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PSYCHIC Today there are many philosophies, religions, paths, courses and psychotherapies being thrust at us from every direction. These are all run by experts, enlightened masters, saints, gurus of all sorts. You must use your sense and intuition and be your own judge. We must be our own experts, for who else can be responsible for us? With a liule application the following information will give very positive results. Your health will improve, your mind will become clearer and sharper, creativity will increase and you will be more relaxed. Your psychic abilities will awaken and strengthen;, psychic abilities are a consequence of psychic practice, not the reason for it The reason is to heal and protect, it is with ourselves that we must begin to heal and balance our energies. Psychic energy is the force of life and Nawre. Psychic development is literally attuning your consciousness to the rhythms and harmonies in nature and within ourselves. The following exercises should be done with a good diet, exercise, sleep and regular massage. Massage enhances the body's energy flow. Energy flow is affected by the following: 1. The rhythm of your breathing 2. The position of the body and the time of + day and direction you are facing. 3. The position of your legs. 4. The position of your hands. 5. The relaxation and tension of particular muscle groups in your body. 6. What you are looking at or visualising. Following are exercises for the four basic states of sitting, walking, standing and lying down. SITTING Sit on the ground with your shoes off. Relax, but sit up straight and let your spine carry the weight of your torso. Relax your shoulders let them drop. Breathe through your nose, a slow relaxed, shon inhalation and a slow long exhalation through your mouth. Do not quite fully empty the lungs. Note which nostril you are primarily breathing through; if it is your left, put your lett foot slightly over your right and place the left hand palm up in the right, with the thumbs touching or loosely internwined. Rest your hands in your lap. On the in breath energy rises up your body as the energy contained in the air moves downwards. During exhalation this energy moves in the opposite direction. The movement of these two fields of energy generate psychic force. Use your diaphragm to pull the breath/energy down till it feels as if it is reaching a point just below your navel - this is the centre of gravity for our psychic and physical bodies. Getting attuned with this point makes us dextrous physically. By tensing this point slightly on exhalation, your eyelids relax . From this point the energy travels through your nervous system and alters your psychic centres. 40 io - ™ a ee oe: STANDING :Horse Stance As soon as we stand the awareness of the point below the navel is intensified. Place your feet firmly on the ground, let your soles stick to it; stretch your knee muscles and fill your legs with strength on each exhalation. When your legs are full of energy feel your pelvic girdle fill with energy. Now visualise the energy withdrawing from your legs so it fills only the pelvic girdle. When all our energy is contained here the *weight’ of it keeps us firmly planted to the ground. Now relax and widen your stance so your feet are well outside your shoulders. Bend your knees deeply as if sitting on an invisible horse and let your arms hang in front of your body. Remember to point your toes forward. On exhalation you will feel the point below your navel intensely; if you do not, settle more deeply with your back straight. Now lift your arms paraljel to the ground and make a circle with them as if puting them around a tree trunk. Touch your middle fingers together and make a small circle inside the large by touching your thumbs together. MEDI TATION, Use shon inhalations with your diaphragm to pull air into your body and slow, calm . exhalations focussing on the navel centre. This is a particularly strong exereise - if you are doing it properly a few minutes will be all you can stand before you begin to sweat and ~ shake, as the psychic and physical toxins are expelled through the pores of your skin and through your breath. As well as eliminating toxins, this exercise stores vast amounts of psychic energy in your body. LAYING DOWN. Lie down on your back with legs straight, held firmly together. Place your arms slightly away from your body, palms down. Begin a short inhalation using the diaphram to pull the energy/air down to the navel centre. Fill your pelvic girdle with energy. When the whole of your pelvic girdle is full of energy, exhale the energy down into your legs by stretching the knee muscles and pointing the toes. A slow exhalation is important When both your legs and pelvic girdle are full of energy, um up your toes so your feet are in the same position in relation to your body as they would be if you were standing. On the next exhalation push your energy downwards out the soles of your feet, carrying with it toxins and negative energy. Do this for a few minutes or unti] you feel you have released enough; little by little is best. Withdraw the energy from your icgs, containing it in your pelvic girdle. Do this for a few minutes. Keep your breathing slow and relaxed. Next collect the energy at the point below your navel; do this for a few minutes more and then totally relax and watch the energy inside you. The effect of this exercise is enhanced if you place your head towards the north or east. This is a particularly good exercise prior to sleep. Remember, breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. WALKING This exercise can really only be done in a park or in the bush. Walk very slowly, concentrating on balance and rhythm. Aliow your (deep) breathing rate to be determined by the surrounding energy. Notice the smells, sights, sounds, the harmonies of plants, rocks, insects and animals. Forget your breath and your body just walk, go beyond your mind, observe, look, directly experience nature for what it is and let it flow through you. For here is the answer you seek, not in the minds of men or women. Not in their philosophies, their religions nor thei: prayers. It is here in nature, continually reaching out to each of us to heal and awaken us to the wonderful vistas of her mysteries. Do these exercises as regularly as you can on your own, in a quiet secluded park o bushland setting if possible. Although they tak many years to develop fully, the benefits of thes exercises are apparent almost immediately Always note your body posture and breathing True meditation occurs when your body natural) fits the breathing rythm and body positio without thought; analytical conciousness cease The wall which thought creates between us an reality disolves and direct experience begins. Nexus New Times