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CORE MEDITATIONS
Meditations for connecting with your essence... your Inner Spirit
1. Inner Light Meditation
This is a meditation for connecting you with
your Inner Spirit.... your essence or core Self. It uses the light that is
already within you as an object of focus. It's a fairly simple meditation, but
is quite powerful, and potentially very deep.
Steps of Inner Light Meditation
- Sit comfortably with your eyes closed.
- Look at the "screen" that fills the
space behind your eyelids.
- There will be particles, images, or patterns
of light on this screen... gently focus your attention on the light.
- Don't try to create or interpret images.
Don't attempt to focus clearly. Simply look at the light with relaxed
attention.
- If you feel as though your consciousness is
shifting, or you are slipping into a dreamlike state, allow it to happen.
Whatever you experience is ok.
- If you find you have drifted off into your
thoughts, simply bring your attention back to the light.
Benefits of this meditation:
 | Direct experience of your calm, unbounded
Inner Spirit.
| Connecting with your Inner Spirit taps a
wellspring of spiritual energy. This energy nourishes & enhances all
levels of life... physical, emotional, mental & spiritual.
| When connected with your Inner Spirit, life
flows more effortlessly, & you begin to perceive the world as a more
supportive, enjoyable place.
| Regular contact with your Inner Spirit
catalyzes a gradual shift to a higher level of consciousness... centered in
the peace, joy, & freedom of your Spirit.
| Relaxation and stress reduction.
| Increased flow of fuel to the brain.
| Gradual opening of the 6th chakra - the Inner
Eye - giving clear insight & inner vision.
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2. Mindfulness Meditation
The following meditation is said to be the
meditation taught by Gautama Buddha about 2500 years ago. The primary focus is
your breathing. However, the primary goal is maintaining a calm, non-judging
awareness, allowing thoughts, feelings, and sensations to come and go without
getting enmeshed in them. This calm, accepting, spacious awareness is your Core
Self... your Essence.
Steps of Mindfulness Meditation
- Sit comfortably, with your eyes closed, your
spine reasonably straight.
- Let your attention rest on your breathing.
- When thoughts, emotions, physical sensations,
or external sounds arise, simply acknowledge and accept them, allowing them
to pass through without judging or getting involved with them.
- When you notice your attention has gotten
engaged in thoughts, emotions, or sensations, bring it back to your
breathing and continue.
Benefits of this meditation:
| Maintaining your calm inner awareness,
balance & clarity in the midst of any situation.
| A gradual shift to a higher level of
consciousness... centered in the peace, joy & freedom of your Spirit.
| Increased insight & clarity... seeing
things truly, as they are.
| Stress reduction. |
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