Driving is a cathartic process for me.\u00a0 My mind is able to wander since my body is otherwise occupied with the driving process.\u00a0 It\u2019s just about the only time I hit the Theta state.\u00a0 So, some of my best thinking is done in the car and I\u2019ve taken to carrying a tape recorder for those moments of epiphany.<\/p>\n
One of those moments, however, came quite unexpectedly.\u00a0 I was pondering what to write my meditation on for this month and quite literally it dropped into my lap.\u00a0 Sunlight flickered off a single thread of spider silk right in my line of vision, as a very sizable spider dropped onto my steering wheel.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve always been fond of spiders and so it was not really an intrusion but more of a pleasant surprise.\u00a0 Of course the nursery rhyme running through my head as I let out a laugh.\u00a0 So, it seemed my inspiration had been determined for me and I\u2019ve set out to write a meditation that would do justice to one of my totem animals.<\/p>\n
You will want to find a comfortable place where you can relax, whether that is indoors or outdoors.\u00a0 If you feel so inclined light a few candles, light some incense, and put on some background music.<\/p>\n
Try to let the stress of the day, the push to do more than you are able to, work, kids, and anything else that is racing through your mind go.\u00a0 Let it pass through your mind and melt away.\u00a0 Take a deep breath and release it feeling your neck and shoulders relax.\u00a0 Feel with each breath your muscles ease and relax.\u00a0 Feel the tense muscles in your arms and fingers, your chest and stomach relax.\u00a0 Feel your legs, and your feet all the way tot your toes relax.\u00a0 Once you are ready take another cleansing breath and begin.<\/p>\n
Lady Arachne, who has a gift for spinning and weaving webs, we ask that you guide our hands.\u00a0 Allow your skill to work through us and ensure that our webs will be able to accomplish their tasks.\u00a0 Allow us the wisdom to choose wisely what to weave, what to cut away from our loom, and when not to weave at all.\u00a0 By your will and ours so shall it be!<\/p>\n
Now picture a single strand of spider silk.\u00a0 What color does it reflect if any?\u00a0 What is it attached to?<\/p>\n
This thread though delicate is also extremely strong.\u00a0 This single thread represents where you have been, what you have done, and who you are.\u00a0 Consider all the possibilities that are contained in that single thread of silk.<\/p>\n
The most familiar structure we associate with the spider is the web.\u00a0 Webs are complex constructions that enable a spider to catch prey.\u00a0\u00a0 However, there is a cost to its construction.\u00a0 It is a physically trying task to complete the construction of the web.\u00a0 Sometimes the web must be reconstructed to remain effective either due to structural damage or from time reducing its effectiveness.<\/p>\n
Similarly, we can construct a magickal web to draw to us our desires.\u00a0 The web needs to be tended to, sometimes reconstructed, and reinforced by our mundane actions. What will you give to create the web?<\/p>\n
Take a moment to decide what you will be spinning your web to achieve.\u00a0 What do you want to draw to yourself?\u00a0 Are you looking to snag a new job? Do you desire a closer relationship to deity?\u00a0 Make your intent clear.<\/p>\n
Take your thread of spider silk and anchor it so you can begin spinning your web.\u00a0 Note what you tether it to.\u00a0 You will want to start by making a Y formation to create the first three radial lines.\u00a0 These three lines are your foundation for the web. The first line represents yourself and your experiences.\u00a0 What do the other two lines represent in your life?\u00a0 How will these affect the rest of the web?<\/p>\n
Continue adding more radial lines until you are ready to add the spiral lines.\u00a0 The spiral lines will connect the radial lines and give the web its unique but familiar shape.\u00a0 Keep in mind the goal of your web.\u00a0 The spiral lines will ultimately be your actions both magickal and mundane that you will take to help accomplish the goal of the web.<\/p>\n
When you are finished with the construction of the web, or close to finished, you will want to clearly state what your intention again.\u00a0 Reach out and touch the center of your web feeling it resonate with the core of your being.\u00a0 When you are ready take a step back from the web.\u00a0 See it clearly in your mind, taking in any patterns that you may see.\u00a0 Recognize this as your web, a manifestation of that which you desire to be in your life.<\/p>\n
You may not finish constructing your web in one session, so feel free to revisit it often.\u00a0 If something isn\u2019t working the way it should feel free to reconstruct it.\u00a0 The web is a representation of you and where you would like to go.\u00a0 Sometimes life intervenes and disrupts the web we have woven.\u00a0 Sometimes the anchors we have set we need to cut ourselves away from and rethink the structure of our lives.<\/p>\n
When you are ready take a deep breath and release it slowly.\u00a0 Let the web linger in your mind for a moment and then release it.\u00a0 Know you can always return to it in order to tend to it, reconstruct it, rebuild it, or to start over.\u00a0 Take another deep breath in and out.\u00a0 Make the mental step back into this realm.<\/p>\n