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Then with greatpower and purpose, as the Mother-Goddess/Father-God firmly and lovingly cor-recting an errant child, do what is necessary tocorrect the situation "with harm toward none,and for the greatest good of all."Learning to Raise and Channel PowerRaising power is not easy in this society.From an early age we are taught that power is "outthere," not within us.In comparison with giantcorporations, the military might of governments,the demanding tentacles of huge bureaucracies,and the self-assurance of large churches, oneperson seems like small potatoes indeed.Yet reflect: all those great organizationswere created and are run by individual people likeyou.People who sweat, burp, make dumbmistakes, and look silly without their clothes on.Folks.The only difference that is relevant here isthat leaders and executives have a sense of theirown personal power, and use it.You too will understand, if you do not al-ready, that you have power within you, all the108 power you could ever need.Learning that youhave it, and learning to use it, are like exercisingweak, flabby muscles.You begin with smallchallenges, practice frequently, challenge yourselfmore as your strength grows; one day you willachieve things that you can scarcely dream oftoday.Raising power demands emotional inten-sity.As indicated earlier, there is energy availablefor goals you feel strongly about, and for needsand desires passionately felt.Lukewarm feelingswill not serve.Get into the gut feelings that makeyou yearn, cry, shout and tremble.It's not easy ifyou are a middle-class, white Anglo-Saxon whohas been taught that strong emotions are messyand socially inappropriate.You must breakthrough your conditioning, find the flame in yourheart and the fire in your belly, if you are tochange yourself and your world.Let yourself feel.If necessary, open the floodgates by reliving thetragedies and triumphs of your life and the eventsthat brought you heartache or joy.Remembering and reliving can raisepower.Raise more by drumming, chanting,clapping, pounding, breathing, singing, dancing,or any other active method you favor.Let thefeelings flow free; let the power surge throughyou.Visualize your goal and experience it as realand accomplished.See it, hear it, touch it, smell it,taste it.You will know when the energy peaks orgets as high as it is going to109 get; at that instant, release it into the reality youhave created in your mind.Throughout, remember to draw the powerfrom the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, or othernatural sources.You must be an open channel forenergy.If you are closed, then you will use onlyenergy from your own reserves, and thus willexhaust yourself quickly.The energy can be released directly intothe mind-image of your goal, or into a physicalobject called a "witness" or "object link." For ex-ample, if you are doing healing work (only withthe permission of the ill or injured person, ofcourse), you might use a photograph of that in-dividual, or a lock of their hair.You visualize theperson as whole and healthy, raise the power, andchannel it to them through the hair or photo.If you are working to obtain land for ahome, you might again use a photo, or some earthfrom the site, or even a drawing or painting.Ifyou are working for essence and don't have aparticular form or object in mind, then pictureyourself enjoying an activity associated with thisgoal walking on the land, building a home,gardening and do not use a witness.After you have raised and sent the power,you will probably feel keyed up, as if you werevibrating.This happens because some extra en-ergy is still circling through your nervous system.Sit or lie down, rest quietly, and allow the excesspower to drain into the Earth through110 your skin, and especially your hands.It may helpto have a big, rough rock on hand: you can hold itin your lap and channel the energy into it untilyou feel balanced again.Then put the rockoutdoors on the ground to discharge.If you have animals sharing your home,they may have strong reactions to the unusualamounts of energy around your ritual.Dependingon the nature of the energy and the animal'sindividual needs, they may either hide or want tosnuggle close.If they hide, focus on the poweryou've raised and channelled to be quite sure it ispositive energy.Of course, an animal might runaway from even very positive energy if the energyis simply too intense for its nervous system tohandle comfortably.If your animal companion isclearly upset, you may have to put it in anotherpart of the house, or outdoors (if you are in), or ata friend's home, during your work.If your animal wants to cuddle, you mighthave to remove it for a while.Never channel en-ergy into an animal unless you are a very sensitivehealer, since the sudden influx can upset itsenergy field and do more harm than help.If you have fish, caged birds or othertrapped animals, put a large quartz crystal or apattern of smaller ones between the circle and thecreature's habitat to intercept and filter theenergies.Here is a beginning exercise which willhelp you learn to handle psychic energies.Sit111 comfortably, relaxing all over.Begin deep ab-dominal breathing; with each inhalation, draw inenergy from the Earth.With each exhalation, sendthe energy down your arms and into your hands.Feel your hands tingling with the power.If ithelps, hum as you bring the energy to your hands.Now cup your hands, still breathing the energy,and form a ball of energy within them.You maysee it in your mind's eye as a glowing ball ofgreen light.Play with the ball: expand it,compress it, stretch it, divide it in two.If a friend is doing the exercise with you,hand the balls back and forth.Put the energy backinto your hands, then hold your palms near yourfriends' and move close and away, feeling thedepth and intensity of the energy field
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