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Another Samhain Meditation!
As we come to the End/Beginning of the next Turn of the Wheel of the
Year, a personal, private meditation on those who have come and gone
before us can give us perspective and direction as we start on yet
another cycle.
In a room where you feel most comfortable, on a couch, in a chair or on
the floor, day time or eventide, in front of a window, or beside a fire,
make yourself comfortable. Patchouli incense, or maybe you have a
favorite oil that you can warm in a pot, throw some herbs on the fire,
wear a perfume that has meaning to you, or to someone who has passed
through the veil, some candle light, or sunlight, whatever it is that
makes you most comfortable and connected with those you wish to
remember.
Music can bring back memories, recent or old. While you may want to
have this remembrance of someone special, you can use it to connect with
all your ancestors, not just someone specific. You may want to have
pictures of those who have crossed through the veil around, gaze at them
a while, fix faces and/or names in your memory if you wish to include
them.
Once you are settled in and comfortable then close your eyes. The
first thing you want to do is relax. My favorite relaxation technique
is walking along a beach, breezes off the water, smell of salt air, sand
beneath your feet. As you begin to relax, scoop up a handful of
sand. Feel it in your hand, open your fingers and as the grains of
sand fall between your fingers, allow them to represent the cares and
worries of the day, and let them drop from you to the beach, freeing you
of any burdens or concerns you may have.
Allow the scene to shift to a place you love, or move to where you feel
most comfortable. A grassy meadow, a wooded forest, pick a season
that you associate with. Fall, with the leaves covering the ground,
cool, this would be appropriate to most, as Samhain falls at this
time. But you may have a season or place you hold special for someone
who has crossed the veil.
Place yourself where you feel the most attraction for what you are about
to do.
Seated in your comfortable place, call to mind the face(s) of the one(s)
you want to remember. Think about what they looked like, what clothes
they wore, how they did their hair, what scent they preferred. Give
them special concentration, looking into the distance.
Look around you. Do you see someone coming forward out of the
distance? Can you make out someone coming towards you? Are they
waving? You can run to meet them, or you can wait for them to come to
you.
Is there something you wanted to say, something special you wanted to
share? How about just a hug, or a smile. This is your personal
remembrance, there is no need to tell you what to say or do, you know
what to do.
If you look around, you will find many more people coming towards you.
Aunts, uncles, moms and dads, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters,
grandmothers and grandfathers, husbands and wives. There will be
faces you will recognize, there will be others you will not.
Ask them who they are if you do not know, I am sure you will find out
they are a distant relative who you may or may not have heard of or
remembered. Smile, and remember that we are made up of the genes of many
people who have gone before us who's names have been lost in time. It
is good to thank them all for coming and sharing their special place in
your family with you.
I have found from time to time that if there is music playing in the
background, Ancestors will dance, and you will be swept up in the
dance. Some may even sing. Look at all the people who have come
before you, who have laid out the chain of events that have lead to you
being reborn this lifetime as you are. They may have different forms
from their different lifetimes, but they will show all them to you as
you dance and talk. You may even glimpse a past life of your own that
you may have been part of.
There will come all too soon in your meditation a time to return. Again,
thank them all for coming, kiss the ones who are special to you, and ask
that they come again sometime and share a special evening with
you. Wave good-bye to them as they return to the other side of the
Veil. It will darken as they go, and you will realize that it had
been much lighter while they were there, it was the merriment and mirth
that they had brought, it will go with them, but it will not be darkness
you are left with. Some light left from the laughter and joy you felt
having enjoyed their company.
Allow the special place to fade, as you bring yourself slowly back to
your sitting room. Walk back along the beach, feeling the sand under
your feet, the warmth of the sun, then the warmth of the room, the
softness of the chair or the carpet beneath your feet. Open your eyes
slowly to the sunlight or the candlelight. Feel the joy left in your
heart as you feel connected with a bit of your family, your ancestors,
those who have gone before you and will be with you again.
One of the things I feel I need to do after a meditation is to have
something to drink, something warm and relaxing while I ground and come
back to the mundane. I also want to take a portion out to the back of
my house, and leave it with some sweets for those who wish to join me in
a snack. If it is on Samhain, leaving food for those who have crossed
the Veil is not unusual, and for the most part, it is usually gone by
the following morning.
While this is meant as a meditation to be had with relatives whom you
can joyfully associate, there are those of us who have relatives with
whom we have issues. Sometimes in a meditation you can work out those
issues, other times it can be a serious issue that can not be worked out
in meditation. This can lead to a problem with the meditation and I
suggest that if such a problem exists, maybe you may want to wait till
another time to approach this relative, a time when you may have support
from another on this side of the veil and you can work out this problem
with help.
Not all relatives are easy to deal with, and issues of this nature
should be dealt with on a more professional level. But sometimes,
when we do this meditation, a relative with whom you have had an issue
may come over to work out the problem, it can be resolved easily enough
and this meditation can be a useful tool. If you suspect you will be
dealing with issues that are not easily resolved, look to a professional
who can walk you through this meditation, guide you, talk to you as you
work out your issues, and help you to resolve, or try to resolve the
problems.
If you find you are alone, and a relative tries to force an issue, back
away and suggest that they wait for another time when you can deal with
them on a one on one level. Many will agree, and wait till such a
time.
This is a time of renewal, when we will rest the winter, and gather our
strength for the next season of growth. It is a time to celebrate the
year, and look forward to another new one. We learn from our successes
and from our mistakes, and we move forward to face what challenges we
may have. Celebrating the season by remembering those who are our
ancestors is our way of connecting with the earth, our roots and our
heritage!
Author Unknown
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