A Meditation Experience

One of the first things I did when I started to meditate seriously was to find my sanctuary.  I found it easy to do and this is now the place I go to daily when I meditate alone.  I feel safe, secure and loved in my special place.

My sanctuary started as a fairly small space – I had a room, a veranda and a shady nook by a river.  I had almost tunnel vision and couldn’t see anything other than what was in front of me.  Over the months my vision is slowly beginning to widen and new aspects of my surroundings are beginning to appear.

I have met with guides and have been taught much.  I never stay too long but while I’m there time seems irrelevant.

Yesterday I went and sat on the veranda but really didn’t see much of my surroundings.  I saw lots of green and I was surrounded by a green mist.  I could breathe it in and out – it filled and surrounded me.  Then, amazingly, I had the sense of floating upwards.  I floated up to my nearby tree and rested there for a while.  I looked down and saw that I was still sitting on the veranda.  I took off from the tree, a bit like a bird flying only I wasn’t a bird.  I was almost formless yet I could change shape.  Although I was moving, sometimes fairly quickly, I was limited to where I could go.  I was confined to my space.  I was conscious of nothing but this floating and flying, this wonderful freedom to move where and how I liked.  After a while I just floated down and became me again.  It wasn’t a conscious thought, I never felt my time was up, it just happened. 

All very weird and I have no idea what it was or what it meant - but I loved it.

Spiritual Development Group #3

For those of you who are following my development within my own group, here's the last one in a nutshell.

This month we placed a ring of flames around the circle for protection.  Didn’t sense our Gladiator, which was a little disappointing but we all felt the rope being passed to us.  Immediately a child was felt clasping a leg but was asked to sit quietly and wait until we finished. 

No camp fire this time but immediately found ourselves by a lake.  It was dark and very cold, the lake was still and clear with the moon reflecting on it.  Some time passed and a man appeared and started walking towards us.  He stopped before he reached us and pulled a scroll from his sleeve and opened it.  We couldn’t hear his words.  He showed us five stones on the ground, not stepping stones but more like small mountains.

In the distance was a cave with a light shining from the opening and we knew that we had to make our way there.  The path was rocky and it was not going to be an easy journey.  It started to snow and vision was limited.  We moved forward together and when one stumbled we were all there for support.

We made it to the cave.  Inside was warm and bright and a table was laden with food.  Beautiful food, lots of fruit and vegetables and the colours were bright – the food looked like jewels.

Our guide appeared and we have now started to refer to him as Papa.  We all smiled and he smiled back at us.  He said we were indeed sisters and that we would stay together.  He sometimes saw the world through our eyes and he didn’t like what he saw.  He came to each of us in turn and gave us a blessing.  He told us that we would each be facing a challenge; it would be a life/work challenge but we wouldn’t be given anything that we couldn't cope with.  The challenge would test our faith and commitment; we wouldn’t realise we were dealing with our challenge until it was over.  We would also be given another challenge that we would face together.  He then came to each of us in turn and pressed his thumbs into the palms of our hands.

He left us then and our attention was back on the child.  We helped him go towards the light and we all sent our love with him.  He was met by his people and as he left us we felt the atmosphere lighten. 

We were back and it was time to close down and give thanks.

We were all delighted to see Papa but this time he had taken his time in coming to us, he was making us wait and this was testing our patience.  He won’t always be with us but will be close by.  The five stones that were presented to us were our five challenges and the path to the cave was showing us that our journey will not always be easy or smooth.

It seems that every time we sit together, someone appears who needs our help to move onwards.  It is lovely to be able to help others as well as learning.

The Sky at Night

Just wanted to share this photo.  I took it last night from my back garden in South Oxfordshire, around 6pm (GMT).  No fancy camera, just my phone.  The colours were stunning and the energy was amazing.  It was over pretty quickly but I think it really highlights the beauty that surrounds us when we take the time to look.

Interpretation

One of my Reiki clients had been suffering from a whole range of emotional issues which led to addiction to medication and estrangement from a parent.  However, the Reiki and listening that I was giving was beginning to prove very beneficial.

Early one morning I began thinking about this client who was due for another Reiki session a little later that day.  Two pictures formed in my mind which seemed quite bizarre and not connected to my client – or were they?

The first picture was of an adult elephant and a baby one.  The large elephant was leading the way, the baby following behind and the view I had was from behind the baby.  A darkness surrounded the pair but there was light around the edge of the picture.   All quite strange and what did it mean?  I pondered this for a while and my thoughts were that the parent had always led the child and, in turn, had blocked the view of what lie ahead.  When the child found out that the parent was not perfect, a darkness surrounded their relationship.  However, the light around the edge of the picture made me feel that the pair would find their way through the situation.  Not sure why the elephants though!

The second image I had was of two empty bowls with spoons in.  I somehow knew that the bowls had once been filled with food and I felt that the parent and child had eaten the food together.  Another sign perhaps of a relationship that might possibly be on the mend.

It seems amazing that I am now beginning to get images and my intuition is beginning to give interpretations.  Is this the beginning of clairvoyance, I wonder.

On the other hand, I could have gotten it all totally wrong !!!!

The Power of Reiki

Earlier this week Gill, my partner in Como, sent me a text to say that a little boy we both knew was very ill in hospital and could I join her in sending Reiki.  He was on a ventilator and in the High Dependency Unit, it was not looking good.  We decided that, if the parents agreed, we would visit that evening and give a little more Reiki directly to him.

When we arrived at the hospital that evening we discovered that he was off the ventilator and had been moved onto a ward.  Things were looking good but his heart rate was still very high.  We started to give Reiki and after a while noticed on the monitors that his heart rate was beginning to drop.  By the time we left the hospital his heart rate had nearly returned to normal.

Absolutely amazing and a real privilege to be able to help this little boy and his parents.

Not all parents have the knowledge of, and access to, Reiki.  Many medics would say that Reiki makes no difference whatsoever and it’s only conventional medicine that works.  But how marvellous would it be if patients were offered Reiki alongside conventional medicine? 

Now I know the sceptics out there would say that this little boy would probably have improved anyway, and maybe he would – who knows.  But if it was your child, what would you do?