Unity and harmony are achieved according the selection of which areas of the body are given Light. Any Light anywhere on the body for any duration will be helpful, but the greatest results are found when the subject is given Light in a sequence and combination specific to the subject’s dis-ease. Fundamental principles apply to the application of Lightworking and what follows is a guide to aid you in the development of a session or series of sessions for the best health and wellness of your clients. Giving Light for the health and well-being of yourself or another is a Spiritual experience: when you place your hands on another to give Light, you are touching the universe. The starry skies and infinite depths of the Solar System are literally at your fingertips. The planets and the signs of the Zodiac are laid out before you, inviting you to breathe the breath of life into them.
The first (and simplest) way is to give Light for the individual members of each balance separate from any others. For example, when giving Light to the Balance of Fire, you treat the face, heart, liver, kidneys, groin, and thighs one at a time. This is a very stable, gentle, comforting method to give Light and works well with simple aches, everyday pains, transient illness, and other minor, temporary dis-eases. This method is also a powerful tool to isolate individual portions of the body with surgical precision and affords the best opportunity for intense scrutiny. This is the method I used when giving Light for a friend who had suffered a heart attack and multiple strokes and it helped me identify the exact location of the clots in his brain which restricted blood flow. This method of giving Light doesn’t require a name, but to clearly differentiate it from the other methods which follow I call it solomental unity (solo-elemental.) There’s no great secret to this method: put your hands where it hurts and give Light for as long as you’re able. Solomental unity may be accompanied by the use of the traditional symbols of the Usui system of natural healing.
If you are uncertain what will most benefit a subject and aren’t sure where to direct your attention, giving Light just for the ruling planets with the solomental method is your best choice. Giving Light for the ruling planets will be calming, relaxing, and have a balancing effect on the whole Spirit. The order in which the ruling planets are treated is not important. When deciding which hand positions to select remember to use common sense, work within your time limits, and listen to your intuitive signals so that you know when to stay with one area of the body and when to move on to another. You may choose to give Light for any part of the body in order regardless of its relation to anything else. You may choose to give Light for the entire balance of an element, just the subordinate signs of an element, just the ruling planets of an element, or any combination of signs and planets you think is best. To provide an example, a full-body Lightworking session using solomental unity to give Spirit for the ruling planets could proceed as follows:
- Uranus (crown)
- Mercury (left and right sides of head)
- Pluto (brow)
- Venus (throat)
- Neptune (center of chest – thymus gland)
- The Sun: center of chest (center of chest – heart)
- The Moon (stomach)
- Jupiter (liver)
- Mars (groin or perineum)
- Saturn (sacrum or knees)
The second way to give Light is to unite members of the same Balance. For example, if I was treating the Balance of Fire I would place one hand on the subject’s thigh (Sagittarius) and another hand over the subject’s liver (Jupiter.) By using both hands at the same time on different parts of the body, I unite them and restore the mutual flow of universal life Spirit. I call this method intramental unity because it works within one element to restore balance (intra-elemental.) Intramental unity is performed by placing one hand over a planet and another hand over its subordinate sign. Because higher planes direct the activity of lower planes, uniting the ruler planet and its subordinate sign emphasizes the flow of life Spirit from the source to its dependent member.
Besides physically connecting a ruling planet and its subordinate sign, there are three variations on this technique: lateral, top-down, and bottom-up intramental unity.
In lateral intramental unity, the practitioner unites members of the balance on the same plane. The intramental method takes the solomental method to the next logical step, which is to join ruling and subordinate members of the same Balance. The higher are joined with the higher; the lower are joined with the lower; and the higher are joined with the lower. The body is a singularity of universal life Spirit described as masculine and feminine poles. Each pole halves again into a separate balance according to active and passive, each of which divide again into ruling and subordinate parties. The higher share affinity with the higher and rule the respective lower who share affinity among themselves; thus, the planets of a balance can be united, the signs of a balance can be united, and within a balance the ruling planets can be united with their respective subordinate signs.
Placing one hand over the heart and another over the liver is lateral application of intramental unity from ruling Sun to ruling Jupiter. Similarly, one hand over the face and another over a thigh is lateral application of intramental unity from subordinate Aries to subordinate Sagittarius. Lateral intramental unity balances planets with planets, and signs with signs, but only within the same element and at the same plane of operation: higher with higher, lower with lower.
In top-down intramental unity, the practitioner places both hands on the ruling planet and sends Light to the subordinate sign. For example, placing both hands over the liver and sending Light for the thighs is a top-down application of intramental unity from ruling Jupiter to subordinate Sagittarius. In bottom-up intramental unity, the practitioner places both hands on the subordinate sign and sends Light to the ruling planet. For example, placing both hands over the face and sending Light for the perineum is a bottom-up application of intramental unity from subordinate Aries to ruling Mars. The differences between these three variations of intramental unity are subtle, so you should practice, experiment, and learn what works best in which situations for you and your clients.
Using lateral, top-down, and bottom-up applications of intramental unity, a Lightworking session to treat the Balance of Fire could proceed as follows:
- Bottom-up unity from Aries to Mars: both hands over the face sending Light for the perineum.
- Lateral unity from Aries to Leo: both hands over the face sending Light for the heart.
- Lateral unity from Aries to Sagittarius: both hands over the face sending Light for the liver, kidneys, hips, thighs, or sciatic nerve.
- Top-down unity from the Sun to Leo: both hands over the heart sending Light for the heart.
- Lateral unity from the Sun to Jupiter: both hands over the heart sending Light for the liver.
- Lateral unity from the Sun to Mars: both hands over the heart sending Light for the perineum.
- Lateral unity from Leo to Sagittarius: both hands over the heart sending Light for the liver, kidneys, hips, thighs, or sciatic nerve.
- Lateral unity from Jupiter to Mars: both hands over the liver sending Light for the perineum.
- Top-down unity from Jupiter to Sagittarius: both hands over the liver sending Light for the liver, kidneys, hips, thighs, or sciatic nerve.
The third method is called intermental unity: it is the most complex of the three methods and is the heart and soul of Lightworking. Just as planets are in rise, rest, detriment, and fall when moving through the signs of the Zodiac, so too with Lightworking will you move the body’s planets in and out of the 12 signs of the Zodiac to direct the recipient’s Spiritual health and overall wellness. Placing one hand over a planet and another over a sign links the two and dignifies the unique flow of universal life Spirit from the ruling planet to its subordinate sign.
The Usui system of natural healing is a distinct, unique tradition whose methods are not directly equivalent to Lightworking. The two styles vary greatly but share in common the same belief in the unifying strength of the one infinite universal life Spirit. The Spiritual properties of the traditional symbols of the Usui system of natural healing are not the same as the Spiritual properties of Lightworking, but a side-by-side comparison provides a conceptual framework to aid comprehension. The Power, Release, Distance, Master, and Grounding symbols of Usui Reiki are external tools applied by the practitioner to the subject’s Spirit to direct the variance of Spirit in order to reach a specific result. The most significant difference between Usui Reiki and Lightworking is that in Lightworking no symbols are used: all the power you need already exists within the body. Instead of applying sacred symbols to express a variance of Spirit, the practitioner moves the planets through the signs of the Zodiac and allows the Spirit to express itself according to natural laws.
What Usui Reiki interprets as five sacred symbols is in Lightworking interpreted as the five elements of creation: Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and the One Spirit. Because these elements are present in the body from birth, no symbols are used to channel them. Lightworking operates on the premise that all chronic dis-ease which has not responded to treatment and which is constant despite changing variables is the result of Spiritual division and unresolved stress within oneself. Only through unification of what has been artificially divided and the restoration of the natural flow of Spirit from the ruling planets to the subordinate signs will wellness return.
The method used to move the planets through rise, rest, detriment, and fall is intermental unity. Intermental unity is named such because it works between the elements (inter-elemental) to achieve natural variations of Spiritual expression which alter the flow of universal life Spirit within the body. For example, I would place one hand over the subject’s liver and another hand above the subject’s breast. This particular combination unites the Jovial liver with the Cancerian breast in which Jupiter rises. When in Rise, Jupiter’s dignified Spirit flows down to Sagittarius but not to Cancer. Higher planes direct the activity of lower planes: the signs in which planets are in rise, rest, detriment, and fall are used to modify the flow of universal life Spirit from ruling planets to subordinate signs. Similarly, I could place one hand over the Lunar stomach and another over the Scorpionic groin: the Moon falls in Scorpio and this combination can be used to disrupt Lunar governance of Cancer.
Rise, rest, detriment, and fall are not directly equivalent to the sacred symbols used in Usui Reiki. Through the application of intermental unity, the flow of universal life Spirit is adjusted to promote balance in the recipient. Rise is comparable to the Master and Distance symbols; rest is comparable to the Power and Grounding symbols; detriment is comparable to the Power and Release symbols; and fall is comparable to the Distance and Release symbols. The Distance symbol’s ability to bridge time and distance is understood to be an extension of Plutonic force already present in the Mind and body.
To illustrate intramental unity in context, consider that warriors depend on Martial Spirit for stamina to accomplish their goals – warriors can be anyone who fights for a cause or campaigns for change. Martial Spirit is cardinal Fire and warriors who burn too long may burn themselves to ashes. Burn-out is a condition in which one has given (or fought) passionately for a long time only to see little or no reward. Burn-out is common in professional caregivers and hospice nurses, but also in others who fight important battles. Service-men and -women frequently suffer depression and risk suicide from the chronic stress of war-fighting – these dangers are greater because the results of their labor are difficult to define.
Distressed Martial Spirit contributes to chronic muscle pain, elevated blood pressure, swelling and pain in the head, insomnia, and general restlessness. If left unresolved, distressed Martial Spirit can lead to urogenital problems, poor sexual performance, hormonal imbalances, and severe emotional upset. Whether you're a weekend warrior or a full-time warrior, Martial balance is necessary to health and longevity. To maintain your balance of Martial Spirit, practice the following selftreatment in a prayerful state while sitting, kneeling, or laying in a comfortable position:
First, you should start from a clean source. When the flow of Martial Spirit is distressed, its source must be realigned to the origin. Do this by placing one hand over your groin or perineum and another over the spleen or pancreas. You may also place both hands over the groin or perineum and send Light for the pancreas or spleen, or both hands over the spleen or pancreas and send Light for the perineum. This combination disrupts the flow of Martial Spirit and forces confrontation and assimilation of the root causes responsible for the original disruption. Be aware that this may lead to uncomfortable feelings and frightening dreams. Maintain this position for 15 to 20 minutes. Focus on feeling the flow of Spirit between each hand. Listen for subtle changes.
Next, restore the flow of Martial Spirit. Place one hand over your groin or perineum and another over your face. You may also place both hands over the face and send Light for the perineum, or place both hands over the groin or perineum and send Light for the face. Feel the unification and restoration of Martial Spirit. Open your Mind to the presence of the divine and allow universal life to flow freely between Aries and Mars. Maintain this position for 15 to 20 minutes.
Last, dignify the flow of Martial Spirit. Place one hand over your groin or perineum and another over either of your knees. This combination dignifies the flow of Martial Spirit and imposes a calmer sense of productive and constructive purpose over the aggressive force and direct intensity of Mars. Maintain this position for 15 to 20 minutes. Focus on feeling the dignified flow and passage of Spirit between Aries and Mars. Mars is never in detriment, but if he was, he would be united with that sign as the final step in a session of intramental unity; doing so would subdue his expression and bring you down from the heights of Martial rise. Doing so would also redirect Martial rise elsewhere in the body to share the dignified flow of Spirit with other members.
After you’ve finished, place both hands over your knees and focus on your breathing. When ready, conclude your practice and move on to something productive; if it's not productive, don't do it. Pick a task or job you can do right away: Martial Spirit needs an outlet and when dignified it is meant to be applied to constructive ends. Wash the car, pick up your room, clean the kitchen, straighten the living room, mow the yard, iron your shirts, or go exercise: just do something!
Regardless of the method you use to give Light – solomental, intramental, or intermental - the following steps should be observed:
- Measure area, quality, and strength of Spirit
- Take notes and record observations
- Select your approach
- Solomental unity
- Intramental unity
- Lateral
- Top-down
- Bottom-up
- Intermental unity
- Combination
- Give the session
- Measure area, quality, and strength of Spirit
- Take notes and record observations
There are many possible hand positions and sessions between solomental, intramental, and intermental applications of Lightworking. In fact, there are so many that it’s not practical to list all of them – it's far more practical and efficient for you to learn the theory behind the application of Lightworking so you may develop your own sessions for the many unique and individually demanding scenarios you will encounter in the course of practice. A session can be as short as 15 or 30 minutes or it can be as long as one or two hours, but as a rule of thumb remember that longer sessions impart greater benefits for relaxation and wellness.
If you’re looking for a section of this book which spells out simple, easy-to follow instructions, you won’t find it. All the direction you need is within your Mind and relies on your comprehension of the material presented in the portions of this book which detail theory and practical application. If you can’t find Light within you, you’ll never find it without you. A competent teacher can guide you, but nobody has to power to magically unlock this knowledge: in the end, it can only be found through earnest study and application.
If you are a true student, you will be able to work out and apply these Laws – if not, then you must develop yourself into one, for otherwise the Hermetic Teachings will be as "words, words, words" to you. –The Three Initiates
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