United Nations Days & Years Meditation Initiative
2009 International Year of Reconciliation
Meditation Outline
Individuals and groups can help to make the International Year of Reconciliation more effective through meditation and prayer. Here you will find a sample meditation outline, but you may prefer to create your own meditation outline.Click here for information on the Year and suggestions on how to participate in this Initiative.
Sit comfortably, alert and with the spine erect. Breathe quietly and regularly. Raise your consciousness to the centre between the eyebrows and without strain hold this focus.
- Say aloud:
May the Power of the one Life pour through the group of all true servers
May the Love of the one Soul characterise the lives of all who seek to aid the Great Ones
May I/we fulfil my/our part in the one Work through self-forgetfulness, harmlessness, and right speech.Use the creative imagination to link in thought with those around the world who are thinking deeply about reconciliation.
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Let the circle of your thoughts expand to include all true servers in the world - all who are thinking and seeking to live with a measure of love, understanding, wisdom and will in response to the challenges and opportunities of our time.
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Now imagine this circle of your thinking expand again to embrace all people of goodwill in all parts of the world. Sit with this wide circle of goodwill energy … be open to the incredible diversity of the human expression of goodwill. It is a substantial, living, pulsing field of activity on the planet … a net of light and love with a presence in every community on the planet.
- Pause for a moment of alert stillness.
- Now widen the circle of your imagination again to embrace the Great Ones of the inner worlds: the Christ and the Buddhas, the Saints, Rishis and Immortals of all traditions :
Imagine the meditating group at the centre of an even-armed cross ... radiating purpose, light and love to all in the human family, as well as to the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms ... calling on the Great Ones that Their Blessings, Their Guidance and Their Wisdom may flow into and through every initiative at reconciliation throughout this year and beyond.
- Pause for a moment of alert stillness.
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Meditate on the meaning and significance of reconciliation. Consider reconciliation between the different elements of Self; between humanity and the other kingdoms of nature; between different communities in conflict situations.
Pause for a moment of alert stillness.
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Now consider initiatives, projects and activities that will be undertaken throughout this year to strengthen processes of reconciliation in the culture of self and society. Send love, gratitude and support to all engaged in this Work. See the Work and the Workers flooded with insight, understanding and practical skills of life so that by the Year’s end the practise of reconciliation will be a richer and more conscious part of human relations than it was at the start of the year.
Close by using the Great Invocation or an affirmation of your choice.
From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into human minds.
Let Light descend on Earth.From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into human hearts.
May the Coming One return to Earth.From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide all little human wills
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.From the centre which we call the human race
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out.
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth
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