The Michael Meditation for Releasing Hooks and Cords
This extremely powerful Archangel Michael protection meditation is designed to liberate us from all that has been impeding our spiritual progress, from everything that makes us fearful, shy, depressed or generally unhappy with ourselves.
Above all, this meditation is designed to enable us to extricate ourselves from toxic relationships that drain us of our energy and generate negative emotional dramas in our lives that prevent us from experiencing love, wisdom, light and joy.
The classic example of a toxic relationship that generates energetic "hooks and cords" can be found in the behavior of people who attempt to create dramas in our lives because they are fed by the powerful emotions that are released during the drama.
A lover or family member, friend or acquaintance captures the energy of the beloved by creating mental, emotional, karmic and energetic attachments to that person. Passive-aggressive personality types are especially prone to this type of behavior.
Or take the case of a lustful lover, full of jealousy and desire to possess the loved one. The lover, full of desire, can obtain a steady flow of life force energy from the loved one by increasing the degree and kind of mental, emotional and physical attachments to the loved one. This is also true on the subtle energy levels, because all forms of attachments connect the auras, energy bodies and chakras of the individuals, allowing energy to flow between them. The individual with the lower level of energy, the lower frequency of energy, will receive energy from the individual with the higher level of energy, the higher frequency of energy. Thus we often say we feel that such and such a person "drains" us.
In this respect, on the subtle energy level, narcissistic, lustful love is a form of mutual parasitism.
These energetic attachments are very real, and can be seen by clairvoyants. They are cords that extend most often from the lover’s major chakra centers to the loved one’s major chakra centers.
These cords are created by the lover’s intent, conscious or unconscious, to obtain the loved one’s energy for his or her own egoistic purposes, and to fill the void within him or her with that energy.
The lover sinks energetic hooks into the auric field of the loved one to compensate for a perceived inability to connect with the Divine Source which alone can fill the Self with Love and Light, with energy unbounded.
Of course this is an illusion fostered by the egoistic self. In reality we are all connected to the Universal Source of life force energy at all times and our Higher Self always has the ability to infuse our being with this living loving intelligent light.
All we have to do is let go of the ego and relinquish control of our being to the Higher Self. But that is difficult to do, and this relinquishment appears to the ego as a form of death, to be avoided at all costs.
So the game continues between the two uevolved lovers.
In many cases, both lovers create such energetic attachments to one another.
This is the basis for the teachings within many spiritual traditions telling us that we create karmic bonds with every sexual partner. These same bonds exist in spades in every family, among friends, workmates and close acquaintances, anyone with whom we have a deep emotional connection.
Karma is at its most basic level an imbalanced energy exchange, and all imbalanced energy exchanges between individuals must be brought back into balance, over time. That is the Law.
“Think about the question of bonds,” suggests Mystic and Spiritual Teacher Omraam Aïvanhov. “Everything in the universe consists of bonds: the sun, stars and planets; trees and crystals; atoms and electrons, which are arranged along lines of force; faces; geometrical figures. . .Everything consists of bonds, threads, tissue. . . Every thought, every sentiment, every promise, is a bond. . .Meditate about this so as to be more aware of how terribly important it is, and be careful of the bonds you form, for your whole life is at stake.”[i]
The bonds of lust and egoistic love can literally drain us of our life force energy, magnify detrimental emotional states, inject us with another’s poisonous emotions, and keep us in a mentally clouded state that prevent spiritual progress.
Removing these attachments, or hooks and cords can be very beneficial for individuals who desire to progress on the path of Self-love. This can be done in a number of ways, including past life regression sessions, Reiki, and other forms of vibrational healing and subtle energy work.
Performing the Michael Hooks and Cords Meditation
When you are beset, fearful, depressed or angry, call upon Archangel Michael! Perform this Michael Meditation as an antidote to the collective nightmares of cataclysm surfacing in the collective consciousness and to the inner and outer negativity we know as our karma –karma that consists of our egoistic desires, our negative emotions, our less-than-desirable personality traits and tendencies, and our mistaken mental maps of the world.
Archangel Michael is the patron and protector of Lightworkers, and is always available to help us overcome fear, doubt, and negative emotions and thought-forms from our lives. Michael’s color is electric blue.
To begin an Archangel Michael meditation for releasing hooks and cords, sit quietly in a cross-legged position or in a chair if that is more comfortable, place your hands palms up on your knees, and close your eyes.
Begin to breathe deeply, from the belly. Breathe in slowly, through the nose, to the count of five if possible, then breathe out even more slowly, through the nostrils, to the count of ten if possible. Continue to breathe in this manner. If you inhale to the count of two, then exhale to a four count, and so forth.
Repeat this for a minute or two until you feel yourself shifting into a space of peace, quiet and meditation.
Say this – “I call upon Archangel Michael for protection against all negative energies in my environment, and I ask Michael to use his blazing blue sword of light to cut the cords that bind me to all those individuals and sentient beings, in the material and spiritual worlds, that transmit negative emotions and thought-forms to me.”
As you do this, visualize Archangel Michael, a giant being of Light armed with an electric-blue sword of cleansing fire.
Every emotional interchange and intense interaction we have with another being creates energetic cords that connect us with these others. These cords hook into our chakras, our energy bodies, even our physical body, and then act as conduits of energy, and energy flows along these cords until the cords are cut or dissolved. This is the energetic basis for the formation of karma between individuals.
Karma is simply strong, unbalanced energy flowing between two parties, and that strong energy seeks to flow between the two parties until the connection is broken.
When another being with whom we have strong emotional connections seeks to push negative thoughts or emotions out into the world or specifically to transmit such thoughts or emotions to us, that energy can be transmitted instantly through the energetic hooks and cords that bind us to them.
We all have experienced many instances when other people have sought to impose their own will on us, to force us to do what they want, to force us to feel what they want us to feel, to force us to behave in the way they see us behaving, which often has nothing at all to do with our own Higher Purpose or desires.
In these cases, these people have been transmitting their energy through hooks and cords to us, and that strong energy can shift us off center and even cause us to experience thoughts, feelings and actions of others as if they were our own.
People are inter-connected energetically in so many different ways through hooks and cords, for so many different reasons, that the average person’s aura looks a lot like a pin cushion.
In the case of a child, the hooks and cords to the parents appear to some clairvoyants as white in color and are essential for the proper development of the child. In most cases, in adults, hooks and cords are the result of emotional trauma, family dynamics, love and sex relationships, and serious conflicts with others.
The normal human adult will have some hooks and cord type energetic connections that vibrate on a very high frequency, some that transmit some negative emotions, and others that transmit substantial negative energy.
We want to focus for this meditation on those energetic connections that result from karma that creates patterns of negative behavior, negative emotions and negative thought-forms. For purposes of this meditation, we will call this “negative karma” to distinguish it from the karma of healthy, ongoing, loving relationships and family that is not meant to be broken during this lifetime.
Now it is time to end the negative karma we have with others whose energies interfere with our own free will and Higher Purpose.
Visualize Archangel Michael with his great flaming sword, and see a bright shining arc of electric blue energy traveling from Michael to you. See yourself surrounded by this electric blue energy. See Michael’s hand descending toward you. See Michael’s great sword of electric blue light scanning your body from the crown chakra to beneath your feet.
As you see Michael’s sword at your crown chakra, ask for release: “I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me to all those with whom I have negative karma that resides in my crown chakra, for whatever reason. I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me to all those who have presented themselves to me as spiritual authority figures in an attempt to substitute their will for my own.”
See Michael’s sword cutting the cords that bind you to others through the crown chakra.
If you like, ask Michael and your Guides to show you the people with whom you have these hooks and cords. They may or may not want to share that information with you, because it may or may not be necessary at all for you to know the specific details.
If you are shown these people, bless them and forgive them for any interference they may have caused, and see Michael releasing you from your connection to them. Then see them standing before you without any hooks or cords connecting you.
Always take some time to savor the feelings that arise in you while this hooks and cords work is done and take the time to allow any negative emotions to bubble up to the surface and to be released for healing.
As you see Michael’s sword at your third eye chakra, ask for release: “I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me with negative karma to all those who are connected to me through the third eye chakra, for whatever reason, and to restore my faith and trust in Spirit, releasing me from all energies of depression, despair, mistrust and cynicism.”
See Michael’s sword cutting the cords that bind you to others through the third eye chakra. If you like, ask Michael and your Guides to show you the people with whom you have these hooks and cords. They may or may not want to share that information with you, because it may or may not be necessary at all for you to know the specific details.
If you are shown these people, bless them and forgive them for any interference they may have caused, and see Michael releasing you from your connection to them. Then see them standing before you without any hooks or cords connecting you.
As you see Michael’s sword at your throat chakra, ask for release: “I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me in negative karma to all those who are connected to me through the throat chakra, for whatever reason, and to restore my self-confidence and my ability to communicate my truth, fully and completely to others in Spirit, releasing me from all energies of self-doubt, self-suppression, shyness and inability to communicate.”
See Michael’s sword cutting the cords that bind you to others through the throat chakra. If you like, ask Michael and your Guides to show you the people with whom you have these hooks and cords. They may or may not want to share that information with you, because it may or may not be necessary at all for you to know the specific details.
If you are shown these people, bless them and forgive them for any interference they may have caused, and see Michael releasing you from your connection to them. Then see them standing before you without any hooks or cords connecting you.
Always take some time to savor the feelings that arise in you while this hooks and cords work is done and take the time to allow any negative emotions to bubble up to the surface and to be released for healing.
The heart chakra and the lower chakras generally tend to be like pincushions over the course of a lifetime, since the majority of love relationships, sexual relationships, family relationships, business relationships and friendships impact the lower chakras more than others.
The bonds of lust and egoistic love can literally drain us of our life force energy, magnify detrimental emotional states, inject us with another’s poisonous emotions, and keep us in a mentally clouded state that prevents spiritual progress.
As you see Michael’s sword at your heart chakra, ask for release: “I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me in negative karma to all those who are connected to me through the heart chakra, for whatever reason, and to restore my space of emotional safety, my feelings of self-love, my joy in sharing and loving another, and my feelings of compassion for my fellow human beings.”
See Michael’s sword cutting the cords that bind you to others through the heart chakra. If you like, ask Michael and your Guides to show you the people with whom you have these hooks and cords. They may or may not want to share that information with you, because it may or may not be necessary at all for you to know the specific details.
If you are shown these people, bless them and forgive them for any interference they may have caused, and see Michael releasing you from your connection to them. Then see them standing before you without any hooks or cords connecting you.
Always take some time to savor the feelings that arise in you while this hooks and cords work is done and take the time to allow any negative emotions to bubble up to the surface and to be released for healing.
As you see Michael’s sword at your solar plexus or stomach chakra, ask for release: “I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me by negative karma to all those who are connected to me through the solar plexus chakra, for whatever reason, and to restore my sense of personal power, contentment with life and sense of self-worth.”
See Michael’s sword cutting the cords that bind you to others through the solar plexus chakra. If you like, ask Michael and your Guides to show you the people with whom you have these hooks and cords. They may or may not want to share that information with you, because it may or may not be necessary at all for you to know the specific details.
If you are shown these people, bless them and forgive them for any interference they may have caused, and see Michael releasing you from your connection to them. Then see them standing before you without any hooks or cords connecting you.
Always take some time to savor the feelings that arise in you while this hooks and cords work is done and take the time to allow any negative emotions to bubble up to the surface and to be released for healing.
As you see Michael’s sword at your second or sexual chakra, ask for release: “I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me by negative karma to all those who are connected to me through the second chakra, for whatever reason, and to restore my sense of personal, sexual magnetism, my fertility, and my ability to manifest what I most desire according to my True Will.”
See Michael’s sword cutting the cords that bind you to others through the second chakra. If you like, ask Michael and your Guides to show you the people with whom you have these hooks and cords. They may or may not want to share that information with you, because it may or may not be necessary at all for you to know the specific details.
If you are shown these people, bless them and forgive them for any interference they may have caused, and see Michael releasing you from your connection to them. Then see them standing before you without any hooks or cords connecting you.
As you see Michael’s sword at your root chakra, ask for release: “I ask Archangel Michael to cut the cords that bind me to all those who are connected to me by negative karma through the root chakra, for whatever reason, to ground me to the Earth, and to restore my sense of personal security, my pristine identity as I was at birth, and a healthy level of Universal Life Force energy throughout my body, mind and aura.”
See Michael’s sword cutting the cords that bind you to others through the root chakra. If you like, ask Michael and your Guides to show you the people with whom you have these hooks and cords. They may or may not want to share that information with you, because it may or may not be necessary at all for you to know the specific details.
If you are shown these people, bless them and forgive them for any interference they may have caused, and see Michael releasing you from your connection to them. Then see them standing before you without any hooks or cords connecting you.
Always take some time to savor the feelings that arise in you while this hooks and cords work is done and take the time to allow any negative emotions to bubble up to the surface and to be released for healing.
When you have completed this exercise, ask Archangel Michael to fill you with the electric blue light of healing and benediction. Take a minute or two and visualize Michael’s blazing sword transmitting a torrent of blazing blue light into all your chakras, filling your body from toe to crown with sparkling, brilliant light. This is very important. Never remove hooks and cords without replacing the lost energy with clean, fresh energy from the Source of Spirit.
Say, “Thank you” to Archangel Michael for his help. Ask that Michael enfold you in an egg of electric blue energy, which will be your shield against all unwanted energies, and which you can call upon and reinforce at any timee.
You can repeat this meditation as needed. Since we usually have hooks and cords with a myriad of people, it is most likely that it would take many such sessions to completely remove all detrimental energetic attachments.
However, know that Michael and your Guides and Teachers will help you to remove the specific attachments that will most help you on a path of accelerated spiritual progress. If you are certain you know of particular individuals or groups or organizations with whom you have energy attachments, you can also ask Michael to specifically remove those attachments related to those individuals.
Be aware that if you are removing hooks and cords generated by relationships with individuals with whom you have on ongoing relationship, such as family, lovers, co-workers, and so forth, it is possible that those hooks and cords can be re-generated by ongoing interactions with those individuals, so you may need to repeat the hooks and cords removal work time and again to achieve closure, or to elevate the energy signature of the relationship to a higher frequency, where conflict becomes co-operation, and misunderstanding dissipates, freeing you both up to experience a greater flow of love in your lives.
Simply ask for Michael’s help with issues relating to these specific people, and then go through the exercise outlined above, as often as needed. May Michael be your Defender and your Liberator from this day forward!
[Picture Credits from top: Archangel Michael Slays the Dragon by Guido Reni, Aura Body by Jane Sherry digital image, Clip Art Geometric Form, Auric Body with Chakras by Jane Sherry digital print, The Lovers by Jane Sherry Mixed Media drawing, Archangel Michael Slays the Dragon by Guido Reni]