The 7 Rays of Incarnation

Rays	Archangels	Archeiai	Elohim	Divine Complements	Chohan	Qualities	Color
1	Michael	Faith	Hercules	Amazonia	El Morya	Faith / Will	Blue
2	Jophiel	Christine	Apollo	Lumina	Lanto	Wisdom / Illumination	Yellow
3	Chamuel	Charity	Heros	Amora	Paul the Venetian	Divine Love	Pink
4	Gabriel	Hope	Elohim of Purity	Astrea	Serapis	Purity / Discipline / Hope	White
5	Raphael	Mother Mary	Cyclopea	Virginia	Hilarion	Science / Consecration / Healing	Green
6	Uriel	Aurora	Elohim of Peace	Aloha	Lady Master Nada	Service / Ministration / Peace	Purple / Gold /Ruby
7	Zadkiel	Amethyst	Arcturus	Victoria	Saint Germain	Invocation / Freedom / Mercy / Transmutation	Violet

Grounding and Connecting with Mother Earth

Chances are you have heard someone talking about ‘grounding’ at one point or another.

But what does grounding actually mean?

Grounding is a spiritual term, referring to centering your soul in your body, and in turn, connecting it with Mother Earth.

When these connections are strong, it can help you feel safer and more in touch with the earth and Mother Nature.

If you experience a lot of fear and anxiety in your day-to-day, it is possible that you have become ungrounded.

So what is the best way to ground yourself? It’s quite simple really – and you have choices.

The easiest way is to go outside and stand on the grass. It is recommended that you take your shoes off when you do this.

At this time, in your mind say, “I am connecting and grounding myself to the spirit of the earth right now”.

Connecting with Mother Earth

Another great way to ground yourself is to go for a short walk in nature.

You can stand or sit under a large tree and visualize your energy merging with the tree roots. Imagine and feel roots coming out of the soles of your feet and connecting with the roots of the tree and traveling deep into Mother Earth.

Eating food is also very grounding.

Root vegetables are very good for this, as well as heavier foods such as pasta and pizza.

As a vegetarian, it has been important for me to eat pizza and pasta every now and then to help with grounding.

Meat is also quite grounding, for those that are not vegetarians.

When you are grounded, and feeling centered, you are less likely to be influenced by negative forces.

Interestingly, drugs and alcohol un-ground a person and you are more likely to be targeted by astral entities while under the influence.

If you want to have a few drinks, it is better to have them with a heavy meal.

It is also known that the body can put on a few extra pounds to assist with grounding. This is more common than you would believe, particularly for those on a spiritual path that are holding more of their soul and higher vibration.

As you can see, there are many ways to ground yourself, become more soul-centered and connected to Mother Earth.

I hope this information has been informative and useful if you need assistance with grounding.

INFO from http://www.exploremeditation.com/grounding-meditation/

Centering Grounding and Sheilding

Before you meditate, or do other spiritual work such as energy healings you should prepare and protect yourself. You do this by grounding yourself, centering your energies, and shielding yourself from unwanted influences.

Centering:

Centering is simply returning all of your scattered energies to home base. Usually throughout the day, you have little energy tendrils out doing things while you are attending to business. Perhaps you are writing a report, but one 'eye' is on the clock, because you have a meeting coming up, and a fragment of your attention is thinking about your children, since one was sniffling this morning, and you also have a fraction of your mind drafting a letter of resignation you know you'll never send.

To center yourself, call in all your scattered bits of attention and focus, and bring them into your body's space. You are mentally compacting yourself around your mental or 'spiritual center of gravity'. People have different concepts of where their spiritual center physically is - one woman told me hers was behind her bellybutton. Some people locate it at their heart chakra or their solar plexus chakra. Pull your energies into a tight ball at the location where they seem to want to be at rest - if you aren't centered, you might feel 'psychically top-heavy', as if you were prone to topple over.

Pay attention to your breathing while you call in all your forces; imagine yourself inhaling white cleansing energy and exhaling dark, dusty 'busy-ness' and futile wheel-spinning. This process can take 10-15 minutes while you're first learning it, but once you learn the 'centered' feeling, you can center yourself with a few breaths at any time, even while driving your car or walking into that important meeting.

Grounding:

Grounding connects you to the energy of the earth, and is important in healing and work since it prevents you from depleting your own body's energy. Simply put, you connect to the earth by imagining you are connected to the earth. Sounds silly, but it works. Here's how you do it:

Imagine you are standing in your bare feet on the ground. (It doesn't matter if you're in your cubicle in a high rise or even flying somewhere on a plane.) Your feet are planted firmly on the bare earth, and by an exercise of your will, you send roots into the earth. As you inhale, you draw energy up through your new 'roots', and as you exhale, you send your roots even further into the earth. Do this for several minutes - you should definitely feel a change in the state of your feeling of 'aliveness'.

Shielding:

Shielding is the process of protecting yourself from the energetic influences around you, and is something you can do independent of grounding, centering, meditating or anything else.

Have you ever experienced a day when you were full of vague, directionless anger? or a strange hope inappropriate to your current circumstances? Before you schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist, see if shielding makes these intrusive emotions cease - you may be taking on the energies of people around you, complete with their own imprimatur of hope, fear, anger or whatnot.

Shielding is a skill that you can use independent of grounding and centering, and when you are going into highly charged situations (a court room, a job review or interview, a family argument), shielding is a vital step in keeping your energies separate from all the swirling energies around you.

Shielding, like grounding and centering, is a visualizing process, and everyone evolves their own special shielding ritual. While grounded, draw up energy into your being. Use this energy to form a protective barrier between yourself and the negative vibes of those around you, or random free-floating energies. You can visualize a transparent plexi-glass egg around you - the good intentions and friendly emotions around you are free to pass through your shield, but all bad stuff gets deflected. Some people make shields that reflect negativity back to the source, but this, while perhaps satisfying to one's sense of fair play, still leaves too much negative energy in the atmosphere. Set your shields to 'ground out' any negative energy that impinges on it, and let it flow harmlessly into the earth, where it can be neutralized and recycled into good energy.

12 layers of the Body

 

Etheric Body	Auric Body / Physical Plane Layer 1 - Etheric Body (Lower Etheric Aspect) The first auric layer is the Etheric Body associated with physical aspects and awareness of the material body and is related to the First (Root) Chakra. It is on the next higher vibrational level to the physical body which has the lowest vibrational level. It bridges the connection of the material body to the higher bodies. The etheric body is an energy matrix and the form is shaped and anchored to the physical matter of the material body. The etheric body extends only a quarter of an inch up to one inch outside the skin of the physical body. The etheric body is invisible to most people, while some can see it as a faint grayish-white color outlining the physical body.
Emotional Body	Layer 2 - Emotional Body (Lower Emotional Aspect) The second auric layer is the Emotional Body associated with the vibrational level of inner feelings and related to the Second (Sacral Plexus) Chakra. It extends three inches around from the physical body. This body or auric layer and all higher layers are perceived by the third eye.
Mental Body	Layer 3 - Mental Body (Lower Mental Aspect) The third auric layer is the Mental Body which is associated with the vibrational level of thoughts and mental processes of the ego and related to the Third (Solar Plexus) Chakra. It extends three up to eight inches around from the physical body.
Astral Body	Auric Body / Astral Plane Layer 4 - Astral Body The fourth auric layer is the Astral Body associated with areas of expression on a physical, emotional and mental level and is related to the Fourth (Heart) Chakra. It is called the bridge between the denser or lower vibrations of the physical plane and the finer or higher vibrations of the spiritual planes. It is the layer in which all energy must pass through when going from one world to the other. It extends one half foot up to one foot around from the physical body.
Etheric Template Body	Auric Body / Spiritual Plane Layer 5 - Etheric Template Body (Physical Aspect) The fifth auric layer is the Etheric Template associated with aspects of the physical body and related to the Fifth (Throat) Chakra. Known as a blueprint of the lower etheric body and where matter is shaped into the physical aspect. The vibrational level in this layer is where sound creates matter. Balance and restoration of physical illnesses in the lower etheric body requires healing work at the etheric template level. It extends one and one half up to two feet around from the physical body.
Celestial Body	Layer 6 - Celestial Body (Emotional Aspect) The sixth auric layer is the Celestial Body associated with processes of enlightenment and related to the Sixth (Brow or Third Eye) Chakra. It is composed almost exclusively of light and is also known as the intuitive level. This layer gives us access to higher qualities of feelings, thoughts and manifestations. It extends two feet up to two and three and a quarter feet around from the physical body.
Ketheric or Causal Body	Layer 7 - Ketheric or Causal Body (Mental Aspect) The seventh layer is the Ketheric or Causal Body associated with the Divine or Universal Consciousness and is related to the Seventh (Crown) Chakra. The causal body contains the life plan or "soul contract" and reflects all experiences and events that the soul has ever experienced and is the level directly related to the current incarnation. The ketheric body is the purest form and link to God, within each of us. This layer is on a level that cannot be experienced from the limiting viewpoint of ego. It extends two feet up to three and one half feet in an oval shape around the physical body.

Auric Body / Cosmic Plane Layer 8 - Memory Body The eighth layer is the Time Layer associated with interfaces from past Akashic Records, present and future karmic memories, or existences and is related to the Eighth (Memory or Time Continuum) Chakra. This layer is also known as the "White Zone." It is connected with the crown of the head and extends upward one foot up to three feet above the physical body.

Layer 9 - Soul Body The ninth layer is the Soul Body or Soul Level, associated with the planes between the worlds of heaven and now and is related to the Ninth (Soul Star) Chakra. This layer interfaces with our "oneness" with Divine order in our pre-destined soul contracts. This auric layer is very small and occupies an almost non-existent space on the physical plane. It is located several inches above the head.

Layer 10 - Integrative Body The tenth layer is the Integrative Body that serves as a pathway between the physical and the spiritual worlds and related to the Tenth (Grounding) Chakra. This layer is also known as the "traveling path" for the "dream body" in which is able to separate itself from the physical body and enter into the astral realms. It can access data from our genetic and soul heritage and contains imprints of our soul purpose. It is also recognized as the layer which integrates our chakras and spiritual energy centers. It is located in between the physical body and the etheric body.

Auric body / Universal Plane Layer 11 - Eternal Body The eleventh layer is the Eternal Body or Eternal Soul level and where our physical bodies are transformed into a light body and prepared for ascension, and is related to the Eleventh (Eternal or Eternal Soul) Chakra. It is connected to and above the memory body in a linear funnel/mushroom shape.

Layer 12 - Universal Mind Body The twelfth layer is the Universal Mind Body or Divine Consciousness Level, known as the ultimate connection to the Divine, Universal Consciousness, Ascended Masters and God, and is related to the Twelfth (Universal Mind) Chakra. It is located in an encompassment of fluid-like illumination penetrating the entire bodiment of the auric layers or esoteric bodies.