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IP homework

Going well. All aspects improving.

Another piece of the homework was to say yourself throughout the day "I dreamt I <insert something you actually had that day"... it is an exercise in altering reality. This is not hard for me, though the first few time is of  saying, "I dreamt I...." felt awkward. It was wonderful to use while waiting during the time the hubster had his colonoscopy. Tools, they are useful. ;-)

Art homework - fire in firepit ... what is more joyful and artistic than leaping flames?

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IP homework

We do the work, we reap the benefits.

Crazy stuff going on at work, big changes, now maybe revoked, at the very least put on hold for about 10 days, perhaps on hold for 90 days, maybe forever.

We do the work, we reap the benefits.

So weary, not in the mood, scattered energy (yeah, duh, I know). So, I ran the IP.

Aaaahhhhhhhhhh ............

We do the Work.

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Second IP class complete

Fucking awesome. Really and truly. We discussed our week, our ease or lack thereof of running the IP. And our homework, both assignments. We ran the IP, talked about Self. Then we did a companion self trance. <------ this part was the fucking awesome. Deep and meaningful. The type of stuff that just lingers with you for the rest of the day. We talked about Fetches. And then learned a quick and dirty way to suck back in all the wandering pieces of ourselves if need be.

Did I mention the awesomeness? *grin*

We are not meeting next Sunday because of Samhain, but --- homework -- it is always with us. ;-)

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IP homework

So last night it took me awhile to settle and ground beforehand. Of course that is irritating so then it takes longer blah blah ha! Anyway, once settled it went more smoothly than previous times. I pulled from the sky to my center and up from the earth and "shot" the energy out from center to my limbs and head, then proceeded from there. That worked fairly well.

So today, I did my other stuff (not from the IP class) first, before running the IP, thinking that might help open channels for me. First I did the ritual from Goddess Initiations. The first month of work is fairly simple as far as completing it. The ritual is a double one and both are fairly quick. And it repeats week 3 and 4. The first week was no more than "don't think about the word initiation". Seeing as how she is using the word so very differently than I do, this was not a problem :P~  This admonition remains for the following weeks of month one and may continue until the end of the 12th month, but I didn't look ahead.

The first ritual began with identifying one "block" that keeps you from being the self you want to be, then sending it to your special healing star. It continued from there and was quite lovely. The second was Mother's Milk and very loving to Self. These are the 2 that repeat for 2 more weeks.

Then I did another piece of IP homework, which was to engage in an "art hour". This originally was only assigned to the other woman and when I verified that was the case of course I was told to do it, too. No surprise as my teacher is a professor at a local university and you know how they are. *snicker*

So, on the East wall of my altar room leans my father's easel. I grabbed a small dropcloth, opened the easel, choose a canvas, pulled out the acrylics and began. It will be a picture for the South wall. Right now it is no more than an orange, yellowish, slightly red though mostly orange background. The acrylics in my dad's box only had a cadmium red light and I need blood red, too, to complete it. It felt so good to be mixing acrylics again. :-)

I thought I knew where my acrylics were, as in which box I packed them in. Ha! Nope! I will hunt this week.

Then I did my IP exercise. Grounding was faster, and beginning was faster. It is coming along, small steps of progress with speed and brightness with each doing. Trying to run the circle while simultaneously running the lines is short-lived though before one parts quits or the other takes over, whichever way you choose to look at it. Improvement in focus or technique or openness or something or all I can see. Go me!

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IP homework

Better. Much better. Smoother, brighter, not so sluggish. Some things still dimmer, but not such a contrast. It takes longer to get there than I wish, but boohoo on me for lack of patience. :P~

I think when I do some other homework this part will obviously be easier because opening the channels in other ways.

So in a bit ... pick one pick one pick one way that the right hand spoke. I think I hear Yemaya calling...

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IP homework

Like all good homework it is both easy and hard.

Run the Iron Pentacle once per day. So, at the class "getting there" was not so hard when you have a good guide who helps with her energy. At home ~cough~ harder. The phone beeps, the dog licks, the cat looks pissed.

Anne said she usually does hers at night, right before sleep. I think this sounds great. Dark, quiet, warm in bed - perfect spot to run energy and rebalance. Last night I came home from working open to close, chatted up the hubster, popped online and answered some emails and posts, passed out in my chair. I rarely do this. Roused myself at 1 a.m. and crawled to bed and thought of running the IP and then fell back to sleep. Yes, I am *that* awesome.

So, bad idea waiting until bed. I did the IP this morning (see what a quick learner I am?) and will do again later in the day to make up for yesterday even though you cannot really make up a missed day of practice because it is like making up sleep. No true makeups.

So, once I settled in all grounded and start to focus and the dog is licking my hands, then my face, then lying on my legs and focus is difficult. I give it time however and give her time to settle and join me. If it doesn't work I can go to another room. I refocus, and at some point she settles between my legs, but I'm not aware of exactly when.

Trying to run the energy is difficult at best. I'm too much in my head. I'm p u s h i n g. Pushpushpush, go, damnit, go. Yeah. Breathe, relax. I tell myself that pushing and trying to barrel through the blocks is really harder than it need be. Settle, relax more, and let the blocks melt away so the energy can just go. Let it run.

Finally, it walks. Eventually it trots. Running it around the circle point to point to point is more successful than running it up, down, across. For a second I think I'll just focus on the "around". Going around the circle I've moved from trot to gallop and it is brighter. This serves only to show me the contrasting dimness of the "lines". So I start again to run the lines. Finally I feel it flowing smoothly (well, smoother anyway). It never brightens to the point of the circle, but it walks freely from sex to pride to self to power to passion to sex.

For reasons I cannot yet explain pride and passion want to flip sides. It is just a mental block. I tell myself to learn it the way I was just taught. I want to be consistent. I want to learn it that way because obviously part of me wants it another way, but I want the discipline and feeling of success of conquering the flipping. I know later with experience I can play with it how I choose. When I finally get the trickle to open to the point of "walking pace" everything is where it belongs without the forceful thinking. Yay!

I hope it stays that way.

Pulling myself back up out of it takes a little longer than I thought it would. When I am fully back in the room I sit up and see Sadie (dog) happily zoned out in the triangle space between my legs. I speak softly and pet her gently awake. She goes pretty quickly from settled and quiet to Yorkie puppypuppypuppy licking. lol

We'll see how the second session later today goes.


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First Iron Pentacle class complete

It is good. And interesting. And I'm happy I waited for a teacher.

I know I can learn it on my own, but I know the tool will be much more quickly useful learning it this way and any questions I can bounce off of someone other than myself.

Touching base, in communion with others, tapping the energy with someone with a boatload of experience doing it ~ excellent. This entry was originally posted at http://pj.dreamwidth.org/243326.ht…. Please comment here or there there using your LJ ID or OpenID.