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Below are some meditations/visualizations to start you on a new path of
relaxation.
Before you begin a meditation :
- Make yourself comfortable; sit in a chair with your back straight and feet touching
the ground/floor.
- Take a few slow deep breaths and concentrate on the imagery provided in the meditation.
- Read the meditation once, then if you can, have someone read it to you while
you meditate. You can also initiate a friend and do the same for him/her.
- Let the imagery come to you.
- Practice the discipline of following the imagery.
- If other thoughts enter your mind, let them flow by and forget them, get back
to the imagery.
Below you will find the instructions on how to create your "special place".
It will be helpful
for you to practice imagining your special place before attempting your first
visualization. Make certain that the image is detailed and evocative - (crisp
). If you imagine yourself at the beach, make certain you can hear the waves crashing and hear the hiss of foam as the waves recede. See and hear the seagulls overhead. Notice the salty sea breeze, the warmth
of the sun on your body, and the feel of the sand beneath you. Try to involve all of your senses in building this scene, sight, sound, smell, taste, smell, touch.
In this special place you feel total peace and complete safety. Your special place may be a
meadow or a beach or the bedroom you grew up in. You will look around and notice
the shapes and colours. You will
listen to the sounds and smell the fragrances of your special place. You will
also notice the temperature and how your body feels there. (do you feel relaxed,
free, etc?).
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Now that you have designed your special place, you will want to remember it. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could have a photograph of that special place in your heart? You can! Even if you cannot draw a straight line, take a paper and
pen and draw your special place; use crayons, colour markers, anything you want, but get it on paper. It doesn’t matter if it looks like a kindergarten drawing, because when you look at it, you will
be reminded of all that you love about your place. And besides, your inner child needs to play. So go ahead, draw. YOU’RE THE ARTIST !
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MEDITATION TO CONNECT TO THE EARTH
(first chakra)
EARTH
CHILD
by Rachel-Light
SEE YOURSELF AS A BORN-ANEW
PUFF OF LOVING
ESSENCE, YOU FLOAT 'ROUND THE
UNIVERSE, ALIGHTING HERE AND
THERE, SOMETIMES ON A PLANET,
SOMETIMES ON A STAR,
OTHER TIMES ADMIRING THE EMERALD
TRANSLUSCENCE
OF CITIES BEYOND HUMAN SIGHT.
YOU ARE FREE THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE
EXPLORING THE COSMOS, SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING FAMILIAR
TO BECOME WHAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD BE, YOU ROAM THE
STARS AND THE MOON, LOOKING FOR
VISIBLE KNOWLEDGE, WANTING TO REACH SUMMITS
BEYOND YOUR SCOPE.
YET YOU KNOW NOT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU SEEK.
YOU SOAR AMONG PLANETS AND CRYSTAL STARLIGHT
WHERE ONLY ANGELS HAVE GONE. AND SOMEWHERE BEYOND
THIS NEVER-ENDING COSMOS IS A
CONSCIOUSNESS WATCHING OVER YOU, EAGER
FOR YOU TO FIND WHAT YOU PURSUE.
AN ANGEL, ITSELF A SUGGESTION OF FILMY
EFFERVESCENCE, FOLLOWS YOU LOVINGLY AND
GUIDES YOU TO A PART OF THE UNIVERSE YOU
HAVE NEVER BEFORE VISITED.
EXPLORING EACH RECESS OF BOUNDLESS
SPACE, A GLOBE OF SEEMINGLY MUCH
IMPORTANCE APPEARS. SLOWLY, YOU APPROACH, AND AS
YOU COME CLOSER, YOU FEEL YOURSELF BEING PULLED
INTO A SWIRL – SPINNING, SPINNING. ALL THE
WHILE THE SENSATION OF LOVE BECOMING
STRONGER, STRONGER.
FINALLY, YOU ARE THERE. THE ESSENCE THAT
IS YOU HAS EXPANDED
AND YOU FEEL ROOTED TO THIS PLACE, A PLACE YOU WILL LEARN
TO LOVE AND WILL NOT WANT TO LEAVE.
LIFE HERE BECKONS TO YOU TO MELD WITH
THE FLOWERS AND THE GRASS, THE SUNSHINE AND
THE RAIN, THE OCEANS AND THE SANDS.
HERE THERE ARE COZY VALLEYS TO VISIT,
MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB, BROOKS TO FISH, FOOD
TO EAT, SENSATIONS TO ENJOY, GIFTS
AND PLEASURES TO RECEIVE, AND LOVE TO GIVE.
HERE IS WHERE YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT BEGINS.
WHERE YOU MAY GROW TO REACH THE SUMMITS
YOU COULD ONLY DREAM OF BEFORE.
IT IS A PLACE FILLED WITH LIFE.
LIFE, HOW FAMILIAR THIS SEEMS TO YOU NOW.
SUDDENLY YOU REMEMBER IT ALL.
YOU WERE BORN OF LOVE. YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE EARTH.
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