One of the most talked about aspects of the day of
reflection at Molesey last Saturday was the meditation I led through the
chakras. It is not something I would do with every group but from the beginning
of the day I realised that the group had a thorough grounding in contemplative
prayer and was open to experiment with new things. As I led them through the
chakra meditation we did a ‘sounding’ for each chakra, the beautiful sounds
that resonated through the group were very healing to us all. Unfortunately I
cannot post the meditation here as I wrote it 17 years ago for my first book ‘The
Way of Ecstasy: Praying with St Teresa of Avila’ (Canterbury Press 1997) and I
think it was written on a floppy disk for an old style computer- so I don’t possess
an electronic copy (perhaps Canterbury Press does?). However the book is very
cheap to buy on Amazon ( I think you can get it for under £2) and the
meditation is in Chapter Seven on Teresa’s Sixth Mansion. As compensation I
attach the youtube link to the Bhajan, Om Jagat Jyothi sung by Joseph J
Palackal OMI with which we began the day. It is a beautiful Bhajan that extols
Christ as universal light of the world and makes a good start for the morning
meditation:
I am going shortly to central London to record a
radio programme to be broadcast over Easter on Teresa of Avila in her jubilee
year. Once I have the details of broadcast I will post them here.
In the meantime, may Christ’s Light fill your
hearts and special thanks to all those who took part in the day of reflection
last Saturday.
Best wishes
Peter
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