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Meditation for Connecting with Life Energy








        This meditation will facilitate getting                possible of everything happening in and
        directly in touch with the Infinite Life               with the body. Do this for another 20
        Force which is performing all of the                   seconds to a few minutes. (This body

        amazing gifts of our time, including                   sensation meditation can also be done on
        dissolving our inner limitations so                    its own for an indefinite period of time.)

        that we may be at One with the Divine
        (which is simply the flow of Life).                    Next, ask yourself, “What is the source
                                                               of everything I feel?”  Or “What is

        Sit comfortably in an alert position. (This            keeping this body alive?” Don’t look for
        can also be done lying down as long as                 a conceptual answer but see if you can

        you are not prone to falling asleep.) Close            sense the life force and life source of your
        your eyes. Feel the breath as it enters and            existence. Or simply place your attention
        leaves the body. It is okay if you have a              on the aliveness of the body. Keep bringing

        visual image but do your best to FEEL the              your intention back to sensing or BEING
        sensations of the breath touching the inside  the life force that is the source of all

        of your body. Really feel it coming and                perception. Stay with this for at least a
        going. It does not need to be a well-defined  minute. If you are really feeling the Energy,
        experience. Just a gentle but persistent               just 5 to 10 minutes can be immeasurably

        intention to feel the breath is best. Do               transformative. I recommend limiting this
        that anywhere from 20 seconds to a few                 practice to 20 minutes, because the mind

        minutes – however long it takes for you                tends to sneak in there and begin to co-
        to feel settled but not drowsy. (This is a             op the experience by creating all kinds of
        wonderful stand-alone meditation that can  illusory (imaginary) grand experiences that

        be done for indefinite periods of time.)               just feeds the ego.



        Once your attention is settled in the body,            Experiences vary widely, but the most
        it is easy to feel all body sensations. You            common report is feeling tingling in
        may do a body scan from head to toe if                 various parts of the body or waves of

        that feels right to you. The main thing is             energy. Sometimes one experiences an
        that you are aware of body sensations such  overall alive presence or a subtle field of

        as the pressure on different parts of your             energy. It is totally okay if it cannot be
        body from your sitting or lying position, as  put into words. What if the Energy feels
        well as inner feelings of tension, relaxation,  disturbing or agitated? This is not a bad

        pressure, openness, etc. Be as aware as                thing. It is likely that the turbulence is
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