Meditations

“Without meditating, you are like a blind man in a world of great beauty“ says Krishnamurti.

It is a good idea to meditate every day and it is very important to enjoy your meditation.  Do not think or worry about the past or the future whilst you are meditating.  Let it all go and enjoy the present moment.  Focus on your breathing and you will soon find yourself releasing all stress.  Meditation is very good for your health and happiness.

There are many different ways in which you can meditate: to help you to relax and free yourself from stress; to clean your chakras, to heal yourself, to help you forgive those who have upset you; to connect you with angels, Nature Spirits, and the Spirit World and how to reach a higher level of consciousness (for example Hemi-Sync).

Some of you like to meditate whilst you are walking and enjoying Nature, or when you are swimming or playing a musical instrument.  You are very much in the NOW.

You might prefer to look at a candle-flame or a beautiful flower or a goldfish in an aquarium  for a certain time.

There are special meditations which can take you back with your consciousness to former lives, (for example those by Dr. Brian Weiss), to the past or to other planets.  

It is possible to meditate by sitting in a lotus position on the floor, or by sitting on a chair with your back straight and your feet flat on the floor.   If you get a stiff neck or backache doing this you might prefer to lie flat on your back with your arms at your sides, palms facing upwards.  Do what is the most comfortable for you.

I recommend you to read  ’Meditation within Eternity“ by Eric Pepin where he teaches you how to meditate in the best possible way to get really good results.

Always ground yourselves first.  Imagine roots growing from your feet down towards the root chakra or the heart chakra of Mother Earth.  Imagine her energy coming back to you and thank her.

Always ask to be surrounded in a divine protective Light before meditating.

Do not drive whilst you are listening to a meditation. It is important to switch off your mobile phones and computers whilst you are meditating. The rays which are coming from these interfere with the good rays which come to you from the Spirit World whilst you are meditating.

Meditating will help you to stay young, healthy and happy.  You will notice that the inner worlds are very much larger than the outer world here on Earth.  You will gradually become more psychic in many beautiful and surprising ways.  Please be patient.  

 Know that for every one step you take along your spiritual path, the Spirit World takes one thousand steps towards you.  The Spirit World is full of love for you and wishes you to wake up.  It is time for you now to stop being like a caterpillar crawling along the earth and to turn into a beautiful butterfly and fly happily high up in the sky from one wonderful experience to another.

 Do not worry if you cannot see any pictures whilst meditating.  They will appear to you at exactly the right time. Christopher S. Kilham says in his book "The Five Tibetans" that meditation experiences are like signs along a road and that they are not the goal, just part of the scenery.  He says that they are interesting, but that they are not what practice is about.  It is only clear, pure mind that matters.  (page 72, Healing Arts Press).

FLUORIDE AND THE PINEAL GLAND

Fluoride is magnetically attracted to the pineal gland.  It calcifies the pineal gland and stops it functioning properly.  It can make people apathetic (gives them the feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic about anything, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary).  It can prevent them from having spiritual experiences, also during meditation.  Fluoride keeps us in a state of lower spiritual awareness. It may be found in some water, toothpaste (there are very many toothpastes now without fluoride!) salt with fluoride added, milk for young schoolchildren in England (page 107, according to researcher and author Marion Schimmelpfennig who has written 108 pages about the danger of fluoride in her book: Giftcocktail Körperpflege). For more information about the dangers of fluoride, please see: fluoridealert.org  

For information about how to decalcify your pineal gland please see:

decalcifypinealgland.com and click on the following:

themindunleashed.org  type in: activating your pineal gland

Look for articles on the pineal gland by Eden Shetiyah

Esther Bartkiw whispersfromthesoul.com   Open Your Third Eye Personal Process with Esther. 

Awaken Your Third Eye by Dr. Susan Shumsky

Third Eye Open by Susan Reintjes 

GROUNDING / EARTHING

If you are not grounded your “head will be in the clouds“ and you will spend a lot of time daydreaming!  You may lose your emotional balance and may then have difficulty solving any problems in your life.  It can even make you ill.  Let there be moderation in all things in your life.  Spend a certain amount of time meditating, working, resting and playing. 

Please read:  Earthing by Clinton Ober, Stephen Sinatra and Martin Zucker.

Try and go barefoot for 15 minutes every day in your garden or in a local park.

If it is not too cold, walk barefoot at home, especially on the ground floor.

Please look up: Barefoot Walking and Barefoot Paths on your internet search machine.  These are very popular, especially in Germany and Austria, and consist of different soil materials such as sand, pebbles, peat, heather, bark mulch, mud, etc. and include water wading.  There are more than a hundred of these in Europe.

Please look up Barefoot Shoes on your internet search machine, for example: Vibram Five Finger Shoes.  Wearing these is like going barefoot!  They also have barefoot shoes without the five fingers.  vibramfivefingers.com

Dr. Mercola has many interesting articles about Grounding / Earthing.  mercola.com

The Society for Barefoot Living  "Bare feet are happy feet!"  barefooters.org

There are many books about walking barefoot on this website.

LABYRINTHS

     It is a wonderful experience to walk the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral in France near Paris. The energy is very special here as it is on a power spot . Walking it can do good things to your aura and clear blockages.  It is still a good idea to clean your chakras before entering the labyrinth. The centre of the labyrinth is a very sacred place so make sure there is no plant there. It is important to move it well away from the labyrinth before you start your meditative walk. It is best to take off your shoes. It is helpful to read books about walking a labyrinth before you go to one. Please see the list of books below.  Carolyn Mathews tells us that "walking the labyrinth symbolises finding your soul and returning with a deeper understanding of who you are."  Pan’s Labyrinth, In chapter 11 you can follow Theo’s journey through a labyrinth and this will help you to understand the significance of the journey.

     Say a prayer before entering the labyrinth, walk slowly and concentrate on staying on your path. Be in the Now. When you reach the petals, stay a little while on each one. When you stand in the centre of the labyrinth be fully aware of the sacredness of this place. When you are ready, slowly retrace your steps back to the beginning and say a thank you prayer at the end of your journey. Sit a while on a nearby bench and contemplate what you have experienced.

     It is very important to check the opening times of the labyrinth as it is only open on Fridays, March until the last Friday in October. Please check the exact times before you go there as they sometimes change. At all other times the labyrinth is hidden by chairs which are damaging it. All the other ancient labyrinths in the surrounding churches have already been destroyed.

     You can buy a large or small finger labyrinth card at the Souvenir and Book Store in the cathedral or on the internet. If you would like to buy a transportable labyrinth please see labyrinthcompany.com  They also make them in the exact size you require. You may have to pay customs tax and tax on the postage if you do not live in America. They have interesting information about labyrinths and the benefits of walking labyrinths.

INTERESTING BOOKS ABOUT LABYRINTHS

FOR CHILDREN: my book - Amazing Labyrinth by Daphne Gulland. 

I wrote this book shortly after going to the labyrinth in Chartres.

The Expected One; The Book of Love; Our Father by Kathleen McGowan – all about Chartres Cathedral and Mary Magdalene and Jesus, Mathilda and Gregory.

Way of the Winding Path, A Map for the Labyrinth of Life by Eve Eschner Hogan

Walking a Sacred Path by Lauren Artress 2nd Edition

Squaring Circles by Carolyn Mathews, Chapter 11.

There are many books about labyrinths on Amazon.com 

SPIRITUAL DVDS

• BBC Natural World - Earth Pilgrim - A spiritual journey into the landscape of Dartmoor                                                                           with Satis Kumar
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• The Shift starring Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
• You Can Heal Your Life with Louise L. Hay
• Peaceful Warrior
• Conversations with God with Neale Donald Walsch
• Indigo with Neale Donald Walsch
• The Celestine Prophecy
• Discover the Gift
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success with Deepak Chopra
• The Ultimate Gift - by Jim Stovall
• The Living Matrix
• The Science of Miracles with Gregg Braden
• The Divine Matrix with Gregg Braden
• God Doesn’t Throw Dice
• Thrive - What On Earth Will It Take?
• Awake
• Crop Circles - please see amazon.co.uk
• Spiritism - From Kardec through today
• Shamanic Healing with Clemens Kuby
• Finding Joe
• The Compass
• Spirit Movies
• Hay House Movies, many are free!

RELIGION   by Vivienne Romilly-Weightman

Religions often do impede

With their rituals and their creeds,

The free expression of the mind

And restrain the soul divine,

The consciousness should be free

Unfettered by authority,

For man’s faith to progress,

Seek not, for what we do possess.

Give praise for the inspired hymns,

Arouse one self for higher things.

Truth, a silent voice does speak,

It has no guile – has no deceit.

On our miles of pilgrimage,

The way to ‘God’ we will be led.