Summary: 3 Stones (Awakening) is the first of the 3 Stones (33⅓) Meditations.
This is a fairly tight and full meditation. It’s designed to get the ball rolling with the 3 Stones concept .... see it as an initiation!
Guidance is persistent and regular, so those of you with steely concentration that prefer to ‘do your own thing’ may find it a tad excessive. For the rest of us who struggle to stay present for more than a few seconds at a time, it should keep you on track.
There is no way you’ll get all the juice from one or two listenings. There are many concepts/techniques integrated into the audio, any of which can deliver very profound experiences.
As you listen again and again, you’ll keep finding stuff you missed before, or new depths/distinctions to previous discoveries. Sometimes, a section that was ‘awesome’ last time you listened will be missed completely as if it simply isn’t there!
Sometimes, it will seem as if the guidance is way too fast, sometimes it seems too slow. I guess it depends on your level of presence – the deeper in state I get, the less I notice the guidance yet the more I am able to follow it!
Don’t worry about following all the ‘procedures’ in one sitting – I still haven’t managed that feat! Trust that a part of you is getting it, even if your conscious mind (Little Self) is complaining it doesn’t understand or it “didn’t have time to do that bit properly!”
The key is to actually experience energy. If that’s not natural for you, just persist and use your imagination to ‘pretend’ you are getting it. Eventually the pre-tending will become in-tending which is only a heartbeat away from experiencing.
Sooner or later, you’re going to have an experience and wonder if what just happened was your imagination or something .... REAL!!
VERY IMPORTANT: When the audio ends, make a point of NOT moving immediately or rejoining your normal life right away. You are going to be in an altered state of consciousness, so enjoy the feelings that have surfaced and play with the experience. Try to stay present to the 3 Stones for as long as possible, even as you get back into your 3D activities.
Setup: 3 Stones (Awakening) begins without any setup or relaxation intro, so you’ll need to take care of that before pressing play.
Go for a walk or do something to stretch and relax the body and mind, or listen to the guided setup audio (NB. Sorry, not yet available ... on the to do list!)
Find a comfortable place to sit where you won’t be disturbed for about 40 minutes. Turn off all your phones, Skype, cooker, TV etc!
Relaxation is very important for this kind of energy work. Pay particular attention to relaxing your jaw and face muscles and the muscles in your stomach and chest area.
You can sit in your favorite meditation posture, and if you don’t have one, click here for the kind of thing we are looking for.
Practice at least once daily, preferably twice! A good rule of thumb is to avoid the hour after you wake up and a couple of hours before you normally sleep, otherwise you’re probably just going to doze off due to the binaural beat and my relaxing, lilting voice
Headphones: Since the Med has 7.83Hz (Theta/Schumann Frequency) binaural technology, headphones are recommended.
The Schumann Frequency is sometimes called Gaia Vibration and is believed by some to be the resonant frequency of the Earth – very nice explanation and illustratory animation here
Audio Files: Please download the files rather than listening to them in your browser on the site. They are big files and will use a lot of bandwidth so will bog down the site if we all start streaming the audio every day. I don’t want to compromise quality of audio by uploading to Youtube!
Usually, downloading is as simple as right clicking on the link and then choosing ‘save target as’ or something like that, depending on your computer setup. Tech support is always available for the non-techies amongst us :)
If you are a bit of an audiophile and have the gear to make FLAC worthwhile, let me know and I’ll upload or send you the FLAC file which is 169Mb.
THIS WHERE YOU DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION (v9.2 of 12)
OF 3 STONES AWAKENING
Click here for 3 Stones (Awakening) – Guided Audio with Binaural Beat – 256k mp3 – 61Mb
Click here for 3 Stones (Awakening) – Music and Sound Effects Only – 256k mp3 – 61Mb
Usually, downloading is as simple as right clicking on the link and then choosing ‘save target as’ or something like that, depending on your computer setup. Tech support is always available for the non-techies amongst us :)
You can also listen on your computer right now via this video I uploaded to Vimeo, if you would like to share the link here it is:
http://vimeo.com/lastbusstop/3stonesawakening
Supporting Materials/Links:
Can’t hear some of the guide phrases? Here is the script in PDF, you can download it or view it in a new window:
Click here for the 3 Stones (Awakening) – Guided Meditation Script
The audio references several distinctions that I’ve been working on for the past year or two, some of them we’ve used for Lunar Games in the past. If you aren’t completely familiar with the ideas, I highly recommend reading the following articles ...
What Is You & What is Not You?
I’ll add more support material and articles as we go along, comments help to make the FAQ’s
Credits: Here is where I acknowlege and thank some of the people whose time, energy and material I have used, copied, plagurised, edited, converted or just plain enjoyed whilst creating this meditation ...
Musical Geniuses:
Lightning Storm & Artificial Energy by The Ochi Brothers
Ibiza Longin by Maneesh De Moor
Beyond Time & Relax & Desire by Blank & Jones (Relax is a Vargo remix)
Meditation Concepts and Input:
My beautiful radiant wife Anzela. Sweetheart, you are the light of my life, my inspiration, I love you.
Justin (5) and Keira (3), my beloved children, who helped me to discover the 3 Stones concept during our nightly story time adventures.
Sixth Sense Steve for hours and hours of gracious listening to my rantings and ramblings (and Shelley for allowing it
) – don’t know where this would be without the space you create for me, thanks bro’
Eric Pepin of Higher Balance Institute for his lead on twice daily meditation focused on the 3 energy centers and the idea of using the touch to focus attention and influence on one or two of the guiding phrases.
Finally, a bow of appreciation to the hidden hand that is guiding this adventure, You are bloody awesome!, whoever/whatever you are
Anyone/anything else I have forgotten, please forgive the omission and let me know what/who I missed!
As well as the comments below, this link leads to a discussion of a 30 day trial a group of us did on the Audio whilst it was being produced. Lots of comments, tips, advice and sharing of wonderful experiences with the 3 Stones.
Just noticed there are still one or two tweaks to do on the audio. It’s not that noticeable, so you can run with the current one, but dl the latest before the LG.
In fact, best thing is to subscribe to this post comments, and I will make a comment each time the audio is updated ;)
OK, new version is now uploaded
Enjoy
Thanks for the acknowledgement bro “If I knew in advance it was that valuable I would have charged you my executive coaching rate”
Listen mate working, chatting, playing with you is one of my most pleasurable experiences. To have the quality of friendship and depth of communication we share is both awesome and a real gift...thanks for being who you are.
The contribution you have created in this collection of tools will offer those who make the time to practice an unlimited ocean of possibilities. Let the game begin
Need technical help to download the audio, do I do it on a pen drive?
New version (v8) now uploaded
I have been doing the 3 stones meditation since 3rd February when V1 was uploaded just before this LG started. Other than missing a handful of days I have made it a daily practise.
What I believe it has helped me do is stay focused (not a mean feat for those of you who know me so well!!)
This, in what has been a very turbulent time for me.
I have also tried some free binaural beat meditations and the quality you have produced for a free mp3 David is infinitely higher than many out there — truly you have created a beautiful and powerful healing tool!
The journey of the 3 stones has been remarkably similar for me most times.
Bit like being on a guided bus on the same route, you get to know the terrain and it becomes familiar to you. Yet, on every journey you notice something different outside of yourself as well as within. (what is you and what is not you).
I have refrained from commenting for many reasons but primarily because I wanted to know what experience or effects it would have over a period of time and today is 31 days since I started.
For me, I believe my Ruby centre is the strongest right now as access to power and strength is what I have needed to call upon. My Emerald centre has been my haven and helped me see a very difficult situation with compassion.
When I have lost it recently (rage) this meditation has certainly helped me regain balance and like I say stay focused and grounded.
In the more powerful of experiences I have experienced being the void, for want of a phrase. Where I am ‘awake’ yet have no conscious awareness of my physical self and I know I am not asleep. These meditations seem to bring the most peace and healing — helping me reach a higher vibration above and beyond extreme anxiety.
Thank you David again, for your gift.
Thanks Ali, awesome comment, really useful
v9 is now being uploaded to the download link in the middle of this page above and also to Vimeo. Give it about an hour, or check to make sure the title says v9 before downloading it
For me, this is the first officially stamped version! In other words, I now feel comfortable sharing this with the world, rather than a close knit group of trusted friends.
I am happy with the sound and text for now, but I still want to reproduce about a third to half of the phrases, so that will be v10 and will mark the limit of what I can achieve ‘tout seul’ at home.
v11 and v12 will follow when The Sound Mechanic shows up
I will continue to make minor tweaks to v9 but nothing should be that major or noticeable, but I’ll let you know each time a new copy goes up.
Enjoy!
PS. I made a couple of script changes, so if you use it, please download the new pdf from the link above