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A good first step in learning to give more powerful and effective healing treatments is to learn to call in greater amounts of healing energy into yourself. In fact, the effective use of most
of the healing tools you will learn in this course also requires that you have the ability to call in this greater amount of energy for use in healing.
In the first level you learned how to call in the energy by “seeing,” in your mind’s eye the energy flowing into you from all around, down your hands and conducting into your patient. In this
level, you will also use symbols, which are tools for greatly adding to the amount of energy you can call in and channel to the patient. It is possible to call in and channel the energy without using symbols,
as you already have done, but the use of symbols will add much to the quantity and power of the energy. The symbols will have other uses, also, such as clearing blocked chakras. They are tools—vehicles for the focus
of energy.
There are three symbols used in this level of the Chios system: the Circle, the Trine, and the Star. These symbols are simple and elementary, it is true, but they are also related to the
elementary essence of all existence—they are simple and close to the essence, and this gives them the potential to be powerful and effective. Humanity has had an instinctive understanding of the powers that
move in the physical world, the essence of the powers that make existence possible, the powers that build form and give shape to all we know. This instinctive understanding recognizes the shape of these powers, and
in the mind’s eye these symbols take shape as representative of some of the basic, elementary powers of creation.
These symbols are not merely physical shapes; they are universal symbols that correspond to universal patterns of energy. There is, in each symbol, an essence linked to the shape. They are, in their essence, representations of the ways in which energy and awareness flows in our manifested world, and are therefore useful in healing work. Do not think that because they are simple, they cannot be powerful. At various times in the past, man has been much more aware of the power and uses of simple symbols than we are today, in our modern technological civilization, where it is often mistakenly assumed that something must be complex to be powerful. These symbols have been known, and used as symbols of power, in virtually every culture on earth, and in the magical tradition, as well. While there are other symbols that have been used in healing work, these particular symbols are potentially more powerful than any. They are powerful tools of awareness.
It may interest you to have some idea of the meaning and the essence behind each of these symbols—indicative of the energy patterns they represent—and this is given below. Do not be bound,
however, by these descriptions, because the true understanding of these symbols transcends description. The description is only an approximation of the essence. The essence of each symbol is beyond words or ideas. It
is important, therefore, not to think of any meaning when using these symbols, and to just be aware of the symbol itself. The true meaning and power is inherent in each symbol.
The Circle:
The Circle, which is the outline of a circle
(not filled in), is the symbol of wholeness, unending life force,
and the unity of creation—the beginning and end of all things. It
attunes with the all. It is complete, and draws together and encompasses
all that is. It also represents duality, inside and outside, but
shows, in its completeness, that apparent duality resolves itself
in unity, in one being.
In healing, one often works with separated
(polar) energies—energies not completelyconnected or harmonious.
The Circle not only calls forth polar energies; it pulls them together
and resolves them. When summoning the energy at the beginning of
treatments, it is used to draw life energy from the earth and all
around, using the body life force to receive the universal life
energy, the two energies meeting. The Circle uses the energy that
is already in the body to receive the energy that exists all around.
It assists the healer in opening his or her self and in bringing
in the energy.
The Circle creates an opening of the spirit, a balanced harmony between the spirit and the earth.
The Trine:
The Trine, which is the outline of an equilateral triangle (not filled in), is the symbol of penetration to higher levels of existence. It awakens the mind to the higher levels. It points
upward, and connects this world to the higher worlds.
Its three sides correspond to the many
trinities in spiritual systems, but especially as a symbol of the
passing, from one to the other, between incarnation and discarnate
life (the base points of the trine), with the goal of spiritual
growth and rising above the world towards a state of self-realization
and spiritual liberation. As a symbol of this ascension, it represents
a heightened and broadened awareness, a refined perception and a
higher rate of vibration: an ascension to a higher level of reality.
When it is used at the beginning of treatments, it ascends to pull energy together and move it upward towards the higher levels, bringing the healing energy to a higher vibration. This
lends a more powerful and purifying effect to the healing energy, and increases the healer’s sensitivity to the energy.
The Trine leads the spirit towards growth; it is an elevation of the personal spirit as it relates to this existence, a rising from the earth.
The Star:
The Star, a regular five pointed star (and filled in to a solid shape), is a focus for energy between this world and higher worlds. It is a channel between the manifested world and the
realm of pure being which is the source and essence of our life. It is different from the Trine, but can be thought of as the Trine symbol focused and combined with this earth (trine shapes
spaced around a circular outline).
It has five points pointing in, and five
pointing out, corresponding to its use as a focus forenergy between
this world and the higher levels. It can be used to draw and focus
energy from a higher level onto this world, and has the power to
correct major distortions in the flow of energy in the human energy
field, by virtue of its ability to tap the power inherent in this
higher realm. As a channel between our manifested life in the world
and the realm of pure spirit, it is also very effective when used
to treat the 7th chakra, which corresponds to the sum total of our
beingness and our spiritual totality—the total relationship we have
between the world of spirit and our material existence.
The Star is beyond the earth—it is where there is no beginning and no end, to a broader existence, not even existence, beyond existence. As we all exist on this earth now, we also
exist above. As a person standing on the shore watches the waves on the ocean, and feels a stirring within, the Star calls forth the beyond and all times. It is also our higher self, the
totality of our being. The Star is a channel to a realm beyond time and space. It is the light above us, and in us, and leads to an understanding of eternity.
Using Visualization to Direct Energy:
These symbols are one tool the healer uses to direct energy for the purpose of becoming able to heal the energy field of the patient. The ability of these symbols to assist in directing
energy is activated by visualizing them.
Visualization is a very useful tool in healing, because it enables the healer to direct energy in many different ways. “Energy follows thought” is a well-known maxim, and the meaning of
this saying is that the proper visualization of energy flow, in the mind’s eye, is sufficient to direct the energy in whatever manner the healer desires. This may be done by visualizing the
flow of the energy itself, or through other methods—the use of symbols which represent patterns of energy flow being an important example. When the healer visualizes a pattern of
energy flow itself, in his or her mind’s eye, the energy is activated to flow in that manner. When the healer visualizes a symbol in his or her mind’s eye, the nature of energy flow that is
contained in the essence of that symbol is activated, and the energy flows according to that nature. Both of these uses of visualization are important and will be used in this level.
In order to make effective use of this ability to direct energy through visualization, the healer must visualize in the proper way. When an energy flow is visualized, for example, it is
important to understand that visualization is not the same as “thinking about” the desired energy flow, or “pretending to see” the energy flow, but is a process of sensing and becoming the energy flow. This sensing and becoming the energy flow serves to activate the
inner ability of the healer to direct the energy flow in the manner visualized and cause it to flow in or act on the energy field of the patient in a certain manner. When a symbol is
visualized, it is similarly important that the healer sense and become one with the symbol, and not merely “think about” or “pretend to see” it. This proper visualization of the symbol is
what activates the inner essence, the inner power of the symbol, and sets the energy flow into motion according to the pattern of energy flow that the symbol represents. Visualization
is the process of maintaining one particular symbol or one intended flow of energy in the awareness, in a complete and effortless way, and it is this proper practice that makes the
exercise of this energy-directing ability possible.
In this Chios level, you will learn techniques that will often require you to sense and become a desired flow or pattern of energy, a symbol, or even both at the same time. Most
of the techniques that you will learn, and use to heal the various defects that you will encounter in the energy field of your patients, will require you to use this ability of
visualization to work with the energy. The first way that you will employ the power of visualization is to use symbols during your calling in of the energy, at the beginning of
treatment, where you will use the Circle and the Trine to call in and refine the flow of energy, so that it may be effectively channeled to the patient.
To visualize these symbols opens the body as a channel for the energy, and summons the energy through the body at the same time. These symbols, when used at the beginning of
treatment, greatly add to the energy available to the healer. They are information for the body and mind, and speak to the body and mind to pull in and raise the energy. They call
forth energies and awaken channels in the body for the energy, to make the body more receptive. The body responds to them by opening up further. It is the body’s nature to
respond thus—channeling the energy in this way is a natural human ability that the symbols (as well as the attunements) activate.
If you have learned the practice of Chios Meditation, you will have a good understanding of the process of visualization, and your experience of it through your meditation practice will
be of great benefit to you in your use of these symbols and the various other healing techniques in this level. In your use of visualization at the beginning of treatment, as well as in
the many places it is used during treatment, you should follow the learning and understandings of visualization you gained from Chios Meditation.
If you have not yet studied this form of meditation, the following exercise will provide an introduction to visualization of symbols:
 Sit comfortably with your eyes closed, and seek a calmness, a quietness in your mind.
Imagine, in your mind, a Circle. Do not merely “think about,” or “pretend to see” the Circle, but begin to feel its circular shape with your mind. Ask yourself, how does it feel to be that
shape? Feel that you are the Circle, and should other feelings or thoughts come up, simply “drop them”—allow them to become unimportant as you just return your focus of awareness
to sensing only the circular shape of the Circle alone. Seek to merge with the Circle, feel your entire being sensing, moving into and becoming one with the Circle. If you find yourself
“thinking about” the Circle, stop thinking and just be it. If you find yourself “pretending to see” the Circle, release the “visual” portion of your awareness of it, the portion of your
awareness that “sees” it as if you were using your eyes, and just become it. Do not think about or pretend to see the Circle. Be the Circle. Sense it effortlessly. Continue sensing
yourself as the Circle for a moment, then end the exercise by stopping your sensing of the Circle and resting for a moment, with your eyes closed.
Repeat this exercise with the other two symbols to gain a sense of them, also. The Trine is sensed in its outline shape, but the Star is sensed more as a solid (filled in) object, with its
points.
You have, in your study of Chios Level I, already begun to practice visualization of energy flows, when you began to “see,” in your mind’s eye, the energy flowing into you, conducting
through you, and then into your patient. The very same principles of visualization that apply to the visualization of symbols, as discussed above, also apply to visualization of energy
flows: When visualizing the energy flowing or acting in a certain manner, simply sense and become the flow or action of energy, in an effortless way, and do not merely “think about”
or “pretend to see” the energy acting in that manner.
Calling in the Energy Using Visualization
of Symbols:
You are now ready to begin treatment using these symbols. In visualizing the energy begin
to flow through you, and visualizing the symbols in order to increase its flow, be sure to remember that your visualizations must be done effortlessly, and with a release to the energy.
To call in the energy using symbols, stand
by yourself for a moment, eyes closed, and visualize the energy
beginning to flow. Really sense it coming into you from all around,
coursing through your body, through your shoulders and arms and
down to your hands. Feel it begin to collect in your hands. Visualize
this energy flowing into you—not by thinking or pretending to see—but
by sensing and becoming this energy flow, in your mind’s eye.
Now, visualize the Circle. Sense yourself as the Circle, and then feel the Circle as being
composed of a white light, brought to a dazzling, flaring brightness of light, and held in the mind for about 10 seconds, and then dimmed. Bring the Circle to brightness in this way for
two additional times, for a total of three times, and then dimmed.
Visualize, now, the Trine. Sense yourself as the Trine, and then feel the Trine brought to a
dazzling, flaring brightness, held in the mind for about 10 seconds, and then dimmed. Bring the Trine to brightness in this way for two additional times, for a total of three times, then dimmed.
Now visualize the Circle again, brought to a final, single, quieting brightness, unlike a flare,
a brightness that is held in the mind for about 10 seconds, and then swells and fills out into you, a warm light suffusing into your entire body.
Throughout the entire time you perform these visualizations, be certain you are performing them effortlessly, and are releasing yourself to the greater energy flow. The symbols each
have a beauty in them; therefore you should see them with beauty, also. You may very well sense the greater energy as a stimulating feeling in your hands and body. The harnessing of
the energy provides a sensation in the body not unlike the sensation of emotion. You may notice a sensation akin to this. Note that the Star is never used at the beginning of treatment when calling in the energy.
You have now opened yourself up to channel much larger amounts of the energy into your patient, and will also experience more power in performing the many healing tools you will
learn in Chios Level II.
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