Tag: Meditation

Today’s Affirmation, Thought & Meditation for August 28

Today’s Affirmation for August 28

I open my heart to love, giving thanks for the endless love I am blessed to be able to give and receive.

Today’s Thought for August 28

“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”

Emily Dickinson

(1830 -86)

Today’s Meditation for August 28

Absorb Love

Take the time to appreciate the gifts offered to you by other will help to open your heart to the giving and receiving of love. Begin by focusing on your heart Visualize a warm, gentle glow in your chest area and sense the slow, steady rhythm of your heartbeat. As you do so contemplate some of the blessings that other people have brought into your life – perhaps the love of fine art inspired in you by your mother or the empathy shown to you by your best friend. Feel your heart swell with gratitude as you reflect that all these blessings were offered to you in the spirit of love.

 

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Today’s Affirmation, Thought & Meditation for August 27

Today’s Affirmation for August 27

I welcome others into my house. Here is the room I am most proud of – the kitchen, crossroads of friendship and the world’s blessings.

Today’s Thought for August 27

 “If there is harmony is the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.”

Chinese Proverb

Today’s Meditation for August 27

A Reflection of Your Soul

One way to gain a deeper sense of yourself is to meditate on the character of your living environment, which provides a reflection of your soul. Close your eyes and visualize the exterior of your home. Look at it as if you were a stranger, seeing it for the very first time. Hold each detail in mind allowing the deeper significances to emerge. What is your overriding impression? Repeat this process for each room inside. Try to moved beyond the surface to a deeper sense of the spirit of the home.

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Spell to Restore Peace to an Unhappy Home

Spell to Restore Peace to an Unhappy Home

Items You Will Need:

  • Black candle.
  • Astral candles of those in the home.
  • Yellow-green candle.
  • Light blue candle.
  • Deity candles – ex. white and black, or Gold and Silver.
  • Incense- frankincense is good.
  • Votive candle – white is good.

The Spell:

a.. Light Deity Candles and the incense.
b.. Sit and meditate on the goal to be accomplished.
c.. Light the Astral Candles of those in the home, which are placed approximately 13” from each other.
d.. Think hard of each person, saying as the Candles are lit, ”This candle represents
. As it burns, so burns his/her spirit.”
e.. Write down the faults and problems that beset the home. Discuss them with the others.
f.. Then light the Votive Candle, visualizing the start of a new day and new turn for the better, e.g. visualize turning over an old brown leaf and finding it green and vibrant on the other side.
g.. Light the Yellow-Green Candle (for Anger, and Jealousy and Discord).
h.. Say, ”Here burns away all negative emotions from and , leaving only love and happiness.
It is in our house; it is all about us.
There is tranquility in our home.
Peace and love abound and are with us.
For true happiness now is known.
Understanding and love are there in abundance;
discord and chaos are fled.
For be it ever thus, that as patience and love do grow and prosper,
so barren become the fields of doubt and distress.
Happiness is the light that burns and darkness all away is sent.
The home is peace; peace is the home.”
i.. Meditate for 3-5 minutes on settling the disturbed conditions in the home.
j.. Now hold up the paper containing the problems, and burn it in the Votive Candle.
k.. Visualize all the problems vanishing.
l.. Move the Astral Candles closer to each other.
m.. Light the Black Candle (for Destruction of Negativity).
n.. Repeat the words, then meditate for 3-5 minutes on the problems having gone.
o.. Move the Astral Candles further closer to each other.
p.. Light the Light Blue Candle (for Peace and Understanding).
q.. Finally repeat the words once more, then meditate for another 3-5 minutes on the new peaceful condition of the home.
r.. Move the Astral candles even closer to each other.
s.. Hug and kiss each other and call out ”Hurrah” or other such words expressing joy and relief and victory.
t.. Then extinguish the Votive Candle, and then the Astral and Day candles.

Note: The spell is even more powerful if it is repeated on 3 consecutive days, with different day candles, and letting the Astral candles touch each other only at the third incantation on the third day. There is no need to write down the problems on the second or third day. However, the spell may be only performed once, in which case, the Astral candles should touch other at the third incantation. The ashes of the ”problem paper” can be gleefully flushed down the toilet.

Elder’s Meditation of the Day – August 23

Elder’s Meditation of the Day – August 23

“They also learned, and perhaps this was the most important thing, how to look at things through the eyes of the Higher Powers.”

–Fools Crow, LAKOTA

Our eyes can only see our beliefs. Our beliefs cause us to make assumptions, draw conclusions and cause confusion. Our five senses are very limiting. The Creator has a way of allowing us to see or know in the spiritual world. This is called the Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense is like a radar system; our personal radar system. It will help us “see” opportunities and help us avoid disaster. This Sixth Sense is controlled by God. We must learn to listen to it. We must learn to trust it. We must learn to act on it even if our head says differently. We must learn to look at things through the eyes of God.

My Creator, guide me today. If my eyes cause confusion, let me close them and see through Your eyes. If my ears
Hear confusion, let me listen to my heart. Let me let You guide me.

Good Wednesday Afternoon, my dearest of friends!

Good Wednesday afternoon, dear friends! I am pooped! Feeding baby bobcats every two hours. When are you suppose to get any sleep? They are cute and adorable. I feed them and then I play, and I play some more. Next thing I know, it is 45 minutes away from the next feeding. Oh, boy, playing a Mother Bobcat is rough, rough, rough (oh, excuse me that’s a doggie, lol!). But very rewarding.

So let’s get on with the show………

Today’s Affirmation for Wednesday, August 22

Our relationship is like a gardener’s microclimate. If the conditions are right, both of us will grow healthily. I will nurture the ground to the best of my ability.

Today’s Thought for Wednesday, August 22

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

Katharine Mansfield

(1888 – 1923)

Today’s Meditation for Wednesday, August 22

Journey into Space

As a relationship grows, every so often embark on an imaginary space trip to keep your individuality intact. Close your eyes and visualize yourself as an astronaut. You will be in orbit for a  month. You are floating thousands of miles from your loved one, spending nights alone, eating good alone. You feel lonely at times – but you know that this is important work. Get used to the feeling of separation. Next time you see your loved one, you can enjoy a great reunion!

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Today’s Affirmation, Thought & Meditation for August 17

Today’s Affirmation for August 17

“In perfect faith I wait, surveying the troubled seas of my life for the gentle doves of hope.”

Today’s Thought for August 17

“Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.”

Marcus Aurelius

(121 -180)

Today’s Meditation for August 17

The Energy Mudra

To gain a fresh perspective and a boost of confidence and energy, practice the apan mudra during meditation.  (Mudras are positions – most of the hand – that affect the body’s energetic system.)

  • Sit comfortably and rest your hands on your thighs, palms facing up.
  • On each hand bring the tips of your middle and ring fingers to touch the tip of your thumb.
  • Allow your index and little fingers to extend softly forward.
  • With your eyes closed hold this mudra for five minutes, two to three time a day, or as you feel you need it.

Today’s Affirmation, Thought, & Meditation for August 16

Today’s Affirmation for August 16th

To be a good friend to myself I will, without harshness, see the truth about myself, no matter how difficult or beautiful this truth may be.

Today’s Thought for August 16th

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

Lao Tzu

(c.604 – 531BCE.)

Today’s Meditation for August 16th

The House of Self

Close your eyes and visualize the exterior of a house. In your mind enter the house and explore the interior from the basement to the attic. As you look around notice the colours, style and overall atmosphere of each room. After examining each room thoroughly, open your eyes and draw what you have seen. Reflect on the meaning of your house as a metaphor for your self. What understanding of yourself can you glean from this exploratory visualization?

Today’s Affirmation, Thought & Meditation for August 15th

*This is just absolutely too precious*

Today’s Affirmation for August 15th

 The universe is an endless source of strength I can draw on as I undertake new challenges.

Today’s Thought for August 15th

 “Take the breath of the new dawn and make it part of you. It will give you strength.” Hopi Saying

Today’s Meditation for August 15th

Into The Canyon

Imagine yourself walking across a vast plateau of barren, red rock. Suddenly you find yourself at the edge of a canyon. You follow a path down the seep walls of the canyon. As you descend the air dampens and lush greenery envelops you. When you reach the river at the bottom of the canyon, you wade into shallows and immerse yourself in the water. As you do so a sense of power courses through your body — this river is the source of your inner strength, running deeper than you had ever imagined. Repeat this journey into the canyon whenever you need too contact your inner strength.

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Today’s Affirmation, Meditation and Thought for August 14th

Today’s Affirmation for August 14th

 “Lack of self-respect warps the mirror:  I will walk away from this distorted image of myself before the illusion becomes part of my landscape. I am whole and unique.”

 

Today’s Thought for August 14th

 “Pearls do not lie on the seashore. If you desire one you must dive for it.”

Eastern Saying

Today’s Meditation for August 14th

Meet Yourself for the First Time

Close your eyes and imagine that you are attending a party. A friend comes over and introduces you to yourself. What are your first impressions of this person? Engage yourself in conversation. How does the relationship develop between you? From this neutral perspective consider the strengths and weaknesses that you see in yourself. Use this awareness as a basis for change.

 

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Today’s Affirmation for Monday, August 13

My aim in life is to learn what I can from my experiences, to act on that learning and by my example to share what I have learned with others.

Today’s Thought for Monday, August 13

There is an old saying that “A person who’s never made a mistake has never made anything.” Contemplate the fruitfulness of your past errors. What did you learn and how have these lessons shaped your life?

Today’s Meditation for Monday, August 13

One Step At A Time

Practice this meditation whenever you feel paralyzed by fear and unable to move forward with your life.

  • Stand in the middle of a room, close your eyes and visualize the source of your fear ahead of you.
  • Bring your attention to your body. Notice how you are feeling. Breathe deeply allowing yourself to be with your feelings without fighting them
  • When you feel more comfortable, take a step toward the source of your fear.

Continue to repeat steps 2 and 3, so that by gradual acclimatization you overcome the obstacle that prevent you from moving forward.


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Good Morning, Dear Friends! Here is Today’s Affirmation, Thought & Meditation Especially For You!

Today’s Affirmation for Sunday, August 12

 “I resolve to speak and act with a pure mind. When I do, happiness follows as my shadow.”

Today’s Thought for Sunday, August 12

 Do not assume that only those lives marked by grand achievements or spectacular heroics have value. An ordinary life, striving for virtue and wisdom, is an achievement in itself.

Today’s Meditation for Sunday, August 12

Listen for the Bells

According to myth Celtic shamans used sacred branches hung with silver bells to open doors between the material and spirit worlds. Close your eyes and imagine hearing the music of the silver bells. Approaching the sound you see a gateway formed by two blossoming trees. Passing through, you find yourself in another world. Ahead of you the guardian of the gateway is tending a cauldron over a fire. The guardian fills a chalice with liquid from the cauldron and hands it to  you. The spicy drink replenishes your strength. The guardian tells you to return whenever you need to, reminding you to listen for the silver bells. You pass back through the gateway and open your eyes. You feel full of life and energy.

 

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Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 7

Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 7

“Everything I know I learned by listening and watching.”

–Vernon Cooper, LUMBEE

Sometimes my mind is talking so fast about so many different things that I can’t slow it down. All day long I am judging and making assumptions about everything.

Great Spirit, help me this day to slow down. Help me to listen – quietly. Help me to watch carefully. Help me to listen to my inner voice. Let me listen and watch only the thing You would have me observe. Guide my eyes and my ears to be focused on You. Grandfather, love me today and teach me to be quiet.

Good Tuesday Morning, All My Dear Friends! What’s Up?

Today’s Affirmation for August 7th

“I am calmed and I will deal today with any challenge in a successful way.”

 

Today’s Thought for August 7th

 “Whoever holds in their mind the great image of oneness, the world will come to them…in safety, oneness and peace.”

 Lao Tzu

(c. 604 – 531BCE)

Today’s Meditation for August 7th

Meditate on a Mandala

Mandalas are pictorial representations of the cosmos, usually consisting of a number of geometric shapes, organized in concentric circles. They are used in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions as an aid to meditation. Focus on the mandala, moving mentally toward its heart, in order to achieve a sense of oneness with the universe.

 

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Today’s Affirmation, Thought & Meditation for Aug. 6

Today’s Affirmation for August 6

  “I live in the spirit, at ease with body and mind, with nature in its infinite richness, with others in spiritual kinship.”

Today’s Thought for August 6

  “Unity in variety is the plan of the universe.”Vivekananda(1863 – 1902)

Today’s Meditation for August 6

The Five-Pointed Star

The pentacle is a symbol of cosmic union, composed of two interlocking triangles. The narrow triangle pointing upward indicates the masculine heaven principle; the wider, central triangle pointing downward, the feminine earth principle. Meditating on the pentacle aligns you with the cosmos., harmonizing the complementary energies of masculine and feminine within your nature.


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Dragon Breath Exercise Spell

Dragon Breath Exercise Spell

After meditation, exhale completely and comfortably. During your semi-slow inhale, envision tiny orbs of energy gathering toward your mouth (or nose). Feel yourself drawing them into your own energy. Once you have filled your lungs, exhale at leisure, but visualize a pillar of smoke (or whatever you like) bellowing from your mouth… this pillar takes form as a serpent-like dragon, as thick and long as you can manage in a reasonable exhale. This can be used for many things, be sure to ground the energy once you are done.

Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 4

Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 4

“Telling about our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle.”

–Linda Hogan, CHICKASAW

How important it is for us to support one another. How important it is for us to know our culture and to share our experiences with one another. How powerful it is to be authentic. How important it is to hold no secrets. I am as sick as my secrets.

Grandfather, allow me today to be willing to share with my brother and sister. Let my eyes see You in their eyes. Let me not judge them but only love them. Grandfather, help me, for I am Your humble servant.

Calendar of the Moon for August 3

Calendar of the Moon

3 Tinne

Parvati’s Day

Color: Red
Element: Water
Altar: Upon a red cloth lay a great bowl of water, incense of lemongrass and vetiver, wreaths of dried flowers, and bowls of colored rice.
Offerings: Food. Coconut milk. Meditate on the nature of asceticism and love.
Daily Meal: Indian food.

Invocation to Parvati

Hail Parvati, dancer in the dawn,
Mother of Ganesha, wife of Shiva,
Living body of Shakti.
Parvati the sensuous one
Who knows the paths of self-denial,
Parvati the embodied one
Who knows how to leave the body behind.
When Parvati fell in love with Shiva
And yet he would not love her in return,
Being bound to his rites of meditation,
She danced before him in a dance
Beautiful enough to shake the world,
And yet he did not relent.
So she went to the top of another mountain,
Cast off all her fine raiment,
And meditated until her mind
Became one with the cosmos
And shone so brightly in the paths
Of the universe that great Shiva
Could not help but be awed by it,
And Shiva fell in love.
Lady who is the bridge between
The sensuality of the flesh
And the asceticism of the mind,
Help us to achieve that balance,
And never to fall fully to one side or the other.
Give us your blessing, Parvati,
Mother of Ganesha, dancer in the dawn.
Chant: Mother of Fortune, Parvati, Parvati,
Holy dancer, Shakti, Shakti
(Let there be drumming and dancing in a circle during the chant.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 2

Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 2

“When you get older and you are ready, your ancestors will show up to guide you.”

–Joe Coyhis, STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE

Many of us, when we are young, spend a portion of our lives in learning. Unfortunately, some of us spend this time learning the hard way. When we are young we sometimes think we know everything. Sometimes we do foolish things. As we get a little older, we realize we don’t know anything. This is when we become teachable. There is a saying that goes, when the student is ready, the teacher appears. We usually aren’t teachable unless we are ready. The ancestors are waiting and willing to help. When we are ready, many beautiful teachers start to come into our lives. Then we really start to grow and mature. We are ready for the spiritual lesson.

Creator, help me to become ready and teachable.

Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 1

Elder’s Meditation of the Day August 1

“Everyone got to find the right path. You can’t see it so it’s hard to find. No one can show you. Each person got to find the path by himself.”

–Charlie Knight, UTE

There are certain times in our lives when a voice whispers to us. The voice doesn’t always talk. Usually we hear it best when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Inside of every person is the knowledge that a Supreme Being exists. Sometimes a restlessness occurs and it makes me feel I need to be doing something or I need to be going somewhere or maybe I start wondering who am I? Often when this happens, I feel lost. Inside of everyone is the natural, built-in desire to be walking the Red Road, or to be seeking a relationship with the Creator. No one can force us to make this journey. We must make this journey because we want to. This journey is not on the outside. The path is inside of ourselves. It is inside that we must begin our search.

Oh Great Spirit, help me this day to look within myself. If trouble arises, let me realize that it’s not what is going on but how I am looking at what’s going on. Give me Your power this day to conduct myself according to Your way of life.

Meditate on the Heart

Meditate on the Heart

by Deepak Chopra

The purpose of this exercise is to give you the experience of making your  heart pure enough to witness spirit. Pure here doesn’t mean good and virtuous;  it means free from impurity, with no value judgment intended. In the words of  William Blake, we are cleansing the doors of perception.

Sit comfortably in a quiet room by yourself, choosing a time when you feel  settled and unhurried. Early morning is best, since your mind will be alert and  fresh. Close your eyes and focus your attention on the middle of your chest,  where your heart is. (Your spiritual heart lies directly behind your  breastbone.)

Be aware of your heart as a space. Don’t try to hear your heartbeat or any  other sound you think a heart makes as it pumps blood. The heart center you want  to find is a point of awareness where feelings enter. In its pure form it is  empty, pervaded by weightlessness, absence of care, peace, and a subtle light.  This light may appear as white, gold, pale pink, or blue. But again, don’t  strain to find a light of any kind. You are not trying to sense the purity of  the heart center right now; all you need to feel is whatever is there.

Letting your attention rest easily there, breathe gently and sense your  breath going into your heart center. Here you may want to visualize a soft  pastel light, or a coolness pervading the chest. Let the breath go in and out,  and as it does, ask your heart to speak to you. Don’t phrase this as an order;  just have the faint intention that you want your heart to express itself.

For the next five or 10 minutes, sit and listen. Your heart will begin to  release emotions, memories, wishes, fears, and dreams long stored there, and as  it does, you will find yourself paying attention.

Paying attention to your heart is the object of this meditation.

You will notice as you continue this exercise that three things are naturally  coming together: Meditation, purification and attention. You are learning to be  with your heart in order to heed its spiritual meaning—this is  meditation. You are letting repressed material come up to be  released—this is purification. You are listening to your heart  without judgment or manipulation—this is attention.