The Spirit's Room

Meditation and Prayer

"Still the Storms and Quiet the Mind"

"Hear the still small voice within"

med�i�ta�tion [m�ddi t�ysh'n ] (plural med�i�ta�tions) noun

1. emptying or concentration of the mind: the emptying of the mind of thoughts, or concentration of the mind on just one thing, in order to aid mental or spiritual development, contemplation, or relaxation
2. pondering of something: the act of thinking about something deeply and carefully, or an instance of such thinking
3. serious study of a topic: an extended and serious study of a particular topic

prayer [pr�ir ] (plural prayers) noun

1. communication with God or other being: a spoken or unspoken communication with God, a deity, or a saint. It may express praise, thanksgiving, confession or a request for something such as help or somebody's wellbeing.
2. communicating with God or other being: the act or practice of making spoken or unspoken communication with God, a deity, or a saint
3. religious service with prayers: a religious service at which prayers are said (often used in the plural)
4. earnest request: an earnest request for something
5. something wished for: something that is wanted or hoped for very much My only prayer is to see grandchildren before I die.
6. slight chance: a slight chance or hope I don't have a prayer of getting the manager's job.
7. LAW request in petition: a request contained in a petition

� Meditation
Meditation is used to further the level of relaxation through the body, until your physical body falls asleep.

During meditation you will feel yourself going through differing levels of trance, some more pleasant than others.

Different Methods :

� Breath Awareness

Breath deeply. Upon the completion of each inhale and exhale, hold that position for a single second. Concentrate on this breathing, control it, repeat "In" and "Out" to yourself as you breath. Stay passive and patient. Counting while doing this keeps you mentally active. When a thought comes into your head, and you lose track of the count, start from Zero again. This helps you know when you are starting to relax, as you will find yourself starting from zero a lot more often than you'd think...

Variation One - Energy Cleansing
While doing the above exercise, visualise positive energy, in your favourite colour, enter your lungs as you inhale. Feel this energy flow through your body, relaxing you. Imagine any stress and / or tension leaving your body in the form of smoke on each exhale.

� Light Show

Stare into the blackness beyond your closed eyelids. You will see fragments of dim light dart around, like watching an untuned television (black and white noise). The lights may become brighter, larger, change shape etc. Stay passive and watch these lights, move with them mentally. Pretend its like watching your favourite film, be intrigued by them. The light may take forms, like objects, people, memories. Keep the breathing deep and slow.

� Simpleton

Think of a single object. This object must be dear to you, have value and interest. It could be anything, your lover, pet, idol etc. Picture it in your mind. Hold it there. Other thoughts will try to get your attention, its *vital* that you ignore these. Think of why this object makes you happy, think of scenario's with this object. A very simple technique, but a lot harder than most methods. Again, breath deeply and slowly.

� Chakra Meditation

* See below

� Chakra Meditations
(Cleansing and Raising)

Make sure you are in a comfortable position, laying
down or sitting. Perform two minutes of breath awareness.

Close your eyes and imagine raw energy
(Kundalini) entering your feet,
mentally feel it moving up to your base chakra via
your legs, assist the energy with your mental hands
if it helps. You may feel tingling, especially in
your feet and lower legs, enjoy this feeling
(Note : some people do not feel anything physically,
this is normal). The energy has now reached your
base chakra. Imagine an empty, inactive chakra
like a small sphere, about 5 inches in diameter.
Imagine your hands opening this sphere.
As you open it, imagine a flash
of bright, red light filling the room. Feel the energy
in the chakra swirling around you. If you visualise
it swirling slowly, it's because your subconscious
wants you too. The chakra needs to be energised.
Imagine one of your hands, with its
finger pointing, dip its into the swirling chakra and
start to spin it faster, in a circular motion.
Keep doing this until you feel the chakra swirling
faster. The faster it goes, the brighter it is,
and the further the swirling is projecting from
your body. A distance of six feet is a good,
full and healthy chakra. Take your time.
When it gets this big imagine the light eminating
from it fill your body, so your body is glowing
red, inside and out. If you see long, thin
black lines within your body when you imagine
this, visualise them being forced out of your body
by the swirling from your base chakra. Do not rush this
part, its the healing process. How you imagine
the dark spots being removed is completely up
to you. When the chakra is bright, clean and
large, you can move on.

Imagine the spleen chakra (three finger widths
below your belly button), this is orange. Feel
more energy rising up through your feet, into
your base chakra. See the base chakra overflowing,
the energy emitted now rising into your spleen
chakra. Repeat the process described above for
opening, stimulating and cleansing the chakra.

Now you are onto your solar plexus chakra.
This is yellow. Feel the energy again, rise up
into your feet, causing the base chakra to overflow
with energy into the spleen chakra. The spleen
chakra now also overflows, this time into the
solar plexus chakra. Feel the energy rising up
through your body. Again, repeat the opening,
stimulating and cleansing process.

Now you are onto the heart chakra. It's colour
is green. Feel the energy rise up through your
feet, up your legs, through the base chakra,
then your spleen chakra, then the solar plexus
chakra, overflowing all the way, until it
reaches your heart chakra. Repeat the opening,
stimulating and cleansing process.

Now you move on up to the throat chakra.
It's colour is blue. Feel the overflowing of
energy from your base chakra, spleen chakra,
solar plexus chakra, heart chakra, all the
way up to your throat chakra. Repeat the
opening, stimulating and cleansing process.

The next chakra is the Brow chakra. This is
the focus of your psychic abilities, whether
you are aware of them or not (inexperienced and/or
skeptic), if you want to heighten your ESP
abilities, focus and concentrate hard when
performing the brow process.

Feel energy rising up through your feet,
mentally perform and feel the overflowing
process from your base chakra, spleen chakra,
solar plexus chakra, heart chakra, throat
chakra, and then stimulating your brow chakra.
It's colour is indigo. Repeat the opening,
stimulating and cleansing process.

Now the final stage. Again, feel energy rising
up through your feet, into your base chakra,
spleen chakra, solar plexus chakra, heart
chakra, throat chakra, brow chakra, and
finally, the crown chakra. This chakra is
bigger than the other six. It covers the
whole top of the head, from the hairline
upwards. It's colour is violet at the hairline,
but gradually changes to white at the top
of the head. Repeat the opening, stimulating
and cleansing process.

Note : If you are only meditating, it's
important to close the chakras, just perform
the above process backwards. Spend a 1/4 of
the time spent opening them when closing them.
Leave them open if you are going to project
after the meditation process, as this will
result in a longer, more vivid experience.

Now would be a good time to attempt
to see an aura! The third-eye (brow chakra)
will be extremely active for a few hours.
See Aura, under Crystal Charts, for more info.

Meditaion and Prayer