Meditation Instructions for Sun., May 13, 2012

For this Sunday, May 13th, the focus for our meditation will be on Rights.  This past week the state of North Carolina passed an amendment defining marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman.  This hurtful law now excludes the Rights of marriage to same-sex couples and has repercussions that go far beyond mere ceremony and title.  Consider for a moment that the only other citizens with limited Rights are criminal convicts.  Those who are incarcerated lose the Right to liberty, and convicted felons forever give up the Right to vote.  It is shameful to think that we are treating an entire category of good citizens in comparable fashion.  While certain Rights are legally extended to all regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, etc., in practical reality there are many, many instances when people receive unfair or disparate treatment simply because of who they are or what they represent.  I remember naively asking an African American friend years ago if she had ever experienced prejudice.  Here was a woman who was bright, well-educated, responsible, a leader who was respected and admired by her peers, and her response was that every single day she experienced prejudice of some sort.  Sometimes it could be something as subtle as a shopkeeper looking at her with a certain expression as she entered a store, or monitoring her more closely as she walked around the displays.  The point is that there are many ways in which people fall short in their treatment of others and fail to extend to them the Rights they deserve.  This week in our prayer and meditation let us ask that all good citizens throughout this country be given equality in Rights with the same privileges and liberties extended to all.

Please follow the same practice as before: Get centered in your body, ask to bring in your guides and others who are there to assist us, connect to the circle of others participating in this project, and create the brilliant star-like light over the nation. Extend blue rays from the center of this light to the nation's four borders and then connect to the grid or matrix that extends from the circle. 

Ask yourself how does it feel in my body when I am grateful for the Rights that are given to me as a good citizen?  What does it feel like when I recognize that all good citizens deserve to have the same Rights to be treated equally? Then send the energy and intention of that feeling to the nation.

Be sure to disconnect from the circle at the end and express thanks for those who have helped us in this effort.

If you have feedback or experiences you would like to share please let me know via e-mail to k_miritello@bellsouth.net or kmiritello@gmail.com