Guided Meditation
Ready to try a guided meditation?
Here's an article by Amy Biddle, with an example of a meditation
that you can record in your own voice.
Guided Meditation
by Amy Biddle
Just as there are many teachers,
there are a wide variety of guided meditations. Ideally, their
goal is to allow you to be both alert and relaxed, while your
guide draws your attention to that which is larger, grander,
and wiser than yourself. Through regular use of guided meditation,
you improve your sense of oneness with that which transcends
you, and yet is at the heart of you.
Here is a guided meditation
I received from fellow-writer and chaplain, Christie McKaskle.
You can lengthen or shorten the pauses to fit your needs. In
fact, she suggests recording both a short and a long version,
so you can use this guided meditation no matter what your schedule
is like. You can record your own voice reading it or ask a beloved
person to read it for you.
"Take a breath and get
comfortable (pause).
Breathe again. If any of your
clothes are binding, loosen them (pause).
If you are chilly, get a sweater
or shawl. If you're warm, remove a layer.
Breathe.
Breathe and allow your eyes
to close (pause).
Notice the sounds around you
- voices, dogs barking, any traffic sounds (pause).
Notice the sounds within you
- your stomach growling, your heart beating, your blood rushing
throughout your body (pause).
Listen to all of these sounds
and allow them to become a picture in your mind. See them as
waves, like those at the surface of a choppy lake or ocean. But
instead of an ocean of water, this is an ocean of being, where
you breathe more freely and deeply, the further down you go.
This is an ocean in which you live and move and have your being.
Take a deep breath, hold it
for a second, and as you exhale now, go deeper into Being, Down
past the surface noise, Down past your history, with all its
victories and disappointments, Down to the ground of your being.
Take a moment to settle here and get your bearings (pause).
Once you feel centered, look
around and see that everything you need is here - perfect peace,
vibrant health, constant love, endless supply for all your needs.
They're all here as pure potential. You give them form in your
imagination (pause).
Look at all of these forms
of good, and choose one to take with you now. Take whatever you
need - a more harmonious expression of peace, more compassionate
and generous love, livelier health, or a constant, generous overflow
of supply for every need. Choose the good you want now, and have
no fear: you can return here at any time to get anything else
you need. What are you willing to take with you right now? Whatever
you are willing to receive is yours by right of consciousness
(pause).
Breathe in, and as you do,
take that quality of life from pure being into your physical
form. It is a part of you now and will come back with you into
your manifest life. As you take one last look around, you see
that you have always had a connection to this place. A golden
cord grows from the center of you and anchors you here. You never
saw it before, but now you know it's what drew you here, and
will bring you here again.
So breathe again, and as you
exhale, head back to the surface of your life on the daily physical
plane. Take a moment to bring your full awareness to your body
and your surroundings, and open your eyes when you're ready."
You are free to adapt this
guided meditation as you wish. Soon, you'll become so familiar
with the experience, you'll feel ready to choose a new one from
the thousands of CDs and tapes available. Or, write and record
a new one of your own!
About the Author
Amy Biddle has been a lifetime student and teacher of spiritual
principles. Spiritual Healing Secrets is a fast-growing resource
for anyone who wants to improve her or himself, or simply to
learn practical spiritual principles. Let Amy help you improve
your life! Discover the secrets at http://www.spiritual-healing-secrets.com
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