The purpose of grounding in any discipline is to complete a movement so that the next cycle can happen. It always involves the earth, whether conceived of as atoms, spirit, or dirt.
| Discipline (Field) | Purpose | Process | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics | Discharge excess electrons | Connect a wire from a circuit element to the earth | |
| Psychics | Release foreign energies from your system | Imagine a line from tailbone to center of planet | |
| Tai Chi Chuan (Martial Arts) | Prepare body to push, punch, or kick | Sink into the weighted leg and relax muscles on that side of the body. | |
| Society | To calm a person's energy so they can start a new activity | Hang out with onesself or a friend | |
Coming Down, or grounding myself, in various situations at various times seems to be one of my primary activities. The table below summarizes some ways I do this.
| Number | Discipline | Brief Description | Facilitator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | staring | stare until the spinning stops | body |
| 2 | chattiness | think "NO" down to myself | parents |
| 3 | egotism | internal self insult | lightheartedness |
| 4 | sexuality | masturbation | visualization |
| 5 | workforce | schizophrenia | psychic meditation overload |
| 6 | delimma | assent with closest overheard remark | Psychic Awareness Training at BPI |
| 7 | reading | one syllable per heartbeat | schizophrenic voices |
| 8 | finish the minute | wait for the minute hand to change | schizophrenic voices |
| 9 | graphic arts | self publication | internal desire |
| 10 | computer work | walk across room and back to chair each 15 min. | computer announces time |
| 11 | tai chi chuan | what does this mean | desire not to hurt |
| 12 | wuji posture | emptiness stance | tai chi instructor |
| 13 | personal energy | lie down; stretch muscles around each joint and inner articulation; do muscle toning exercises | tai chi silk reeling exercises + back straigtening on floor |
| 14 | personal problems | I Ching | Brian Browne Walker I Ching app |
| 15 | biopsychology | coffee; coffee; tea; tea; pepermint tea; water; water | trying to be good at taking drugs |
| 16 | breathing | 5 heartbeats inbreath; 5 hearbeats hold; 5 heartbeats outbreath; 5 hearbeats hold | Universal Breathing iOS app |
| 17 | quick downward intentions | quick down steps walking | Mind Body Awareness Tool iOS app |
| 18 | sitting meditation | butt on floor | what is meditation? stop the pain |
| 19 | stubbornness | binaural beats 75hz ... 1hz | Binaural Beats iOS app |
| 20 | social situations | not finishing a conversation | desire to end by not ending |
| 21 | jammed energy | wait 'till later | my father |
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