The Wood Element Purification by Kevin Wikse.

 

The Wood element is 1/5th of the Daoist system of the Pancha Tattwa Shuddi or 5 elemental purifications. 

Wood is the expression of growth and expansion. The ability to progress and move through obstacles, be they material, societal, or born of the mind. The wood element is anything that grows, so all living and organic matter can rightly be assumed to fall under its purvey. 

Your bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and soft tissues are wood. Your nails and hair express the most obvious and most easily observed continual growth, or wood energy, in your body. However, wood energy is anchored deepest in your liver. It is the only organ that can regrow or regenerate and is linked to the eyes/vision and blood flow. 

However, growth and progress cannot be measured simply by material means. Thoughts, desires, and ambitions can also expand. Few things can stand against a sustained thought's collectivizing, accumulating, and gathering force. Persistence wears down resistance; this is the basis of wood energy. It is valid and can be applied to all levels of consciousness. 

Those with sufficient wood energy are like the blade of grass, which eventually splits and breaks through concrete for its time in the sun. Individuals lacking wood energy stay trapped beneath the hard sediment, never seeing the light of day. 

The Wood element is at its peak during the Spring when nature is roaring back to life, waking up after going into a dormancy phase for winter. There is a seasonal practice that incorporates this energy. But, the following Wood energy activation exercise, or Qigong, can and should be done daily. This Qigong, the will force and power to succeed it gathers and distributes, will be of immense value to the aspiring astralnaut or vimana pilot.

The Pine Tree

Stand comfortably with your feet shoulder-width apart (more or less), your spine relaxed but erect, your shoulders allowed to soften, and your arms dangling at your sides. Your mouth is closed, your teeth together, and your tongue softly pressed against the roof of the mouth. Ever so slightly let yourself, simply by thinking about it, let your weight come forward to rest on the balls of your feet, but with your heels still touching the ground. 

Now feel your Baihui point, the highest peak on the top of your skull. This is the most "yang" place of your body. Next, with your awareness, search out and feel your perineum. This is your Huiyin point or place of most "yin."  

On an inhale, feel like you are being lifted or pulled upwards at your Baihui point by an exceptionally thin and fine thread. This lifting force is almost imperceivable, no more than and just barely stronger than the power of your hair growing, but it is there. On the exhale, feel your body sink down in equally and almost imperceivable measure from your Huiyin point (your BaiHui remains fixed like you are dangling from that point from the string). This inhale and exhale is one repetition. Perform 21 repetitions. You are not to strain or force in any way. 

Your breathing should be so soft, relaxed, and natural that you can't hear your respirations. 

This will activate the wood element our your physical and psychic bodies. Like a Pine tree, you will grow tall, straight, flexible, and stronger over the weeks, months, and years as you allow this exercise to incrementally lengthen, re-align, and open your vertebra. Ultimately this is a "long game" Qigong but with tremendously positive benefits showing up after only a couple of weeks. 

Report back often for your next assignment. 

-Kevin Wikse

Astral Force 

Metal Element Purification by Kevin Wikse.

The Metal element is 1/5th of the Daoist system of the Pancha Tattwa Shuddi or 5 elemental purifications. 

Metal Element energy is the organic wiring for the bio-electric circuitry for the flesh-droid known as the human being. The most significant accumulation of Metal Element energy in the human physical body is found first in the brain, then the spine, and lasting tapering along into the mass ganglia of the nervous centers, or the "three brains" (the brain for mental intelligence, the heart for emotional intelligence and the Hara, or lower dan tien for body intelligence). 

Increasing Metal Element energy sharpens the intellect, clarifies thinking, and sharpens focus. However, excessive Metal elemental energy can cause mental rigidity and fixation. While this is rare, especially today when most people significantly lack Metal energy, it remains a consideration.

Frequent and regular activation of an individual's Metal element stimulates the bio-electrical response, illuminating the psychic nodes (meridians, nadis, chakras, etc.) of the subtle body and eliciting tremendous healing and toning of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. This will strengthen and enlarge one's energetic atmosphere or auric field, empowering all internal functions and processes. 

The metal element also relates to the respiratory/pulmonary systems maintaining a "handshake," with the Fire element governing the heart/cardio. An increase in lung capacity and uptake of oxygen will result. The more oxygen available, the better one's brain function and more awareness of the subtle or etheric energy bodies occur. It's a highly beneficial cycle. 

The Metal element is strongest during the Fall/Autumn season. There is a seasonal practice that incorporates this energy. But, the following Metal energy activation exercise, or Qigong, can and should be done daily and performed first as it acts as an "on-switch" for other psychic currents within your body. This will be of immense value to the aspiring astralnaut or vimana pilot. 

Charging the Field

Standing with the palms of your hands facing just below your navel, about three inches away from your body, and with the tips of your middle fingers an inch apart. Imagine in the middle of each of the palms of your hands a ball of pure white light the size of a ping-pong ball. As you inhale, keep your palms facing your body, raising them in front of your body, up your face, over and behind your head, and facing your occiput (the bump on the back of your skull where the spine connects). 

Now on the exhale, retrace your path, palms facing your body, up behind and over your skull, and down the front of your body to just below your navel. This is "one." Do this for 21 repetitions every day. 

Do this energetic exercise with your eyes closed. As the palms of your hands pass over your eyes, you will likely see energy spirals or a "static charge." 

You will experience energetic activation sensations, a more robust and brighter auric field continually cleared of etheric parasites, psychic sludge, and astral filth. Your thinking will improve, and your concentration/focus will firm up significantly. Over time you will experience deeper psychic impressions, and people will be magnetically attracted to you. Steady increases in health and vitality. All other energy work will be smoother, and their effects more impactful. 

Report back often for your next assignment. 

-Kevin Wikse

Astral Defense Force