Meditation Instructions for Sun., January 10, 2016

For this Sunday, January 10th, the focus for our meditation will be on Saturation.  The state of Saturation refers to being so completely filled with something that nothing else can be absorbed.  In the Dagara tradition, an indigenous people of West Africa, 2016 is considered to be a water year and therefore holds special meaning in terms of the power or influence of this element.  The human body is somewhere between 50 to 75 percent water, depending on age, health, and the nature of specific tissues.  Throughout the world many belief systems think of water as associated with emotions.  As a result, our bodies conceivably represent a whirling tub of emotions.  When we encounter unpleasant situations or difficult people for some of us it can be an ingrained response to shield ourselves with a coat of armor that hardens our outer shell.  However, this can be energetically draining.  Instead, if we remember how fluid our physical cellular structure really is we can adopt a much more effective response.  The next time you find yourself confronting a challenging experience think of your body as a sponge that is being Saturated with a quality that will be more helpful to you.  Perhaps instead of being engulfed with anger or fear, try soaking all of your cells in serenity, love, joy, etc.  Imagine that higher quality filling all the tissues in your body so that they are so Saturated they are incapable of containing anything else but that positive feeling.  This week in our prayer and meditation time let us contemplate what qualities we would like to infuse in the tissues of our body and through the process of Saturation learn to adopt healthier response patterns in our life.

 

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 what do I feel in my body when I am so filled with a positive emotion that my entire body feels Saturated with that quality and nothing else can be absorbed?  How does it feel in my body when I am able to Saturate all of my bodily tissues with a quality that allows me to retain my fluidity rather than harden?  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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