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Meditation for Yule!
As this guided meditation is rather long you may want to
read this onto a tape for yourself, leaving pauses where appropriate...
Take a moment to make yourself very comfortable. Lie or sit
on the floor. Take a quick look through your body and see if there is
tension in any of your muscles. If there is, let it relax a little if it
will. The floor is supporting your weight so there is no need for your
muscles to work at all now. Take another quick look at your body, this
time checking your joints. If any are uncomfortable, make the necessary
adjustments so they rest comfortably. Feel the floor supporting your
weight. Let your body relax into the floor.
Become aware of your breathing, of your heartbeat, and of
the blood flowing out to your fingers and toes. Reassure yourself that
these processes will continue as you let your awareness loose from your
body for a short while.
Now, let your awareness float above your body. See your body
laying on the floor and the silver cord which connects you to it. Let
yourself float up through the roof so that you are above the house,
looking down on it. Float up higher. See the flickering lights that
people put up to celebrate this sacred time. Let the lights fall away
below you so that you float above the Earth. As you go higher, you see
the sun behind it. Pay your respects to the sun as this is His
celebration.
As you float up through the atmosphere and into the vacuum
of space, look around at the stars as they shine all around you. Take a
moment to enjoy their beauty. As you look around, one star seems to pull
you toward it. This is your special star. You move toward it and
instantly find yourself close to it. Fly around this star. It is one
manifestation of the infinite light of your soul. Feel its warmth. Enjoy
the beauty of its flames. Blend with it and feel the magnificence of all
that you are.
As you and the star combined float in the heavens, you look
below and see an exquisite blue-green jewel lit by another star with a
bright gold light. You realize that it is a small planet. This small
planet seems to pull you toward it. You know that you have visited it
before. You know that if you return, you will have another opportunity
to live in manifest reality. While it is glorious and wonderful to shine
radiant in space, there is something very special about this planet that
makes you choose to answer its calling.
You travel toward the planet at great speed. As you
approach, you are drawn to a hole in its surface. You find yourself
traveling through a passage in the surface layer of the planet. You slow
down, gently, easily, so that you come to rest deep within the core of
the planet. You find yourself in a small sac within the bedrock of the
earth. You can move enough to be comfortable, but not enough to go
anywhere. It is dark. There is very little to see or visualize. You are
deep enough that the rock is exactly body temperature. All you hear is a
steady heartbeat. This is the heartbeat of Mother Earth.
You become aware of the energy that is all around you. The
energy of Her living flesh.
Here, within the womb of the Mother, there is nothing for you to do,
nothing to see. There is only darkness, peace and Her heartbeat,
reminding you of Her love. All your needs are met. There are no demands
placed upon you. All that is expected of you is that you receive the
Mother's nurturance. Without any effort on your part, you grow.
Feel what it is like to do nothing but receive. If it is
difficult to do this, tell yourself that for the purpose of this
exercise, you will open to the possibility that you can be at peace with
nothing to do. Allow yourself to enjoy it.
Listen to the heartbeat of the Mother. Hear it through Her flesh just as
you heard the heartbeat of your own mother. Whatever your experience was
within the womb of your own mother, be aware that here, within the womb
of She who is the Mother of all, you can heal those experiences.
The Goddess loves all of Her children, and loves you as one
of them. She has birthed so many that there is no fear for Her in
bearing you within Her womb. She is filled with joy and excitement
knowing that your soul is about to become manifest once again.
Hear Her heartbeat. Feel the flow of Her infinite love. Open to this
love. Feel what it is like to receive unconditional love.
This might be difficult. No need to feel anxious. Simply
tell yourself that for the purpose of this exercise, you will try to
open to Her love a little more that you have allowed yourself before.
Then open and let it in.
This is your time to feel all the nurturing that the Mother has to
offer. Hear Her heartbeat, feel Her love.
Now, as you rest within the womb of the Goddess, loved,
protected, and cherished, let yourself realize that at this time before
birth, before any choices and decisions are made, you rest in a moment
of unlimited potential. You are not yet a healer, a scholar, a builder,
or a teacher. You are as yet unborn. You still have the option to become
any or all of these things. Take this time, as you wait within the womb
of the Mother, to let yourself open to the idea that your potential is
unlimited. For it is.
Take a moment to dream. If you weren't as involved as you
are with the tasks of day-to-day life, what would you like to be? What
would you like to do? Let your dreams be big, as big as the soul that
you are. As big as the star that you are. As big as your present Mother,
She Who Is All, could dream for you.
If you are having trouble comprehending the limitlessness of
your potential, ask Her to send you some of the dreams She may have for
you. This is not a time to worry about details of how they will come to
be, but a time to comprehend how large your soul and your potential
truly are.
The next step is to realize that while you rest here within
the womb of the Goddess She is sending you nurturance. She is sending
you all that you need. All you need to do to receive the gifts She sends
you is to open to them.
If your dreams for what you would like to be when you are reborn would
be served by having great courage, open to it now, for She is sending it
to you.
Receive it. If your dreams for what you would like to be
when you are reborn would be helped by having deep trust, then open now,
for She is sending it to you. Receive it. If your dreams for what you
would like to be when you are reborn would be served by having great
compassion, open now, for She certainly has an infinite supply of that.
She would be overjoyed to feel you receive it.
Whatever gifts would help you accomplish your dreams,
perhaps clarity, insight, communication, decisiveness, strength of will,
intuition, forgiveness, or wisdom, all of these are carried to you now
on the heartbeat of the Mother. What you receive is limited only by your
willingness to receive. All of these gifts are in limitless supply
within your soul. You can manifest them if you are willing and able.
The time is drawing near when you are about to be reborn.
Choose now what and how much you would like to be. But do it now. For
Her heartbeat is speeding. You hear Her breathing deepen and speed up.
Your own breathing deepens and quickens in response.
Long deep, full breath. In and out and in again. Let your breathing
become circular, so that there is no pause between breathing in and
breathing out. No pause between breathing out and breathing in. Deep,
full breaths, filling completely and emptying completely.
Feel yourself propelled up through the earth, along your
cord of light, passing out through the bedrock as easily as you
descended. Keep breathing. Fill your lungs to their base and beyond with
the gifts She offers. Without a pause, breathe out, emptying so that you
can receive more.
In and out without pause.
In and out without pause.
In and out and in again.
You are propelled through the soil, past the rocks and
roots. Keep breathing as She breathes in birthing you. Letting the air
circle in and out. In and out and in again. You come through the crust
of the planet. With a final great breath, you return to your body. You
feel your limbs as they rest on the floor. You feel your heart beat. You
feel the muscles of your chest expand as you take in great breaths of
air.
Now let your breathing return to normal, let it regulate
itself. Feel your limbs as they tingle. Feel new life tingle through
your whole body. Feel the Mother here in this room, Her arms open to
welcome you.
You may feel vulnerable and want to curl up in your blanket. Do this if
you wish. You may feel full of energy and ready to tackle life with new
vigor.
Sit up, stretch, and see life with new eyes. You may want to
hug someone. If they want it too, take time to do this. Welcome each
other into the world. Take whatever time you need, and when you feel
complete, enjoy a very special "cakes and ale" to celebrate this sacred
rebirth.
by Ariannon | | | |