Meditations

THE FLASHING JEWEL MEDITATION

Begin to breathe slowly and gently. Visualise a bright shining light above you, like the sun. Feel yourself being filled and surrounded by light as you continue your breathing. Visualise a beautiful jewel box. What is it made of? Is it silver or gold or polished wood? Is it covered with jewels or painted with patterns? Is it carved with mystical symbols? Take some time to decide all the details of this beautiful jewel box or chest. Now, around your neck you find a fine golden chain with a small key on the end. It is the key that opens the jewel chest. As you look at the chest, you see a keyhole, so you put in the key and open it.

As the lid lifts up, inside the box is a beautiful silk or velvet cushion. What colour is it? On the cushion, you see a magnificent jewel, cut with many facets. The light plays on it and it sparkles and flashes with many colours. Look at the colours as it reflects the play of light on its facets. It is a perfect jewel, and it represents all that is the best in you. One day you will be perfect, like the jewel. Continue to gaze at this perfect jewel. All the colours you see represent different qualities that you are working with in your everyday life.

When you are ready to conclude your meditation, close the jewel chest and lock it with the key. Only you have the key and you can open the chest any time you like.

Again attune to your breathing. Feel the firmness of the floor under your feet, the chair you sit on. When you are ready, open your eyes.

Try this meditation every day or once a week for a month. Now we are in the winter season, (in the northern hemisphere) it’s good to fill your life with colour, especially if you get depressed at this time due to the cold and lack of sunlight. It’s a season of fire festivals like Halloween, Guy Fawkes, Diwali and Christmas. Write in your meditation journal any insights you have. All the images that come to you in meditation have a meaning, which become clear as you gain experience. When you write them in your notebook, you begin to remember your own symbols and what they mean to you.

© Kathleen Pepper 2011.