Meditations In
The Third Circle
(31) "Among all means of liberation, devotion is supreme. To seek
earnestly to know one's real nature -- this is said to be devotion.
(56) "Neither by the practice of Yoga or of Sankhya philosophy, nor by
good works, nor by learning, does liberation come; but only through the
realization that Atman and Brahman are one -- in no other way.
(62) "A sickness is not cured by saying the word 'medicine' -- you must
take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word
'Brahman' -- Brahman must be actually experienced.
(172) "As the wind creates the clouds and again destroys them, so this
bondage is the creation of the mind, and it is the mind also that destroys
that bondage."
Shankara
Vivekacudamani (The Crest Jewel of Discrimination)
"Ye must learn to meditate. Then, there must be a conscious contact with
that which is a part of thy body-physical, thy body-mental, to thy
soul-body or thy superconsciousness.
"For as ye raise the consciousness to that within self, He meeteth thee
in thine own tabernacle, in the Holy of Holies; in the third eye, not above
same. It is the attuning of the mental body and the physical body to its
spiritual source."
Edgar Cayce
a medley of excerpts from his readings
Hello fellow human being.
This Web page contains twelve very easy and simple, yet quite powerful
meditations, or exercises, or means, or aids, or signposts to any
spiritual quest and journey. These twelve meditations are included in
The Third Circle (TTC), which is
an opening to all-that-is and up to infinity.
As simple as they are, each one of these twelve exercises may facilitate
and aid progress at any spiritual stand, from the first steps of interest
and curiosity about the spiritual, or an attraction to it, and up to
achieving the ultimate, supreme, attainment -- Self-realization, or
enlightenment.
All the meditations mentioned in this Web page may be practiced by
self-work, that is -- by following the instructions given here. All the
necessary information needed to enable practicing these meditations is
included in the given instructions -- there is no need for any external
teacher, or guide, in order to be able to practice these meditations.
Nevertheless, I'm available to reply by
e-mail any
question concerning the practice of these meditations that may arise.
For all who may want to have a copy of this page on their computer --
there is a link enabling uploading this page as a text file.
TTC contains many more signposts.
The twelve ones presented here are to enable and facilitate a springboard,
a start, to a spiritual quest, The Third Circle
and connecting the unbounded ocean of truth and wisdom lying
in the silent chambers of our hearts.
A good books containing some other meditations and useful signposts for
connecting the Higher Self is: "Edgar Cayce on Channeling Your Higher
Self" by Henry Reed, published by Warner Books, Inc., New York, ISBN:
0446349801. Another book, about which I have some reservations, is:
"Living in the Light : A Guide to Personal and Planetary
Transformation" by Shakti Gawain, Published by Bantam Books, ISBN:
0553561049. This book contains some good suggestion for working with our
intuition and connecting the Higher Self -- my reservations are about many
"New Age" beliefs, concepts and practices contained there.
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Contents of this Page
Due to its length, this meditations page is actually divided into five
separate physical pages, in order to shorten the loading time. Yet, for
the sake of convenience, the division into separate pages is transparent
to the person browsing -- links are given to each section, so, you may jump
to any item without noticing the division into separate pages.
These pages contain a very short preface to each one of the twelve
meditations and a detailed description, including practicing instructions for
each and every meditation.
Preface to Meditations in
The Third Circle (TTC)
-- a brief introduction and description of the twelve meditations and
exercises.
Instructions to Relaxation exercise
-- a very basic, yet an effective relaxation.
Instructions to Praying / Asking
Instructions to Shielding exercise
-- a very simple, yet powerful, shielding exercise.
Instructions to Simple Breathing Exercise
(Pranayama)
-- a very simple, yet very powerful, breathing exercise.
Instructions to Body-Feeling Meditation
-- an effective meditation to alleviate stress, strain, low energy and
moods.
Instructions to The Silence Meditation
-- which along The Aum Mantra Meditation are the Crest-Jewel of all
spiritual practices. If a person would choose to practice only one
meditation -- either one of these two is highly recommended.
Instructions to The Aum Mantra Meditation
-- which along The Silence Meditation are the Crest-Jewel of all spiritual
practices. If a person would choose to practice only one meditation --
either one of these two is highly recommended.
Instructions to Healing The Inner Child
-- healing the emotional wounds of the hurt child inside you.
Instructions to Connecting Your Future Self
-- start becoming now your wiser self you would be in the future.
Instructions to Mother Earth Consciousness
-- a very simple, yet extremely powerful exercise for connecting nature
and Mother Earth.
Instructions to Mother Earth Meditation
-- a guided imagery meditation for the welfare of our planet Earth.
Instructions to Peace On Earth Meditation
-- a guided imagery meditation towards global peace.
Download the Meditations Instructions
as a text file.
Preface To Meditations In
The Third Circle
Twelve meditations, or signposts, or aids, or means, or exercises are
presented below. They are: "Relaxation", "Praying /
Asking", "Shielding", "Simple Breathing Exercise
(Pranayama)", "Body-Feeling Meditation", "The Silence
Meditation", "The Aum Mantra Meditation", "Healing The
Inner Child", "Connecting Your Future Self", "Mother Earth
Consciousness", "Mother Earth Meditation" and "Peace On
Earth Meditation".
You may choose practicing, or trying, only one of them, all of them, or
any combination -- at your choice. As everything in
The Third Circle (TTC), there are no set rules or
dogmas here. Each and every one is welcomed to exercise one's own
Self-Source-Of-Authority (SSOA), choose for oneself
and take responsibility for one's choices and their consequences.
TTC presents signposts, or recommendations. What to
do and how exactly to do it -- is ultimately up to each and every individual.
A Brief Introduction To The Twelve
Meditations
Relaxation
A very basic and simple relaxation exercise, yet, quite an effective one.
Good to be practiced whenever one may be tensed, and at the beginning of
every meditation.
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Instructions to Relaxation exercise
Praying / asking
Experience shows praying or asking to be very useful and helpful.
Believing in God or not, practicing a particular religion or not, doesn't
make much difference here.
TTC is not a religion, not a part
of any religion and it is not connected to any religion. Praying is very
useful and helpful, regardless whether praying, or asking -- God, or the
universe -- is done in a religious context or not. Here, in
TTC, there is no religious context to
praying; that is, praying doesn't mean practicing a religion -- not
necessarily.
What counts here is our attitude and behavior, not any dogma or set rules.
Yet, it is the individual's choice whether to pray in a religious context
or not. In our experience, praying, or asking, is very useful, regardless
to whether it's being done in a religious context or not.
TTC, in the context of prayer, have no
recommendation pro or con any religion.
One of the reasons that praying or asking is very helpful is that by
praying or asking we direct our attention away from our small self, or
ego, to a higher ideal. It serves us in widening our perspective,
expanding our boundaries.
Another reason for it being beneficial is that by praying or asking we
direct our attention to the desired results and goals. Directing our
attention serves the flow of energy to and from the desired result or
attainment. This energy flow assists in the actual attainment of our
goals.
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Instructions to Praying / Asking
Shielding
It is an energetic and astral grounding and shielding. Good to be
practiced in any case, especially when we may feel being attacked, or
drained energetically. It is a suggested protection for meditations,
aiding in blocking unwanted energies and entities from entering our
meditations.
Please bear in mind that in the relative universe nothing is absolute,
thus -- there is no absolute protection and no absolute shielding.
Ultimately, one's free will and choices are the best possible protection
-- over time. Nevertheless, this shielding exercise is a recommended
practice.
Some choose to practice it as a part of their daily routine, some choose
to practice it as the first stage of every meditation, some choose to
practice it when feeling a need, and some choose not to practice it at
all. It's up to you.
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Instructions to Shielding exercise
Simple Breathing Exercise (Pranayama)
Prana is the Sanskrit word for the universal life force -- the force that
sustains life in all living creatures. In Chinese, this universal life
force is called Ki, or Chi, hence, Tai-Chi.
Pranayama - Yogi breathing exercises - is one of the eight limbs of Yoga -
for the value and benefit of Pranayama is paramount. It is extremely
relaxing, invigorating -- it purifies the body, mind, soul and spirit.
This Simple Breathing Exercise (Pranayama) is indeed very simple and easy
to practice, yet, it is highly valuable. This simple Pranayama may be
practiced by itself and it may serve as an excellent preamble to any
meditation and spiritual exercise.
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Instructions to Simple Breathing Exercise
(Pranayama)
Body-Feeling Meditation
At times, if you may feel very tired, moody, tensed, agitated, low
energies, irritated, impatient, drained out, spaced out, disconnected, the
mind is not very clear, etc -- it is recommended to elevate your feeling,
mood or energies with the Body-Feeling Meditation.
This meditation is very effective in releasing stress and strain from our
nervous system and physical body. By releasing stress and strain from the
physical body and nervous system, simultaneously we are releasing mental,
psychological and spiritual stress and blocks, opening our energy channels
to a better flow, enabling a clearer mind and consciousness.
Another benefit of this meditation is increasing our awareness to our
body.
This meditation can be practiced, upon getting acquainted with it, anytime
anyplace, while walking, talking, driving etc.
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Instructions to Body-Feeling Meditation
The Silence Meditation
The Silence Meditation, along The Aum Mantra Meditation, are the
Jewel-Crest of all spiritual practices. Specifying all their benefits will
take many pages.
In brief: they are the most effective and direct means to connect the
unbounded ocean of truth and wisdom lying inside the silent chambers of
our hearts. They are great aids in connecting our Higher Self and,
ultimately, our Supreme Self.
This meditation is relaxing and have numerous beneficial effects on our
body and mind, health, consciousness, clarity of thinking, energy level,
developing our intuition, widening our perspective and expanding our
boundaries.
The Silence Meditation may serve as a springboard to all other spiritual
practices and exercises. It is very natural, very easy to practice. It is
devoid of any connection to any teaching, tradition, dogma or religion.
(TTC is an opening, not a teaching).
Connecting the ocean of silence inside gives momentum to all our actions,
facilitates and speeds up attaining all goals.
Ultimately, The Silence Meditation is a great aid in attaining
Self-realization, or enlightenment -- upon aspiring this supreme
attainment.
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Instructions to The Silence Meditation
The Aum Mantra Meditation
The Aum Mantra Meditation, along The Silence Meditation, are the
Jewel-Crest of all spiritual practices. Specifying all their benefits will
take many pages.
In brief: they are the most effective and direct means to connect the
unbounded ocean of truth and wisdom lying inside the silent chambers of
our hearts. They are great aids in connecting our Higher Self and,
ultimately, our Supreme Self.
This meditation is relaxing and have numerous beneficial effects on our
body and mind, health, consciousness, clarity of thinking, energy level,
developing our intuition, widening our perspective and expanding our
boundaries.
The Aum Mantra Meditation may serve as a springboard to all other
spiritual practices and exercises. It is very natural, very easy to
practice. It is not conflicting with any teaching, tradition, dogma or
religion.
Connecting the Supreme Self, or the ocean of inner silence, gives momentum
to all our actions, facilitates and speeds up attaining all goals.
Ultimately, The Aum Mantra Meditation is a great aid in attaining
Self-realization, or enlightenment -- upon aspiring this supreme
attainment.
Go to
Instructions to The Aum Mantra Meditation
Healing The Inner Child
Some people don't get in childhood all the love they deserve and need. At
times, children are being wounded emotionally. As we grow and mature,
often we carry with us the scars born of the emotional wounds we acquired
as little children. Thus, as we go on in life, we often carry with us a
hurt and wounded child. Those emotional scars within us, this wounded
child in us, affects our psychological makeup as long as the scars and
wounds are there. Healing The Inner Child enables us to gain greater
emotional and psychological maturity.
The view presented by The Third Circle holds that spiritual growth and
human growth are the very same process. Growing as a human being means
growing spiritually and true spiritual growth means growing as a human
being. Thus, Healing The Inner Child has great value in both our human
growth and spiritual evolution.
This is a very simple, yet, extremely powerful exercise, based on guided
imagery. It is healing of very deep layers of our psyche, which may remain
healed for as long as we live. Healing the inner child may increase your
love to yourself and thus increase your love to others -- your ability to
genuinely love others.
This healing exercise is a very vivid example for the actual power of love
in action -- it exemplifies how love may actually work.
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Instructions to Healing The Inner Child
Connecting Your Future Self
As we live our life, we acquire more experience, more knowledge -- which
means growth. It may be safe to assume that in the future, a person will
have more experience and more knowledge. People who are being consciously
on a spiritual path, or a human growth path, may safely assume that in the
future they will be at a higher level, both spiritual and human.
By connecting one's future self, one may receive guidance from one's own
future, wiser, more evolved self. The process of human and spiritual
growth may be quickened by connecting one's future self. The benefit of
taking guidance from one's own future self is operating out of
Self-Source-Of-Authority.
This meditation, or process, of Connecting Your Future Self is based on
guided imagery. It is a very simple process, yet, quite powerful and very
effective one.
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Instructions to Connecting Your Future Self
Mother Earth Consciousness
It is extremely simple, yet quite powerful exercise, developing and
increasing our connectedness to and consciousness of nature and Mother
Earth. A great aid in widening our perspective beyond our immediate
personal needs and wants. It helps developing our love and caring to
all-that-is.
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Instructions to Mother Earth Consciousness
Mother Earth Meditation
A visualization of humanity moving to a higher step in its evolution by
recreating and increasing connectedness and caring to nature and Mother
Earth.
It is a practical application and implementation of our widened
perspective, consciousness, caring and love. In turn, practicing this
meditation and our practical caring for a wider cause serves us in
widening our perspective.
Some say that humanity is degrading itself into too much materialism. Some
say that humanity is destroying itself and our planet Earth. Whether it is
true or not, to whatever degree it is accurate or not -- it feels like the
call of our time for each and everyone to actually do the best one can to
care for humanity and Mother Earth. This meditation is quite an effective
means towards this end.
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Instructions to Mother Earth Meditation
Peace On Earth Meditation
A visualization of peace on earth. The importance and benefits are similar
to those of Mother Earth Meditation.
Quite an effective aid to develop and increase peace and love in our own
hearts and actually spreading peace and love vibrations all over the
universe.
Peace may be attained by bringing in peace, not by fighting war. Peace
attracts peace, fighting brings war, the same attracts the same.
We actually attract to our lives that which our mind, intent and focus are
directed to -- that in which we delve. It is an attraction of energies and
essences. Directing our attention to peace on earth facilitates and aids
actually bringing it. This is one of the meanings that we create our own
reality. It is good to actively and intentionally create whatever we want
to exist.
One of the best uses of our volition is facilitating and aiding peace on
earth.
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Instructions to Peace On Earth Meditation
May your own Light and Love guide you.
