Grounding and Centering in our Collective Culture with Intention

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Most of us have an easier time experiencing being present in our bodies when we are in touch with nature, and we allow ourselves to mentally “drop” into a quiet meditative state. This process involves shifting into a receptive mind set, and feeling a connection of kausay (life force). Staying connected with kausay energy, occurs through maintaining an ebb and flow of being in ayni  (right relationship) with the world around us. Sourcing this energy from Pachamama or Mother Earth, helps it grow.

This practice of remaining centered becomes more challenging in the midst of the living in the hustle of the modern world. We are continually being flashed with news headlines about natural and economic disasters, as well as random and meaningless acts of violence. Whether we choose it or not there is an “information feed” in our culture that is constant and habituating that we are forced to deal with. We may grow so accustomed to navigating our way through the incoming stimuli on a daily basis that we become desensitized to it.  Theenergetic climate we face daily in our virtual world of technology makes centering and grounding an essential part of daily ritual.

Being surrounded by high levels of stimulation and activity daily in the modern world demands more intentional focus from us, in order to stay balanced and grounded. In both actual and/or virtual urban settings, centering requires more from us than just entering into a receptive state of mind – in fact it is just the opposite. For those of us that are intuitive types, who enter into heightened states of awareness easily,  feeling everything with a greater degree of sensitivity requires psychic protection, along with deliberate attention and care.

Psychic and emotional magnets can potentially pick up everything.  When our luminous energy bodies are wide open, and we are not aware of what is happening in our interior and in our environment, we are more energetically susceptible. Picking up unwanted material on may happen immediately, or take place as a subtle layering, gradually over time. Sometimes we are unaware that this is happening to us until we notice that we are feeling lethargic, depressed, irritable or scattered. This are symptoms associated with vicarious trauma and burnout.

Sourcing from Pachamama with clear intention, in ayni ( a reciprocal energy exchange) is an excellent way to start and end the day. The specific ritual you practice, or the image you work on visualizing, is less important than the strength of your intention and commitment to the practice. Feeling an ongoing  energy exchange of kausay with Pachamama, by imagining energetically weaving  your Belly into the earth, through continual movement following the path of a “figure 8” or infinity symbol, is one way of taking in and giving back ife force.

Using your intention to surround yourself in a bubble of powerful, healing light is another way of practicing protection. Thanking Pachamama and/or the light for assisting and protecting you is an important element in this practice, because feeling gratitude in your heart can help feed and strengthen the connection. Whatever method or practice you choose it is important that it feels comfortable and natural to you.

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