PRELUDE: Why Do I Meditate?

NOTES FROM MY NOTEBOOKS

I meditate to find and feel

my connection with

the powers that be

in the universe.

Every breath I take,

every word I speak,

every step I take

is my prayer to God.

I do not see God

as some gradpappy

way up yonder

in the sky.

I believe s/he

is the divine spark

of being

that is in everything-

every tree,

rock,

flower,

wind,

drop of rain,

or ray of sunshine,

every being whether

winged,

four legged,

two legged,

swimming

or creepy crawly.

Some say there is a silver cord

that runs through

the 7 chakra centers

in our body

connecting us

with the Divine.

I believe it's probably

something similar

to that cord, Divine,

that weaves us each to one another.

Some say there are ley lines

or grids of energy

flowing on our earthball.

One thing I know for sure

is that each person,

plant,

animal

or thing

I meet along my path with heart

is energy

and the lines of love

drawn to connect us

help us remember

why we are here

on this earthwalk.

I take food and air into my body.

My body vibrates with energy.

I meditate to wake up

to become conscious.

I know there is a life force

that is spiritual.

Edgar Cayce said:

"The mind is the builder,

the physical the result."

Through meditation

I seek to allow my mind

to function normally

-as the powers that be

intended.

I use my will

to ask my mind

in my physical body

to cease its wanderings

and center /focus

on my ideal

-which is revealed

to my higher mind

/ bigger Self.

This ideal becomes the basis

for my activities.

These revelations

found in meditation

lift me to Higher Ground.

I live my life

by the Highest Truths I know.

You, too, can meditate

and find the revelation

of your ideal

to use to guide you

on your path with heart.

Sometimes we have to

empty our hands

so we can knock on the door

between ua and what is holy.

Then our empty hands

will be ready to receive

the abundant blessings

the Divine intends

for us to have.

We go in to find

our life's purpose

and we may come out

carrying a paintbrush

/the words to a book

we want to write

/the song we want

to sing to someone

/the work we want to do.

We walk back through

the door separating

the extraordinary

from the ordinary

full of God's love

and the powers that be

for our neighbors

and ouselves.

Edgar Cayce's book SFG says:

"It's through meditation

that we may become aware

of the existence

of the spiritual forces within,

that we unlock the door

between our physical

and spiritual bodies.

Through this door come

impulses from the soul,

seeking expression

in the physical."

I meditate to become aware of

the spiritual forces within me.

I give up the thoughts or impressions

that seek to limit my soul.

In the mystical, magical

realm of meditation

I open the way to be connected

with my soul's true purpose.

I see right relationship

with the Creator.

Because God

/the powers that be in the universe

breathed the breath of life into me

I possess the power of creation.

(see Reading 281-13)

I image the highest standard

I can imagine.

I intend to serve others.

I am able to enter into

the very presence

of the Creative Force.

I fix my attention

upon the ideal

I want to raise.

In meditation,

I become conscious

of the universal forces.

I enter the silence

to study the forces

through meditation

and introspection

to bring my spirituality

into the experiences

of my life.

In meditation

"as I open myself

to the unseen forces

that surround the throne of grace,

beauty

and might

within me

I throw around me

the protection that is found in

the thought of the Divine"

/the Christ

/God/ Goddess

/whomever is my Ideal.

It is when I hold the right ideal

that my problems are solved

and my stumbling blocks

become stepping stones.