energy direction

[Tom]

One of my teachers, one of the first of many, told me that going from the crown to the base chakra is more grounding. He said that sometimes going from base to crown can cause dizziness afterward and a sense of being disconnected. He preferred going from crown to base and taught not to do it the other way. Naturally, this is the teacher who caused me the most trouble. If the energy wants to go a certain way it is best not to fight it. Sometimes going one way or the other is easier and it can change.

[kakkarot]

here's something you can try doing rodentmouse. make sure you read the entire thing before doing it though.

stand upright with both you legs slightly bent, and your spine and neck straight. then try to feel your energy in your stomach. place your hands in front of your stomach, palms facing up. try to "connect" you hands to the energy in your stomach. then take a slow and deep breath, and at the same time "pull" the energy up to your chest by moving your hands from your stomach to your chest. then stop your hands and allow the energy a couple of seconds to sit in your chest. then push/pull it back into your stomach but make sure that the energy is being pushed/pulled along the spine. now, as you are pushing/pulling your energy down the spine, you should feel another surge of energy trying to go up your spine at the same time; let it.

you should get a pretty good feeling run up and down your back. the first time i did this it gave me a way better rush up and down my body than a sneeze gives me. you have to ignore using the chakras, though, and you have to be able to move your energy around when you aren't in a trance state (unless you can put yourself in a trance state while standing upright and being able to move your arms  :p  ).

~kakkarot

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[rodentmouse]

i cant stand up for a long time or my leg aches, cant it be done sitting down or lying, sounds like just another energy raising scenario to me kakkarot

[kakkarot]

umm, whether it is energy raising or not i don't know. i just thought it would be cool for you to try. it doesn't take any more time than for you to feel your energy and move it from your stomach to your chest and back. no real point to it, just something to do   .

it can be done while sitting, with lessened effects, but i haven't tried it lying down. i don't think it will work while lying down due to the workings of the physical body, but if you can try it and it works, then it works, right?    i know that if it did work for me while i was lying down, it would be barely noticable.

~kakkarot

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[RandomName]

Hmm, the technique your describing sounds like a Ki fighting technique. I have seen its use in physical fighting by a good friend of mine. He isn't exactly what you would call fit, but he is a energy powerhouse of sorts. His aura is usually huge! I have heard of using a similar technique to raise energy into ones hands and condense it and then use it to physically harm someone. Neato

-Andrew(aka Psi)

[rodentmouse]

Psi thats exactly what i have been experimenting with lately, condensing energy into a ball between your palms, (as in ryu and ken from streetfigher games)

kakkarot.... isnt doing  it standing up kinda  dangerous???

[Tom]

Would you believe I have considered trying to project standing up to keep from falling asleep? Even just sitting up I can go to sleep so easily...

Tai chi and chi kung are frequently done standing up. It is not dangerous. It actually adds a lot to it.

[kakkarot]

actually, i got the basic stance from tai chi's first position. and it isn't dangerous if you can keep your balance .

i've experimented with trying to throw energy around, but i haven't had any success (especially since i don't have someone to do it to    ).

~kakkarot

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[rodentmouse]

hello  to the people

whats the difference between raising energy  from the base to the crown,  or from crown to base?
i usually do it from base,  but ive read  that both  directions are  the right way to do it,  but theres  never a reason?