Discovering Your Hamr/Hama

Technically, your Hama is part of you and it already knows about itself. That doesn't mean the part of you reading this really knows about it. For the most part, that is okay. Most people go through lives unaware of that part of themselves. If you would like to have a better awareness, there are things you can do.

Affirmation

For many people growing up in Christian culture, just finding out about the Hama is a big first step. It may take a while to get a mental model of this. Try repeating to yourself, on at least a daily basis if not more:

"I am made of Nine parts. One of those parts is my Hama."

You can use the Nordic word "Hamr" if you lean more that direction. Both are correct; the differences are dialectical.

Observation

Next, think about your daily routine. Are you doing things that weaken your Hama? Do you have self-destructive habits? If so, think about the effect this has on your Hama. Can you do better?

This next part is more difficult. Take a look at your interactions with people, animals, and plants. Does your presence seem to make things more healthy? Do things become less healthy when you are around? These could be indicators of the wholesomeness of your Hama. If you just always seem to have bad luck, your Hama could just be letting that sort of thing in while blocking the good luck.

I knew a fellow who always got bad food at restaurants. Things were poorly prepared or parts of orders were missing. At first I thought he was just complaining because I had been at the same restaurants and things were great. Going out to eat with him I found that he wasn't being rude to the service staff. It was just that, if anything could go wrong with the meal it would go wrong with his. Nothing really serious ever happened; he didn't get food poisoning or anything like that. He just had an unwholesome Hama that affected his fate to get slightly messed up meals. It is important to clean up your Hama as much as you can.

Meditation

Finally, you need to meditate. We don't normally picture the Vikings or Saxons meditating, but we also don't picture them in traffic or reading emails. However, we do picture them being exposed to the forces of nature where they had to pay attention to everything around them. We also picture them rising with the sun and sleeping as the evening fire died out. There were stresses, of course, but they were generally more connected to the natural world than we are. Of course, they also knew about their Hama.

Find your self a semi-darkened room. The light level should be about that of a single candle. If it is safe enough, a candle would be ideal. Try not to use one with a strong scent as that can be distracting or disruptive.

Find a safe, comfortable spot where you can sit undisturbed for a while. Outside in nature would be great, but anywhere is better than not doing it at all. Sit with your legs crossed and your back straight but comfortable. Place your hands in your lap where they will be comfortable.

If you have a hood, pull that over your head to mostly cover your face. Be sure to leave enough room for air to move underneath the edge when you breathe. If you don't have a hood, use a cloth of some sort. Even a towel would do the trick.

Close your eyes, but not tightly.

Try to empty your mind. This can be difficult. If something pops into your mind, ignore it. If you try to get rid of it, then you are giving it too much focus and it will become a distraction. Try not to stress out about what you find.

Inhale deeply, hold the breath for a bit, then let it out slowly. Try to get almost all of it out. Repeat this. The breathing is something you can let into your mind because you should be concentrating on that. As you breathe deeply like this, you will notice that your body will start to relax. It will feel like any stress in you is floating away.

Keep up the breathing until you feel like the time is right for the next step. How do you know when that is? It is different for every person and will take some practice. If you move to the next step and it doesn't work, then learn from the experience and wait for a different feeling next time.

Raise your hands so they are in front of your chest, but with your elbows bent so your hands are visible from under your hood. You may need to lift the hood a little to be sure you can see your hands. Keep your relaxed state while you do this.

Open your eyes and look at your hands. You may see a little distortion around your fingers and hands as though there is a field around them. You can turn your hands slowly and see that the field goes all the way around them.

Relax and let your mind feel that field. It completely covers your hands, but if you relax you will notice that it also follows up your arms. In fact, it surrounds your entire body. Some of you may feel that field as only reaching out a few millimeters. Others may feel the field reaching out much further. It is different for every body.

Once you have this awareness, you can try to clear your mind and hear if the Hama has anything to say. It probably won't be words, but there may be images or feelings that seem like they are communications from the Hama. Be careful though, the mind is tricky and can easily misinterpret random images.

You may have to practice this meditation quite a while before it is successful. Even if you are successful, you should meditate like this regularly. You want to make sure all of your parts are working together and that there are no misunderstandings.