This meditation was given to our circle by the Venusian Council of Light, and it is the method we use to open every sitting. It leads, by way of the heart, to the Temple of the Rose-Gold Flame. It takes about fifteen minutes.
About the Practice
The Council teaches that the heart is the gateway to the higher dimensions. They do not mean the physical organ. They mean a center of awareness in the middle of the chest, which the teachings call the secret chamber of the heart, where the threefold flame burns. When attention rests there, the frequency of the whole person rises, and contact with the beings of light becomes simple and natural.
You do not need to be able to visualize clearly. If you cannot see the images described, just think of them, or feel them. The intention is what matters. Read the meditation through once or twice until you know its outline, then set the page aside and follow it from memory. You might also record it in your own voice, leaving long pauses.
Preparation
- Choose a time when you will be undisturbed for twenty minutes.
- Sit comfortably, with your back supported if you wish and both feet on the floor.
- If you like, place something beautiful where you can see it before you close your eyes: a flower, a candle, a stone.
- Ask Archangel Michael to guard the space.
The Meditation
1. Arriving
Close your eyes. Let your breathing find its own slow pace. With each breath out, let the body grow a little heavier in the chair. There is nowhere you need to be and nothing you need to accomplish. For these few minutes, you are allowed simply to rest.
2. Descending to the heart
Notice where your attention is. For most people it sits in the head, behind the eyes. Now let it sink, gently, like a leaf settling through still water: down through the throat, down into the center of the chest. Rest it there. Breathe as though the breath were moving in and out through that place.
3. The flame
In the center of the chest, see or sense a small flame. It has three plumes: blue, gold and pink. It has been burning there since before you were born, and it has never gone out. Watch it for a few breaths. As you watch, it grows brighter and steadier, and its three colors begin to blend into a single soft radiance of rose and gold.
4. The garden
Let the rose-gold light expand until it surrounds you. As it clears, you find that you are standing in a garden in the early morning. The air is mild and smells of flowers. You can hear water. Ahead of you a path of pale stone leads between flowering trees to a building whose walls seem to glow from within, like the inside of a shell.
5. The temple
Walk up the path. The doors are open. Inside is a single round chamber, shaped like an opening rose, and at its center a flame of rose-gold light rises from the floor. Around it, at a little distance, stand tall and quiet figures. They have been expecting you. You are welcome here.
6. Receiving
Go and sit near the flame. You do not have to do anything. Let its light fall on you and move through you. If there is something that hurts, offer it to the flame. If you have a question, ask it. Then be still and receive whatever is given: a feeling, a word, an image, or simply rest. Stay as long as you wish.
7. Returning
When you are ready, stand, and give thanks. One of the figures steps forward and places a hand, lightly, over your heart. You understand that a spark of the temple flame has been joined to your own, and will go with you. Walk back down the path. Let the garden dissolve into rose-gold light, and the light draw back into the center of your chest. Feel the chair beneath you and your feet on the floor. Take a deeper breath, and open your eyes.
Afterward
Sit quietly for a minute before you get up. Write down anything you wish to remember. Drink a glass of water. For the rest of the day, you may notice that you are a little slower to irritation and a little quicker to kindness. That is the measure of the practice. It matters far more than anything you may have seen.
Variations
- For grief or heartache. At step six, simply ask to be held, and stay there. Ask nothing else.
- For another person. At step six, picture them sitting beside you in the light of the flame. Do not try to change them. Let the flame do what it will.
- As preparation for channeling. At step six, ask the Council: what would you have me know? Then open your eyes just enough to write. See Learning to Channel.
- In two minutes. Do steps two and three only. Once the full meditation is familiar, the short form brings back its whole effect.
A Word From the Council
Beloved ones, you imagine that you are traveling a great distance to reach us. You are not. The temple you see is the inside of your own heart, shown to you in a form you can walk into. We meet you there because it is the one place where you and we have never been apart.
The Venusian Council of Light, received by Maris Avenell