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Balancing the male and female energies is an important aspect of the meditation process. Whether you are a man or a woman both male and female energies co-exist in your body. The male energy is predominantly concerned with action and the female with intuition. Being unbalanced means that we are not gaining benefit from both types. Intuitively using female energy we become aware that a cause of action is the right one to take, we then use the male energy to put it into action. This is over simplified but it is the basis of a complex structure. If we are using a female energy to work with then there will exist both a male and female side to that energy in the same way that a man will have both energies present. We do not want them to compete but to compliment one another. Understanding the energy properties helps us to differentiate between the two, which is the beginning of their integration into our everyday lives.
There are hundreds of ways of getting to a meditative state, yoga, mantras, relaxation tapes and toning the list goes on forever. As the methods employed by anyone is the method that most suits them I will not go into any detail as to which techniques to use, try all of them there is one you will be drawn to and that works for you. Any time that you are going to intentionally meditate especially on your own protection of some kind is most important. I am always being told by guides to protect and validate. Again there are numerous ways of doing this as well. Imagining you are in a ball of light or putting a cloak around you are just two examples. We must feel safely guarded against any untoward energy that is lurking about. At any time we can halt the session if we do not feel happy for whatever reason and seek advice. I still do that now, a concept or thought will pop into my mind, which does not seem to sit right, I will ask for further confirmation from spirit or from someone else on the path. We cannot be expected to know and understand everything immediately.
Meditation for whatever reason helps to fine tune our visualisation. When we meditate and ask for some help on a particular situation we are asking to be touched by spirit in some form or other. The mind needs to be focussed and relaxed, without distractions or interruptions, having a totally secure feeling. This state can be thought to be hard to achieve and has to be done in strict conditions with incense, low lights and absolute silence, but it can be done anywhere. If we immerse our entire beings in a task set out before us we are meditating, being totally aware and knowing of all around us. The focus of the meditation is directed at the job in hand. Many people do this without knowledge of them doing it and so believe that they are not in a divine state and dismiss the insights given. From a channelling point of view our focus is trained on our creative processes to use them as a tool to receive wisdom.
Mention creativity and a lot of thoughts will go to painting or sculpture, the generally recognised arts. "But Im not creative." We all are, we create our own realities. Because nothing appears from our imagination in immediate solid form it is easy to think that the thought process is not creative. These thought processes are the basis of all we do, each time we have a thought we are being creative. Nothing is ever done without an urge to create it. Whether it is making a cup of tea or making a masterpiece. So whatever we think we are being creative. Channelling that creativity is our aim, allowing not only our own feelings and knowledge to interact but inviting knowledge of others in different dimensions.
Personally my medium is visualisation; some are not so happy with this method and prefer feelings to be the catalyst for channelling, either way these senses provide the inspiration for an action of some kind. By transferring the energies to a physical medium, we can become intermediaries between spirit and our physical plane. As the energies increase our link becomes stronger and the conversion process is more pure.
We use our creative imagery and feelings in all avenues of everyday life. If I said the word telephone box and asked you to describe it, immediately your mind would bring up a picture or a feeling of a telephone box, which you could then describe. You would neither question what it looked like nor would you question the authenticity of your vision. It is a fact that what you can see or feel in your mind is a telephone box. For some reason when we first start off on our spiritual path such visualisation techniques that we have been using for years seems too mundane and is therefore dismissed as a way to the apparently mystical world. We want magic to happen.
To take the somewhat obtuse example of the telephone box, imagine it now but while doing it think of a situation or a person. At first it may appear to be the same as before. Look closer allow other thoughts to enter you head and see how the vision or feeling changes. Each time being aware that the reality of the telephone box is changing because of other thoughts that are being layered over the top. The changes may be minute like the glass is crystal clear or tinged with blue, these subtle changes mean something about the thought you had when having the vision. The interpretation of the vision is down to your own experience. They will mean something specific to you and in your language. It is no good receiving an image that you cannot understand, so guides use your words and imagery to illustrate what they want to say to you, like a language of your own.
Practice is the key to success. We all have to get to know and understand a method of seeing, then test it to validate the accuracy of the insights gleaned. These validations dont just walk out in front of us, we have to be aware and have the intention of being open to receive them. They come in all guises; they are not going to be given to us on a plate. We work at understanding and learning to see the signs, digging a little deeper each time to extract the most benefit. Our learning enables our channels to be opened wider placing all aspects of our lives under the microscope. The safety aspect of these visualisations is that nothing can hurt you. Mass changes and upheavals in you life will not occur until you are ready to receive them if indeed you need them by which time they will not be upheavals. This applies to minor changes and progressions too. You must always be in control, even if sometimes this does not appear to be the case.
The energy that we feel in solitary meditation is sometimes muted, given the chance it will grow, not only in strength but also in the contrasts we perceive. Meditation in a group is far more powerful. The collective energy of members and the energy that flows from spirit are magnified many times. There are a lot of reasons for this. To start with groups meditate in a set place and at a set time, both body and spirit become attuned to this point in our dimension so a sub conscious preparation goes on in our minds. This set point in space and time also allows the guides to have a focus on our activities. We are reaching up and they are reaching down so to speak, this provides the channel through which we receive. Just to feel the energy is an uplifting experience. It appears more powerful because the different vibrations of all those in the circle can be distinguished, thus we validate others energy and in so doing validate our own. The vibrations of the people present and the energy from spirit naturally harmonise. Depending on the energies present depends on the feel as a whole. It becomes a real tangible thing, the mass becoming one. Protection is also less of a problem. The very fact that a meeting has been going on regularly generates a light protected atmosphere in which to feel free to connect with higher energies.
People have been meeting at churches and sacred sights for years sometimes tens or thousands of them. Each meeting having the sole purpose of feeling and partaking of the highest possible conceivable energies either from God or Krishna. There are many theories as to the reason why these particular places were chosen, far too many to go into here. In the same way that our individual channels grow and become stronger so do the channels of places creating a gateway if you like. For the purpose of this book all we need to know is that there is a wonderful energy surrounding these places that is safe and healing.
A great consequence of groups is that an instant reaction to our psychic abilities is available. As the accuracy of our insights is seen our trust and faith in what we are given increases. What seems a very bazaar feeling or image to us will make total sense to the person we have got it for. Giving our spirits free reign on the order and nature of a visualisation brings up some incredibly lucid foresights. Remember that as well as messages coming through in language you can understand they will also come through in language that the person for whom it is intended will understand, even if you dont. When this starts to crop up and is confirmed, it is clear that there are other forces outside our normal experiences at work. Acceptance of these other forces can be hard to take; we still doubt our abilities and ourselves. Far from being a totally negative thing we can use this doubting experience to check in on our reality of any given situation. Whatever is said or given it must me done in truth. The trust and love that develops in a group helps to cement relationships and build up a safe environment in which to channel.
Whether the meditation provides us with a colour or a whole movie in glorious Technicolor each experience is as accurate and valid as the next. Very often the seemingly simple messages or gifts have the most potency because the person receiving them has to think harder to understand the significance of them. Tucking the knowledge away for later when it will be made use of. Nothing is wasted. So now visions or thoughts are coming through on a regular basis but we want more. The easiest thing to do is to ask for more. There is a two way process going on. We have asked for some inspiration and some has been given, and we dont understand, it doesnt mean that we have not got the message because we are not working hard enough, maybe the message was not given clearly enough. So ask for a better interpretation of the idea a guide is trying to get across. The next vision or thought may seem totally disconnected from the first, let it run with itself the connections will be made at some level.
It can be that we are working too hard and missing what is blatantly obvious it must flow and not be pushed. The flow will be far quicker than any pushing that we could ever do. Competition between conflicting ideas and sometimes personalities is another area that can cause blocks. I thought that I was open to any concept or belief system but there were deeply ingrained conditioning that still came to the surface now and then. This did not effect my ability to use a channel but it did block things that I knew I should have let through. Guides do not like this at all and retribution comes swift. Being aware of this enables us to watch for it and be ready to act to sort the problem out. Sometimes it takes a lot of digging to identify certain blocks, however as soon as they are found the mere recognition of them offers a way through them. Our vanity and ego can get in the way too. Wanting to become a channel makes us acutely sensitive for the need of constant spiritual growth. Remember whilst we are learning to cannel we are also working on ourselves to give as pure a connection as possible.
This process is getting us to flow with the energy, letting it take us on a journey in our minds. Asking and listening for the answers. As a re-assurance we are never asked to do anything we are not ready for and at any time we can opt out. We may be apprehensive, that is understandable, but to be asked to do anything we cannot do does both harm to guide and instrument. Seeing as the express purpose is to forge links, relay information and obtain growth any detrimental request would be a waste of time and energy. If you need help in getting over a problem ask for it. This may come direct from spirit or it may come via something or someone you are drawn to. Either way once you have made the request be aware that the help and answers may come from anywhere, not just in circle or meditation.
It can all sound very daunting but its not, it would if we knew all the answers and could see with absolute clarity into the future, then there would be no point in life. In any case the future is mutable we want to change it for the better that is one of the primary reasons for developing our psychic abilities. We are on a continual journey, so to constantly look for the lesson past the one we are learning in the present moment can cause us to become disillusioned and despondent. This is not our aim. Although love and light is a well used phrase, there is nothing like a good dose of it to revive the spirit. Our trump card is that guides and inspirers from the world of spirit want to use all as channels in some form or another and will take the opportunity whenever the time is right and the instrument is ready.
In my early days of attending circle it was drummed into me by guides that everything that was relevant to me, and somethings that were not should be recorded. It helps with contemplation at a later date and prevents the mind worrying about having to remember everything or missing something. As time passes the notes are an invaluable wealth of knowledge and research to call upon. With them we can verify dates and numbers or revisit lessons that have cropped up again. I am always referring to notes made years ago to perhaps check in on my progress through a particular cycle or to validate predictions that have been made. Without accurate notes my hard work would be difficult to appreciate or my experiences hard to be used effectively. We all need a pat on the back sometimes.
Meditation and channelling requires a physically healthy body, because at times the energies received and given can be exhausting. With the awareness of spirit comes awareness of body and the two becoming one. Purity of body will not automatically provide purity of channel, however the purity of channel almost demands physical fitness, no harm is to come of instruments so a voice channel may only be used when both body and spirit are ready. Physical fitness does not necessarily mean someone who pumps weights and runs marathons, it is subtle body fitness obtained by holistic methods using our innate energies not fighting against them. The mind and body must flow as one.
Alcohol and narcotic substances are not very useful in any event. Alcohol in moderation can be useful for social relaxation but that is all; it should not be taken for at least 24hr before serious meditation or immediately after, the reason being that it alters the bodys chemistry. Normally our bodies and our spirits work to keep the body as a whole, changing the rules so to speak makes it harder for us to be in total control. Our protection is the thing that suffers most, sometimes allowing lower guides and malevolent spirits to have an effect on the proceedings. Any substance induced altered state reflects an inaccurate image of ourselves and the situation we are in which will lead to a great deal of damage being done to our growth. Of cause lots of people enjoy a drink, there is no danger in this unless you intent to meditate or work with spirit. Taking harder drugs that provide incredible lucidity and visions or time-altered states is like going to the wedding with the wrong clothes on. You may experience some of the joys of the ceremony but you are not really a part of it, a bit like gate crashing. Then of cause there are the incredible lows that these drugs induce. A natural high is far better and safer and can be sustained for a lot longer, with only good side effects our spiritual and physical development.
© Phil Ironside