"Bump Consciousness"
"Bump Consciousness"
This ritual is best conducted outdoors and on open ground (no pavement or floors). The intent of this ritual is to stabilize individual and collective energy fields and can be done alone or in groups. In groups of three, sit in a triangle; four, a square; five, a pentagram; six, a hexagon (6-pointed star). Any more than six, form a circle. If you are just two, sit across from one another. If you are alone, sit anywhere on the planet. When you are ready to begin, close your eyes and let your awareness settle in the base of the spine; feel the gravity gather there as an anchor.
Imagine or feel or open up the base of your spine; open the root chakra. If your feet are flat on the ground, open the chakras in your arches. Watch your breathing and let it be natural; don't force or hold your breath. On the inhale, breathe in EARTH ENERGY up through the base of the spine and/or the arches and on the exhale, circulate this EARTH ENERGY throughout your entire body. Continue this cycle of connected breathing as you circulate EARTH ENERGY throughout your body.
The more earth energy you take in and circulate, the more "dense" it will tend to feel. How much density can you permit? To increase the flow, breathe deeper while dialating the openings where you are drawing the energy up from. To decrease the flow, breathe more shallow. You are looking to find your point of maximum density without losing consciousness.
Become aware of yourself as a bump on the planet. Get a sense of yourself as a protuberance of the planet itself; no difference between yourself and the planet. Be receptive to the vast support and strength of the Earth as it expresses itself through you. Begin resonating sounds that match the frequency of this EARTH ENERGY. Do not try and control the sound or create a melody. Let the frequency of the EARTH ENERGY determine the tone, pitch, key, and sonic direction. Simply resonate a sound to match the energy itself. While maintaining this cycle of connected breathing, exhale EARTH ENERGY through your arms and out your palms and fingertips. Keep cycling EARTH ENERGY through your own body and out your hands. Continue until you personally feel don. Send any excess Earth Energy back to the planet.
excerpted from
TOWARDS AN ARCHEOLOGY OF THE SOUL
by Antero Alli (Vertical Pool, 2003)