How to perform a Blessing
And How Blessings Work...
Blessing
If it feels right, I would encourage you to try this for the victims of Katrina and other natural disasters, and for any others who may need it:
The practice of blessing exists in virtually every spiritual and
religious tradition. Divinity is channeled through invocation and
bodily gesture towards an object, ideal, or person. Most versions of
blessing share a great deal in common.
Basically, to perform a blessing, do the following:
1) First calm your own mind, slowing and deepening your breathing.
2) Then mentally connect to the solid earth beneath you (through the
nerves of your feet or, if sitting, your pelvic floor).
3) Then become aware of your heart center (two finger widths above the
base of your breastbone), perhaps by tapping it several times lovingly
with your left hand.
4) Then become aware of the crown of your head, and all of the majesty
of the Universe above it (at the top of the head).
5) Smile to all of these points of your body as if greeting a dear old
friend: soles of the feet, pelvic floor, heart center, crown center,
palms..
6) Then connect to and mentally or verbally invoke divinity, using
your own language, conceptions, or traditions, Connecting to that
which is Greater than you and all else, but which Encompasses you and
all else as well. Secular or religious, anyone can see himself as
part of a greater Whole.
Depending on your religious heritage, your name for this greater Whole
might be 'the One', or the Universe, or God, or Goddess, the Absolute,
the Wuji, the Tao, Christ, Allah, Yaweh, Buddha Nature, Great Spirit,
Ma...
7) Ask or intend that you become a suitable channel for the blessing,
then as you continue to keep this pure intent, visualize, indicate, or
name the objects or recipients of the blessing.
8) Let the blessing flow from the divine through your crown down
through your heart center and out through the palms of your hands to
the recipients. Visualizing white or gold light above you, flowing
into your crown may help.
9) Let the blessing also flow from the earth up to your heart center,
and from there out through the palms of your hands toward the
recipients (the recipients may be in front of you, or visualized, or
named).
10) Keep your awareness rotating slowly among your feet/pelvic floor
and crown, and your heart and hands, and the recipients, as the
blessing flows...
11) Continue for as long as you feel the flow, and for as long as you
can maintain the beneficial intent of being a suitable channel.
Remember that you can not force the flow, as you are only a conduit.
Simply ask that the blessing be given, and let it happen. You can
always try again later, and you can repeat hourly, daily, etc...
With practice, you will begin to feel the flow of blessing, (or divine
grace, or chi, or prana), and you will feel as it begins to trickle
down, at which point, think thoughts of gratitude, smile if you like,
and move about your business.
Do not be attached to the result. Merely be a conduit for what may
be...
Other notes:
During the blessing, you may touch the ring finger of your left hand
to your heart center palm facing you, and aim the palm of your right
hand towards the recipients. Think of the ring finger further
activating the compassion in your own heart.
You may name particular blessings (divine solice, security, healing,
protection, compassion, love, sustenance...) as you begin and perform
the blessing, if you wish.
This technique works best for those who regularly heal, meditate, or
pray, according to their own traditions.
Some religions reserve this technique only for priests. I assure you,
it works when used by anyone with compassionate intent and some
practice.
You will feel what I mean if you do this daily for one month. It
takes only minutes.
Smile, Breath Right and Keep Your Tongue Up!
Tao Semko www.UmaaTantra.com
P.S.
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