This is a process which includes three articles with steps. Just like it was giving to me almost two years ago.
Grounding
(by Cheryl Dunn)

Grounding connects you to the living earth and the the cosmic energies of the heavens. You can do this standing, sitting, riding in a car or even standing on your head if you wish. I wouldn't want the visualization task for the last one, though. :)

The best position to start out is sitting in a chair with your feet flat on the floor and your palms resting on your thighs. This is called the Egyptian posture and is an open meditation posture rather than the closed posture of the lotus from India. The open posture allows for a free flow of energy through your body. It acknowledges and embraces our life's relationships.

So, have a seat. Get comfortable. Breathe deeply into your belly rather than rapidly in your chest. Now imagine a cord from your tail bone and feet reaching into the earth. Send out roots like from a tree. Connect yourself solidly with the earth. That's it.

Now that you are grounded pull up some green earth energy for yourself. It will be slow peaceful energy that can sustain you in times of stress. Feel this nurturing energy flow up through your feet and tail bone to your heart then allow it to flow out to every cell in your body.

Next send any negative energy or any energy that you perceive came from a source other than yourself down through your grounding cord into the earth. Say to it, 'I release you to be used for good.' This energy will then be cleansed by the earth and recycled back to where it originated.

Thank the earth for the use of it's energy. Check with yourself. How do you feel now? Smile. Our earth loves us all.

While you are still grounded imagine or visualize the crown of your head opening up and receiving white light from the cosmos. This is star energy and will be golden and warm. Run it down the back of your body and allow it to mix with the earth energy. Allow the mix to flow to every part of your body, your mind and your aura.

And how do we feel now? Thank the cosmos for the loving energy it has given you.

Decide that any excess energy will drain off down your grounding cord and be recycled by our earth. You can also bend over and spill out any excess cosmic energy from your crown rather than cycling it all the way through your body to your grounding cord.

You have been running some form of energy all your life, so while this is new to your concious awareness, it is not a stange thing for you as a being to be doing. Still, don't over-do since you are handling a lot of energy with this exercise. Seven cycles a week are recommended for beginners.

You are now in an enhanced state mentally and psychically. If you want to look for Power Animals, Names or Symbols it will be easier.

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Aura Cleansing
(by Cheryl Dunn)

Amethyst and Anyone else who wants to try,

You can explore and repair the seven boundries of your aura. It is a powerful healing and will help you in many ways.

When you have run several cycles of earth and cosmic energy check for any pictures that may show up and look at them and explode them. Bless them and let them go.

Next rest your awareness in the center of your head. If you have trouble doing this, place your hands over your ears and go to the area between your hands. This is called the 'seat of your soul'. Notice how this feels. It is usually a calm center to be in and a good place to start any soul work.

Now move your attention to two or three inches outside and around your body. Your aura is oval or egg shape and goes all the way around you, including your feet. It consists of seven layers and can extend out several feet. No rule on how far it goes. You are the only judge of where your aura's outer boundries are. The first two or three inches is the first layer of the aura and is related to your physical health. Go over the boundries of this layer as well as all six outer layers.

Look around the layer of the aura you are repairing. See, feel, hear or imagine something you would like to repair and then repair it. If you don't find any thing to repair, spend some time smoothing the boundries. Own the entire boundry. Contemplating the characteristics of a particular layer can help you light up this boundry.

Things you may find are rips, holes, weapons, dents, bumps, ridges and no boundry at all. All these anomolies are caused by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Fortunately they can be fixed - by you. Sew up the holes, put a poltice or a bandage on them, fasten them back together with velcro or duck tape. What ever will begin a healing of the damage that has been done.

Smooth out the dents (caused by others throwing "Stuff" at you. If they are big take a psychic hammer to them and tap or bang them out. Weapons are someone else's negative energy they threw at you. Pull them out and drop them down your grounding cord or blow them up. Be sure to blow up any pictures you find attached to them.

If you find an area of no boundries, pat or hug it into place. Create a new boundry if you need to. Use gold cloth, or gossomer spider webs or star dust or what ever you find beautiful. (No beer cans. You will just have to get rid of them later. :))

Any unwanted energy, colors, feelings, sounds should be dropped down your grounding cord for our earth to recycle. Take a vacumn cleaner with you and get rid of the dust and dirt. Drop the bag down the grounding cord.

This is your aura. Decorate it with the colors and sounds and feelings you would like to have there. It is your most intimate home. Make it glorious. If it seems like you can't do it all in one sitting, dust and polish what you can. Patch and stitch and put up temporary bandages where you know you will need to come back and work later. If you have not done a lot of personal work, getting your aura cleaned up and beautified can take some time. Just set aside a few minutes at least once a week for this activity. The pay off for you is tremendous.

Be sure to do all this with a spirit of play. You can't get in trouble if you maintian a playful attitude. Don't go ripping through trying to do everything at once or invalidating yourself for having to clean house. Everyone needs to clean house. Aren't you lucky you can do this for yourself.

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Shielding
(by Cheryl Dunn)

Klaus, And all. I called it shielding, but it amounts to the same thing.

Do your grounding exercise. Really now, how many have tried that? It puts you in a more powerful position to operate as a spiritual being. And you feel good afterwards.

Anyway, do the grounding. Look for any negative energy in your space and cycle it down through your grounding cord into the earth. Look for any pictures that you may want to blow up. Enjoy blowing them up. You can still recall the memory of that incident or person if you wish, you just won't have so much negative emotion and energy tied up with it.

Now we can get into chakra cleansing and aura cleansing and how to open and close chakras and how to repair your aura, but for right now I just want you to get the idea that these things may need doing so you won't try to go overboard on the shielding. Why not? Becsause you will be locking in dirty yucky bad stuff that you really would rather get rid of instead of sealing it in with you.

The first type of shield is one you should use if you are doing a reading for another. What you usually do with another person is to establish a heart cord or connection. This is a good thing. Giving of your essence to the other person is not. So you put up a metal barrier at your solar plexis and stomach level to keep them from draining your energy. You visualize or imagine it in place and it is there. I keep my 'reading shield' there at all times. So, have you got your shield in place now? Good. When you are done with a reading don't forget to disconnect the heart cord. You should also flick your fingers to get rid of any negative energy that may have come up during a reading.

A second type of shield is a circle of light. You can draw a white light circle around you with your hands and invoke a blessing by saying 'Let my action (or this reading, or whatever) be for the greatest good.' This white light is Creator energy and you are safe. Others can be included in this circle and it is a good space to do readings. You can open this and the next circle by reversing the directtion of your hand motion and saying 'I release this energy for the use of those who need it.'

If you feel you are under attack by a psychic energy that means you harm draw a circle of fire around you and your higher self and your aura. You can use this in an emergency anywhere you are. Don't include others because then they will be in it with you and you will have to let down your fire wall to get them back out. If you have done something that draws this kind of energy, you shouldn't pull others in with you. You may not have done anything 'wrong'. You may just have drawn the jealous attention of someone who does not like to see people happy or at peace.

Spirit Lady has you looking for your symbol. Well guess what? That will also afford you protection. Mine is a spiral webbed shield and Klaus has a cross with a shield. Might be that's one of it's uses. Whatcha think? :) Hold it in front of you to ward off attack.

Your power animal can also help you by giving you the particular energy it is imbued with. Even Deer or Mouse can help. Deer can run like the wind and Mouse can hide really good. Learn the attributes of your animal. Also study its prey if it is a predator and its preator if it is prey. That is a symbiotic relationship that both benefit from and will have lessons for the traveler.

Now you can install a solid metal shield around you but be sure to mount a video camera so you can see what is going on 'outside'. You will not be able to do any readings or communicating psychically with the metal shield in place, but no one could get you either. This is extreme and would not normally be used unless you got into some very serious trouble. You would have to handle your attacker at that point or stay sealed off for the rest of your life. Really, the best thing to do is to work for the greatest good and not to dabble or fool around with any of the negative forces you may run across.

You can draw a pentagram on the roof of your car every time you drive so that you will be safe in traffic. You can draw one over each passenger as well as the driver if you feel the need. You can draw the pentagram or any other sacred symbol on the roof of your house to protect your home. Just draw it in the air with your fingers and have it float up to settle on the roof.

Another thing you can do is the thanking ceremony that Spirit Lady told Melissa. Thank the earth for providing for you, thank your Power Animal for traveling with you, thank the Creator for allowing you your time here to learn. Acknowledging your relationship to those who support you will strengthen the ties with them and give you more strength to continue your journey.

You can carry special stones or feathers or coins or any other thing that comes to you as a gift from life. Some people have little pouches that they carry with items such as these. You can call it a medicine bag or a magic bag or just a bag. It should be things that have meaning to you. Even tiny drawings can go in there. Some people put tobbacco or pennies in it to leave as gifts to the earth when they have enjoyed a space outside or gotten a 'gift' from nature.

Take a shower. Wash the negatives down the drain to be recycled by our earth. It really works.

Lots of things you can do, huh? The very best thing you can do for yourself is to work for the greatest good for all involved. That means you as well as others. Don't wear yourself to a frazzle because someone 'has to have' something you should give out of love and concern.

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Focusing
(by Cheryl Dunn)

Focusing is like having a laser beam compared to an overhead light. Use your abilities of focus and concentration to sense energy. Focus is the ability to concentrate on one idea to the exclusion of all others. If you want to find information, it is important to focus upon it. The degree of focus you put on it will determine how fast you gain the knowledge you seek.Focus takes you directly to what you seek. as you concentrate on something, thinking of it to the exclusion of all else, you are directing your mind like a laser beam. When your mind is thus directed, you cannot be affected by the other energies in the universe; you are protected in that sense, and what you are focusing on becomes clear. Imagine that focus is like a beam of energy that goes out into the future, into another person, into whatever you want answers about, and lights up that area. It is like a beam of energy that goes out from you and sets up, like a telegraph wire, a way for energy and knowledge to come back. If there is anything you want to become aware of, focus upon it, for whatever you turn your attention to you will create. As you become aware of energy, you will want to determine if it is charging or draining you. You have the ability to determine that by monitoring your energy. If you are paying attention to a cetain situation and feeling drained, acknowledge your ability to know and sense truth. If you are involved in any situation, you know if you are being draind by it or charged. Become even more aware of those things that charge you, for where you turn your attention you begin to attract more of the same.