I am travelling at the moment teaching qigong workshops in different parts of the world, and one of the things that I really enjoy about this travel is getting to taste and interact with the local earth energy in different places I visit.
I had a really amazing experience recently visiting one such place. I am not going to name the location too specifically, as I wouldn’t want to turn one of these special places into somewhere that lots of people come seeking out. I think sometimes these places are best left as somewhere that a few people in the know can be aware of so that they don’t get overrun.
A local in this area had identified a spot as somewhere that there was special energy, perhaps used for rituals by bygone generations. So we went to visit.
The place wasn’t much to look at, a grove of trees in the middle of a field, with a few rocks scattered about. As I approached though, I got a sense of potential resting below the surface. I began to connect with the local energy and did some work to activate it. The energy responded quickly and began to flow stronger and stronger. It was gentle but powerful, a bit like someone being roused from a deep sleep, and then greeting an old friend that they haven’t seen in a long time.
Once I felt the energy was fully activated I took a moment to pause and just enjoy the energy. I was quite surprised by what I found. The energy had a pattern quite unlike anything I had encountered before. The energy had clearly been cultivated to form a very unique and stable pattern. What was already a place of naturally powerful earth energy had been further shaped by wise and skillful people in times past so that the energy could be used more effectively for rituals, healing, self cultivation and other purposes.
The energy pattern was quite ornate in way a bit like old scroll work in ancient art. The pattern naturally created areas where the energy was more gentle and suitable for a novice to work with, and other very powerful and concentrated spots which surely would have been reserved for the most experienced practitioners to perform important rituals and healing.
My impression was that the energy was glad to be woken, and glad to be accessed and used for positive purposes by those who understand and respect it.
The person who had led me to this place could feel the change in the energy as I woke it up, and could perceive some aspects of the pattern that was within it, but not all of the details. I gave him further insight as to the nature of the energy there and also instructions of how he might interact with the energy in the future to benefit both himself and others. I hope that he does so regularly to make good use of this quite remarkable cultivated natural energy point.
Experiencing the energy of this place was one of the highlights of my visit to that part of Europe, and I will carry the knowledge I gained from my interaction with the energy there with me, giving me another level of understanding as I continue to work with the earth energy in different parts of the world.