{"id":3535,"date":"2010-04-01T01:10:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T06:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2010-03-26T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T20:54:30","slug":"meditation-on-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/04\/01\/meditation-on-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation on Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spring is in the air and with it comes a multitude of possibilities.\u00a0 The days are longer, and everything seems brighter.\u00a0 We\u2019re more open and receptive to what is happening.\u00a0 The messages that are waiting for us are more accessible if you are willing to listen.<\/span>For this meditation you\u2019ll want to be outdoors or in a sunny area of the house.\u00a0 Feel the sun on your face and feel it melt away any worry or anxiety you may have.\u00a0 Feel the warmth fill you up and expand within you.\u00a0 Feel it enter from the top of your head and flow down into your body.\u00a0 Let it ease the ache in your shoulders and your back.\u00a0 Allow the warmth to relax your muscles and ease your mind.\u00a0 When you are completely relaxed, take a deep breath in and out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being completely relaxed you\u2019ll be open to any messages that the gods may want to share with you.\u00a0 To receive messages from the gods we have to bridge the gap between our realm and theirs.\u00a0 One of the easiest ways to go about this is to create a bridge between the middle and upper realms.\u00a0 You will need to picture, in your minds eye, a rainbow. <\/span><\/p>\n

The rainbow will become our bridge because it is a naturally occurring phenomenon that already spans those boundaries.\u00a0 The rainbow will begin to emerge from the ground near your feet and it will extend into the clouds.\u00a0 As the colors begin materializing in front of you see them become more opaque and solid.\u00a0 Test it with your foot till you can visualize that it is as firm as the ground you currently stand on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Slowly place one foot after the other on the bridge.\u00a0 Feel the stability of it and know that it is a solid structure that will hold firm as long as you need it. <\/span><\/p>\n

As you take each step you have a clearer focus about the questions you want to ask of the gods.\u00a0 You also open yourself up to any and all possible things the gods wish to share with you.\u00a0 When you are completely receptive a messenger will appear. <\/span><\/p>\n

The messenger is the goddess, Iris.\u00a0 She stands before you in flowing white robes, with golden wings and a herald’s rod.\u00a0 She is silent, but extends her hand out to you.\u00a0 What she offers is a small scroll.\u00a0 Reach out and take the parchment and unroll it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The images or text you see are messages specifically for you.\u00a0 What do you see? More importantly what are the impressions you are getting from the object in conjunction with those images?<\/span><\/p>\n

Before you can make the retreat back to the mortal realm, you need to return the scroll to Iris.\u00a0 Politely thank her for the gift.\u00a0 She then collects the message and moves off into the clouds to reconvene with the gods. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can remain there and ponder what has been reveled to you until you are ready to return.\u00a0 When you are ready make your way back down the rainbow bridge.\u00a0 As your feet make the transition from the bridge to the earth it will dissolve behind you.\u00a0 Take the knowledge you have received and put it to use in your daily life.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring is in the air and with it comes a multitude of possibilities.\u00a0 The days are longer, and everything seems brighter.\u00a0 We\u2019re more open and receptive to what is happening.\u00a0 The messages that are waiting for us are more accessible if you are willing to listen.For this meditation you\u2019ll want to be outdoors or in a sunny area of the house.\u00a0 Feel the sun on your face and feel it melt away any worry or anxiety you may have.\u00a0 Feel the warmth fill you up and expand within you.\u00a0 Feel it enter from the top of your head and flow down into your body.\u00a0 Let it ease the ache in your shoulders and your back.\u00a0 Allow the warmth to relax your muscles and ease your mind.\u00a0 When you are completely relaxed, take a deep breath in and out. Being completely relaxed you\u2019ll be open to any messages that the gods may want to share with you.\u00a0 To receive messages from the gods we have to bridge the gap between our realm and theirs.\u00a0 One of the easiest ways to go about this is to create a bridge between the middle and upper realms.\u00a0 You will need to picture, in your minds eye, a rainbow. The rainbow will become our bridge because it is a naturally occurring phenomenon that already spans those boundaries.\u00a0 The rainbow will begin to emerge from the ground near your feet and it will extend into the clouds.\u00a0 As the colors begin materializing in front of you see them become more opaque and solid.\u00a0 Test it with your foot till you can visualize that it is as firm as the ground you currently stand on. Slowly place one foot after the other on the bridge.\u00a0 Feel the stability of it and know that it is a solid structure that will hold firm as long as you need it. As you take each step you have a clearer focus about the questions you want to ask of the gods.\u00a0 You also open yourself up to any and all possible things the gods wish to share with you.\u00a0 When you are completely receptive a messenger will appear. The messenger is the goddess, Iris.\u00a0 She stands before you in flowing white robes, with golden wings and a herald’s rod.\u00a0 She is silent, but extends her hand out to you.\u00a0 What she offers is a small scroll.\u00a0 Reach out and take the parchment and unroll it. The images or text you see are messages specifically for you.\u00a0 What do you see? More importantly what are the impressions you are getting from the object in conjunction with those images? Before you can make the retreat back to the mortal realm, you need to return the scroll to Iris.\u00a0 Politely thank her for the gift.\u00a0 She then collects the message and moves off into the clouds to reconvene with the gods. You can remain there and ponder what has been reveled to you until you are ready to return.\u00a0 When you are ready make your way back down the rainbow bridge.\u00a0 As your feet make the transition from the bridge to the earth it will dissolve behind you.\u00a0 Take the knowledge you have received and put it to use in your daily life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}