I have been meditating for some years now and I suppose the beginnings of this go back to a silent jungle retreat that I did in Thailand where we all rose at 4:00 in the morning to the temple bell and made our way into the meditation hall to sit before an immense statue of Lord Buddha.
The practice of arising early has remained with me and sometimes in my meditations I rise up, beyond the Earth and into space, sometimes seeing the Earth below, floating freely amidst the stars and other galaxies. At times like this I leave all behind me. All my aches and pains, all my petty disgruntled thoughts, everyone around me is left behind. I am in a state of pure rapture and light, and great joy. And I see myself as I truly am, a Being of great Light and Beauty. Immortal, as we all are. Everyone of us.
And when I come back, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Me that left is part of a larger me that I returned to, my wise elemental body housing my Spirit once more.
We are the only planet that is material in form, in that we are the only Beings that incarnate in a physical body. The Earth is a purposed illusion, an important one, and a great University for our souls. The world of matter encompasses only about 4% of the energy that is around us, the rest is of the unseen realms, the world of Spirit, where we emanated from, where we go to in our meditations and prayers, and where we will ultimately return to when our mission here has concluded.
The practice of arising early has remained with me and sometimes in my meditations I rise up, beyond the Earth and into space, sometimes seeing the Earth below, floating freely amidst the stars and other galaxies. At times like this I leave all behind me. All my aches and pains, all my petty disgruntled thoughts, everyone around me is left behind. I am in a state of pure rapture and light, and great joy. And I see myself as I truly am, a Being of great Light and Beauty. Immortal, as we all are. Everyone of us.
And when I come back, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Me that left is part of a larger me that I returned to, my wise elemental body housing my Spirit once more.
We are the only planet that is material in form, in that we are the only Beings that incarnate in a physical body. The Earth is a purposed illusion, an important one, and a great University for our souls. The world of matter encompasses only about 4% of the energy that is around us, the rest is of the unseen realms, the world of Spirit, where we emanated from, where we go to in our meditations and prayers, and where we will ultimately return to when our mission here has concluded.