Meditation Ritual

[Haelos]

I wasn't really sure where the best place to post this would be.
I'd like to share a meditation ritual I've recently written, to be critiqued.
I made this to bring more structure to my nightly meditation, rather than just doing whatever comes to mind at the time. I usually don't have a "set plan," other than calming my mind, and the like. If I decide to do any specific spellwork, it's either on a whim, or I plan my meditation around the work.
This is to be used every night. First I'm going to post the shortened "steps," then I'll write out a full description of it.
Where you find two hyphens after a certain line, represents the fact that this is a separate "section." If I'm having problems with one part, I can start back at the hyphens to keep my flow.
Sorry for the poor format towards the end. I plan on explaining this somewhat simply, leaving out many of the colored visualizations needed (as they should be common knowledge). If you cannot understand the steps as I've written them, I'm sorry, but you're not the kind of person I need critique from. This is a fully internal meditation, with very little external action beyond the first couple steps.

Opening meditation;
Tense limbs - Toe to Head
Relax limbs - Head to Toe
So Hum* --
Exhale excess and negative vital energy, until close to empty
Inhale positive vital energy until you're as full as possible
Relax - Head to Toe
So Hum --
Open/Activate Chakras, starting from Spine
Pull energy from God in Crown all the way through spine to Root
Ground yourself/So Hum --
Focus your consciousness into your forehead/frontal lobe
See inside yourself/Gnosis/whatever

Closing meditation;
Ground yourself/So Hum
Close/Deactivate Chakras
Exhale vital energy, until normal waking state-level
Twitch toes and fingers
Awaken


Okay, to start things off, I left a little * next to the first "So Hum." I need to describe what this means.
So Hum is a mantra (one of few said only internally) that I use regularly. When I have it written as a step, what I mean is to breath in and out through your *mouth*, repeating the mantra in your head, and focusing only on your breath. Basically, breath control (as found in any meditation book). When I list it together with Grounding, I mean to perform both steps together (grounding is essentially the mental equivalent to breath control, for those who don't know [very simple explanation]).
Each So Hum meditation should be taking place at almost any time you aren't focusing on the other tasks at hand. This is why they're the splits for the "sections." You don't need to actually say the mantra unless you want to, as long as you properly focus your breathing.

Repeat each step as many times as needed.
-Start the meditation by choosing your asana (preferred meditation position) and relaxing your body into your sitting/laying surface.
Tense all limbs, muscles, and tendons that you possibly can, one at a time. Start with the very tips of your toes, and work through every section of your body a little bit at a time, ending with the very tip of the top of your head.
-Relax your limbs now, starting with the same spot you last tensed, and working down to the first one (ie. your tip-toes.)
These two steps alone may be repeated up to 5 times, to fully relax every portion of the body.
-Breath in and out through the mouth. Breath from the diaphragm, fully filling yourself as much as comfortable with air.
Focus as intently on your breath as possible, until there is nothing else. Hold this feeling in your mind as you continue. You may need to return here a few times.
-Exhale all excess and negative energy, breathing *in through the mouth* and attaching it to the idea of negativity, then *breathing out through the nose.* Follow the basic techniques given in Franz Bardons Initiation into Hermetics. Do this until you feel physically and mentally exhausted, draining out all energy from your vessel.
-Breath in energy *through the nose*, and exhale nothing through the mouth. Retain as much positive energy as you can possible hold in your body. Do not focus it in specific organs, but fill every organ and limb (and cell, and atom) evenly. Do not focus extensively on either your brain or heart.
-When you can no longer obtain any vital energy, go back to your breath control. Breath *in AND out through the mouth.*
Hold this feeling again.
-Focus on "activating" your chakra points. Visualize a red, glowing orb at the tip of your spine, focus your energy there using your breath, and feel it becoming more powerful and radiant. Do the same, continuing up each primary chakra center, visualizing the proper color (with white as the crown chakra). ("Activating " is a bad word. More like, stimulating. You're charging each point with a small amount of your existing vital force.)
-Pull in divine energy from the universe and your crown chakra, stimulating each primary center on your body. Start with your third eye, continue all the way to your root, then your hands, then feet. (Only the primary 6 chakras and 4 of the Par chakras should be stimulated in this manner. This is similar to the ritual of the Middle Pillar [although still vastly different]).
-Ground yourself mentally, then resume your breath control.

These are the two most important steps, so I'm making them a separate paragraph.
-Focus your attention to the front, center of your forehead. This is NOT your third eye. You third eye is in the very center of your skull, a few inches back from the area on your forehead you should be focusing on. This is the area that often gets tense when people start to decalcify their pineal gland. At this point, your eyes may start to open on their own, or your might feel as though you're seeing outside of you through the center of your forehead. Hold the attention on the direct center of your frontal lobe.
-Pull your attention from that previous point, backwards, roughly 3 inches. This will leave you in your perfect center, and is the most intense, non-drug-trip you can experience. This step cannot be explained properly with my words. Just feel your sight/consciousness moving backwards, from your forehead center.

This closing meditation is just as, if not vastly more, important than the first part.
-Return from your center/pineal/third eye and ground yourself back to the physical word, mentally and emotionally. Resume conscious breathing.
-Feel each of your chakra centers becoming less and less stimulated, starting from your crown and moving to your root (you can include your par chakras if needed). Do this over once or twice, until no more energy is actively moving to your energy centers.
-Exhale any left over vital energy until you feel yourself at your normal, waking state level. This is very important. You may need to fully empty yourself at least once, the re-inhale energy until you're at normal level.
-Twitch your toes, then your finger tips. Feel your physical body coming back to life as you do so.
Fully awaken yourself from trance. Get up, stretch, etc.

This meditation should last about 2 hours, at the very least.
I have not yet fully performed this in order (I need to memorize the steps first), but each section is a common addition to my meditation routines.
Nothing in this isn't something I already do, I just have no structure during any time I sit down to meditate (and even if I do have a plan, after a couple hours the plan is lost and I'm just there.)
I need as much brutal critique on any point made here. I plan on performing this every day for the rest of my life, so I want to make it personalized, proper, and powerful, on the first few tries.
Thank you for anyone who comments. If you wish to share your own personal meditation ritual, pleaseplease do so. I need as many ideas as I possible can.


*Final note: The proper breathing technique is very important in these steps. When I say "in through the mouth, out through the nose," I mean it. I put each of these inside of a set of *stars* to denote their importance.
There are four different variations to your breathing.

In & out through the Mouth = So Hum, simple breathing control with no movement of energy.
In through Mouth, Out through Nose = Exhale energy
In through Nose, Out through Mouth = Inhale energy
In & out through Nose (Not used, but can be used for charging and activating the chakra centers. While activating them, switch your So Hum meditation to breathing through the Nose for better energy control.)

[777Sloan]

A meditation ritual is helpful...I like that you take time to diligently consider one. I have my own form of meditation ritual as well. Though it more so relates to consciously controlling one's relative concentration/relaxation of thoughts and emotions throughout the day in a ritual that is perhaps more so...based entirely in nonphysical orientation in terms of organization and points of reference. Such as: Regardless of whether one is sitting, walking, working, eating...one is in meditative ritual as the anchor for such primarily resides within nonphysical intent and orientation of perspective.

Perhaps not a meditation ritual in the traditional sense, though personally, the potentials of universality are precious.

[Parvati]

Thank you for this, I will try this.