Project: Working with elements - Days 20 through 22

Day 20 has probably been the best day so far. I would say the Water element corresponds with empathy; on Saturday, I feel I did everything right. I grew closer with a very good friend and also introduced her to the world of the occult. Compared to that, the next day was kinda tame and way more grounded.

This brings me to today, day 22. The first day of the Earth element. It's also the element missing a posism in Lasenic's work, which means I have to work with it the originally intended way. When accumulating the element, I focus on the feeling of heaviness and visualize my body turning into granite (not sure why I picked this distinct imagination, but it seems to be working), sturdy, heavy, stable. It feels like this method is good for grounding, and I haven't noticed any negative aspects yet.

Anyway, here is the Prithvi tattva I use for trataka this week:

While focusing on this tattva during the day, I have started imagining it in three main energy centers (the third eye, the solar plexus, and the lower abdomen. I am not sure exactly why I came up with this, but it will prove very useful for the final week, as Akasha cannot be directly accumulated as far as I know.

Project: Working with elements - Days 18 and 19

Well, it seems the cooling ability of the Water element has a limit. And that limit is a heatwave during a train ride; in the train with a broken A/C, nonetheless. 

The last two days have been a bit challenging for this project. It feels better to work with the elements if the conditions are right. A colder or cooler environment is better for feeling and working with the Water element. Heat makes it easier to work with the Fire element. Air element is easier to work with when it's windy outside.

I wonder how it will be with the Earth element, which is coming up next week. The week after that will be even harder, considering you cannot really draw in Akasha.

Project: Working with elements - Day 17

Today was interesting to say the least. First, the good news. While focusing on drawing in the Water element, the Apas tattva appears automatically in my mind's eye. That is good.

Unfortunately, during today's mental chatter, I have thought about doing the posism for the Fire element, and the Fire element automatically appeared, at first in my forearms and then spread throughout my body. No matter how much I tried to dispel it and accumulate the Water element again, it kept being there. This situation took around an hour.

It also seems that the Water element is good for handling heat, as well; together with Fire and Air makes a third element that can be used so far. The Fire element lets you adapt to the heat. Air element sort of blocks the feeling of heat from you, and the Water element keeps you cool; it at least feels that way.

Project: Working with elements - Day 16

 Thinking back at the previous day regarding being stared at, I think that was a form of anxiety. The water element corresponds with emotion, and it seems that anxiety is the emotion of an uncontrolled Water element; in my case, it manifested as the spotlight effect.

Thankfully, today was better; no weird feelings appeared during the day. This day was marked by serenity, which was nice.

I keep thinking about the symbol of Apas tattva. It wiggles a little during the meditation; I think it represents the crescent of the Moon reflected on the surface of water.

Project: Working with elements - Days 15 - Water

 Today started interestingly with rain. Quite a welcome coincidence, because today was also the first day of working with the Water element. I was a bit worried whether I would be able to conjure the feeling of coldness and wetness, but the morning rain was a very welcome aid.

As for the day, I have caught people staring at me on many different occasions. It startled me at first, but over the course of the day I got used to it and stopped paying attention to the gazes. I am not entirely sure what the reason was behind it. Do people often stare and I don't notice, or was something different today?

2nd Grade, Week 1: Elemental Energy Accumulation

In the first grade we have learned how to perceive elements, now I am going to show you how to actually accumulate them in your body without causing major imbalances resulting in stress, depression or sickness.

Originally you were supposed to gather each element and then to let all of it go, that was supposed to teach you how to feel elements and how to maintain your original balance. Now we are about to learn how to keep elements in the body while keeping the elemental balance, therefore strenghtening your energetic body.

Be relaxed
First of all we should relax our body and our mind, there were already some relaxation and calming exercises in the first grade, so you can use those.

Imagine your body is hollow
Similar to the mastery of elements body, before we can gather elements we have to make some "space" for them. Just imagine AND feel your body being hollow.

One by one
Now we should start accumulating elements. The process is that you visualize and feel the qualities of the invoked element and then you inhale these qualities into your body and with each inhale you accumulate these qualities.
For the beginning start with 5 inhales for each element, with time you can slowly start building it up to 40, but I recommend to simply keep with 5 inhales for following reasons:
1) Five repetitions are easier to be kept, you want the elements to be balanced.
2) In the future you want to accumulate more and more energy, but you don't want to waste your time. What one would do with 100 repetitions you will be able to do with 5, therefore saving your time and improving effectivity of your spells, simply by receiving more energy per a breath instead of increasing the number of inhales.

Qualities of the elements
Fire is hot, red and dry
Water is cold, blue and moist
Earth is heavy, green, cold and dry
Air is lightweight, transparent, warm and moist.

Order and effects
-Always start this exercise with Fire element, the rest will go easier.
-Use Water as the second element if you are unsure or scared, elements will be more balanced but partially negated with each other
-Use Air element as the second one if you want or need more energy and better effects. Naturally Air feeds the Fire and is also warmened by the Fire, feeding your body with greater deal of oxygen and boosting your metabolism, just be careful for your body not to get too hot, that's dangerous. Air element is also a natural dam between Fire and Water.
-Earth element must be always last for its limiting factors. Earth limit three previous elements, therefore it is good for controling them.