I do both, I channel it to the Earth but I also use it as an opportunity to reveal negative energy within myself to be transmuted. I also am always channeling positive energy at the same time I am doing this, so as to not to simply create a vacuum within which more negative energy can flow. Pull the negative, push the positive. It is rather similar to martial arts I suppose, which makes sense given my influence and interests. I also combine it with Reiki techniques, so my method is pretty sophisticated but I am still always doing research and trying new things out.
I used to try to transmute it all myself, but then I realized I was actually not able to keep up because it was just adding on to my own negative attachments so now I let the majority of it pass to the Earth while kind of using it as a way to resonate the negativity within myself to draw it to the surface to be transmuted. Eventually, once I have balanced myself enough I will more and more do the transmutation although it will probably still always be in conjunction with the Earth. I used to be very much about doing everything by myself without any help but since have taken an opposite approach of working with many allies, ones that I trust.
I used to try to transmute it all myself, but then I realized I was actually not able to keep up because it was just adding on to my own negative attachments so now I let the majority of it pass to the Earth while kind of using it as a way to resonate the negativity within myself to draw it to the surface to be transmuted. Eventually, once I have balanced myself enough I will more and more do the transmutation although it will probably still always be in conjunction with the Earth. I used to be very much about doing everything by myself without any help but since have taken an opposite approach of working with many allies, ones that I trust.