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Meditation
for February 2001
The awesome power of Nature was
revealed to us through the devastating earthquake in Gujarat, India,
last month. All mankind’s achievements in science and technology could
not help predict this and help us take measures to prevent loss of
millions of lives and property.
We felt helpless and humbled in the mighty presence of the Forces of
Nature.
And yet, we are also a part of Nature.
This meditation focuses on tuning in to the forces of Nature – hearing
the sounds, seeing and observing the beauty of Nature, feeling it,
smelling it, and sensing the changes, and offering healing to the earth
as well as those affected by the earthquake.
The Meditation :
Start by tuning into your own body, this perfect creation of Nature.
As you breathe, feel the breath moving into different parts of your
body, and observe these parts carefully, as if seeing them for the first
time, and as if they belong to an unknown person.
Notice the lightness/heaviness of different parts of the body, texture
of the skin, tone of the skin, the veins and muscles, the angle of the
joints, your hair and its qualities, your fingernails and
toenails…every little part of your body.
Open your mouth, and either sing or hum a tune, or say something.
Observe the tone of your voice, the particular quality it has.
Now feel your body as a ‘whole’, complete creation, and feel your
heartbeat, your pulse in different parts, the feeling of life flowing
through your body.
Feel Life pulsing through you, and now, start to look around at
everything in the area surrounding you.
If you see a plant, touch it…touch the leaves, feel the stem, feel the
mud in which it is planted. Put your face very close to it, and with a
deep breath, inhale its wonderful fragrance. Spend as much time as you
want becoming ‘one’ with this plant. Discover its beauty slowly,
very slowly…..
Look at the green-ness of a leaf, focus on it, and feel this green
colour radiating into you and filling you….and after a while you feel
one with the leaf.
Now keeping this feeling of oneness with the leaf within you, close your
eyes and visualize going into the stem of the plant.
You go traveling down the stem, feeling the cool sap flowing around you
and all over you.
You go down…down…down...until you reach the roots of the plant. Feel
the strength of the roots filling your body, as you go deeper, until at
last, you reach the warm earth.
Feel the warmth of the earth, smell its comforting fragrance, and feel
its loving support and sustenance.
From deep within your heart, send out love, light and gratitude to the
Earth for all the nurturing and nourishment you receive every day - from
the food you eat, the water you drink, and the energy transmitted by the
earth continually.
Send out waves of pink light and love to our wonderful Earth Mother, and
see the waves fill her, and wash away all the pain that she suffers in
silence.
See the waves of love and light fill all the cracks in the earth caused
by the earthquake, and heal them.
Feel your oneness with the earth.
Now
send this loving, healing energy to all those affected by the earthquake
– those dear ones who have suffered injuries, as well as the souls who
have lost their lives.
Feel your oneness with them all.
Then, with your palms together in the prayer position, give thanks to
the Universe for all that you have received, and most of all, for your
life itself.
Whenever you feel complete, open your eyes, but knowing that this
connection with the earth is always there, and so is your love and
gratitude to the Earth.
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