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**Enjoymmsq** · 08-15-2011, 02:06 AM

I don't want to sound stupid...but I am new at all of this..I still have a lot of problems with meditation and don't feel like I am doing it right. But that isn't my question. I have read several posts where people say that it is important to ground yourself. What does it mean to ground yourself and how do you do it? I hope this isn't explained in another post...I have been looking and can't seem to find anything that explains it, just suggests that you do it.

Hi Christina,

firstly what you need to ask yourself is "What do I expect to gain from doing a meditation? Meditations are a passive exercise with the intention of slowing our minds and body down to make us feel relaxed. Using this form of meditation to contact the spirit world would be impossible. Although it should eventually help prepare us for using our clairaudient and clairvoyant faculties because we will be used to sitting in the quiet.

Now, I do understand a number of people refer to the word 'meditation' when they intend to work on a spiritual level so it is easy to become confused which is why we need to know what our expections are to be before we start. Should our intention be to communicate to spirit as a medium then we need to become active with our thoughts and forget about all things physical so as to raise our vibrations, so with continued practice spirit can blend their energies with ours.

Back to your question on grounding. This is a personal decision to make and we have to use what we feel is right at the time. My own thoughts are that after a good number of years of working with spirit energies, grounding is an unnecessary exercise. My reason is because as soon as we lose our focus on a spiritual level we instantly become grounded to the physical world.

Again, I realise people use the same words for doing different things. Now, using the earths energies makes complete sense, as we do have to learn to blend the univeral energies together to become as one energy. Some people imagine themselves as a tree and ensure the roots of the tree are firmly held in place by the earth and allow the energies to flow through their bodies. Now i'm not knocking that technique, if that's what feels right for people then no one person can say it's wrong.

If I may be as bold as to suggest that what is of more importance is that we take control of what happens to us after we have finished working with spiritual energies, by learning to close down properly. Going about our daily activities and being insistent with an unknown spirit or energy by refusing to acknowledge them until we are prepared to work with them again. As soon as our focus is with them they may well take advantage of this opportunity and until we learn to act responsibly they will continue to pester us, and we may become ill etc and then we blame the spirits for what we have failed to do.

Sorry for the lengthy post.

08-15-2011, 02:06 AM	#8
Enjoymmsq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 380 Senior Member	I don't want to sound stupid...but I am new at all of this..I still have a lot of problems with meditation and don't feel like I am doing it right. But that isn't my question. I have read several posts where people say that it is important to ground yourself. What does it mean to ground yourself and how do you do it? I hope this isn't explained in another post...I have been looking and can't seem to find anything that explains it, just suggests that you do it. Hi Christina, firstly what you need to ask yourself is "What do I expect to gain from doing a meditation? Meditations are a passive exercise with the intention of slowing our minds and body down to make us feel relaxed. Using this form of meditation to contact the spirit world would be impossible. Although it should eventually help prepare us for using our clairaudient and clairvoyant faculties because we will be used to sitting in the quiet. Now, I do understand a number of people refer to the word 'meditation' when they intend to work on a spiritual level so it is easy to become confused which is why we need to know what our expections are to be before we start. Should our intention be to communicate to spirit as a medium then we need to become active with our thoughts and forget about all things physical so as to raise our vibrations, so with continued practice spirit can blend their energies with ours. Back to your question on grounding. This is a personal decision to make and we have to use what we feel is right at the time. My own thoughts are that after a good number of years of working with spirit energies, grounding is an unnecessary exercise. My reason is because as soon as we lose our focus on a spiritual level we instantly become grounded to the physical world. Again, I realise people use the same words for doing different things. Now, using the earths energies makes complete sense, as we do have to learn to blend the univeral energies together to become as one energy. Some people imagine themselves as a tree and ensure the roots of the tree are firmly held in place by the earth and allow the energies to flow through their bodies. Now i'm not knocking that technique, if that's what feels right for people then no one person can say it's wrong. If I may be as bold as to suggest that what is of more importance is that we take control of what happens to us after we have finished working with spiritual energies, by learning to close down properly. Going about our daily activities and being insistent with an unknown spirit or energy by refusing to acknowledge them until we are prepared to work with them again. As soon as our focus is with them they may well take advantage of this opportunity and until we learn to act responsibly they will continue to pester us, and we may become ill etc and then we blame the spirits for what we have failed to do. Sorry for the lengthy post.
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