When we are grounded, we do not get involved in manipulation and power-games. In our work of development we choose techniques and practitioners well. We follow our Soul Quest well. Without grounding there is no base upon which to construct our Soul Path, nowhere to place our strong and meaningful experiences. We become confused and unsettled.
Grounding is our basic discipline.
As we are always trying to improve our technique and our skills in the sports that we do, so we should be doing the same with our grounding techniques and skills. Here are some exercises, presented in order of difficulty and of subtlety. The first are the easiest and the most concrete. The strength of the first two lies in the fact that they are amusing. Probably, at this moment you are sitting as you read this book and, as you are reading, it is unlikely that you are feeling much of what is happening in your body.