Essence of Vitality - Monday Morning Meditation

Monday Morning Meditation -
Essence of Vitality [The Angel of Life]

The following meditation is based upon the Essenes' teachings... the daily meditations or communions are designed to be used morning and evening in addition to the noon practice called the Sevenfold Peace. At the beginning of each meditation, the following prologue is recited:

"I enter the spaciousness of this timeless and infinite Garden with reverence to the Source and Energy of Life, to the Earth and all its fullness, to the spiritual teachers of all traditions, to the liberating purity of truth, and with reverence to all who courageously walk the Path of Spirit..."

You are encouraged to spend time sitting with the following statement before continuing to read.

"Essence of Life, enter my limbs and give strength to my whole body."

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Flower and fauna, kiss me with your sweet energies of Life...

Spread your energies around and through me that I may feel your Life and mine as one...

Living force, charge me with the aliveness that is Life...

Angel of the morning dew, wash me with your freshness that I may truly see this new birth...this new day... in the fullness you present it...

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This Communion is dedicated to the life, health and vitality of the human organism and that of the whole planet and brings about a dynamic unity between them.

It teaches us the role of vitality in our well-being and makes us more conscious of all the innumerable activities of the life force in and around us, enabling us to direct it to any part of our body in the intensity required.

It gave the Essenes and gives us the astonishing ability to absorb life force especially from trees and forests... When is the last time you hugged a tree?

"Essence of Life, enter my limbs and give strength to my whole body."

Peace be with you!

Peace with the Body - Friday Noon Meditation

Friday Noon Meditation - Peace with the Body

The noon practice of the Essenes called the Sevenfold Peace is designed to take the expanding consciousness of the morning and evening communions and apply them to areas of everyday living in practical ways.

"Source of Life, who is everywhere, send to all your Spirit of Peace; send to our body the Energy of Vitality..."

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Allow the Spirit of Peace to pervade All and now to fill my body with calming presence...

I am grateful for this instrument of physical form to be and to act in our world... help me to be a faithful steward of the gift of my body... Help me to know and learn what is healthy for my body and what to the body is a pollutant ... Help me to sense as well as learn, so I may be wise in what I put into this vehicle...

While I have a body, I realize that I also have a spiritual body or essence... it is both an energy body and a mysterious Essence of Being... and all-ways more... Grant me wisdom to know how to practically be in the world with the spirit and attitude of loving Kindness to all creation and every creature ...

"Source of Life, who is everywhere, send to all your Spirit of Peace; send to our body the Energy of Vitality..."

Peace be with you!

The Fire of Life

The Fire of Life - Wednesday Morning Meditation

"Energy of Sun, enter my solar center and give the fire of Life to my whole body."

As I sense the solar radiance, the energy within my body is feels alive...

Bring your transforming fire through every cell from my head to my feet...

The solar flame bursts from above and continues to the fiery earth's core...

Returning and cycling around and through me and the whole of the universe...

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We are now familiar with the benefits of direct sunlight providing nourishment to our bodies. The Essenes knew the importance of the sun in our lives and realized without it there would be no life as we know it. They bathed in the sunlight for health reasons and understood the natural healing energies of the sunlight. Yet overexposure to the sun may also cause harm to the body. Some become lost in the ego's vanity of a dark tan, while others whose work has them in the sun a lot suffer from the overexposure... It is best to be wise and moderate exposure to the powerful rays of the Sun.

Native Americans understood the importance of the Sun in the ongoing cycles of life. The Sundance was a ritual dance of thanksgiving and sacrifice displaying our dependence and gratitude as well as our willingness to serve for the greater good. The dancers danced for the whole community... not for themselves.

Today some forget the community and only stress individual rights like spoiled children who want what they want when they want it. The energy of Sun reminds us that we walk hand in hand, helping one another, all under one big umbrella of radiant energies.

May the vitality our bodies receive directly from the sun enliven us so we may better serve our world and make it a better place for all...

May the radiance of the sun that draws the plants skyward, producing fruit for our bodies, also draw us toward the integrative and harmonizing energies that unite us...

Free and equal Energy of Sun, enter every cell in our bodies, renewing, healing, and energizing each and all toward the loving service of All...