FOUNDATION PRACTICES

 
 

Middle Pillar Meditation

Standing or sitting, gently set your focus upon your breath and relax, consciously letting go of all tension or negativity of mind, emotions or body, allowing yourself to be present in the moment. Turn your mind to the Spirit of God within and above you and kindle the desire for the Holy Shekinah to come to rest upon you. Give yourself to Her in this moment.

Envision a sphere of brilliant white light, a diamond-like light that sparkles with rainbow hues, translucent and clear, above your head. Visualize and feel this center of Supernal Light there, above your head, and let your mind and heart and whole being become open and sensitive to the Divine Presence and Power. Awaken this center of divine energy with the intonation of the divine name Eheieh.

Then envision the light-force descending through your head down to your throat, forming another sphere of light at your throat, a sphere of translucent lavender light, brightly shining. Visualize and feel the Divine Presence and Power descending upon you and entering into you, welcoming the Holy Shekinah in silence. Awaken this center of divine energy with the intonation of the divine name Yahweh Elohim.

Let the light-force continue its descent down through your body to form another sphere of light in the middle of your torso at your solar plexus, a sphere of translucent golden light that shines brightly like the sun. Visualize and feel the increasing intimacy between yourself and the Divine Presence and Power, opening yourself completely to the Holy Shekinah as She embraces you. Awaken this divine center with the intonation of the divine name Yeshua.

Envision the light-force naturally and spontaneously continuing its descent, forming another sphere of translucent violet light at your groin, a vibrant and brightly shining center of divine energy. Visualize and feel deeply the mystical embrace of the Divine Presence and Power, the force of light and life awakening in every cell of your body and the whole of your being. Awaken this divine center with the intonation of the divine name Shaddai El Chai.

Let the light-force complete its descent, passing down to your feet and forming a sphere of radiant darkness there, as though a radiant indigo or obsidian black translucent light, all receiving. Visualize and feel with your whole being the full embrace of the Holy Shekinah as you merge and become one with Her. Awaken this divine center of energy with the intonation of the divine name Adonai.

Having brought the Supernal Light-Force down, envision and feel an awakening and up rushing of Divine Energy from the depths of your consciousness-being, as though from the secret center of the Earth there is a response from below to the Divine Presence and Power coming from above. Envision yourself becoming like an exhaustless fountain of this Divine Energy, the light-force rushing up in ascent from the base of your feet, through your spine and out the top of your head, as though through a pipe of light formed in your Subtle Body.

Circulate this light-force through your aura or sphere of sensation through your breath. As you exhale visualize and feel the light-force pouring down the front of your body and as you inhale visualize and feel it ascending up the backside of your body. Continue this focus until the current flowing down the front of your body and up the back is well established, as though the flow continues on its own.

Then shift to a focus upon another current of light-force simultaneously flowing down your left side and up the right side of your body, using your breath, as before, to circulate the Divine Energy, your exhalation bringing it down the left side and inhalation bringing it up the right side. Continue in this focus until the current is fully established.

Now envision your body as a body of light, as though every particle is self-luminous. And visualize and feel a sphere of brilliant light completely surrounding you, a radiant aura of golden-white translucent light. Feel yourself filled with the Holy Spirit and abide in this Divine Fullness, entertaining communion in the Divine Presence and Power of the Holy One.

When this is complete you can proceed to further prayer, meditation or ritual, or close the session by completely absorbing and grounding the energy-intelligence generated by the practice. This, then, completes the Middle Pillar Meditation

 

 

 

 
 

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