Light - that is a wonderful explanation of true groundedness. Thank you. Also Truth WSIF. Loved your explanation also. Centredness, inner attention Wonderful words and explanations Thank you

Love and Light

Carmen

[cway]

good info thnk you
I found this video playlist on Youtube about consciousness and the
non physical realm.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...172B422C6EC49C

[Dakini]

This is a good question and opens a lot of avenues.

Yes, I would say I am grounded right now, but there have been times of expansion where I watched specific things 'dissolve.'

When you feel un-grounded, as can happen in Grof's Spiritual Emergency, there are simple things to do to ground.
-Eat meat
-Soak in a tub of water with Sea Salt added, or go to the ocean and get in it.
-Hard physical exercise
-Stop spiritual practice and meditation until you feel safe
-If you are in a Vortex area, get out until you are safe

-If you are in danger, and I hate to say it, but xanax or clonapin will do for short-term.

In more medical terms, the more solid someone's ego is, the less apt s/he will be to feel un-grounded. The more solid your ego is points to things like less trauma in one's life - especially in childhood, less mental health issues. If the ego 'fractures' - like in psychosis, spiritually-induced psychosis, and vast spiritual expansion, there is a definite lack of grounding that occurs.

That said, if you have been through trauma as a child, your ego is more vulnerable to a quicker fracture, a quicker dissolution. In some ways, there is a thinner veil to the spiritual realms. This is why spiritual expansion can pose a certain danger to certain types of people. I have seen very gifted people hospitalized by family during expansion, put on psychiatric drugs. This stops the spiritual process. It is a process, though, and will usually resume later.

[macrostheblack]

I always thought the soul kept us grounded through our body.

Its like the body is a antenna connecting to the earth.

[Zeddo]

Hi Henners and all others

My take on being grounded is rather simple although the lessons learned to get to this point were anything but easy.

Remember not to be so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good.

Tha's it.

[Carmen]

I love that Zeddo. That is a Great Truth. Whatever we learn in our spiritual development, if we can't embody or be an example of spiritual wisdom and Love, then whats the point!!!

Love

Carmen

[Zeddo]

Sorry about posting this here, we really need a chat option for subscribers. Can someone tell me where the "start new thread" button is? I feel really stupid asking but just can't find it !!!

Thanks!

[Dominic]

Grounding to me is the physical contact with the ground. I try to ground with the earth each day with my feet. People have lost contact with ground since shoes were applied. I think you must start with a physical ground for all existence and inner peace.