Chakra meditation involves concentrating on energy centers, called chakras, that are found in the astral (subtle-physical) body.

These energy centers are located along a nonphysical energy tube called the sushumna. The sushumna in the astral body corresponds to the spinal column in the physical body, starting at the base of the spine and ending at the 'third eye', between the eyebrows and a little above. Seven primary chakras are found at different points along the sushumna. Kundalini, also called chi, prana, or raw energy, sits at the base of the spine in the first chakra. During chakra meditation, the kundalini energy is pulled from the first chakra up through the sushumna to the third eye in the area of the forehead where the sushumna ends. In very advanced meditation practice, when a great deal of energy is generated and held in the third eye, the energy can "jump" from the third eye to the seventh chakra. The seventh chakra is called the "crown" chakra or the "thousand petaled lotus of light." When the energy "jumps" to the crown chakra, a state called samadhi occurs in which one is merged with the worlds of light. When a practitioner enters into samadhi, he or she has entered into the first stages of Enlightenment. Entering into samadhi repeatedly will eventually lead a practitioner to a state of complete awareness, in which that person has actually become one with Enlightenment itself. In chakra meditation, we focus on three of the seven primary energy centers. By "focus", we mean that we place our attention on the areas of the body which correspond with each chakra, one at a time. We concentrate on the energy center, thereby activating it and releasing its energy. Sometimes it is helpful to place your fingers gently on each center as you meditate to help you feel where they are. Eventually, you will naturally feel the energy centers in your body.

We start with the third chakra, the "navel" or "power" center, which is approximately one inch below the navel. By meditating here, the first three centers are activated and great power is released into your being. This energy gives

you the ability to accomplish physical things. This is the center for willpower and strength.

We then move to the fourth chakra, the "heart" center. This center is in the middle of the chest in the general area of the heart. By meditating here, you get the benefits of both the fourth and fifth chakras. This is the center for balance and happiness.

Finally, we focus on the sixth chakra, the "third eye". This chakra is in the middle of the forehead between the eyebrows and slightly above them. This is the center for wisdom and psychic seeing. It is generally a good idea to spend an equal amount of time on each chakra. If you meditate for 15 minutes, spend five minutes focusing on each chakra. Likewise, if you meditate for an hour, spend 20 minutes concentrating on each center. By practicing chakra meditation in this way, you will bring power, balance and wisdom into your life.

YANTRA MEDITATION
Yantras are ancient geometrical designs. These sacred images are doorways to different worlds of light. Yantra meditation involves focusing on one of these designs. The practice of focusing the mind on something external or internal helps to make the mind quiet. And focusing on a yantra will connect you with the bright worlds that the yantra represents, bringing happiness and clarity into your life.

In yantra meditation, you begin by concentrating on the center of the image. When thoughts come in and out of your mind, refocus on the center of the yantra. As your mind becomes quieter, extend your awareness out toward the edges of the yantra, so that you are now focusing on the entire design. Eventually, you will be able to visualize your yantra completely with your eyes closed. This concentration technique will quiet your mind and connect you to the energy of the universe. Find a yantra that feels good to you for your meditation practice. You can start with the yantra on this page (above).

MANTRA MEDITATION
Mantra meditation is chanting meditation. Mantras are sacred words or phrases which, when repeated in meditation, bring the individual into a higher state of consciousness. The sounds that are produced during mantra meditation are a form of energy, which connect you to worlds of light and spiritual ecstacy. You can chant a mantra

out loud, in a whisper, or mentally. Perhaps the most famous mantra is OM MANI PADME HUM which can be translated as "the jewel in the heart of the lotus" or "Enlightenment is within everything". Chanting a mantra repeatedly for the duration of your meditation session will, over time, develop your powers of concentration to a high degree, and you will experience great inner peace and clarity of mind. The trick is to focus on the sacred sounds and the sacred meaning of the mantra. Each time your mind is diverted from pure concentration, bring it back to your meditation by focusing on the mantra.

OM MANI PADME HUM

BREATHING
Focusing on the breath is one of the most common and fundamental techniques for accessing the meditative state. Breath is a deep rhythm of the body that connects us intimately with the world around us. Close your eyes, breathe deeply and regularly, and observe your breath as it flows in and out of your body. Give your full attention to the breath as it comes in, and full attention to the breath as it goes out. Whenever you find your attention wandering away from your breath, gently pull it back to the rising and falling of the breath. Inhale through your nose slowly and deeply, feeling the lower chest and abdomen inflate like a balloon. Hold for five seconds. Exhale deeply, deflating the lower chest and abdomen like a balloon. Hold for five seconds. Do this three or four times, then allow your breathing to return to a normal rhythm. You will begin to feel a change come over your entire body. Gradually you will become less aware of your breathing, but

not captured in your stream of thoughts. You will become more centered inward. You will just "be there."

LISTENING
Sound entrains us in the busy world, but it also whispers of breeze and birds and children playing. Close your eyes, breathe deeply and regularly, and separate from the chatter of the stream of thoughts which flow through your mind. As your mind quiets and you relax, become aware of the variety of sounds which surround you. There is no need to do anything but listen. Listen with your ears listen with your heart. Let your focus gently float among the sounds of the world. Gradually you will flow inward, toward your center. Eventually you will not hear anything.

DEEP CENTERING
This exercise involves going into the very center of your being. Close your eyes, breathe deeply and regularly, and imagine that you are going deep, deep into a well within your center. Visualize that this beautiful, deep well goes infinitely down and down. Breathe in as you descend, and absorb all the cool, soothing, healing energy that is buried deep in this bountiful well. Breathe out as you descend, and expel all the negative thoughts and energy which you have accumulated during your day. Your deep inner world has its own essence, its own reality, its own light. Feel the silence, peace, and calm; no noise can reach you here, no words, no sound. Breathe deeply and slowly, experiencing your deepest, most serene essence in the silence of your deep well. Practice centering in the centering page of this section.

CONNECTING

This exercise provides balance and connection upward and downward. Close your eyes and breathe deeply and regularly. Visualize clean white light pouring from above down into the top of your head, down through your body, and out your feet into the center of the earth. As the light flows through you, allow it to illuminate and cleanse every cell of your body. Imagine every cell bright and alive with light. Visualize bright clear emerald light coming up from the earth, into your feet, up your legs, up your back, out the top of your head. Allow it to swirl through every cell, healing and nourishing and connecting you intimately to the very core of the earth of which you are a part. Now allow both lights to flow through you, white from above and green from below, and combine them in a bright blend throughout your being. Feel the connection to the earth and the heavens, feel the calm nourishment of the energy, feel that the universe is truly your home.

YOUR NATURAL HOME

Home is where the heart is, and you will find this home in your heart. Close your eyes and breathe deeply and regularly. Imagine yourself in a beautiful natural place- amongst the mountain pines, on a deserted beach, in a spring meadow--anywhere you feel surrounded by the glory of nature. Sit or recline comfortably, feeling absolutely safe and peaceful, and feel the gentle loving strength of the earth beneath your body. Notice the fragrances and the sounds, feel the gentle breeze on your face. Let your eyes wander about, taking in the beauty of the trees, the birds, and the clouds. Let your attention roam gently, appreciating the wonder of the environment around you. Settle into a deep appreciation that you are a part of all the glory of nature.

This place is your sanctuary, available to you anytime, through meditation or just a thought.

MEDITATION POSTURES HALF LOTUS POSTURE

Benefits : Relaxes the entire nervous system, Lessens the tension and stiffness in the ankles, knees and thighs and Provides a comfortable sitting position for resting the mind for meditation. Half Lotus sitting position had been used for meditation from time immemorial. How To Do It? In a sitting position, stretch your legs straight out before you. Bend your left leg at the knee and bring it toward you so that you can take hold of your left foot with both hands. Place your left foot so that the sole rests against the inside of the right thigh. The heel of your left foot should be drawn in as far as possible. Bend your right leg at the knee so that you can take hold of your right foot with both hands. Place your right foot in the fold of your left leg. Drop the right knee as far as possible toward the floor. Rest your hands on your knees. Sit in this position as long as needed. When your legs grow tired, stretch them straight out before you and gently massage your knees. Then repeat the position by reversing the legs so that the right leg is drawn in first and the left leg is on top.

FULL LOTUS POSTURE

Benefits:Provides the classical sitting position for meditation during longer periods of time without bodily movement Promotes very great elasticity of the ankles, knees, and legs because of the position which is required.

Note: The full lotus position is an advanced yoga position that requires considerable amount of practice to master. If you cannot do half lotus position, you will not be able to do full lotus position.

HOW TO DO THE FULL LOTUS POSITION

In a sitting position, stretch your legs straight out before you. Bend your right leg at the knee and bring it toward you so that you can take hold of your right foot with both hands. Place your right foot on top of your left thigh. The right foot should be brought toward you as far as is possible so that eventually the right foot is touching the groin. In order to now complete the posture successfully, the right knee will have to rest on the floor. Bend your left leg at the knee and bring it toward you so that you can take hold of your left foot with both hands. Place your left foot on top of your right thigh. The left foot should be brought in as far as possible so that eventually the left heel will also touch the groin. Both knees should eventually rest on the floor. Sit in this position as long as you want. When your legs grow tired, stretch them straight out before you and gently massage your knees. Then repeat the position by reversing the legs so that the left leg is drawn in first and the right leg is on top.

MEDITATION & QUANTUM PHYSICS

Quantum healing is healing the bodymind from a quantum level. That means from a level which is not manifest at a sensory level. Our bodies ultimately are fields of information, intelligence and energy. Quantum healing involves a shift in the fields of energy information, so as to bring about a correction in an idea that has gone wrong. So quantum healing involves healing one mode of consciousness, mind,

to bring about changes in another mode of consciousness, body

ACTIVE MEDITATION
This is the advanced form of meditation, because it combines remaining mentally active with meditating. As always, get yourself relaxed and comfortable using whatever method is best for you, such as relaxing your muscles one by one. You might even light candles or incense, or use aromatic oils. Now, instead of picturing a static image, choose a scenario. This should be like acting in a movie, or watching and directing one, depending on your viewpoint. You can practice with scenarios for entertainment, like flying on a magic carpet, surfing the waves, or walking through a calm forest. When you concentrate on the scene for long enough, you will slip into a dream-like alpha state. You will be aware and awake, without taking notice of outside distractions.

PASSIVE MEDITATION
*Find a place where you aren't going to be disturbed and sit or lie comfortably. *You can put on some soothing music low in the background, and dim the lights. *Choose an image to focus on within your mind- the key is to choose a mental picture and not a physical one. What might your choose as your image? Maybe a star, or a cloud, or even a flame. You might choose your favorite plant or flower- or the image of a famous person. Whatever you decide on, it should be something pleasant to look at, and an image that you can hold for a long period of time. *As you picture that stationary image you'll slowly slip into an alpha state. This is meditation, and what you do from here depends on your own decision-making.

DEEP RELAXATION
A technique to completely relax the body and mind to a near-sleep state goes as follows. This one is popular among practitioners of martial arts. Lay down with your arms by your side. Begin breathing as though you are pretending to be asleep. Breathe in deeply, hold it for 5 seconds, and breathe out, hold for 5 seconds, breathe in again and repeat the pattern. Focus on your feet. Feel them relax, feel the tension leaving you. Then focus on your legs, your stomach, your arms, your hands, and face.... feel them releasing, and relaxing. Once your entire body is relaxed, it will begin to feel heavy. Imagine yourself drifting towards sleep, floating downward like a pearl in a stream. Drift deeper and deeper. Begin counting to ten, slowly. Once you reach ten, you will be in a state of total relaxation and meditation. When you are done with the relaxation exercise, count backwards from 10 to 1. When you reach one, you will be revitalized and full of energy. Sit up whenever you feel ready, take however much time you need to get back in movement. A simple and beautiful meditation I have always loved doing is the

MEDITATION ON THE INNER LIGHT.

I can always remember sitting as a young girl on the cliffs by the ocean where my family used to live. I loved breathing deeply even then and feeling the warm glorious sunshine flowing down on my body. I loved the internal movement up my spine and throughout my entire body of warm golden liquid. Little did I know then that as I sat quietly on those jagged cliffs in the warm sunlight overlooking the awesome blue sea that I was being blessed with a joyous kundalini

experience. Meditation can truly be that innocent and simple. To practice meditation you can sit comfortably in any position. It is important, however that the spine be erect with the shoulders back and relaxed so that the lungs and chest open for deeper breathing.. Begin long deep yogic breathing as described in the BREATHING section of this website (Important to read the section on breathing as this is the most powerful basic of this meditation practice.) Remember to keep your head and chin level to the ground. Closing your eyes, let your eyeballs relax, and roll upward to a point between your eyebrows, and at the root of the nose. Imagine that you are looking out a window of light into a magnificent golden warm sunset. As you begin inhaling and exhaling deeply through the nose from the navel area of the body, imagine this beautiful warm golden sunlight flowing down your spinal column with every inhale and flooding your entire body with every exhale. Continue in this way for 3 to 5 minutes. As you breathe imagine the golden light now flooding your physical body spreading out around your physical body like a crown or halo of radiant light all around you, stregthening you and protecting you from all harm and negativity. Let any inner fears, tensions, or worries that may have been building up release into your conscious mind and let them go as you relax deeper and deeper into your transcendent state of peace and tranquility. If you have recurring pesty thoughts that keep bothering you, don't worry about them, just let them be, eventually you will move beyond them, or they will simply move beyond you. Continue to enjoy the quality of sitting and internally bathing yourself in light and air. Imagine yourself floating -- like a cloud in the sky -- endless soft movement through liquid stillness. Continue to breath deeply and listen to the gentle, steady beating of your heart. Listen to the gentle sound of your breath, and continue to melt into softer and softer levels of stillness. Peace Be.

When you are ready to come out of meditation, slowly connect and ground with the awareness of your physical body. Keeping your breathing long and deep. Stretch your arms upward as you inhale deeply and lower them as you exhale deeply. Do this a few times. Then relax. You may wish to lay on your back for a while, take a nap, or simply continue on with your day - or night! As you become more comfortable with this practice, you may wish to meditate for longer periods of time.

Meditation Gateway to the Soul

Take deep clearing breaths, allowing any concerns about the past or future slip away, and focusing your intent upon this divine moment, which is the cosmic now. Focus on the heart chakra energy. Connect to the center of compassion; we call forth out highest consciousness, as we enter a sacred space. With your intent, accept divine guidance, divine protection, and divine will. Namaste. We greet you with the joy of expectation for the miracle that is at hand. The divine breath has been received, through the womb of creation. We stand now, at the junction, the point of transcendence, the point at which the past is a memory unfolding. Enter the mythical journey of consciousness to the gateway of expanded consciousness. My beloved ones, all that you have known, in the cycle of creation, has prepared you for this communion with the divine breath of creation. Reflect now, on the gateway of your soul within your heart chakra, within that source, the gateway of your soul in the heart chakra. From that source reflect upon your divine journey. Journey from that place of third dimensional illusion, that perceptual reality that you live and dwell in, journey, to the gateway of infinity. Enter your heart chakra, as you do, come into conscious communion with your prana tube, your golden soul cord. That golden rod of light that is the axis of your soul, which extends from your crown chakra to the souls of your feet. Come in communion with this sacred space. Enter, the lotus chamber of compassion, within your heart chakra, notice the lotus opening, and come into communion with your enlightened self, your bodhisattva presence. Take a meditative seat in the center of the lotus of enlightenment,

and as you do so, with your intent, connect to your divine essence. Calling forth your high soul self. Experience the vibration of the pure light of your own divine creation. Remember, my beloved ones, the vibration, the energy that radiates and emanates from you now is unique. It is as unique as an individual snowflake; it is your crystalline vibration. Your stellar resonance is only experienced through your divine presence. Be in this place of communion with your individual, unique vibration. From the heart of enlightenment, Experience the song of your soul. Breathe it, open to it. Send it forth into every cell of your body; receive a communion of self with divine self. Allow yourself to image a light radiating from your heart chakra, your own divine aurora borealis, radiating and filling your auric field. Attuning your conscious through your cellular structure to your divine vibration. Experience alignment of divine attunement every level of your being, breathe it and experience it, as it is yours. It is your unique center. As you feel this radiance filling your micro-cosmos, your macro-cosmos, pay close attention to what you're feeling in the body. Listen to what your body is telling you. If there are areas where you feel blockages, where the radiance is not truly and wholly received, with your breath allow those blockages to dissolve. If there are areas of your body where you hold tension, or pain, surrender those areas to your own divine light. This light that is radiating from your heart is the ultimate healing light. It is your soul's song. Notice as you allow yourself to come into complete communion with this divine vibration, how wonderful your body can feel. This is the divine breath. Now you are allowing your soul to breathe, in communion with your divine essence. Focus your energy on that lotus of enlightenment, with your third eye; see yourself, as you sit in a meditative posture in the golden lotus of enlightenment. From that vantage point, you may view a part of your consciousness that most humans know little of. We bring you to the gateway of your soul. Image that you are viewing the back of your heart chakra. Image that in that you are in the lotus chamber and that with your third eye you are able to view the gateway. This gateway is as unique

as a snowflake. It will be different for each of you. It is the gateway to the realm high soul. You are viewing the portal of intimate union with your soul essence. Allow yourself to send a beam of light from your third eye, in the lotus of enlightenment and connect the energy from your third eye to that gateway. The soul's doorway, this is portal of transcendence. As you connect your beam of light from your third eye, some of your may see a black spiraling hole. If you see that, radiate your light of your divine soul self towards that black hole and allow it to transmute. Send forth your healing vibration, your unique signature, to that energy field and allow it to heal. If you see that kind of a black, spiraling hole, it is a place where sorrow absorbs joy, the place of your wounded soul The journey of your soul has been long. On that pathway many of you have been wounded. Some of you have healed those wounds and some of you have not. That black spiral is the very point that holds the magnetism from the wounds your soul life incurred on this long journey. Be your own divine healer. Send forth the vibration of your divine soul essence to heal the woundedness of your own self. You may receive assistance from the higher realms by sending a golden of thread to the heart of divine creation. Through that golden thread bring the vibration of the Christ consciousness, the vibration of the I Am presence, and the full emanation of the Holy Spirit into your prana tube. Fill your golden soul cord with that light. Allow your Luminescent body to expand. As you do so, the light within your heart chakra becomes more brilliant as you are connecting to the divine healing force of the heart of the Mother/Father God. With that luminescence, radiate the healing light and heal the gateway to the soul. As you do, set your intent, "through all the karmic cycles of my creation I have incurred a wound. Grant me now, the blessing of the healing of the soul." Now it is done. Feel the distortion clear. You can visualize, actualize, your divine gateway, the gateway to your soul. Travel now through the doorway. Allow yourself to journey. As you journey, request union with the divine purpose, your soul mission. Request that your receive illumination. Your

soul has learned many lessons on the divine journey of self to Self. It has experienced esoteric teachings. All of those lifetimes, where you reached cycles of heights of enlightenment are like pearls strung together on a golden thread, golden pearls of light. As you journey through that portal, set your intent to connect each of those pearls of the golden thread. Journey now, and glean and harvest the seeds of your wisdom of your soul journey. Each of you has a necklace of pearls of great price. Encapsulated in the time lines of your consciousness these are jewels ready to be harvested. Journey now on that golden thread and experience each lifetime in which you added a pearl to this golden thread. Each journey is unique. Perhaps you will see yourself meditating in Tibet. Perhaps you are with St. Francis. Perhaps you were one of the women who cast herself into the cliffs of Dover rather than face inquisition. Each time find your hero self the lesson you learned in that lifetime. The purpose of why you became your own hero, who you were in that journey. Glean the seeds of wisdom on your soul's journey. As you do so, you may feel heat in your heart chakra. This is good. You are bringing your seeds of wisdom these wondering journeys of consciousness into full illumination in your heart. Many of you were together in Atlantis, journey there. Go now to Lumuria, ancient Egypt, and the ancient cities of light. Ask how did this lifetime come to be? That through the living of this lifetime I gained the gifts I now bring forward for the emergence of heaven on Earth, and for my own divine mission. As you journey infinitely, some of you will experience lifetimes in other cosmos on other planets. Many of you are experiencing lifetimes as nebula as light bodies of the cosmos. Continue to glean and harvest the fruits of your journey. It is all gifts my beloved ones it is all gifts. Your journey takes you through cycles of creation, and at last you come to the source. You may see it as a bright and radiant light all through the cosmos somewhere in the distance, the very heart of creation. As you approach you may feel the divine breath that is the breath of God. As you approach this light, set your intent. State why you have come saying "I have journeyed to my own cosmic creation to

be the way shower of my soul. I have come home. I stand now; ready to enter into full union with the divine light of creation. As I journey to that light I request intuitive knowing into my Divine mission and the purpose of my soul." Breathe this intent. Experience it. Let it be fully received in your mind, body, spirit and soul. Go to the light enter union with the source. Many of you may be experiencing deep states of peace at this moment. Perhaps you are having light experience. Perhaps you are feeling warmth in your body. Allow yourself to surrender. Totally give yourself in sweet surrender to the will of the Holy Spirit, which is the will of your heart, knowing that you have come to point of sacred communion with divine source. Observe what your body is feeling. Memorize the feeling, this moment of deep peace. Know that this is true, for now you are experiencing the vibration of pure love; the energy of cosmic creation that transcends all. With your intent, speak to your conscious mind, your living body. Ask it to receive and accept this vibration, to know that this union is possible on a daily basis. Receive this anointment from the source of your own personal creation. Breathe that truth into yourself. Receive it and integrate it. As you do so, set your intent, " From this moment forward I will follow my intuitive guidance. I surrender to the divine will, which is the will of my soul I receive my personal truth. As I do so, I am the I Am presence. When I return from this Holy Communion, with my divine soul essence as my source, I will bring with me this truth to be lived in every sweet and blessed moment of my life. For I accept now that I am a living temple of light. Nothing can distract me from my divine self. For I am hope." Let this be set in all dimensions and all timelines. As above, so below as the spirit so the soul, as without so within, blessed be, so be it and so it is. You now receive complete harmonic alignment through divine essence, in this state of divine union of self to Self. You become whole as you always have been, for the journey may have distracted you from this original vibration. But the vibration was always there for you. This truth is yours. It is received. Because we are planetary servants, because we have come together, as a collective group, with prayers in our hearts for world peace, bring empowerment and freedom for the sake of the children, for the sake of the future generations, for the sake of the elders, the mothers and fathers, and all incarnated beings here and beyond the

realm of life. We know that each of your dearly love peace and desire to be world servants. You may do this now in a powerful way. As you return home from union of your own divine soul selves, we ask you to send forth your vibration to the collective conscious to humanity. With your heart open in this high state of consciousness you have a very unique ability to see the collective conscious of your species. Set your intent with these words, "Divine creator, I pray that this gift be received for all humanity. The union and the peace I feel now with my soul self is so pure and so sweet, I set forth my intent that the gateway of the soul is open for humanity to journey through. I pray that we as a species attain harmonic attunement with the journey of our divine soul essence. That we as a species, return to the source of our soul's divine illumination and surrender into perfect union with our divine soul record. Let this gift be received in the heart of my brothers and sisters. Let the highest gift be served." Journey back pearl-by-pearl to the gateway of your soul. Bring your consciousness back gradually through that gateway, and as you return take a moment of respect and Reverence for this is a sacred journey that you have made. You have made it for many others. Take a moment at the gateway to embrace the power of this divine journey. Ask that this experience be integrated. That this experience be received and is truly yours, and that you now ARE this experience.