38. Indira's New Year's Meditation with the Daily Examen
38. Indira's New Year's Meditation with the Daily Examen:
https://youtu.be/SP8Y6asg0qY
The Daily Examen is a technique of prayerful reflections on the events of the day which Saint Ignatius of Loyola used in his Spiritual Exercises. It was used in order to detect the Divine presence and discern Divine direction for people to have a more Life Giving life. The five steps are:
1. Become aware of the Divine presence
2. Review the day with gratitude
3. Pay attention to your emotions
4. Find one feature of the day that was life draining and find one feature of the day that was life giving
5. Look forward to tomorrow
In this meditation we will be using an adaption of St. Ignatius's Daily Examen. We will review some life draining moments and the life-giving moments of the past year with gratitude in order to learn from and be inspired in this new year in our life.
Let us begin by drawing our attention inwards and with a deep breath in welcome in the Life Energy which sustains us moment by moment and then exhale any tension that might be in your body. Feel your body connecting to the Earth through your ROOT CHAKRA, it is located at the base of the spine and at the feet, the colour is red, it symbolizes survival. Let us revisit the past year and bring to mind any tension, sickness or pain that was experienced in this past year... now in envision that tension, sickness or pain being healed with Divine Love. We will remain here and at each chakra for about 2 minutes.
Ascending the focus of your energy now to your SACRAL CHAKRA located in your lower abdomen area, the colour is orange, it symbolizes sexuality and desire. Revisiting the past year bring to mind anything that brought sadness to you... now envision that sadness being comforted with Divine Love.
Ascending the focus of your energy now to your SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA, it is located in the navel area, the colour is yellow, it symbolizes power and will. Revisiting the past year bring to mind anything that might have angered you... now envision that anger being soothed by Divine Love with understanding and forgiveness.
Ascending the focus of your energy to your HEART CHAKRA, located in your chest area, the colour is green, it symbolizes love and relationships. Revisiting the past year bring to mind anything that might have caused laughter or joy, revisit that moment rekindling those emotions.
Ascending the focus of your energy to your THROAT CHAKRA, the colour is blue, it symbolizes communication. Revisiting the past year bring to mind anything that may have caused surprise, amazement or wonder. Revisit that moment rekindling those emotions.
Ascending the focus of your energy to your THIRD EYE CHAKRA, located between your eyebrows, the colour is violet, it symbolizes your intuition and supernatural abilities. Revisiting the past year bring to mind anything that may have caused you to feel peace, revisit that moment rekindling the peaceful emotion.
Ascending the focus of your energy to your CROWN CHAKRA, here we envision a white light coming in and out of the top of our head. It symbolizes our higher consciousness joining with the universal consciousness. Here we will envision the year ahead filled with love, peace, good health and courage.
Bring your attention back to your outer surroundings. Let us end with an Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.
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