If You Are Not Grounded, Can You Find Your Way Home?

How important is it to be grounded? and what does being grounded mean to you?I will attempt to help out with the answer to that question. A while ago I attended a Sound Therapy class in California with my sister. In this class we learned how to determine what tones (tones relate to Chakras) a person is; overactive, underactive or completely missing by using a tuning device. This in turn gave us some insight into whether our Chakras were balanced or not. We worked with different classmates in order to get familiar with doing this type of voice analysis. After this was done the teacher looked over each of the analysis we were given. Three different people did my analysis and three different times it came out pretty much the same; with the exception of the one my sister did for me. Apparently my sister and I were trying so hard to compensate for each others weaknesses our readings for each other came out a bit skewed. When the teacher looked over mine she said "Wow Theri if you were anymore grounded you would be part of the ground". It seems I had very strong lower tones C, C#, D, D# which are the characteristics of a very grounded person because the lower tones refer to the Root Chakra (Root-grounded not terribly complicated). My other tones were represented however they were considerably less prominent. If anyone would like more information regarding the Voice analysis process let me know I can send you a brochure.

I learned very early on that if my feet were not firmly on the ground I simply could not get anything done, be it physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally or for that matter psychically. I did not always know that meant being grounded. I have always been a practical person; and for me being practical was tantamount to survival. If someone who knows me were to describe me they would say I am logical, that I don't see things through rose colored glasses and that I am very down to earth. If you think about the profession I am in, it does not make much sense at all at first glance. How can someone who is so rooted/grounded in the "root Chara" (the root Chakra relates to the earth element, governs all elimination, the survival instinct) have her head so high up in the clouds? Believe me you are not the first one to wonder this, I myself pondered that very thing for a very long time.

I have learned at the "University of My life" that if a person is not grounded, everything will be a struggle for them. You must have an anchor to hold on to so that the road home will always be in front of you. For me, if I am even slightly ungrounded (which does happen occasionally) my thoughts are confused, I feel spacey, my intuition gets mucky, my dreams are peppered with inconsistancies, and I can't concentrate on anything. It is a tremendously uncomfortable feeling. Grounding refers to so much more than your Root Chakra, grounding balances and grounds all your Chakras. Each morning I have a grounding ritual so that I balance myself for the day. At the time of my voice analysis I had very strong Root Chakra tones because of this, my other Chakras, unbeknownst to me, were a bit cloudy ie my intuition were not as sharp, my insight took longer to get through, everything just seemed like it was a lot more work. Upon discovery of this, one of the things I work on is keeping ALL my Chakras balanced, not just the lower ones, With this has come clarity. So you see there is a such thing as having too much of a good thing!

Some of my dearest friends are all higher tones with absolutely no Root Chakra whatsoever. For them life is a struggle because the they are not at all grounded. Others have recognized this and have taken the steps to ground themselves daily. You see, it is not that you cannot go through life ungrounded; because logic tells us we can. However, if you are not grounded, everything will seem just out of your grasp. You can't build a house without a foundation. You can't pour water into a glass without the glass. If you are at sea and you do not throw your anchor overboard to anchor your boat for the night there is a darn good chance that you will not be in the same place come morning and there is an even higher possibility that you will have no idea where you are and become disoriented. That is the same thing that happens when you do not ground yourself; it is easy to become lost and disoriented.

So if you are not grounded, can you find your way home? Think of it this way, if you are grounded and balanced, it is a straight shot because your roots are attached, if you are not it can be a rough and tumble road over unnecessarily obstacle ridden terrain. You will find that once you start grounding yourself you will feel clearer, sharper, more intuitive, more connected and altogether calmer. There is a sense of security that comes with being connected. Connected can mean many things; for me being connected means being connected to source, to all that is. It means being connected to the light within you that is God. It means being connected to more than just the human that my spirit resides in. It means being connected with all that is possible.

The following is a quick grounding exercise that you can do in five minutes every morning. Do this for at least five days and I assure you you will notice the difference. note: this can also be modified anytime of the day that you feel you need an anchor.

Visualize that there are roots growing from the bottom of your feet, they burrow into Mother Earth easily, as they move deeper into the earth the roots get thicker, wider and stronger. They continue to grow until they reach the center of the earth. Once they reach the center of the earth there is a beautiful crystal, a crystal so pure that you can see every color imaginable dancing within it. The roots wrap around this crystal sending pure magnetic light up the roots and into your feet. The light continues to fill your feet, your ankles, your shins, your knees, your thights, your hips, your waist, your torso, your arms, your neck, your face until it finally gets to a funnel that is sitting directly over your crown. This light enters the funnel and fans out into the heavens where it meets with an even more magnificent and brighter light. The two lights combine and enter back into the funnel and down through your crown, completely entering every part of your body, see it, sense it, feel it, it is your reality. You are now completely grounded and completely balanced. (I do this while I am in the shower, the sensation of the water flowing down my body helps to visualize the light streaming through my body.)

I wish you a wonderfully grounded and balanced day.

Love, Light and Angel Blessings Theri