Stone Circle - Drawing Down the Stars

it can be night or day...the stars are shining all the time *g*, so what time of day is not an issue.

first I get into a very relaxed physical and mental state (usually lying down as it hurts my back to sit for long periods)....breathing softly, naturally, regularly without stress

all muscles relaxed....mind emptied; protected, at rest, still

then slowly and surely I start "connecting" my Self to the stars...its like sending out a tendril in your innermost mind, your "third eye", to the starlight above, to that energy. for me the connection happens fairly quickly, but I've been doing it a long time :)

once the connection is made....then immediately I "see" the star within me....so very beautiful...and time is spent just communing with that presence, that energy...it penetrates me, enfolds me, and surrounds me.

then its just a matter of drawing to me that energy, pulling it into all my cells and into my body, and into every facet of my Self, creating a bridge, a linkage, a wholeness...and I see my soul sparkling with lights of all colors...and it swirls and twirls and, at times, is even like a fountain splashing light everywhere.

if I'm not too lost in all that *g* then I can feel my body getting warmer, even hot! sometimes, and tingles like goosebumps move over me here and there....like waves, like sparks...up and down, side to side, all over. so that part goes on as long as I feel it needs to....just that energy moving, that connection held, love all around and through me...and I'm not a body, I'm a sky of stars, and I glow and dance, and become the energy of light

when I am "full" or feel fulfilled...I gently begin detaching from that intensity...coming back into my "regular" body...moving flows within as I adjust to the influx...letting any excess go...and back in my body I stay still for a while just being at peace, smiling, sometimes feeling the tears of joy falling down from my eyes

I am usually quiet for a bit after that, I get a drink of water, and feel the floor and earth below me...grounding and centering. when it has been especially intense the energy lasts for days...and I can feel it even when sleeping. :)

looks that over...probably not a great explanation, but its the first time I've tried to explain it by writing it down. I don't do any ritual or much special preparation, if any. I've never felt I needed to unless it was a very special occasion. sometimes Arianrhod comes and speaks with me during these times, sometimes its others of my little clan watching over me *s*, and they always teach and poke and prod *lol*. sometimes its just sheer LIGHT and LOVE and that is pretty overwhelming. sometimes I see distant places (past and future), faces familiar and unknown. time recedes and I forget that time even exists. there are times I send the starlight out from me as I'm drawing it in...and I expand its circle wider and wider till the entire earth is surrounded (those sessions tend to be very tiring). if I've been stressed I will use a quartz crystal I have as a focus. those "sessions" usually tend to be really intense and require much more grounding afterwards.

some constellations draw me more, some certain stars do...
other times I freefall amongst the wide universe and go with the winds of the starlight