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| Complete the meditation by grounding the energy through your feet into the floor. Do this quite a few times until you feel something different in your body, a different sensation or a greater feeling of relaxation, and remain within the silence and energy of it for approximately twenty minutes. If thoughts distract you from the process, as they surely will, simply come back to the focus and direction of breath and light in the meditation. It is important to register with the information the body provides as feedback. This meditation, as a wake up call to your cells, announces that with focused thought from your mind you are directing Universal Love, the Breath of God, from your heart center to your entire being. This is an important beginning. Once you know this sequence and can discern a different feeling within your body, take the next step. |
Meditation II: Play With Light The next meditation is again very simple. On the in-breath take in light to the heart center and up to the crown. Imagine your heart center in the middle of your chest, and your crown center on the top of your head, as opening. The opening can be imagined as a lotus flower or as a tin can lid that flips open on command from your thoughts. Use whatever feels easy for you to visualize. On the in-breath the light from your heart center travels up through the inside of your chest, through your throat and forehead to the crown of your head. On the out-breath take the light out through the open crown. Let the light suspend itself over your head for a moment. Then direct it to play, float down and re-enter your body through your heart center. This sequence is to get you used to the delicacy and strength of your own light and energy, and to experience the joy and fun of playing with it. Do this exercise several times over a period of approximately twenty minutes and register with your body to discover any differences in physical sensations. At the end of this practise close the heart and crown openings, be they tin can lids or lotus flowers, and reflect on what you felt and visualized. Meditation III: Light Around the Body The next meditation enables you to experience your own light around you. On the in-breath proceed as before. Gently open your heart and crown centers. Take in white light to the heart center with your in-breath. Take the light up through your chest and throat to the crown of your head. Pause before the out-breath. The thought in your mind directs this light to go out through your crown and totally envelop your body. Do this is on the out-breath. Feel how different this is. Repeat ten times and see if you register with a feeling of security, strength and delicacy. This meditation envelops yourself in your own light, so that you stay clear, in Truth and protected from all that may push you into confusion or untruth. It is a wonderful procedure to protect yourself with light that comes from your heart. Practice this, then remain in the silence of the energy, simply breathing in and out. This particular meditation is very useful when your energy level has been depleted, either by the actions of others or by having self-judgement about actions of your own. In these situations stop the process of negativity induced by yourself or others. Quietly and with great reverence for breath, bring light into the heart, out of the crown and around yourself and place yourself in a state of witness. Do not react to the situation, merely observe the negativity or self-judgement for what it is. This meditation raises your vibration instantly, and you are then equipped to respond to the situation from a higher level, hopefully without reaction. Meditation IV: Connecting With Light If you are meditating in the company of another person, or in a group, the following meditation may be used to make a connection between those meditating. Once again, sit comfortably with the spine erect and proceed with meditation. Once the body feels calm, consciously open the crown center on the top of your head. Breathe gently into the heart center and take breath up to the crown. On the out-breath take the light out of your crown and extend it in a clockwise direction to the other(s) you are meditating with. You will feel in your body a collective surge or jolt of connection as you do this. A different method of achieving a similar form of connection is to breathe into the heart center then up to the crown on the in-breath. On the out-breath fill the entire body from head to toe with white, crystalline light. Feel yourself as an emanating source of this light, a crystalline beacon. On subsequent out-breaths feel this light extending out from you, beyond your body, to encompass all who are present with you. Even if you are meditating alone you can use this meditation to extend Grace and light to others who are not present, or to the planet in its entirety, if this feels appropriate. It is important to take time to practise each type of meditation without haste, for there is no need to rush. After several weeks of noting the distinct physical aspects of each meditation you can run them together as a simple foundation meditation (VI) lasting approximately thirty minutes. Meditation V: Foundation Sequence Begin with visualizing white light coming in to your heart center with breath. The in-breath takes this light up to your crown. Pause and enter the thought "Send this light to every cell in my body" and on the out-breath imagine white light from the crown flooding through your entire body right down to your toes (I). Do this continuously for five minutes. Then take light through the heart to the crown on the in-breath, and having opened the heart and crown centers, take the light through the crown on the out-breath and allow the light to play and re-enter your heart center (II). Do this continuously for five minutes. Then take the breath and light up to and through the crown and envelop your entire body in your own light (III). Breathe regularly within this security for five minutes. Then close the crown center. Take breath into the heart, up to the crown and on the out-breath fill the entire body with crystalline white light. On subsequent breaths feel this light extend beyond your body (IV). Breathe in this manner continuously for five minutes. For the final ten minutes breathe very gently in and out, and trust the intelligence of breath. Do not direct it at all. Be aware of the quality of breath coming in, the breath going out, and be aware of the sensations of energy circulating in the body. If distractions and thoughts occur, which take your mind away from meditation simply focus again on breath. The times set for each stage of this meditation are only suggestions. Each person will have different preferences. The description of the foundation sequence is to provide a structure for whoever requires a starting point. After meditating there is the opportunity to order priorities for the day from an internal place of clarity and calm, to address issues, or listen within and notice whatever emerges without trying to edit your inner consciousness. If you allow inner consciousness to express itself, it will guide you through the day and ultimately through the rest of your life. |