Meditation Instructions for Sun., Dec. 29, 2013

For this Sunday, December 29th, the focus for our meditation will be on Invitation.  Tosha Silver is the author of a book on how to have a closer relationship with the Divine.  Titled, “Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead,” it is about how to connect with and allow the Divine to have more of a presence in your life.  She writes, “I know without doubt that a Force of Love exists that can guide, help and interact with each of us in the most intimate and practical way no matter what the conditions…If only we know how to Invite it in.”  There is a common misconception about the accessibility of spiritual assistance in our life.  Sometimes it is easy to assume that spiritual beings, guides, angels, or whatever you want to call them, constantly hover around and are ever present, ready to intervene as necessary.  While that may occasionally be the case, more often than not we need to actively request their assistance by Inviting them to intercede on our behalf.  Unambiguously extending an Invitation for their participation in our life better opens us up and helps us be more receptive to their presence and aid.  This week in our prayer and meditation let us consider how we might like to extend an Invitation to the Divine to be more a part of our life.  Let us examine where we could most benefit from a deeper, closer relationship with the Divine and ask to be shown how to Invite that assistance to be with us in an intimate and lasting way.

In our efforts this week let us also continue to use the energy of our prayers and meditation to amplify the light that covers and fills this nation.  As we perform our meditation this week let us begin by re-energizing the brilliance and power of the light we create.  Just as before, begin by forming a concentrated ball of light that is so bright it is almost impossible to look directly at it.  Raise this sphere of light up high over the nation and then let its rays cascade down to create a solid, impenetrable dome of light that completely covers every inch of our country.  From shore to shore and border to border let the entire continent be filled with this brilliant, dense light that will serve to magnify the best and highest qualities of our country and the people who live across its vast lands.

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, and connect to the circle of others participating in this project.

Ask yourself how do I feel when I have a burning desire to Invite something or someone into my life?  How does it feel in my body when I know extending an Invitation for assistance in my life makes me better able to receive that help?  Then send the energy and intention of those feelings 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.

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