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Everything that we do, see, feel, experience and think of is energy. At the most basic levels we all have this exact same energy in common, and with the proper training and focus we can begin to affect this energy in various ways. This is NOT myth or supposition. If you follow the exercises that I outline and put forth the effort and focus then you or anyone else will be able to move, experiment and play with this energy. You'll also be able to use it to increase your health, wealth and happiness on a variety of levels. In fact, you'll find that what you can do with this energy and the vast number of ways that it can be used is limited only by your own conscience and personal ethics.

This energy is known by many names in various cultures. Commonly referred to as Chi, Qi, Ki and Prana, it's also known as the "Breath of God" and "The Holy Spirit". For simplicity's sake I'm going to use the Wade-Giles translation of the Chinese word "Chi".

Chi is simply a form of bio-electrical energy. Bio-electrical energy can be easily measured in the body by using an electrocardiogram, a modern medical instrument that measures electrical energy passing through the heart. It can also be measured using an electroencephalogram, which measures the electrical energy in the brain.

With a brief explanation of how to do it, most people can begin to easily feel and even see chi without any trouble. With slightly more training they can begin to move it around within their own body, and even through other people.

Concepts to remember

"Energy follows thought" - we'll revisit this concept repeatedly throughout this book. As we get into the exercises you'll find that your chi will go wherever you send it. In most of my meditation classes it usually takes people only a matter of minutes to begin to experience this and feel it for themselves.

"Energy doesn't flow through tight muscles" - Chi is just like any other form of electricity in that resistance can decrease its flow. The less resistance you have in your body, mind and spirit the more chi you can direct for your own use. With this in mind I'll be focusing on a variety of relaxation exercises as we go.

"Everything is about Awareness and Intention" - Awareness is the ability to sense and interact with your energy and the energies around you. Intention is how you move that energy and have it do what you need it to do.

"Making incremental changes" - I'll address this concept in much more detail in a later chapter. It's important to remember that this is a path that we take to change our lives. Rather than making a few huge, unsustainable changes (such as a New Year's Resolution), on this path we actually make many small changes that gradually add up to a new life.

In many ways these concepts are much more important than creating a lot of 'power'. Many people focus on building chi when what they really need is increases sensitivity to the chi they already have access to. Take your time with this and follow the exercises as they've been laid out and you'll find that you can get results almost instantly.

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Now that you've begun to develop the ability to move energy around in your body there are some things that you can do with it. The following exercises range from pretty simple to pretty complicated, but as you develop your abilities you'll eventually find that you can do them all at once and effortlessly. It can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few years to develop this ability, so remember what I said about expectations.

You'll eventually be able to remember how to do these exercises by memory, and then after that you'll get to the point where you just do them without having to think about them.

Grounding

Grounding will always be an important skill, no matter how advanced you become, so take the time to learn this now and to be able to do it effortlessly.

Stand in the "Standing Stake" pose described above. Go through the breathing and Full Body Awareness exercises. Visualize roots growing from your feet down through the core of the earth, just like a tree. In later meditations you can add some variety by seeing the roots flow down to a large crystal at the earth's core. Depending on the effect you want you can vary the crystals and access different energies, but that obviously beyond the scope of the exercise at this point.

As you inhale feel the energy of the earth being drawn up through your roots and up through your body and out through the top of your head. On your exhale, let that energy drop back down through your body and feel all the accumulated stress of your life flow out with it and back down through your roots and into the earth. Feel your muscles relax as the stress flows out. This is a good way to release all your stresses, fears, angers and feelings of inadequacy. Repeat this exercise for awhile, as many times as necessary to clean yourself out.

There's nothing wrong (and a lot of benefit) to stopping at this point and just doing these exercises that I've gone over up to this point, until they become completely effortless. Whenever you feel yourself becoming stressed or angry learn to take a moment and ground yourself and let those feelings just flow out.

Progressive Relaxation

Progressive Relaxation is easy to do and you can do it anywhere and anytime. Assume your meditation position of choice (I like the half-lotus on a zafu) and go through all the exercises I've covered up to this point. Just take a moment and feel the relaxed energy that you should have after grounding and releasing all your stress. Are you ready to get deeper into this feeling?

Feel the energy that flows up through your roots and into your feet. Make fists with your feet by curling your toes in as far as you can until it hurts, then relax. Let that relaxed feeling flow from your toes back over your feet and feel them relax. As you inhale draw that relaxed feeling up over your ankles and feel them relax completely. On the exhale let any residual stress flow back out and down through the earth.

On your next inhale draw that relaxed feeling back up over your calves, letting them relax after walking all day. Draw that relaxed energy up over your thighs with the next inhale. They're the biggest muscles in the body, so let them relax and rest now.

As you inhale feel that relaxed feeling flow up over your hips and buttocks. Feel the stress bleed away. We store a lost of stress here, so take a moment and let this area relax. Draw that relaxed feeling up over your stomach and lower back. Feel the muscles in your back relax and feel your stomach move with your inhale.

Bring the energy up over your chest and the middle of your back. Feel your heart area expand with the relaxed energy and feel all the accumulated stress in between your shoulder blades release and flow out and back down with your exhale.

Draw the feeling of relaxation up over your shoulders and neck. Feel any residual tension flow out with your exhale. Let that relaxed energy flow up and over your head. Let the muscles of your face and those at the base of your skull relax.

Just sit here and feel this relaxed body that you have. Remember this feeling as its how you should feel all the time. Tense muscles store energy, which means that your energy isn't flowing through you, but rather sticking in certain places in your body.

When your muscles are relaxed then your energy flows unimpeded and is continually renewed, leaving you feeling much lighter and more refreshed.

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Breathing is the MOST important part of meditation and Kundalini Awakening. It's the foundation of all the exercises and skills that come after, so taking the time to learn it now will make things much easier.

From our birth until death we breathe more or less continually, yet for the most part we do it without any awareness of our breath and its effects on us, and believe it or not most people in the western world do it wrong!

Breathe in through your nose and draw your breath down into the area just below your navel, allowing your stomach to expand as you breathe (Baby Breath) and filling your lungs entirely with each breath before exhaling through your nose.

Take a moment right now and feel your breath. Pay attention to the air as it flows in through your nostrils and down into your lungs. Don't think about anything or do anything other than just breathe.

1. Are you taking a relatively shallow breath and just filling the upper lobes of your lungs?

2. Does your stomach move out as you breathe?

3. Do you feel the bones of your ribcage expanding and opening with each breath?

For most people the answer to 1 is YES and the answers to 2 and 3 are NO so lets expand this exercise a bit.

This time draw your breath down to a point about 2 inches below your navel (the body's center of gravity). When you do this you'll feel your stomach expand and push out in front of you. Most westerners usually keep their stomach pulled in and their chest out, so when you do this you'll have to relax all those muscles.

Just take a moment and be aware of your breath as it flows down into your center.

Now as you inhale and draw your breath down, also let your ribcage expand. You'll feel your floating ribs at the bottom of your ribcage spread and move, and you may get a few pops out of your spine also. Just take a few moments and breathe this way. Don't think or let your mind wander, just breathe.

If you've never meditated before then congratulations, you just did! It's exactly that simple.

There are many benefits to proper breathing. The extra oxygen in your system means that your heart doesn't have to beat as fast, lowering your pulse and your blood pressure. Drawing the breath down into your center also helps to massage your internal organs, providing more oxygen to them as well as helping to release the accumulated stresses that build up there. The long term health benefits are immeasurable and have been repeatedly proven for thousands of years.

Breathing is by far the most important part of the kundalini awakening exercises, although it sounds so simple. Paying attention to the breath is the beginning of opening up your awareness and it's seen in every meditative culture on the planet.

Take some time to practice this, as it's the foundation for everything that comes next. If you have to dedicate your meditation time to breathwork for awhile then that's good, as we all proceed at our own pace.

I recently read a translation of some of Jesus' teachings from the original Aramaic (the language he actually spoke, although he apparently wasn't literate) and it was very interesting to me that in Aramaic they used the same word for 'wind', 'breath' and 'spirit'. Those with a Chi Kung background might find it interesting to take another look at the New Testament and insert the word 'breath' every time you see the word 'spirit'.

It's funny that something as simple as proper breathing can have such a profound effect on the rest of your life, but don't take my word for it, you can find out for yourself beginning with your next inhale.

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Now that you're comfortable working with your breath it's time to bring the rest of the body in. Continue breathing as I've outlined in my article on Breathing. Now in addition to feeling your breath flow and your stomach and ribs expand, I want you to feel the energy that flows into your body with each breath. For me it feels like a lightness, or a very light feeling. It may feel different for you so take some time here and just open up and feel the energy.

Now when you draw the energy in can you feel it pooling at your center of gravity just below your belly button? Now as you breathe just let that pool of energy expand throughout your body. Can you feel it flowing down through your legs and up your back and down your arms? Take some time here and practice this feeling that energy pool expand through your whole body. Later we'll expand it out even further, but for now just let it flow.

This exercise should help you to feel rejuvenated and refreshed as you're drawing energy from an infinite pool. Do this exercise whenever you're depressed or down, and eventually as you progress you'll learn to do it all the time. It's a habit that you have to grow into.

Awareness and Intention

EVERYTHING is about 'Awareness' and 'Intention'. Now that you've begun to build an awareness of the energy, called Chi, Ki or Prana in some circles, you'll be able to do things with it and move it around in your (and other peoples) body.

We move energy with 'Intention', and this is a very important fact. EVERYTHING is energy! Our thoughts, our actions, our beliefs, everything around us and everything we see, feel, hear, think and do is energy. Intention is what we do with that energy.

We are all connected in a vast energy pool that encompasses everything that is, was and will be. It doesn't matter whether a person believes in it or can feel it; they still have the ability to affect it. How many times have you seen a person with a negative attitude who continually draws more negative reactions to himself? He's broadcasting his intentions through his attitudes with the result that he becomes a human 'crap magnet', drawing in all the negative feelings and emotions and experiences.

The other side of this is the continually positive person who always approaches everything from a positive attitude. This doesn't mean that everything always goes the way she wants it, but if you'll watch you'll see that even the bad times provide fuel for her growth and she tries to take every 'bad experience' as a lesson to help improve herself.

Just as our thoughts can influence Chi subconsciously, so can they move it around in our body. Energy follows thought, so when you think about moving energy then it will actually go where you send it. The important thing here is to stay out of its way. Energy moves in a spiral and at its own speed, so don't try to micro-manage it, just let it flow.

Now take some time and do the Full Body Awareness exercise again, and this time feel the energy go where you send it. You can also play with this a bit. Send it down to your feet, now bring it back to your center and this time just send it down to your left foot, now your right. Now send it up to your head, and down to your left elbow.

Now, the next time you're stuck in traffic, or impatiently waiting in line at the Motor Vehicles Office, just relax and start to play with this. Isn't this a neat toy?

"Full Body Awareness" is an excerpt from Robert Morgen's book "Kundalini Awakening for Personal Mastery 2nd Edition" (ISBN: 978-0-9790400-5-4)

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Meditation is one of the easiest techniques you can learn to refuel your body, mind and spirit. While many of us have heard of the benefits of meditation, few of us actually want to spend the time it takes to learn how to meditate. We often cling to stress, fear and anxiety because we think we need these things in order to function in this fast-paced world.

Many people who have learned how to meditate have actually achieved more than they did when they lived under constant stress and anxiety. These people have found you really don't need anxiety to be a productive member of society. If you want to learn how to reach your potential in a healthy and peaceful manner, meditation may be just what you're looking for.

Here are My 7 Steps to Learn How to Meditate:

1. Begin by finding a quiet place where you will not be disturbed.

2. Sit down with your back straight. It is recommended to put your body in a position were you will be able to “forget” about it for a while.

3. Close your eyes and lift your eyes to a 10-15’ angle. As if you are looking up through the bridge in your knows, between your eyebrows. It should feel comfortable. Do not strain your eyes. This is a biofeedback technique to begin to slow down your brainwave activity.

4. Breathe in deeply 3-5 times. Inhaling slowly through your nose, exhaling through your mouth. Your breath regulates your mind. As you slow down your breathing, you will also slow down your thinking. Imagine you are surrounded by a mist of colored light, your favorite color and breathe it in deep into your lungs.

5. Relax your entire body. Begin at the scalp and simply send a warm relaxing thought to each area of your body as you slowly move from head to feet. Take 5-10 minutes to thoroughly move through your body.

Pay particular attention to the follow areas. These are where most people hide their tension: Tongue, relax your tongue, if it is pressed against the roof of your mouth, let it go back into the center were it belongs.

Neck/Shoulders Lower back Pelvic Girdle Hands / Legs and Feet

6. You are now in altered state of mind. You should feel, euphoric, light or very heavy. Depending on your cadence. Let yourself either do one of three things.

1. Drift into silence or

2. Visualize what you want or

3. Pray: Ask for help, guidance, healing or direction from your Soul.

7. When you are ready. Take in a deep breath and as you exhale, mentally tell yourself, I am going to count from 1-5, at the count of 5 I will fully return from meditation, being relaxed, refreshed, energized and feeling great. Silently count up, open your eyes, stretch your body and give yourself a few minutes to acclimate to your surroundings.

If you want to learn how to meditate, and you don't want to spend time in a classroom with a bunch of strangers, you can learn from the comfort of your own home with my guided meditation CDs. For beginners, I suggest "The Art of Going Within: How to Meditate or Escape from Stress." These CDs provide you with guided instructions and tips you can incorporate into your daily routine.

You don't have to spend hours on end learning how to meditate. In under an hour, you can learn basic skills for getting in touch with your inner self, your Soul. Meditating on your thoughts and feelings is one of the best ways to release stress and anxiety in your daily life.

Once you learn the basics of meditation by practicing with guided meditation, you can calm your mind any time of the day or anywhere you desire. This is a great tool for dealing with high-pressure jobs or situations, and making split second decisions with clarity and purpose.

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In this article I'm going to give you some very simple tips on how to get free lessons on transcendental meditation. The simple truth is that TM is a great way for many folks to start meditating, yet, can be very expensive for ordinary people like me and you. (especially as you move up through the levels) I'm going to lay out the simple steps below on your options, and how you can quickly and easily find inner "bliss" through the magic of meditation REGARDLESS of your budget! Read on..:-)

Step 1: Find Transcendental Meditation Techniques Online

While much of the TM process is "supposed" to be individualized, the simple truth is that most of the TM techniques are simply mantra meditations that use a special incantation given to each individual. Most of these are really NOT individualized, and lots of the mantras are widely available online..:-) TM is a wonderful technique, but has no real superiority to ANY other mantra based meditative technique. Kaballah for example uses mantras as well, but doesn't SELL them as unique to each individual.

Step 2: Create Your OWN Mantra and Simply Meditate!

This is also a very easy way to get started meditating with TM techniques WITHOUT having to wait for a personal mantra. The power of contemplation is surely in lots of practice and NOT waiting for the perfect word to repeat while meditating. Simple sit down and comitt something powerful to your practice and use it. It's really that simple.

Step 3: Use Brain Entrainment Sound Technology to Take Your Meditation to the Next Level

This is graduation time..:-) Moving on to bi nural beat technology was one of the most profound things I did for my OWN meditative practice. Simply stated, you can use different frequencies to bring the mind into a "zen" like state while either repeating a mantra, or not, and it is phenomenally effective for radical personal transformation!

And of course there is SO much more....More that lies possible in YOUR life if you only open yourself up to the possibilities. Simply START by opening your mind, spirit & enhanced AWARENESS and ride the supernatural surfboard into the wild, wacky and wonderful world of the unknown..:-) It WILL rock Your WORLD...I promise..;-)

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Today, we always seem to be on the go. There is always something that needs to be done.

We place so much importance on activity, achievements and results and therefore it is not surprising that more of us are attempting to find or indeed, require a time for silence. A time to find inner peace, and experience a moment of reflection. A time to relax, reflect and rejuvenate.

Not only does the practice of meditation offer this wonderful quiet time, it also has many psychological, physiological and spiritual benefits for our overall well being.

One of the five principles of yoga, meditation is an important tool to achieve mental clarity, and just some of the benefits are listed below.

Psychological Benefits of Meditation

Increases creativity
Decreases stress and anxiety
Reduces symptoms of depression
Increases brain wave coherence
Reduces irritability
Improves memory and learning capacity
Increases self actualisation
Increases feelings of vitality
Increases happiness
Increases emotional stability
Reduces thoughts of negativity

Physiological Benefits of Meditation

Creates a state of deep rest due to decreased metabolic rate, lower heart rate and reduced the workload of the heart

Reduces stress by lowering levels of the chemicals cortisol and lactate

Reduces levels of free radicals known as unstable oxygen molecules that cause damage to body tissues

Improves the blood pressure levels

Increases skin resistance (lower skin resistance is correlated with higher levels of anxiety

Reduces cholesterol levels (higher levels are associated with cardiovascular disease)

Easier breathing as the flow of air to the lungs improves

Slows down the ageing process

Spiritual Benefits of Meditation

As we meditate, we are taken to the source of happiness which in fact is our own peace of mind. Without such peace, we are constantly assaulted by negative thoughts and pressures from the outside world. Allowing the body and mind to relax during this time rejuvenates our flow of energy enabling us to more effectively face the responsibilities of our demanding life.

As harmony becomes a bigger part of our life and we develop the latent powers of the mind, we gain a greater perspective of life and discover our true purpose of life. We will shift our efforts toward both personal and spiritual growth as we find the answer to 'Who am i?'. Listening to the mind and ignoring our egoistic perspective we can begin to realise that our true and natural potential is far greater than what we currently believe which then allows us to discover our true creativity and potential.

There are many types of meditation, but if you are a beginner, you may prefer the practice of guided meditation. The calming voice of your leader will guide you through each step of the meditation process. Have a look at the video in this blog to be guided through a meditation.

Meditation involving visualisation will assist in changing your outlook on life, indeed discovering that there is so much more to learn.

"The most important lesson meditation teaches us is that our home - our beautiful universe - is changeable (impermanent) by its very nature. You will begin to understand, appreciate and make peace with the passing show of this world." - Anatole

Don't you think it's time that you allowed yourself to relax, reflect and rejuvenate with meditation?

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