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Ostara Meditation
Find a quiet place where you can be undisturbed. If you are able to do this at your altar, then do so. Once you are settled into your quiet place concentrate on your breath. Relax each part of your body. As you feel your body relax, go into your breath.
There you find you are walking in a dense forest. The sky is cloudy and the woods are misty. Occasionally, a feeble ray of sunlight makes its way through the clouds and the mist. The branches of the trees are just beginning to bud. Old leaves from last Autumn crunch under your feet as a gentle breeze blows them about. The ground is bare with an occasional patch of snow in the shade. Shoots of tender green life make their way up through the snow and dead leaves.
As you walk you notice a copse of beautiful silver birches. The pale glint of their trunks and branches is a pleasant contrast in the otherwise dark woods. You walk towards the birch grove and then walk into it. As you are surrounded by the birches you see a large tree that has been struck by lightning. Its upper trunk has been split in two and the inner wood has been exposed to the air. Dead leaves have blown into the nooks of the tree. This tree looks as dead as possible.
You look up from the tree and find yourself facing a woman. She is clad all in white and holds a covered basket. Her gaze is steady. Her eyes make you think of clear streams running in the middle of old forests. Her skin reminds you of the first fair flower of spring. Her hair is long and unbound. At her feet sits a small brown hare nuzzling the hem of her skirt.
She gestures, indicating that you should come forward. You walk towards her. She gestures to her basket and lifts the cloth. Inside you see an astounding array of eggs, all colors, all patterns. You can think of nothing better than to pick one of these beautiful eggs to have as your very own. You reach out. She shakes her head "no". You realize that while she wants you to have an egg, she wants you to pick it sight unseen. You close your eyes and reach your hand into the basket. Eyes still closed, you draw your hand back, holding an egg. You open your eyes and look upon your egg.
What does it look like? Think what the decoration on the egg means. Why Ostara wants you to have this paticular gift for the coming spring.
After you look at your egg, you raise your head to thank the Goddess but she is gone. You look around for her but do not see her. You wonder if it has all been a dream. The reality of the egg in your hand tells you otherwise. You know you have received the blessing of the Goddess Ostara.
As your attention moves from the Goddess and egg to yourself and the forest, you see that the trees now have tiny but beautifully formed green leaves at the end of their branches. You notice that the birch tree struck by lighting, the one that looked dead, now has green shoots rising from its split trunk. As you make your way out of the birch grove, it seems that the clouds have lightened, and the sun comes out. Small, barely formed flowers lightly scent the forest floor, birds are singing, and the rich smell of moist earth fills your nose.
As you make your way out of the forest, you wonder how you found the place gloomy. It seems so alive, and pleasant to walk through.
Author Unknown
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