This virtual pilgrimage follows St. Francis to the location of one of his mystical experiences, the church San Damiano near Assisi.
In Science and Spiritual Practices, Rupert Sheldrake says, “Pilgrimage connects us to holy places, where heaven and earth are joined…We connect our ordinary, everyday lives with places that link us to a transcendent world.”
As we walk the steps of St. Francis into San Damiano, through the Italian countryside, we have the opportunity to connect with our Divine in this place where Heaven and Earth have met for centuries. Our own mystical experience is enhanced through the energetic connection we establish with all the pilgrims walking this path for hundreds of years before us, helping us connect with our own God
*Please note this meditation is part of a series based on the book Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting Through Direct Experience by Rupert Sheldrake. The meditation is effective with our without reading the book, but if you’d like to join the book club, click here.*
This chant meditation is easy to follow and will help keep your lungs healthy in addition to your mind.
“Through chanting mantras, the whole group can enter into a kind of resonance with those who have chanted the same chants before,” Rupert Sheldrake says in Science and Spiritual Practices. This links us together, part of the One Life that we can ground in and receive our natural, intuitive wisdom from. Chanting not only helps us stay relaxed mentally and spiritually, it is good for our lungs and for boosting our immune system.
For today’s meditation, be prepared to talk out loud!
*Please note this meditation is part of a series based on the book Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting Through Direct Experience by Rupert Sheldrake. The meditation is effective with our without reading the book, but if you’d like to join the book club, click here.*
Intentional connection with plants affects our flow of life.
*Please note this meditation is part of a series based on the book Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting Through Direct Experience by Rupert Sheldrake. The meditation is effective with our without reading the book, but if you’d like to join the book club, click here.*
“Plants offer us connections to life forms totally different than our own.” How wonderful is that? Plants are truly in the natural flow of life, and if we can get just a small taste of how that might be, how might that affect our lives?
Before starting this meditation, it would be helpful to have a live plant or close-up picture of a plant in front of you – any plant you choose.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
This meditation can be used on its own or as a complement to Chapter 4 of Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting Through Direct Experience.
This simple meditation is perfect for the person who is new to meditation or just has a hard time getting started. In his book Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting Through Direct Experience, Rupert Sheldrake recommends to just start if you’ve never meditated before, and he explains the countless benefits of doing so. There is scientific evidence to link meditation and other spiritual practices with being happier, healthier, and having a general satisfaction with life.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
This meditation can be used on its own or as a complement to Chapter 1 of Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting Through Direct Experience.
This is a great go-to meditation for calm and relaxation
Sometimes called a “body scan,” this meditation will lead you through relaxing your body from your toes up to your head. This is a great way to release tension you may be holding in your body. When our body is relaxed, our mind can be more clear, and our spirit can be more free to commune with oneness, love, and peace.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
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The power of Two is strong in the spiritual realm, mentioned often in the Bible and in many important books to create a deep connection and call in the Power of Spirit, so today we take advantage of that Power in connecting with a Spiritual Partner of your choosing.
Who would you love to meditate with?
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
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If you are determined to move forward into a greater life for yourself, but you are harboring grudges or resentments towards another, forgiving is essential. I know it’s not easy. I know you may not want to do it; I didn’t. I had heard people promoting the value of forgiveness for many years before I decided to take a serious stab at it.
After all, “He did it to me; why should I forgive him?” He needed to suffer, and I wasn’t going to let him off the hook, no way; he needed to pay! The problem is, he wasn’t paying for it. I was. In reality, he probably had no idea the series of events still played over and over in my head and he’d long forgotten them, so it certainly didn’t torture him at all.
I was the one paying for it, wrapping up good energy on past events that truly had no significance in my current or future life. And that’s why we need to forgive; we need that valuable, awesome energy to help us move forward, not hold us back. It doesn’t make the person’s actions okay or acceptable; it’s a matter of taking back our energy and our Power. Take your Power back and get rid of that icky energy.
There are many ways to start a forgiveness practice. What I’ll share here are three possibilities using prayer beads or malas. There is no magic number of times you need to do it; you just do it until you feel you’re done. It might take one day, two weeks or two months, but eventually the charged energy goes away when you recall the person. None of these three practices is any better than the other. Do the one that feels best for the situation.
First Option: This is particularly useful when you really wanted someone to change. Imagine the person in front of you, as if you are speaking directly to them. Speak sincerely. “Joe, I forgive you for not being the person I wanted you to be.” It allows for a space of letting them be them, and not someone they’re not. Repeat it over and over until you feel a shift.
It is also sometimes useful to combine it with the second option.
Second option: Again, imagine the person in front of you, as if you are speaking to them. Speak sincerely. “Joe. I love you, I bless you, I forgive you, I release you.” That’s it, over and over.
Combined it is even more powerful: “Joe, I forgive you for not being the person I wanted you to be. I love you, I bless you, I release you.”
The third option is my personal favorite as it helps me recognize that the faults I see in others are also my own, which helps me come around quickly to compassion or understanding for that person. Again, imagine talking directly to them. “Joe, I forgive you and myself for being ignorant (Choose appropriate quality). I love you as I love myself, for God is the love I am.” This also turns the situation over to the Divine Source that allows love to flow to and from all without judgement.
I’d challenge you to just try one for a week if there is someone that really triggers you. You don’t have to fully forgive them, but just see if it frees anything up in you to be open to starting the process.
Are you willing to be open to moving toward your greater life?
Setting goals is something most of us do throughout our lives, and realizing them brings great satisfaction, for a while. But do you know how to set meaningful goals that will fulfill you long term? Or how to easily reach them?
Goals that originate in our heart and soul are purpose-driven and will bring us lasting satisfaction. Because these come from a place of Divine Love, they are created for our personal happiness. Couple that with the technique scientifically proven to reach your goal 5x faster – this is a meditation you’ll want to do over and over.
Have a pen and paper ready so you can start on that purposeful goal setting right now!
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
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Our first experiences with money are powerful; they shape our money relationship for the rest of our lives – if we let them. If you don’t have a healthy relationship with money, then it’s time to shift it. You are here to thrive, not to struggle.
This meditation will help reveal first, important experiences; look at how they affect you today, and what you can do to shift them.
This is a great meditation to listen to often, as there is usually more than one contributing factor to current experience, so digging in layer by layer is the best way to heal it permanently.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
This meditation correlates to my current Inspiring Book Transformation Series featuring The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity by Edwene Gaines. Each month I feature an inspiring and transformative book to guide us in digging deeper into our selves and change our lives. These are all books that have changed my life and I know they can change yours. Find out more about the current book here or sign up to receive emails on upcoming Inspiring Book Transformation Classes. You can buy your copy of the book here.
It can feel as if life is out of control if we lose our grounding or our connection with our Divine Source. These connections move through our body’s energy system by way of chakras. Though there are many of them in our body, this meditation focuses on two of the primary ones: the root and the crown chakra.
I wanted to keep the meditation length within 10 minutes, so I’ll give a little more information here:
The Root energy system has to do with our foundation and support, being grounded, financial and personal support; it’s the base from which you grow; it’s about survival and meeting your basic needs.
The Crown energy system is your connection with the Divine and reaching higher states of consciousness or bliss, your confidence and inner beauty.
I am not suggesting these chakras are any more important than the others, but they are a good starting point!
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
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