Monthly Meditations - March 2005

EASTER FULL MOON MEDITATION 2005

The March full moon this year is on Good Friday at 8:58 pm GMT . The full moon in Aries ushers in the true New Year, which was changed after various Caesars and church officials messed it up. But this is the right time to be making plans for new ventures, which is probably why New Year resolutions made on January 1st don't last long! The Mayan calendar for this year also notes a star symbol on Good Friday, which indicates access to higher energies.

In the Medicine Wheel tradition, the Spring Equinox is the East, the home of Eagle and ushers in new beginnings, rebirth. The archangel traditionally associated with the East is Archangel Raphael, the angel of the air and of healing, also travel and prosperity.

This year The Spring Equinox was a day early, on the 20th March, when the sun entered Aries at 12:34 pm GMT. All over the world, at the time of the 2 equinoxes, day and night are equal. The archangel associated with Aries is Samael, an angel of fire. Aries, ruled by Mars, is a fire sign.

According to the late Joan Hodgson, White Eagle Lodge Astrologer, the cross (medicine wheel) formed by the equinoxes and solstices symbolises the constant battle people have both with nature and their own soul and spiritual development. The symbol of the crucifixion is actually the battle everyone has with the great or lesser difficulties they have in their lives, overcoming selfishness. All spiritual traditions teach of this battle, whether they tell of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ or the Battle of Arjuna in The Bhagavad Gita. In the latter, Krishna drives the chariot of the soul through life's experiences, bringing the wisdom gathered by those experiences. This planet, Earth, is said to be the planet of free choice and I always tell people who come on my workshops that when you finish your life on this planet, you are qualified for a Ph.D., as it is said to be the most difficult planet in the universe.

So we can see there is plenty of opportunity here for meditation.

**********************************************************

The meditation I have been given is called

"Cleansing the Earth"

Begin your meditation in your usual way.

You are sitting by a beautiful fountain. The water rises high into the air. It is pure and light and beautiful as the rays of the sun cause the water drops to sparkle and radiate all the colours of the rainbow. The water splashes into a circular pool where there are goldfish and lotus blossoms. Goldfish represent the alchemy of gold in our soul life as we turn the harshness of some of our spiritual tests into the gold of spiritual reward, the gold that was represented by the gifts to the infant Jesus who at maturity faced his tests with great courage, as we also do. The lotus blossoms and the colours of the rainbow symbolise the chakras and the lessons of the colours (see latest newsletter meditation on www.keystolight.co.uk). Lotus blossoms also represent the ascended masters who are constantly with us as we face the challenges that come to us. As you sit by the circular pool you realise that you are, in fact, accompanied by ascended masters and lady masters. We all sit in circle for a ceremony. We seem to be in the world of light, away from planet earth, for we can see the planet. She is in the centre of the water spray of the fountain. As the water rises in the air, planet earth is washed in the spray and in flashes of light and colour. The planet is like a ball lifted into the air and tossed gently in the water, refreshed and cleansed as it rises and moves and circles in the water, every part of the earth is gently washed yet, rather than water, it is light. The water seems to be an illusion; it is a fountain of light. All the living creatures, plants and rocks also share in this gentle cleansing. We see dark and dangerous places opening to the light, to the fresh air, to new ideas of cooperation. We see people shaking hands in friendship and healing as the veils of illusion are removed from their eyes and old fears and enmities are cleansed away.

We too feel that we are cleansed and refreshed, ready to face our lives.

The spray of light begins to diminish and the planet gently lowered, to renewed enthusiasm and ideas.

Conclude your meditation by breathing more deeply and opening your eyes.

**********************************************************

Back to the top >