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Iloveyou

14th March 2015, 19:42

Dear Friends, I would like to collect various spiritual exercises, (guided) meditations, and also simple and powerful visualizations and imagery that one can practice during the course of a day.

In the last days I've come across 'The Golden Grounding Cord' (explained by Feminine Divine / Wes Penre) and the 'Running Your Energy' Meditation (presented by Dawn) and I'm sure there can be found many many more in various threads, but who will dig them up.

Of course there is a huge number of books and websites where that can be found too, but I would love to hear about your practice and experience, what do you recommend, what has worked well for you.

'The Golden Grounding Cord'
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?79899-Wes-Penre-s-levels-of-learning&p=941570&viewfull=1#post941570

'Running Your Energy'
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?34696-Breatharianism-and-living-on-Prana-a-how-to-guide&p=355143&viewfull=1#post355143

'Entering into the Sacred Space within the Heart' Meditation by Drunvalo

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(The male way is identical apart from one small detail and of course men may prefer the female way and viceversa)

This meditation has led me into my inner worlds where I have found clarity and understanding of what was happening to me in my life.

I will add more by and by and I would love to share my own favourite imaginations, but I'm still working on the verbalization and wording in English (when it comes to more than everyday language, I'm still struggling)

Be blessed all of you.

betoobig

15th March 2015, 11:11

29246Here there is an special Mandala made by Kenji Kumara, enjoy it.
love to all
Juan

RunningDeer

15th March 2015, 14:00

My goals to keep it simple. I use these three techniques as needed:

Put focus on heart and inhale and exhale. Feel whatever sensation arises such as love, joy, and peace. Feel/be what radiates in, through and around. Essentially, tap into what’s always present.

On each inhalation and exhalation, feel the following aspects of Love through the heart region: acceptance, compassion, forgiveness, humility, understanding, valor.

Whether the person is there or not repeat, “What’s mine is mine. What’s yours is yours.” The concern is immediately severed when gentle awareness is applied. Inner dialogue gets squished.

<3

Iloveyou

16th March 2015, 16:04

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TRANSFORMATION EXERCISE

When breathing in the cosmic energy, it streams into your crown and accumulates in your heart.

When breathing out, it forms a ball of golden light, expanding from your heart to create a huge golden aura
and a pulsating field of loving presence around yourself.

Then send your love from the center of your heart down to the center of the earth.
Feel deeply connected to her and wait for her to answer (images, sounds, feelings, impulses, body sensations).
This may happen immediately or within seconds.

Continue breathing until the field is stabilized.

This huge space of golden light has a kind of membrane around it.
Whatever is passing the membrane will alter its own quality and change its state of being forever.
Whatever enters this field will be transformed basically and fundamentally.

Only beings of the highest frequency can exist in this place.

When time is right, you return into your heart,
express your love and gratitude to earth and cosmos again.

Whenever I feel something strange or weird around me or I have a slight sense of menace or fear I return to this exercise and what I love most about it is that there is no need for shielding, rejecting or preventing anything, no need for negation, there is just one big YES. It protects me and at the same moment healing takes place.

https://pleiadiandelegate.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/gold-energy-ball.jpg

Iloveyou

25th March 2015, 15:58

...........................

Let's jump right into

„HOW TO LIVE LARGE ON A SMALL PLANET“ (Solara 1996)

At the beginning a few reminders

„Start clearing out the clutter. Get rid of those clothes which you're never going to wear again, which don't resonate with your True Self. Do you really need all those books that you've already read? Those old letters? Go through everything and strip away the meaningless debris. Sell or give away everything you no longer need.“

„Start cleaning out your life in the same manner. How do you clutter your days? What meaningless activities can be dropped? Get rid of all obligations in your life which are based on guilt, old patterns, or which you do because you're supposed to. Strip away and hone your life until it is real, unvarnished, without compromise.“

„Next, you can begin releasing your old judgements and assumptions. They were all based on an old reality system which we are leaving behind. . . Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you, forgive all your past experiences, and most importantly, FORGIVE YOURSELF.“

„Learn to speak when you have something to say and to be quiet when you don't. Purge away all those platitudes, those things you say that aren't really true. Be real when you communicate. Small talk and mindless chatter simply clutter the mind . . . Give yourself lots of free time to be open, empty and quiet.“

„Don't be afraid to not know. You don't have to pretend to be all-knowing all the time. None of us have all the answers anymore.“

„We need to forget most of what we learned anyway. In your new state of No-Mind, turn from knowing to feeling. Think with your heart – the One Heart. Allow your purest, Truest Love to lead you through each day.“

„Emptying out the clutter in your mind is tremendously freeing. So what! if you can't remember all those phone numbers anymore, or the names of distant acquaintances. Let the past slip away. Let your own personal history disappear. It will only serve you to become more of your True Self.“

„. . . stay open and undefined. Accept the Unacceptable. Accept that you are in a new place without any maps. Don't try to know anything. Don't try to do anything. Don't try to make anything happen. And especially don't be in a hurry to discover who you are.“

„Simply BE REAL no matter what, and plunge into Living Large.“

(Quotations not in chronological order)

For me some of these matters are easier to deal with, others are still work in progress. The next thing to do will be to light a great bonfire. It will be about Mastering Surrender.

http://andreiverner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/meditation_in_progress_preview.jpg

Iloveyou

30th March 2015, 13:00

IF IT'S REALLY YOUR HORSE YOU CAN LET IT GO
( . . . as the ancient Chinese proverb states)

Let's begin by creating a huge symbolic bonfire in the center of your room. We stress the word symbolic here. :) Bring down a shaft of the Greater Central Sun. Simply reach up and grab it and pull it down. It's as easy as that. Now anchor this shaft of Light into the Earth Star in the center of the planet. Just to make it nice and stable. After doing this you should have a brilliantly glowing bonfire.

1 Make a pile of all those things which you no longer need.
Outdated possessions, Unsupportive relationships, Old attitudes , Ingrained habits , Self imposed limitations, Old philosophies, Spiritual practices, Believe systems, Fears, Doubts, Compromises.
Visualize all the items being given to the people and places where it will best serve. Whatever is left over lovingly place it in the bonfire. Feel how much lighter you've become.

***

2 Start a new pile and place in everything that you need to complete.
Familiy obligations, Unresolved relationship issues, Education or job training, Business projects,
Selling property, Financial debts.
Visualize all the items being effortlessly brought to conpletion. See yourself stepping forward.

***

3 This is the pile of old template love. Put into it all your broken hearts as well as all the hearts you have broken.
Disappointments, Deep sorrows of the heart, Unrequited loves, Betrayals, Deep-rooted abandonment issues.
Pick up this mountain of painful, old emotions and with deep gratitude for all it has taught you, place it in the center of the bonfire. Your heart is now made ready for activating the One Heart.

***

4 Place in the fire all the vows you have made since you first incarnated as individual self. Place in it all your old roles.
As Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, Child, Husband, Wife, Lover, Teacher, Healer, Business person, Angel, Star commander. Add any religious affiliations and Divine missions. And toss in your Personal Power (I know that it took you a long time to get it, but we really don't need it anymore. It is limiting and keeps us from accessing true power which is actually no-power, and is available in abundance for all).
This pile usually brings up the most resistance. If you can't willingly surrender everything right now, then remember what you are holding onto and wait until the right moment to let them go.
Pick up this mountain and place it in the bonfire. Add some marshmellows if you like. Do you feel lighter yet?

***

5 This is a tricky one. Put into this pile everything which you would like to keep.
Your finest skills and attitudes, Spiritual believes, Healthy relationships, Your career, Familiy,
Favourite animals, Your House, Car, Computer, Paintings, Crystals, Stereos, Clothes. Make sure
you include your name. Toss in all your names and titles.
This is the best of you and your life. You might admire it for a few minutes if you like. Then lovingly place all of it into the bonfire. There it goes . . .

***

6 At this point you might think that there is nothing left to get rid of, but there is. You forgot yourself.
If we are going to surrender, we may as well do the full surrender. So let's step into the bonfire.
Staying in the heart of fire, in the eye of the storm becoming purified and transformed.*

***

Slowly the fire burns out. As it does, allow yourself the luxury of being nothing, having nothing. Keep open, wide open and free. Remain like this for as long as possible. Don't go running around searching to see what survived the bonfire. Wait until it comes to you. Stay new. The best is yet to come.

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Text quoted from 'How to Live Large on a small planet' (Solara)
* Iloveyou has altered the red highlighted part, because she's not ready to share in the original intention that goes:
„So let's step into the bonfire. Get up and walk right into it and feel yourself seared to the core. Then let your core burn away. Going, going, gone . . .

ranikanthan

18th April 2015, 07:45

It is realy beatifull to do the things that is advised .

ranikanthan

sunshaker

18th April 2015, 09:53

When it comes to visualization I believe first we have to learn to "SEE" again, We have gotten so used to seeing the world that sometimes we forget to SEE.
Over the years I have trained myself to see the world with new eyes,

Each day I choose a colour to be aware of and only allow myself to SEE this colour, where ever I went or watched on tv, I would every now and then close my eyes and reset myself then open them and only be aware of the colour I had chosen,

After a while I used combinations of colours, red/black/white or green/red etc, this brought a new depth to the world that I was previously unaware of, the world is now full of colour and with these heightened colours came a heightened sense of my reality.

Iloveyou

20th April 2015, 20:53

Hi ranikanthan and sunshaker! Thank you and Welcome! :flower:

Amazing exercise. I started practising it today. I can well imagine that it brings a new depth into our perception of the world. Maybe the ongoing communication with the things/objects/images/impressions we focus on becomes more intense too.
In the following text to SEE comprises what we see, sense, feel and know.

http://www.awakenvisions.com/gallery1/H035RoseWings-5x7s.jpg

What is Imagery ?

It is a healing technique for the emotional-mental-physical problems which can slow down or stop the process of getting prepared for interdimensional experience.

There's the path of liberation through the verbal mind or through the imaginal mind. Poets flourish at precisely this juncture between both. To them the dream world is primal, verbal language is the servant of the dream.

Imagery is about the act of dreaming. We may not be aware of it at every moment, but at every moment we are dreaming – as we read these lines, when we are waiting for the bus, speak to a friend in a cafe, when we work, cook, talk or just do nothing. It never stops, it is a natural result of being alive. Imagery is the mind speaking to us in pictures. It is a picture language rather than a word language. The imaginal experience comprises what we see, sense, feel, live and know. It is the natural and true language of our inner life.

It is similar to inspiration (when we suddenly are motivated to create something), intuition (when we have a solution to a problem 'out of the blue') or dreams – but all of them usually occur spontaneously, without our direct initiation.

It is different from fantasy. The left brain, being willful, aggressive, and competitive, sets itself goals that it proceeds to realize. Fantasy is the left brain's way of twisting our true dreaming to its own purposes.

True dreaming is free of such conniving. Instead, it responses playfully, like a child does. It responds to what it perceives, not simplistically, not foolishly, but in a manner that is direct, spontaneous, and creative.

(see Catherine Shainberg 'Kabbalah and the Power of Dreaming')

Guided Imagery

Guided Imagery Exercises are short inductions given by the imagery guide to the dreamer. These inductions lead the dreamer into waking dreams whose images are often as intense and clear visually as the most intense night dreams. Waking dreams occur in a waking state which is neither hypnotic nor trancelike. The dreamer is fully conscious; he is alert to what is happening to him. He enters this level of visual thinking by means of a simple and very quick relaxation. He is then able to explore and move in the world of his dreams and images which lie hidden behind his rational thought processes.

Waking dreams stimulate the imagination to become more active. They greatly enhance the creative process. They also serve to focus the dreamer's awareness on what is happening to him at the subconscious level. The images which emerge in him illustrate his actual state of being and his attitude towards problems confronting him.

One first simple example is to personally attend to our pain

Close your eyes, breathe out slowly three times counting from three back to one. See the "1" tall, clear, and very bright.

Now, turning your eyes inward - inside your body - let your vision travel down to the area of the physical, emotional, or mental pain. Allow yourself to be in-formed by the pain: What does it look like? What color is it? Does it smell? Does it have a texture or a sound? Is it hot or cold? Inflamed or dull? Wet or dry? Describe to yourself everything you ''see'' about your pain.

As you do this, you will be impelled to do something about what you are ''seeing.'' For instance, let us imagine that you have been in-formed that there is a fine-line fracture in your bone. How might you deal with it? The answer is found only through your own inner impulses. Just as you did when you were a child, you play. You improvise. For instance, you might get the notion to fill up the crack with a ray of sunlight. Or you might have the impulse to glue it with the white paste of a chewed radish.

Find your own images. You have received an inner image of a fine-line fracture, and you respond by offering an image back to the image offered you. In this way, you are feeding your right brain. Through the neuronal pathways, this new message is transmitted to your bone. Your bone, accordingly in-formed, hastens to heal.

Maybe we might wish to attend to our [night] dreams

Your dreams present you with yet another unfinished puzzle to which you can add your own pieces. For instance, you dream that you are swept away by a swollen torrent. You wake up with a feeling of terror . . . In a case like this, what do you do? Call up your therapist in a panic? Possibly. But a better way, perhaps, is just to sit down, close your eyes, and return into the dream.

Close your eyes, and breathe out three times, counting from three back to one. See the "1" tall, clear, and very bright.

Now, return into the dream. See yourself being swept away by a raging torrent. What do you do to extricate yourself? You could, for example, relax completely -- let go, and let yourself be carried by the raging waters. Soon, you drift down to a calm, sparkling sea. Or you might hang on to a low branch and heave yourself from the roiling waters. Or you might simply decide to sink to the bottom of the torrent and rest there, becoming the water, then rising, realize that the waters have become calm. Watch what unfolds. When you feel that the movement has come to completion, breathe out and open your eyes.

So you do have many options. But please remember this: When you re-enter a dream, only one of those options will surface. The dream image and that one option serve as both your diagnosis and your healing. You find the resolution to a difficult image through the unfolding of your active dreaming, and in the process you in-form your body of the abatement of the physical, emotional, or mental storm. You have participated directly in your own healing.

Another possibility is to dialogue with our right brain, with our Dream World

Close your eyes. Breathe out three times, counting from three back to one. See the ''1'' tall, clear, and very bright.

Imagine that you are standing in a meadow, looking up into a clear blue sky. Stretching your arm up to the sun, and catching a ray of light, use this ray of light to draw a circle of light in the right-hand side of the sky. Breathe out and bring your arm down.
Look into the circle of light, and see what wonders are appearing there for you. When you have seen, respond directly if the need arises. Or else, if the image completes and satisfies you, breathe out and open your eyes.

There are an infinity of ways of tapping into the imaginal Source. Clues to how this can be done may be found by modeling yourself on the poet. The poet inhabits a no-man's land between words and image.

(Catherine Shainberg 'The Hidden Treasures of Dreaming')

betoobig

21st April 2015, 10:02

sunshaker

21st April 2015, 11:44

sunshaker

21st April 2015, 12:09

You are so right Sunshaker. I can´t wait to see new colors which we can´t see yet. I am working on it too. Is so important to re-educated our eyes. SO far great art comes out of what someone sees and knows how to share it. So there is as much different ways to see things as much people on earth... just great. I am also working in reprograming myself to be able to see the energies that surrounds us. More colours ... fantastic.
I like to share one of my paintings here. Enjoy it please.

LOVE

Juan

My later life as been about reprogramming my brain/mind to open myself up to these "hidden/unseen energies,
I realised I had to teach my mind to connect to new dimensions,
I realised glass prisms would allow me to bring together two opposite realities to create one we are not usually aware of.

I have spent many years viewing television in 3d using two prisms, It gives me new dimensions to explore, and turns a plain 2d experience into 3d, when you master this technique you can play about with one or two prisms adding in refraction to black&white areas and different effects you pick up along the way.
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One of my favourite things to view or science/cosmos programmes, New dimensions jump out at you, I now find it hard/dull to view television in any other way.
Also music videos, they seem to be made for this type of viewing.

I often take prisms out with me, they can bring a greater depth to almost anything I view.
http://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_10_2014/post-79233-0-20795600-1414416093.png

One of the side effects that happens now and again, I have yet been able to completely understand,
It first started one night when i was holding these prisms up to my eyes and it felt like something was crawling on my face, I realized a continuous charge was coming out my fingers jumping to my face,
I thought at first it may be static, but it is not a jolt it can continue for long periods in a continuous flow.

Once mastered this technique opens up an awareness/communication of new dimensions which you never knew could exist. I believe I have over the years "rewired my brain" which now enables me to see/participate with these hidden energies.
There is always something new waiting to say hello.

ps I like the randomness of your picture with the added geometric gold, sun/earth in the void. It allows for personal interpretation.

betoobig

21st April 2015, 13:07

Thanks for sharing the "Sunshaker´s prisma technique". I am so curios about seeing thing differently. One of the painters who i love is Monet. His latest works are fantastic, those in which he only painted the reflections in the water and in huge format. My paintings go from there. You can not tell but they have so much paint that it also have low "volumenes" and i let people to touch them. The paintings do ask for a touch.
I´ll search for some prismas.
I can´t resist to share one more painting with you.

LOVE

Juan

sunshaker

21st April 2015, 13:45

betoobig

21st April 2015, 17:00

I love it. No boundaries for creation my friend. I enjoy a lot when someone does; that´s the very reason why to paint and not leave it in my mind. There are a lot of details missing in the photos. OK, since you liked it, just one more.

LOVE

JUan

betoobig

21st April 2015, 17:05

OK... back to topic.
A friend of mine told me that guided meditations are manipulation, instead he talks about Natural meditation. We can do natural meditation trough out the day in anything we are doing or going. It is more a natural state of maditation, as you walk in the streets or in the metro or in any situation you can think of. Eduardo Liebana, my friend, is doing a conference in Barcelona about this issue. I´ll see if i can get a recording of it.

LOVE

Juan

RunningDeer

21st April 2015, 17:59

A friend of mine told me that guided meditations are manipulation...
LOVE
Juan

Yes, it is my belief as well. Sorry, ILoveYou.:heart:

It’s fairly new information for me. I’ve spent lots of time researching, note taking and listening to some videos several times over. The reason is because I've invested a lot of time and energy in this genre. Since 1974, I’ve meditated, then add Tai Chi, yoga and Chi Kung in 1988 and am an advanced Reiki practitioner since 1989. At the bottom I included a link to some of those videos I've referenced.

Here’s a few paraphrase notes from a series of videos that provide a reasonable view point and give solutions on how to streamline your meditative/healing activities:

“That’s why they like to teach good energy as well like Reiki, Tai Chi, yoga. The Dracos control that. You should be using your own Reiki/Tai Chi/yoga energy from your own inherent center which connects you to Christ-force energy. Yes, there’s health benefits and life extension, but it gets you to invest all your energy into their second-hand energy grid. Their the middle men in the deal. We’ll give you all this energy, but you have to be hooked into this energy matrix movie.”

“The heart is not the center. USE YOUR WHOLE BODY INTELLIGENCE. Both the pineal and heart are individual centers that make up the whole energy system. And when you are in your center it spontaneously and simultaneously uses all your energy systems/chakras at the same time. It’s your whole nervous system. It’s your whole body intelligence. The whole thing is to integrate the mind and the heart with all of that. We’re taught that our body is to just support our brain and heart. Nothing can be more wrong. Because our whole body has information all over it. See THAT’S THE TRAP…The mind and heart can be hacked by the reptilian brain stem which is actually the hollow point behind your neck. And that’s the big deception.”

“Meditation and prayer is a waste of time, i.e., heart/mind meditation. It gets broken up into feeling and thinking (centers/chakras). Whereas when you actually tap into your whole body instincts that when you are fully focused doing what you enjoy you’re actually present, spontaneously and simultaneously using the body-whole. You don’t have to shut down your chakras. You just sit within the center of your own soul which is literally your whole energetic being.”

If you're short on time, this article sums it up - Why You Should Unlearn Almost Everything You Know
(http://in5d.com/why-you-should-unlearn-almost-everything-you-know/)

For more information, check out the thread, Escape the prison Matrix - Interview with Lily Earthling (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80906-in-5d-interview-with-Lily-Earthling-and-Goz-Stone&p=945281&viewfull=1#post945281). I’ve added notes and videos there as well.

<3

Iloveyou

21st April 2015, 18:46

Juan, I really would like to see the original painting (in full size), the second of three. It could take me on a journey. Please share as much as you like. No need to stick to the topic strictly. The river searches its own meandering bed. A recording of your friend's speech would be great - to learn what he is talking about.

Iloveyou

21st April 2015, 19:31

A friend of mine told me that guided meditations are manipulation...
LOVE
Juan

Yes, it is my belief as well. Sorry, ILoveYou.:heart:

No sorry, RunningDeer:). Now we are getting somewhere. You give me a good deal of work. I'll go to the links and start studying. That will take some time. Since I'm participating on Avalon I had to notice that my view on some books, blogs, websites, informations has become much more critical. I suppose my 'spiritual practice' has always been as anarchistic as my use of English tenses (lol). Thank you from my heart.

betoobig

21st April 2015, 19:36

I sended him a mail and he told he doesn´t mind if someone else records it , he doesn´t do it, so i´ll see if i know someone who will be there. I am also looking forward to hear it.
Thanks for the freedom of posting. Here is one of my kids at home, a clasic one.
LOVE

JUan

RunningDeer

21st April 2015, 21:20

No sorry, RunningDeer:). Now we are getting somewhere. You give me a good deal of work. I'll go to the links and start studying. That will take some time. Since I'm participating on Avalon I had to notice that my view on some books, blogs, websites, informations has become much more crirical. I suppose my 'spiritual practice' has always been as anarchistic as my use of English tenses (lol). Thank you from my heart.

Thanks for understanding, ILoveYou. If you're short on time see the two articles below.

A snippet from my post #7 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80906-in-5d-interview-with-Lily-Earthling-and-Goz-Stone&p=950759&viewfull=1#post950759):

Whenever Goz is a guest there’s static interference from those that don’t want the information out there because some of what he shares is new and controversial. Two others that converse with Goz and Lily are Cameron Day and his partner Michelle Walling, author of Why You Should Unlearn Almost Everything You Know (http://in5d.com/why-you-should-unlearn-almost-everything-you-know/). Cameron Day is known for his article on Zen Gardner’s site, Why I Am No Longer a LightWorker (http://www.zengardner.com/why-i-am-no-longer-a-light-worker/).

I stay open to what they say but I also know that like others in the field information tends to go round and round. Though Goz and Lily have a fresh take.

<3

A Voice from the Mountains

22nd April 2015, 02:00

betoobig

22nd April 2015, 10:59

RunningDeer

22nd April 2015, 11:25

In a movie in which Julia Robers(protagonist) meet with a chaman in Bali and the man ask her "Do you smile when doing your meditation" She answers " Yes, i do smile"... Man "No no no, you must also smile with your liber" ...ain´t that great!!!
I try it this morning, wonderfull sensation. I laught big time. I can feel it smiling now at you ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Please do try it.
LOVE

Juan

Small world, Juan. I watched "Eat, Pray, Love" on Monday.

Smiling, I agree. I'm doing it right now. It works. It's an instant upliftment, 100% natural and costs nada.

Sometimes I forget that I'm walking around with a smile until I see people smiling back. Which makes me smile even more. It's infectious!

EAT PRAY LOVE
mjay5vgIwt4
<3

betoobig

22nd April 2015, 15:56

Avalon sincronicities ha ha ha ha ... feels great Paula. When i watched the movie and, afterwords, went to bed i could´nt sleep becouse of my laughings...
Huge energetic kiss my sister.

LOVE

Juan

RunningDeer

22nd April 2015, 16:15

Attraversiamo = Lets Cross Over (reference from Eat, Pray, Love)

A Voice from the Mountains

22nd April 2015, 16:49

I try it this morning, wonderfull sensation. I laught big time. I can feel it smiling now at you ha ha ha ha ha ha.

It's people like you that tell me that the world is going to be alright after all. :)

Of course it could not be alright and I would still be alright, and that's most of the battle already won right there.

:eyebrows:

Iloveyou

22nd April 2015, 18:15

I do inner castle meditations when I meditate. The idea is kind of like what you find in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and it's also described in the book "The Tower of Alchemy." The throne room represents your heart, for example, and the floor above it can represent your head, or 2 floors above can be the throat and then the head. So it's a way of symbolically representing and interacting with your physical body and chakras in a way that your subconscious can understand. Also it can help you meditate and focus on your heart since that's the main room of the castle.
It gets to be a pretty complex and totally customizable system. It's a technique that's been developed from a few different systems of meditation and symbolism. I can post more if anyone's interested.

Dear bsbray, please do share more. I'll be very interested and I'll also take a second and third look on what RunningDeer said in her answer to my question (see below) and reconsider the exercises against that background. Avalon appears to be not only the chronicles of the human awakening, but also a detailled documentation of a personal learning process on many levels.

question reg. imagery-thread

Hi RunningDeer, I have one question. Your warning and reminder (of guided meditation being manipulation) - is it directly related to the 'Guided Imagery' post? I liked exercises such as C. Shainberg's because that's exactly what I have done for the last 25 years without having heard about it or being taught. I only recognized it. Thanks again for the links, I will check out the whole issue of the 'false light trap'. I'm on the way. ILY.

Re: question reg. imagery-thread

The most important take away from the Goz Stone and Lily Earthling material is that Source is within. That’s where to put focus. And to do it in such as way that it is total body practice/awareness. Not separating out each chakras such as light coming down through the top of the head to circulate the body. Or visualize through the pineal gland. That’s where astral entities, i.e. the false gods, mentors, angels, guides come to feed. That’s their system that they’ve tricked us into through teachers, pilgrimages, workshops, certifications and books. Teachers aren’t aware of the manipulation. They simply are repeating what was taught to them.

Go beyond the manipulated astral levels. You don’t need an intermediary or steps nor levels to connect with Source. We are a part of It. It is all around and through and within. Feel, recognize, focus through the body-whole awareness.

When you do visualization exercises the mind comes into play because you have to think through the steps. Mind can be and is hacked by those who encourage us to build our chi, our love, light and/or our energy. The only way those astrals can survive is to feed off us. We’re in lock down in the astral levels. Or better stated, we lock ourselves down in astral because of our ignorance. The gods reward us with warm fuzzy, relaxed feelings when we meditate. But it’s a clever trick. It’s manipulation not Love. Not Truth. We’re deceived and we get circumvented from the organic, the true connection with Source.

It’s a topic that’s not popular. People will easily be triggered and get defensive. We’ve all invested time, study and money for many years. People don’t want to believe there’s a possibility that they’ve been duped. That’s ego talking. The false gods bank on it. It’s important to be brutally honest with ourselves.

With respect to the latest information from Goz Stone and Lily Earthling, use what works and toss the rest.

RunningDeer <3

A Voice from the Mountains

22nd April 2015, 21:20

I summarized the practice in my own notes as follows:

The idea of an interior castle is rooted in both eastern and western history. In the 16th century, St. Teresa of Avila, a Spanish Catholic nun of the Order of Carmelites, published a means of prayer and communion of God that she said she received in a vision, in the form of seven crystal mansions. The innermost mansion was said to be the dwelling place of God himself, while the other mansions represented the spiritual path to reach that innermost mansion.

A similar and older Tibetan tradition was first published in the western hemisphere in 1927 as part of the The Tibetan Book of the Dead. This was a meditative technique visualizing the heart and the brain as having chambers in which various beings, both peaceful and violent, dwelled. These rooms and the spirits within them represented different spiritual truths to the Tibetans, and symbolic offerings were made to all of these deities during the meditation in remembrance of what they had to teach.

These ideas have been carried further by various meditators and esoteric circles and merged with additional symbolism. For example, in the book The Tower of Alchemy by David Goddard, which was the original inspiration for the personal work represented by this book, the inner castle meditations are symbolic of the body and its chakras, and incorporate alchemical symbolism, the Kabbalah and the King Arthur mythos, with the goal of uniting the initiate with the subtle realms within his or her own body and creating a channel of communication between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind, along with the function of the physical body. The exercises also develop visualization, which may be combined with other practices such as lucid dreaming or neurolinguistic programming (NLP).

While Goddard presents a coursework for the initiate to follow, this book is not structured in such a way, but presents ideas for structures and institutions for the castle and its kingdom as I have personally adapted them for my own purposes. The sovereign may choose to manifest spontaneously into his or her throne at the beginning of meditation, in the throne room which represents the heart chakra and living in the heart. In the subtle kingdom of the meditating mind, ideas may be explored and esoteric exercises may be practiced, before returning to a focus on living in the heart, represented symbolically by returning to the throne room and becoming seated once again upon the throne.

To the mundane world, raising oneself up as a king or queen symbolically translates to not only taking ultimate responsibility for one's own actions and circumstances, but taking a loving and fatherly or motherly approach (as a sovereign) towards our outside world, including our family, friends, neighbors, strangers, the natural environment, for as far as we can extend our sense of compassion. All of these things can be seen as part of or intimately related to the kingdom which we administrate as gentle and patient co-creators and equals who, though we may have all the power in the world, would offer it back to God to seek the best for all. The healthy sovereign wishes to promote and live amidst a kingdom which prospers and thrives, in its health and happiness and in the development of its arts and sciences and general self-exploration.

To the extent that this desire exists and is followed in loving patience and with practical reverence to God the Creator and Sustainer of All, these practices are both self-empowering and also empowering to others and the universe at large.

To summarize some of the strengths of the practice of the inner castle meditation, we may say that it:
1. Provides a means for creating a clear, interactive mental representation and organization of the psyche, energy body, spiritual practices, knowledge, and relationships with others.
2. Empowers the individual by encouraging him or her to take more personal responsibility for beliefs, actions, and relations to others, just as responsible political leaders would.
3. Exercises creative visualization.
4. Creates an interface for communication between the conscious and subconscious (since the subconscious is said to not be strictly logical in the manner of the conscious mind, but speaks more the language of imagery, feelings, and actions, ie rituals).
5. Builds upon and relates other practices such as lucid dreaming, mobile body awareness and NLP exercises.
6. Encourages self-exploration and creativity.
7. Is fun!

Here is a link to Goddard's book:

On Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/The-Tower-Alchemy-Advanced-Guide/dp/1578631130)

Free pdf of it (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.friendfeed-media.com%2Fdfa1c63b4dc696a8efb7cc7416d4039999cf133c&ei=GxA4VdfMAcqHsAXS5oCoCQ&usg=AFQjCNEkR0CSOxPxrzkCFV14f_BJvOiCYA&bvm=bv.91427555,d.cWc)

betoobig

22nd April 2015, 21:28

Thanks Bsbray. I am going to try right away. I´ll start in the gardens+beach before entering the castle. I´ll give you my feedback... i´m so curious.
thanks also for your kindness.

LOVE
JUan

Meggings

22nd April 2015, 23:56

This is ancillary to the thread's request of giving meditation techniques, but it relates to the VISUALIZATION aspect. It also is slightly "mind-blowing" to me. STORY: Last night I created in my imagination a new acrylic work, gathering photos and altering them for printing next day. As I worked out the idea I imagined the colours I would use and a bit about how it would look. I spent over an hour on this. Later, in bed, after reading for a bit and turning out the light, I watched as I nearly always do the colours and shapes that form behind my closed eyelids, in the near-pitchblack of the bedroom.

I was shocked to see that I was looking at the "vibrational construct" of this new acrylic piece I had been planning hours earlier. I basically "flew up" to wherever it was hanging out in what I call the black ethers, and I "flew" over the surface of this projected artwork as a point of awareness, following this and that line, seeing the colours, seeing the textures.

I was floored. We really DO create by the thoughts of our minds.

Reflection on this today made me realize I've done this before for other things, but only last night did I have CONSCIOUS AWARENESS that I had just created that artwork hours earlier. And that it "hangs out" somewhere waiting to become tangibly realized.

This put me in mind of the "Vortex" or the term "vibrational escrow" that Abraham-Hicks so often has referred to. I was simply amazed to see it in action directly.

So it behooves us to watch what mental images we fashion, for we really are creating with our minds.

betoobig

23rd April 2015, 07:32

I´ll love to see the final art work Meggings. If you like to share it ofcourse.

LOVE
JUan

betoobig

23rd April 2015, 07:42

Bsbray a did have an amezing experience but i didn´t see a castle, instead i started in a beach and my wife was by my side, i enjoy with all the details; after that we went through a very nice and wild garden; only this two places took me very long, no hurry at all ( i guess this could be like the 2 first floors of the castle)... then i saw a house (kind of earthship) i stood in a wonderfull porche (not the car) and i decided to go to the house by the back door, behind the house there was a very nice crystal hothouse full of flowers (guess, my wife´s place) and a big studio full of my paintings... it took me so long i left the house for today. For sure it was paradise to me and i felt so. I loved it, looking forward to continue today.
Thank you brother

LOVE
JUan

Iloveyou

25th April 2015, 10:54

Thanks for the freedom of posting. Here is one of my kids at home, a clasic one.
LOVE
JUan

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=29552&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1429644959

How artistic and what a sense of multidimensionality implying. The child watching a street scene (which does not appear in the picture) Who knows what it is seeing actually? What images and stories arise from inside of itself? The observer watching the child. What is he/she seeing? Me watching the observer who does not appear in the painting either . . . and the white light emanating from everything and adding an entirely new dimension . . . and that's only the beginning. The view of Love.

Here is a link to Goddard's book:
On Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/The-Tower-Alchemy-Advanced-Guide/dp/1578631130)

Free pdf of it (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.friendfeed-media.com%2Fdfa1c63b4dc696a8efb7cc7416d4039999cf133c&ei=GxA4VdfMAcqHsAXS5oCoCQ&usg=AFQjCNEkR0CSOxPxrzkCFV14f_BJvOiCYA&bvm=bv.91427555,d.cWc)
Thank you, bsbray, it is #1 on my current reading list.
I´ll love to see the final art work Meggings. If you like to share it ofcourse.
LOVE
JUan
Me too . . . ILY

Iloveyou

10th May 2015, 16:34

Adding two more treasures to the collection which will hopefully increase by and by.

'Zero point core grounding – the easy way' posted by Daughter of Time

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?81096-Zero-point-core-grounding-the-easy-way&p=947414&viewfull=1#post947414

'Breathe of Fire' posted by Limor Wolf

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?81096-Zero-point-core-grounding-the-easy-way&p=947664&viewfull=1#post947664

http://www.artekjara.it/Quadri/Affreschi/Antichi/delfino_mini.jpg

On the other side, since I've begun to take a closer look at the possibility that a manipulative force has created a stage of socalled 'higher dimensions' with 'evolved, ascended beings' (angels, ascended masters and whatever) to 'help' and to 'guide' us, I'm discovering indications and examples all along my way.

There are the blatant, obvious attempts to play on peoples deep desires for help and guidance (included myself), to get a foot in the door of their perception and to finally keep them under control and make them admire and worship.

One of uncountable examples I've found here:

http://www.zakairan.com/ProductsDivineLightImages/DivineLightImages.htm

Maybe the founder of the website is genuine, honest and not aware for who's agenda he's working (I hope not to hurt anyone's feelings, if so I apologize). But what do you think of these guys?

http://www.zakairan.com/ProductsDivineLightImages/Peter/Boys/Kuthumi-StGermain-ElMorya-Earth-240.jpg

Another example are invocations like the ones of Tashira Tachi-ren. (I haven't read that before, just found the book on my bookshelf with no idea how it has gotten there)

THE GREAT INVOCATION

From the point of Light within the mind of God
Let Light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let light descend on Earth.
From the point of Love within the heart of God
Let Love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.
From the center where the Will of God is known
Let the purpose guide the little wills of men --
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.
From the center which we call the race of men
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out.
May it seal the door where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
From What is Lightbody? by Tachira Tachi-ren

What about that suggestion?

My Light Vow
I __________________ (your full name)
born on __________________ at __________ (time if known)
in _____________________________ (place)
irrevocably and of my own free will declare herewith that I will use all the spiritual powers
to which I gain access only for the best of all those involved.
I will respect the freedom of all beings when I put these powers to use and only do so with their consent in relation to them.
I call you, you high powers of love and light,
to be witnesses and guardians of this contract and ask you to support me in my efforts
to help me when I need help, and to advise me when I need advice in order to fulfill my intention in life.
I hereby irrevocably dedicate my spiritual development to the universal powers
of Light and Love.
I gratefully and respectfully accept their protection and care.
________________________________________________
(Place, Signature, Date)

Just replace the words 'Love and Light' with whatever you want. Here one last example. I've always loved that fascinating (!) picture.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fascinate

Now I ask myself: How would I feel if something like that happened to me, to my body? (though the probability is rather low ;) ) Isn't spiritual growth a more gradual process, step by step?

https://missiongalacticfreedom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/divine-explode.jpg?w=540&h=539

These deceptions and manipulative lies are easy to see through. They possibly could serve to pave the way for discernment of hidden, more subtle and complex organised tools of confusion and deceit.

RunningDeer

10th May 2015, 18:35

what do you think of these guys?
They’re duped and controlled into believing in false gods and angels. And their gods are deceivers in the duality of dark/light astral matrix. They prevent us from discovering our personal greatness.

They’ve strayed so far from organic Source that they’re the real prisoners locked into their own pretend creation. Without us they’re gone like cotton-candy. Once I understood that and my part in it, I spent no more energy on how I bought into it. Otherwise, it keeps me in the merry-go-round of blame game and relinquishment of power.

Now I ask myself: How would I feel if something like that happened to me, to my body? (though the probability is rather low ;) ) Isn't spiritual growth a more gradual process, step by step?

https://missiongalacticfreedom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/divine-explode.jpg?w=540&h=539

These deceptions and manipulative lies are easy to see through. They possibly could serve to pave the way for discernment of hidden, more subtle and complex organised tools of confusion and deceit.

Does it have to be gradual or step by step? For me, that’s mind-think which takes me out of whole-body-spirit experience. I live each moment in discovery. No destiny needed. Nothing to do or become. In each moment, live the intrinsic love and freedom. Enjoy and partake in the manifestations of creativity and internal workings and knowledge that continues to present.

<3

Iloveyou

10th May 2015, 19:47

RunningDeer

10th May 2015, 20:24

what do you think of these guys?
They’re duped and controlled . . .

Oh RunningDeer, those were no serious questions. More rhetorical. If that had been serious questions, I should ban myself. It's my fault. Tried to say the opposite of how I obviously expressed it. More later.

I caught that, Iloveyou. Still wanted to kick-in my 2 cents in case newly awakened happened by. Plus, I get to use this simile.
:blackwidow:

Valley

29th May 2015, 07:12

Great thread ILY... I'll throw in one more meditation that has done wonders for me:

I usually sit back in a reclining comfortable chair in the early part of the day so I don't fall asleep, and begin doing slow, deep breathing, while relaxing the body. I breathe in through the nose and out the mouth, slowly... and starting with the feet, then lower legs, knees, upper legs, etc, I begin relaxing segments of the body one section at a time with each deep exhale. I focus on completely relaxing every part of the body individually until it's all covered, then relax the body as a whole with several more breaths. I do extra breaths for feet, hands, and face. It seems to be especially more effective if you can get the facial muscles to relax, as I found this part of body to hold many tensions.

I do it all with eyes closed and try not to even move a muscle, other than for breathing, as this seems to help it go deeper. The benefits are being very relaxed, body warms up a bit, boosted energy levels, and can get to a super-charged energy state at the very end which seems to transcend time & space. I do for around 20 minutes.

If the mind starts thinking too much I just take another breath, relaxing the mind... never struggling with the thoughts, just keep relaxing them by returning to the body relaxation. I usually pause after the out-breath and don't take the inbreath until it feels like I need one... maybe for 5 to 15 seconds between breaths for complete stillness.

Enjoy...

Sunny-side-up

26th October 2015, 12:21

I can´t resist to share one more painting with you.

LOVE

Juan

These are the creative paintings that resonate with me, colour/depth/natural flow, there is much to be seen within your paintings, each look gives a new perspective,
I thought I would add a bit of myself to your painting:sun: hope you don't mind:bigsmile:
29540

Very nice sunshaker.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=29538&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1429621611
I was instantly reminded of:
Stunning Sea Creature caught on oil rig cam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJwGpZ38JHE

I find that creature so interesting.
Vid needs to be watched from start to finish to come to know the creature!

sunshaker

26th October 2015, 13:34

betoobig

26th October 2015, 16:39

I found this article related and inspiring....
"Walk without spiritual crutches
Often in our spiritual journey, and in the daily course of life, there just isn't the time to sit down and meditate, pause in prayer and reflection, or do a mantra.
So what happens when the hectic pace of life seems to out pace us?
Who are we in those times, when we can't even sneak in a moment of calm to recompose ourselves?
Sometimes it seems like life's circumstances come to force us to see what we really are, stripped of spiritual crutches, and to test whether we have built the inner muscles to enable us to walk without them."
more here http://belsebuub.com/without-spiritual-crutches
Love

betoobig

27th October 2015, 17:41

:crutch::crutch::crutch::crutch::crutch::crutch::crutch:
i just saw this guy and couldn´t help it. i wanted to use it.

The article in previous post resonates with me becouse it is an introduccion to "natural meditation"... which is a technic to feel pressence all the time and be still while doing daily stuff. In the article the idea of meditation as the crutches that helps as walk, spiritually talking, crutches that need to be realesed any given time, and do the spiritual path without them.
Much love