Cultivate your garden...

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Cultivate your garden... Do not depend upon teachers to educate you ...

follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make

your own harmony...  In the end, education, like happiness, is individual,

and must come to us from life and from ourselves.  There is no way; each

pilgrim must make his own path.  " Happiness, " said Chamfort, " is not easily

won; it is hard to find it in ourselves, and impossible to find it

elsewhere. "

~ Will Durant

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Affirmation:

    The Infinite Order that expresses the Cosmic Principle of life

(God/Creator/God Spirit) is both around and within me. It is a continual

operation of intelligence, harmony and creativity. From the depths of my

being to the most external aspect of my existence, the perfect action of God

is forever at work.

    In this creative process, all that I could possibly need exists. I

recognize this Truth and see fulfilled living as the expression of my life

right now.

Any past experiences of a negative nature no longer influence or manipulate

me.

My recognition of the One Source of Good instantly eliminates anything that

would limit my view of life.

    Today and now I completely accept myself as an expression of the beauty,

balance and order of the Spirit.

I rejoice in the good that is mine.  I am at peace, and I am very well.

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A Breath Meditation Using Visualizations of

Air, Earth, Fire, Water & Aether --

The Five Elements of Ancient Knowledge*

  

* All matter comprises the five irreducible elements -

Air, Earth, Fire, Water and Aether.

The last is the magical essential, which holds them all together.

 

Sit or lie comfortably.

Empty your mind and lungs.

Inhale, then exhale

slowly -- three times

for each element.

Use these images or

develop your own.

 

EARTH

Inhale through the nose.

Exhale through the nose.

steadily with visions &

very little sound.

Pulling up into your body,

the massive and irresistible attraction of gravity

draws at the weights trapped inside.

Hold them,

then let your burdens fall --

an avalanche of negative energies

crashing down and away --

releasing you from their heavy charge.

 

WATER

Inhale through the nose.

Exhale through the mouth

Slowly with visions &

the sounds of moving water.

A tide of crystalline,

cleansing liquid sniffs in,

then splashes and sprays down,

filling you like a babbling brook

or a raging river.

Saturating every cell of your body,

it gushes out your spout,

washing away all your unkind thoughts,

worries and troubles.

 

 

AIR

Inhale through the mouth.

Exhale through the mouth.

Slowly with visions &

the sounds of air rushing.

Sucking in through your mouth,

you feel it seething into every pore.

Like a tree resisting the rush,

you bend in the stream.

A sail in the storm,

you fill and strain.

Exhaling then,

the dark impurities of your spirit loose --

dust in the wind.

 

FIRE

Inhale through the mouth.

Exhale through the nose.

Slowly with visions &

the sounds of fire.

Seething to feed the flames,

the cleansing conflagration sears &

superheats your system.

It roars like a furnace in your mind,

scintillating like a shimmering blaze,

burning everything

that makes you angry or afraid.

 

AETHER

Inhale and exhale through both mouth and nose

Subtly & simultaneously.

Slowly with no sound.

With great subtlety,

let the rainbow stuff of the heavens and stars

gently ebb and flow

deep into your soul.

Feel the thoughtful benevolence

cleanse you in its delicate dance

of elemental enchantment.

 

Then gently return to the Universe.