If you're like most of the people I know you probably face a dozen or more situations every day that just annoy the pants off of you. Maybe you have a horrible commute, a co-worker you want to immolate, or just have so much stress you want to scream. Sadly, vibrating with tension has become a fairly common condition in our lives and it's just not good for us. People often combat this stress by doing deep breathing exercises, taking a walk, eating obscene amounts of fat and sugar (my vice of choice), or occasionally going a bit postal on the people they love. Some of these coping mechanisms are obviously more productive than others. While doing something that boosts my serotonin levels can temporarily make me feel better, it doesn't really do anything to make my situation better, and when the mundane fails to fix things I turn to magick.
Fortunately for me, shadow magick is spectacular at dealing with the crappiest aspects of my life. It's raison d'être is to deal with things that make us uncomfortable, and literally twitching with stress and rage is pretty damned uncomfortable. Here's a quick shadow magick exercise for when life makes you want to throw something out a window.
Exercise for Composure
This exercise can be done anytime, anywhere, as long as you can safely zone out a bit (so you shouldn't don't do it while driving, but if you're stopped in endless gridlock you're good to go).
To begin, feel your shadow, that dark bit of who you really are, deep inside yourself. Your shadow is an ally. It is the part of you that basks in darkness. Let that shadow come to the forefront of your mind.
Allow your shadow to expand out of your body, so that you're surrounded by numinous shadow. All of the negative energy around and within you feeds that shadow. Let your shadow absorb the frustration, the annoyance, the rage that's flying around and inside you. Feel your shadow growing stronger as it feeds on the negative energy, like Kali consuming the energy of demons. Let it continue until it's full and sated.
Allow yourself to merge with your shadow. Feel its contentment. Let the energy it as gained strengthen you. Your shadow digests all that negative energy, leaving a clean slate behind. Allow your shadow to return to a comfortable place in your core. You are your shadow; your shadow is you. You are strengthened and calmed.
Fortunately for me, shadow magick is spectacular at dealing with the crappiest aspects of my life. It's raison d'être is to deal with things that make us uncomfortable, and literally twitching with stress and rage is pretty damned uncomfortable. Here's a quick shadow magick exercise for when life makes you want to throw something out a window.
Exercise for Composure
This exercise can be done anytime, anywhere, as long as you can safely zone out a bit (so you shouldn't don't do it while driving, but if you're stopped in endless gridlock you're good to go).
To begin, feel your shadow, that dark bit of who you really are, deep inside yourself. Your shadow is an ally. It is the part of you that basks in darkness. Let that shadow come to the forefront of your mind.
Allow your shadow to expand out of your body, so that you're surrounded by numinous shadow. All of the negative energy around and within you feeds that shadow. Let your shadow absorb the frustration, the annoyance, the rage that's flying around and inside you. Feel your shadow growing stronger as it feeds on the negative energy, like Kali consuming the energy of demons. Let it continue until it's full and sated.
Allow yourself to merge with your shadow. Feel its contentment. Let the energy it as gained strengthen you. Your shadow digests all that negative energy, leaving a clean slate behind. Allow your shadow to return to a comfortable place in your core. You are your shadow; your shadow is you. You are strengthened and calmed.
Excellent advice.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) This post was written because I have a few co-workers that I want to strangle on a regular basis, and that doesn't really help me get things done.
ReplyDeleteI am literally going to use this tomorrow. This is exactly what I needed to read today. Thanks! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'd never thought of it that way. Interesting. Might just give that a try!
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