Day 4 of 6: Supply Run & Back To Minding My Mind

Yesterday I was thrown off by some minor drama, and so I gave up the ghost (I even ate a teaspoon of beef, OMG!) and let the feelings run their course and then tried to dive back down into it.

I was asked (again by hazelwindows) if I could describe some of the things I do to achieve that. Let’s see…

~ I keep the lights low, natural light with curtains by day, and low light by night. I have Hue bulbs that are programmable for color, and I’ve found that deep green and vibrant purple work best. Otherwise, I use nightlights as soon as the sun sets. Blue light makes me hyper, but it’s great for a spellcasting mentality. Not so great for calming my mood. Warm colors are great to relax before bed, but not for trancing out.

~ I will listen on headphones to a couple of fun pop songs and then go into pagan folk music and then maybe some epic soundtracks from movies, just to plug in that part of my mind. I let my thoughts of the day melt away as I listen. I may also get up and dance for a bit to help loosen up my body (laying or sitting still for hours on end hurts, so I have to do this at least a couple of times a day.)

~ Then it’s back to listening to the brain-trance stuff with biurnal beats, OM chants, and all of that. I’ll go back and forth between a half hour or so of that, and then take the headphones off and just sort of “float” in peace either sitting up or lying down. In between the brain-training, I’ll look at the ceiling, or out the window as the wind rustles the leaves and moves tree limbs. Very soothing.

~ I avoid heavy foods, which means anything that takes time to digest. So I keep it to leafy veggies (staying away from onions or anything that tends to cause gas) fruit, some clear soups, herbal tea, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, and fruit juice. Over time, that mild fasting makes me more and more sensitive to the astral (however, it also makes me a bit loopy.)

~ I also try to avoid talking, writing, watching TV, playing games, or anything that’s stimulating. (I’m giving myself a nightly report exception this time around though.) It’s hard to avoid the talking with roomies who are feeling social, so… keeping ‘mum’ is the hardest challenge, honestly.

And, uh… that’s about it. The longer I stay true to this set of ‘rules’ the more I’m able to reach a trance state.

Meanwhile, today I realized that I needed more supplies before Sleep got here, so Cat drove me to the local witch supply store in Ironfleet and I picked up some things. Which gave me another break from the otherwise rather overly peaceful activities, but that’s my fault for not planning better! As soon as I got home, I took care of a few more practical things, and then back to it!

Tomorrow I have to be scrupulous and really try to hit the Trance Zone, mentally. If I can reach and sustain it a few times, then I’m hoping that means I can manage it when I need to once my friends get here. It’s really crucial that I make this work!