Opening the Heart Meditation 1

Introduction

There will be a few types of meditation/prayers put in the menu. As you get a feel of them (probably in combination with what you already do) you will find a way that suits you. And that way will suit you until it doesn’t. Which is a way of saying that it is time to experiment or let things adjust or relax or change a little. As you learn about different approaches, don’t be shy about experimenting, mixing and matching.

The exercise: this overall structure of this meditation can be found in interviews with Irena Tweedie on YouTube called: Irena Tweedie – early interview

Start by taking a few breaths consciously, if that works for you. Bring your attention to the Heart Centre – the centre of the chest.

Ask/ invite the Teacher(s) to guide you. You can use their name(s) or not, as you wish. If you use their name; use their full name including titles. Always, as a sign of respect.

Recall some event or person or relationship that helps you feel love. Allow it to fill you heart.

Don’t be perfectionist, just allow the sense of love to come in.

Allow the thinking mind to become like an empty screen of a TV.

If a thought-experience-picture arises bring it into the heart. Immerse and surround it with the love you have – whether ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

Do not be concerned whether it dissolves immediately or lingers. Allow it to remain immersed in the love

If you can, get a sense of one or both Teachers standing nearby. Open yourself to them. Invite them to guide and support you.

Allow different spaces and atmospheres to come and go. Always surround /immersing them within love. 

In time you will find a part of you returning to sense the presence of the Teacher(s). Allow this, allow the Teacher(s) in.

When you have done the 20 or 40 0r 60 minutes that you intended; very slowly open your eyes. Give yourself time to come back.  Acknowledge the Teacher(s) when you finish.

Please Note

For some people and at some points in our journey, the mind and emotional self can become very disturbed or overactive. At times we are very distracted when we attempt to meditate. There is a menu point entitled about pray/med processes. Under that menu point will be a ‘drop-down’ entitled: ‘When it is difficult’. Feel free to integrate strategies mentioned there.