Elemental Meditation Options

So I learned a really basic meditation, simple and to the point. What I do to modify it is call on Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Spirit, Light and Dark before I go into my meditation and then I start. While I'm meditating I envision their energies flowing through me, entering my body below and emerging from the top enriched with my own energy. I open my mind and listen to what the elements tell me, and sometimes speak back. We discuss problems (which the elements sometimes dissolve into complete turmoil over) and solutions, wordly events (which the elements are surprisingly in tune with) and I listen to them speak about whatever they choose. I also occasionally ask them to bring me any happenings or messages from any other humans that they find relevant. This can be a little overwhelming as the ones they choose are generally souls crying out for help in the most tortured manner or leaping for the most ecstatic joy you can imagine (though the former is more common than the latter). Either way it's a great chance to harmonize your inner energy and put yourself in tune with nature.

That's all, good day to you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hideingbhindcurtian.gif)

>>Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Spirit, Light and Dark

7 elements, 7 chakras, the occult world is very fond of 7's...hmmm

It's 'cause avoiding multiplies of 5 and 2, and beginning and ending numbers, leaves you with only 7 and 3 (out of 0-9 or 1-10). 3 is a basic, mundane/religious number that is used all the time. We are left with 7, which seems random and therefore magical. Er summat.

This post has been edited by Vilhjalmr: Jun 18 2010, 12:19 AM

It's 'cause avoiding multiplies of 5 and 2, and beginning and ending numbers, leaves you with only 7 and 3 (out of 0-9 or 1-10). 3 is a basic, mundane/religious number that is used all the time. We are left with 7, which seems random and therefore magical. Er summat.

Seven has been a sacred number for thousands of years though, earliest I know of is the ancient Egyptian, so I'm not sure if that's 100% right but whatever! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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7 elements, 7 chakras, the occult world is very fond of 7's...hmmm

You know, I really never thought of that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hmm.gif) interesting (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

In the bible 3 is the number used for things of heaven and 7 is the number used for things of earth.

^^ Hardly connected to that but involving it and highly interesting: Everything Is Spiritual. <<< Awesome movie. Christian based but it works for all beliefs.

It's 'cause avoiding multiplies of 5 and 2, and beginning and ending numbers, leaves you with only 7 and 3 (out of 0-9 or 1-10). 3 is a basic, mundane/religious number that is used all the time. We are left with 7, which seems random and therefore magical. Er summat.

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I read that the Chinese reason differently: avoid the numbers at the ends and odd numbers, and pick only numbers that are exclusively multiples of 2 to eliminate 6 - leaving 4 and 8, 8 being nearer to the middle. But I'm not so sure on his reasoning (why the emphasis on multiples of 2?!)...

This post has been edited by Vilhjalmr: Jun 22 2010, 11:14 PM

7 Hermetic Principles
The Principle of Vibration
The Principle of Cause and EFfect
The Principle of Creation/Mentalism
The Principle of Correspondence
The Principle of Gender
The Principle of Harmony
The Principle of Duality
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TREE OF LIFE

*7 orifices of the face (2 eyes, 2 nostrils, 2 ears, and the mouth) are called "The Seven Candles."
*7 Spirits of God
*7 Virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility
*7 Acts of Charity
*7 Heavens
*7 Heavens and Supernal Triad= Sepiroths
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*7 Celestial Objects.Jupiter...Moon..Earth..Venus..Sun.Mercury.Mars
*7 ELEMENTS...... AKASHA MOON WATER AIR SUN FIRE EARTH
SEVEN CHAKRAS...violet.indigo,.blue...green.yellow.orange,red
SEVEN COLOURS OF RAINBOW= SEVEN FRAGMENTS OF THE LIGHT
( 7 on menorrah, 7 lamps of God, 7 pillars of Wisdom)
SEVEN PLANES
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*7 Infernel Triad and 7 Gates of Hell = Qlippothic Realms
*7 deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride
* 7 Gates of Hell to be walked
* 7 Fires of Hell
*7 other orifices 2 gonads ovaries or testes, 2 tubes vas deferens or fallopian, urethra vagina/penis and anus
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Gematria ; value of 7 in Hebrew Alphabet is Zayin which means sword.
(also spelled Zain or Zayn or simply Zay) is the seventh letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician 𐤆, Aramaic , Hebrew ז, Syriac ܙ and Arabic alphabet ﺯ [zāī]. It represents a voiced alveolar fricative, IPA: [z].

7 Notes on Musical Scale
7th Son of 7th son

excerpted from SEVEN ON WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven#In_the_classical_world
* Seven Wonders of the ancient world
* Seven churches,stars,seals, last plagues,vials or bowls,thunders in the Revelation
* Seven Sacraments in the Catholic faith
* Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
* Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions
* Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions
* Seven Spiritual Acts of Mercy of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions
* Matthew18:21, Jesus says to Peter to forgive seventy times seven times.
* Seven Promises, Seven Rounds in Hindu Wedding and Seven Reincarnation
* According to Hinduism, there are 7 worlds , 7 seas and 7 Rishies (seven gurus) called sapta rishis
* The number of heavens in Islamic tradition.
* The number of levels of Earth in Islamic tradition.
* 7 walks between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah mountains ;during the ritual pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah.
* The 7 fires of hell.
* The number of doors to hell is also seven.
* In Verse 12:46 (see Islamic view of Joseph) of the Quran, Joseph (Yusef) is asked to interpret the King's dream where seven fat cows were dreamt to have been devoured by seven skinny cows and seven green spikes, and others shrivelled.
* 7 Sleepers
* God rested on and sanctified the seventh day (Shabbat). – Genesis 2:3.
*"Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars." – Proverbs of Solomon 9:1
*7 days of Passover and Sukkot when celebrated in Israel.
* Shiv`a (another pronunciation of the Hebrew word for 7—(Hebrew: שבעה ; "seven")),
* seven days of mourning. Hence, one sits Shiva
* seven aliyahs, and seven Jewish men called up for the reading of these aliyahs during Shabbat morning
* seven blessings are recited under the chuppah during a Jewish wedding ceremony.
* seven Blessings a couple feted with seven days of festive meals after their wedding,
* "seven Shepherds" Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and David.
* The Menorah (Hebrew: מנורה), is a seven-branched candelabrum
* The number of Archangels
* In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth.
* Seven Lucky Gods refer to the seven gods of good fortune in Japanese mythology.
* The number of gateways traversed by Inanna during her descent into the underworld.
* Seven musical notes

Please forgive the double post which I did in error but while I am here , some more about SEVEN ;

7 compositional elements of the body from Yoga .
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Chyle or plasma (called rasa dhatu),
blood (rakta dhatu)
flesh (mamsa dhatu)
fat (medha dhatu)
bone (asthi dhatu)
marrow (majja dhatu)
gonad semen or female reproductive tissue (shukra dhatu)
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vata= air & space =wind
pitta =fire & water = bile
kapha =water & earth =phlegm

This post has been edited by Aunt Clair: Jun 23 2010, 08:21 AM

*7 Celestial Objects.Jupiter...Moon..Earth..Venus..Sun.Mercury.Mars
*7 ELEMENTS...... AKASHA MOON WATER AIR SUN FIRE EARTH

Forgive my apparent ignorance, but...how do 3 of the planets count as elements, after listing the 7 planets separately already? If we go by the IIH, the 7 elements are The Vital Force, Fire, Air, Water, Earth, The Electric Fluid and The Magnetic Fluid--with Akasha not being so much a specific element as the force that binds the 4 primary elements together and exists within the core essence of the other three and everything else for that matter.

Could you clarify please? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sweatdrop.gif)



~:Shin:~

Okay, may I suggest making a post under esoteric discussions about sevens? I appreciate your knowledge and input, but this is totally irrelevant to my post.

Does anyone think that meditation in the nude could effect anything? Just a theory, but I imagine it would be at least slightly empowering to concentrate without any kind of physical confines.

meditating in the nude, eh? - i see nothing wrong with it, though nothing beneficial to me either, but the important thing is what it does for you - as long as you can maintain concentration and focus and being nude doesn't throw you off or whatever - hmmmm....whitley strieber (www.unknowncountry.com) calls the body's skin 'the largest organ, one responsible for psychic functions, etc - interesting - he has some meditations that all begin with sensing the body, i.e., sensing with the skin - i shun the physical world, so therefore i would never 'tune into' my physical skin, instead looking through the eyes of the eternal soul...