A MEDITATION Close your eyes and take a few slow, deep breaths, then allow yourself to breath naturally and continue to be with the breath, the in-breath and the out-breath and the pauses between at the nose or mouth. Imagine there is a Crown of dazzling invisible light sitting atop your head. This wondrous vaporous ring of light is the first outpouring, the first emanation, of the Infinite One who will be what it will be. It is the divine Desire and Will to create, to unfold, to manifest Itself as Creator. Also called Nothingness, it is the supreme creative emptiness, the forever pure and potent potentiality that is the Source, the Root, of all energy, all existence, all possibility. This divine Will, this primal creative impulse, this leading light, is realized in your deepest soul, your highest humblest self. In that unique and essential center of your being you are ever at one with the Desire and Will of the Eternal One. Now imagine a ray of light emanating from the Crown and beginning to flow down into your head and into the right hemisphere of your brain, filling you with the light, the energy, of Wisdom. This is the light of insight, the flash of intuition, the lightning jolt of inspiration, the instantaneous revelation, the pure, unriven spark of realization, the sudden single Point of illumination. It is knowing in essence before knowing in detail, 1
knowing all at once before knowing
anything in particular, the primordial realization that all is always one. This divine Wisdom is experienced in the living depths of your spirit. Now imagine the energy, the light, continuing to flow into the left side of your head into the left hemisphere of your brain, releasing the energy of Understanding, the power to create distinct thoughts, images and ideas and to discern discrete beings and happenings. Understanding is called the supernal Mother of creation, the Womb of existence, the primal Palace of time and space. She is Creator of all conceptions and creatures, miraculously conceiving the inconceivable and materializing the immaterial. In her womb the One Reality differentiates Itself into a Diversity, a Plurality, a Many-in-One family of unique and united individuals. In her palace of production the Whole articulates and proliferates into sundry parts that cohere in essential solidarity. This divine Understanding is cognized in the discerning depths of your intellectual soul. Now imagine the light continuing to flow down through your neck and into your right shoulder, arm and fingers, releasing the energy of Lovingkindness, the loving light of grace and generosity, the magnanimous energy of boundless giving and nurturing that binds all creation together in tender embrace. Also called Greatness, this is the grand good energy of affirmation, the overflowing AYes!@ to life and to all who are in need, the ever-merciful hand that feeds 2
and consoles all creatures unconditionally.
This divine Lovingkindness is felt in the sweet core of your emotional soul. Now imagine the light flowing into your left shoulder, arm and fingers, releasing the divine energy of Strength. This is the power to set boundaries, borders, and limits, the power to restrain others as well as discipline your own self. Also called Judgment, it is the discerning and protective energy that knows when to say No! and Enough! and No more!@ Strength is a containing and constraining energy that secures individuality and guards diversity, demanding justice, equity and safety. It is the awesome ordering energy of the universe that upholds natural laws like cause and effect. This divine Strength is felt in the potent depths of your emotional soul. Now imagine the light pouring down into your heart and spreading out into your belly and torso, releasing the energy of Beauty, the lovely light of Balance and Harmony. Also called Compassion, this is the sensitive intelligence that caringly responds to suffering of self and others and brilliantly balances generosity with restraint. It is the sacred Truth of the heart and gut that knows how to harmonize the Yes! of Lovingkindess with the No! of Strength. This divine Beauty is felt in the compassionate depths of your emotional soul. Now imagine the light flowing into your right thigh, leg, foot, toes, releasing the energy of Endurance, the invincible light of Victory that allows you to keep going, to persevere, to persist through and beyond obstacles, to overcome painful setbacks 3
and frustrating detours. It is the effective
power that keeps you ever progressing forward, ever moving onward, the power to rise up after every fall and revive after every defeat and despair and to rededicate yourself to the holy journey of life. This divine Endurance is felt in the resilient depths of your emotional soul. Now imagine the light flowing into your left thigh, leg, foot, toes, releasing the energy of Splendor, which is the majestic light of Gratitude, the graceful power to empathically appreciate and be thankful for all that exists. This is the elegant energy of self-surrender, the splendid capacity to contain oneself to make warm and welcoming room for the splendor of others. This divine power to prize anothers preciousness and to shape artistic works shining with loveliness is felt in the empathic depths of your emotional soul. Now imagine the light pouring into your genitals, releasing the energy of Foundation, the fundamental energy of balanced, mutual relationships that is also the juicy wellspring of vital eroticism and the flowing fountain of playful expression and seminal creativity. This exuberant energy buoyantly balances the self-assertion of Endurance with the self-surrender of Empathy and so generates just right relations that are fundamentally equal and reciprocal. This divine Foundational energy is felt in the fecund depths of your emotional soul. Now imagine the light flowing down and out of your body and between your legs 4
and then surrounding your body while
flowing out of your mouth. This is the energy of Kingdom, which is also the Queendom, the holy dominion of the divine Feminine Presence. This joyful power is the most palpable energy of divinity, the sheen of reality, the gleam of existence, the glistening glory of the world and auric radiance of the body. It is the active power of completion and peaceful power of final fulfillment, a receptive energy influenced, fertilized and fulfilled by all other divine forces and felt in the natural rhythms of your embodied soul. Feel yourself surrounded by this glorious queenly Presence as it seeks to console and comfort you and all creation. Feel it expressing and completing itself through you, through your mouth, your speech, your deed. Allow yourself to feel all of these divine energies coursing through your being, creating, nurturing, sustaining and evolving your very existence. Realize that each of these life-changing energies is ever present and available when you sink deeper and deeper into your being, your essence, your divine core. Now slowly prepare to come out of this meditation. You may wish to offer silent thanks for whatever you have experienced. Now slowly open your eyes and witness the holy light-filled beings all around you!