Meditation and Decharging

Connecting to Shiva and the Five Elements

Part of my healing took place as I practised a technique based on the teachings of Swami Kaleshwar. You sit or lie down, holding your hands just above your shoulders. You repeat the mantra, "Oh God, my heart is open to you, please come sit in my heart". You say this once for each fingertip. Your thumb is the Earth, your index finger is the Fire, the middle is Sky, the ring finger is Water and the small finger is Air.

You say the mantra for each fingertip giving each one a little wiggle as you say it. You may feel heat or a tingling sensation after a few weeks or months of practice. Each fingertip contains a chakra for receiving energy that corresponds to the five elements energy. When you are asking God into your heart you are drawing natural energy in through your fingertips.

Performing this meditation technique for 15 minutes twice a day will open your heart to pull the divine energy in you. It will help dissolve your layers and problems in love. It is said that Shiva (God the Father), his energy is flowing in the five elements. Shiva is said to be the Lord of five elements, Namashivaya. He is the pure consciousness, the highest person to reach in the universe. He's where you will find peace. Connecting to Shiva brings you the deepest peace and silence. This deep peace helps you transcend your problems and emotional blocks. When you are in a negative state of mind it helps you come back to your natural states of Love, confidence and happiness. It aligns you with divine peace, intelligence and creativity. This technique is for charging and aligning yourself with Gods energy.

Whenever you need peace, whenever you have a problem, whenever you need more confidence and clarity you can practice this technique. It really helps. Your fingertips allow you to touch God. When you beg God, "I really need you, I really want you to come into my heart, I really want to connect with you, please help me, please make me happy", the energy starts flowing. All you need is an open heart. This technique opens your heart.

As you meditate many thoughts may come up. This is natural. But just keep on coming back to the mantra. When you are drawing in the energy your intention is, I want more, I want to feel the energy, I want to know the energy, I want an experience, I want creativity, I want clarity, I want to solve my problems, I want to transcend into peace and deeper love. I really want to merge with this deep peace. This is what asking God into your heart means. This mantra is a beautiful prayer.

Once you connect to Shiva in this way, your mind and desires start to become aligned with the desires of your heart and soul. When you come to the end of your meditation it is good to set your intention, to think about what you want to achieve and what you want to see happen in your life. Then you can ask what you want. You can ask for a glorious future to come sit in your heart. You can set your intention for the day, and imagine how you would like it to turn out. When you are aligned with the divine intelligence and coming from your higher self you have the power to attract what you want in your life. You find the intelligence to solve all problems from a deep state of Love and peace.

Decharging Negative Energy

Going swimming, taking a walk in nature, walking barefoot on grass or sand, or sitting by a camp fire are just several ways of decharging negative energy through the five elements. Negative energy is blocked or excess energy that needs to flow. Negative energy can be stress, frustration, anxiety or anger for instance. Depression is feeling negativity but being unable to decharge that. Nature makes you feel closer to God, because God's energy is flowing in the nature. Nature can heal you.

Once you've learned how to feel the energy during meditation, you can begin using the Earth element to decharge. A good way of decharging using the Earth element is to use a plant for decharging excess energy. Take a plant, point your fingers near it and say the mantra, "Oh God, my heart is open to you, please come. I know you are in this plant. Please use this plant to decharge my negative energy. Thanks". Do this for about 15 minutes. Depression, anxiety and stress will flow out of your fingertips into the Earth. As you do this and repeat the mantra a lifetimes worth of negativity may flow out. You have a second chakra in each fingertip for giving or sending out energy. Don't worry about the plant. The plant takes this energy and uses it in a positive way. It's not bad for the plant in any way. Having a channel to the Earth brings huge peace and happiness. Although you may have problems you nolonger care about them. The Earth also helps open your heart. It allows you to live on Earth happily. The Earth radiates huge energy and can magnify any type of emotion. When you purify the Earth element in you, the magnetism of the Earth will automatically suck out your negative energy.

The fire element has the highest capacity to burn negative energy. Once your soul is purified and attached to the element of fire, it is pretty hard for any negativity to stay with you. It simply gets burnt. Negative people can't really affect you anymore. The Fire element is a reflection of Gods light. The sun also has a huge healing capacity. You can send your problems into the Fire, God's divine fire of Love. I used to sit by the Fire at home when I was very young. It's very healing and helps burn negative energy. The most beautiful thing is sitting by a camp fire. It's very nourishing. Sacred fire ceremonies called yagyas are performed in India to create powerful protection circles around people and to fullfil their desires. The Fire element can bring high positive energy. You can decharge in the same way using a candle for instance.

The Sky (Space) element is the Shiva element because of it's infinity. It is said that through the Sky you can connect to the angels and receive high healing power. Once you have a deep connection to Shiva you can start connecting with the angels. When you are meditating in the nature, pots of energy (angels) can build up like a magnetic whirlwind of energy. You can magnetise your soul through the Sky to pull this energy in you. When the energy comes your body may start to shake. This is the symptom that you are charged with the Sky element. It is said that through the Sky element you can communicate with the angels and various souls, in a kind of telepathic way.

Have you ever had a shivery feeling come over you when someone says or does something that is touching? A shivery feeling may come over you that makes your body start to shake a little. That it the symptom of an angel. For example if I am thinking of you and I say from the bottom of my heart "I really Love you" the energy may reach you and you may get this shivery feeling. It means that an angel has carried the message to you, "I Love you". It may even manifest like a voice on the telephone.

When I was very young me and my friends used to Love going swimming during the weekend. Not only was it a fun social thing, but it was essential for decharging a weeks worth of negativity. Being in the water helps wash away the poison you have absorbed from other people, all the stress, all the negativity, it can just be washed out by being in the water. Water helps create high vibrations. It purifies and balances energy. Water is nurturing. It is said to be connected to Durga. She is a form of the Mother aspect of God who is the destroyer of negativity. She uses the water to make peace and calmness. The water balances emotions. It is the highest healer for emotional problems. When you are charged and purified with the water element you may start to feel drowsy.

Through the air you can receive a lot of energy. The angels are said to be in the wind. The wind contains huge pots of energy. Breathing in pure fresh air in nature helps make the mind peaceful and controlled. There are certain techniques for mastering the breath. Once you are charged properly with the air element you can send your energy, blessings anywhere and heal people over long distances. The air represents the controlled and peaceful mind. Wherever you go you breath in and out angel energy.

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