Meditate for transformation - Part 1

This is the first post describing a powerful meditation that my peace group has developed. If anybody's interested, I'll tell you more about it later.

Sit in a comfortable chair, close your eyes. If you have a meditation practice, just relax into it. You'll need about 40-50 minutes to do the whole thing, but doing it in parts is fine too. This is a guided meditation, so you might check into making your computer read the words aloud to you, or record yourself reading the meditaion slowly in a soothing voice. You can also either remember the visualizations, or just use them as a jumping off point for your own visualization, if you prefer.

With your eyes closed, imagine yourself in your home, wherever that is, and that you are going out the back door. There is a yard, which, if you already have a yard, is quite a bit more beautiful than it is normally. The plants are lush, the plantings are beautiful, and right in the middle is a very inviting hammock. You have the strongest urge to lie down in it. The day is beautiful and sunny and a little bit of shade is over the hammock, just right for a relaxed doze. You lie down in it, and feel the hammock softly swaying, back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth.

Meditation for transformation - Part 2

Now, as you lie there relaxed, you hear the birds singing sweetly. You have never heard such wonderful bird songs. You listen more closely, and, in addition to the birds, you hear the world singing to you. Notice everything. The sounds of the buses, the refrigerator, the neighbor next door, all serve to remind you of the beauty the world brings to you. Listen, and relax. Listen, and relax. Your heart swells with gratitude for being alive, for being able to listen to such variety, to the reality of it all. You feel that gratitude descend slowly down your body, until it touches the earth, until it enters the earth, you feel it go all the way to the center of the earth, thousands of miles, and you connect with the earth itself, your mother, the only one you really have, still carrying you in her womb. You enjoy the connection, and then when you are ready, you bring that feeling up once again, slowly, slowly, to your heart, where you once again listen, and relax. And feel yourself, swaying, back and forth. Back and forth.

Meditate for Transformation - Part 3

Now, slowly you become aware of a light, right at the top of your head. It's very small at first, but it grows in intensity, it slowly rotates, then spins, and as it rotates, it expands, it glows, it deeply shines. Soon it is larger than your head, and at that point, a shaft of light descends to your throat area, and expands into a ball of blue light there. 

Then a shaft of light descends to your heart, and connects warmly with the earth energy that you visited. The warmth deepens to a fiery, glowing red. You feel so connected. You feel in harmony and at peace. 

Now, you become aware of a light, in front of your forehead somewhere, but off in the distance a bit. You allow the light to come nearer. You realize that this is the light of others who are also working for peace.

 

You stretch out your hands, and light starts to connect you all. Your hands reach out and touch other hands, and they touch you, and your heart reaches out and touches other hearts, and they touch yours. You realize you are not alone, that you are part of a grand network of peaceworkers. Your world changes, as you realize you are not the center of the world, but an essential, unique, irreplaceable part of a beautiful web of perfection and peace. 

Bask in the connection for a time, feel the harmony of celestial peace and earthly security, and then, finally, take a deep breath, feel the hammock once again securely rocking you, back and forth, back and forth. When you are ready, slowly, slowly open your eyes, and stretch.