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In psychic work grounding is done by visualizing a cord that connects the first chakra with the center of the Earth. There are various benefits of being well grounded, including the ability to be fully present and seated in ones body, and to be able to release unwanted energies down the cord. Grounding cords can also be used for places or objects, both physical and psychic.
This has a similar effect to the slightly more physical grounding that is essential in the martial arts, e.g. tai chi or aikido. In that case one is focusing more on the physical sensations of relaxing and centering, along with the ideation of sending roots down into the Earth.
In either the result is calming and helps one to be present, attentive and alert. There is a connection here with breathing techniques used in yoga which also help to calm and ground the mind.
When checking ones own energy channels or reading it is recommended to work from a neutral place in the center of the head, essentially sixth chakra. This is said to allow one to be in neutrality the state of non-judgement, in which you can perceive, but not feel or be in the pictures etc. that you are perceiving. This is essential for maintaining separation during readings and avoiding being overwhelmed by pictures and energies in oneself or the readie.
This state is also a `trance' state, in which one has accessed the unconscious, causal, intuitive mind at the atimanas kosa. The requirement to do this, is to be able to still the cruder levels of mind (conscious and subconscious, or kamamaya and manomaya kosas). In terms of the gunas this state has moved beyond the ego, or perhaps side-stepped it a bit, working from the I am of mahat. This layer of mind is connected to the cosmic mahat and is the seat of true clairvoyance etc.
Neutrality is similar to Buddhist non-attachment a state of non-judgement in which one can be seated above the process involving oneself and others, watching the dramas from a box seat. When we are one the stage being the part, acting, feeling, and talking the role, we are not neutral. In neutrality one is a witness to all that one is doing, but not in the thick of it. This is related to a stance that is dominated by mahtattva, or being in the atimanas kosa or higher, the Vedantic buddhi, the intuition.
It is related to "separation" which is essentially neutrality in relationship to others. This is important in psychic reading so that the reader is in the center of their head reading, not feeling, or being the readies pictures. Neutrality is the ability to separate from ones own pictures, as they are lit up by matching pictures in others.
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