Meditation Instructions for Sun., September 11, 2016

For this Sunday, September 11th, the focus for our meditation will be on Togetherness.  This Sunday marks the fifteenth anniversary of the September 11^th terrorist attacks on our nation.  It was a cataclysmic moment that forever altered our lives.  One of the survivors, Michael Benfante, wrote a book about his experiences titled, “Reluctant Hero.”  He and a coworker were in the North Tower of the World Trade Center and on their long, grueling journey down the stairs from their office came across a woman in a wheelchair.  Together they carried her down sixty-eight floors and out to safety just moments before the building collapsed.  He didn’t think of himself as doing anything particularly heroic.  In his mind, the real heroes were all the firefighters he passed on his way down as they grimly made their way up toward the fires knowing it was likely to be an impossible task ahead of them.  After the event he was repeatedly interviewed and asked why he did what he did.  He said it was because he knew the only way they were going to make it was to help each other and stick Together.  In his book he wrote, “The message of 9/11 that desperately needs remembering is no more complicated than We’re in this together.  The this means this office, this classroom, this street, this town, this country, or wherever you find yourself standing.  And we need not wait for the next fire, the next explosion, or the next tragedy to find that out or to act that out.”  Fifteen years later our nation faces so many challenges most of which are internally generated and not from some external threat.  As we reflect this week on the tragedy that took place on September 11^th let us remember that we are so much stronger if we face our problems not in a spirit of divisiveness but in Togetherness.  In our prayers and meditation let us ask that the feeling of Togetherness that briefly knitted the wounds created by 9/11 be restored, and may we all come to realize the importance of being united Together as a nation to successfully overcome the challenges ahead.

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 recognize the importance of being Together with others in facing a challenge?  How does it feel in my body when I realize we are stronger when aligned in a spirit of Togetherness than divisiveness?  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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