Archive for June 3, 2007

Free Spirit Gathering

On Tuesday, the 12th, I’m off to Free Spirit Gathering. FSG is one of my favorite events; it’s close to home, the campground is lovely, I know lots and lots of wonderful people there, and they have cabins so I don’t have to pitch a tent.

I’ll be teaching two or three classes, facilitating a workshop, and leading a ritual. So it’ll be busy for me but I’m psyched.

Tom, as usual, will be minding the store (and just remember, Tom, you break it, you bought it) and I’ll also be leaving some posts for while I’m away.

Sunday Meditation: Meditation Room #3

Meditation Room #1
Meditation Room #2

This is the next part of working with your meditation room. Remember that you can meditate in this place whenever you like.

Ground and center.

Return to your outdoor place, and take a moment to enjoy the serenity and beauty you find there. Notice that you feel renewed just being there.

When you’re ready, go to your cottage. It is familiar and lovely. As you reach the door, you find the key in your pocket, and let yourself in.

The room is perfect, everything is exactly as it should be. You feel at peace, protected, and energized, happy to be a part of this wonderful and safe place.

On the table you see a very large book. Walk to it and look at it. On the cover, you see the word “Memories.”

Open to an early page and see a picture from your childhood. It is a happy picture and a playful moment. It is a time you felt good. Look at that picture and allow the feeling, and the moment, to replay itself before you. You feel completely safe and at peace while doing this.

Skip a couple of pages and find a later picture. It is of someone you love. Enjoy the feeling of remembering this person from long ago.

This Memories book is a part of your cottage. When you wish to remember something, you can use this book. When you wish to explore the past, whether for happy memories or to do more difficult inner work, this is a safe place to do so. When you don’t want to deal with memories, the book can remain in the closet.

After you’re done with the book, enjoy your time in the cottage. Sit in the wonderful comfortable chair. Drink in the beauty of it. If you prefer, you can lock the door behind you and spend the remainder of your meditation out of doors.

When your meditation is complete you feel happy and at peace.