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first performed 3/2003
Introduction:
Find a comfortable position and began to focus your mind on your breathing. Around you candles glow and flicker with the movement of your mother's breath. The flow of air is cool and lightly scented with fragrant incense. The music is soft and relaxing. All is calm and safe. Allow yourself to relax and breath freely. Each breath you draw in brings calm and peace. Each outward breath releases stress and brings you closer to your spiritual center allowing you to feel the presence of the great mother.
Prayer:
Mother of the Universe, she who is, and was and shall always be, bless us as we gather here to learn from you. Help us to let go of the cares and worries of the day and turn our minds toward your eternal presence. Teach us to better understand our selves and our world as we embark upon this meditative path.
Meditation:
Close your eyes and focus your mind on the path before you. At first all you see is a thin ribbon of light leading off into the darkness. Little by little the light becomes more solid and forms a clear path of translucent light leading to the edge of a great forest. At the edge of the woods the light begins to diffuse into the landscape and you see tall trees reaching toward the night sky. Thousands of stars hang overhead and a crescent moon cast a dim glow on the treetops.
The path is pale now, warm brown and sprinkled with leaves. You can see a fine silvery mist rising from the damp earth near a babbling brook. Nearby, tall ferns grow in the rich compost left from centuries of falling leaves and branches.
Imagine yourself walking on this well-worn path that takes you deeper into the forest... In front of you is a large mountain that you seem to be drawn to. As you approach you see that carved into the mountain is what appears to be a sanctuary, it seems very old, and regal. Vines twist around stone but you can still tell that river stone has been hand carved to make it fit perfectly with the natural stone of the mountain.
You draw closer to the entrance way which has been cut back into the solid stone of the mountain and see that it creates a perfect gateway, framed by large vine covered pillars.
The doorway, which seems to be made of solid stone is carved into intricate detail. You pause here to take careful note of the detail on the door... What is it, or what does it look like? Reach out and run your fingers over the carvings. Pause here for a moment, letting the carvings speak to you of their origins and communicate their story silently to your memory.
As you open the doors, you find a large meeting hall. A large thick wooden table sits in the center of the room. The torches that are hung on the walls provide light, but they also add to the ancient atmosphere of the room. There are very intricate and large stained glass windows on the inside that you didn't notice on the outside.
And, although you saw no sign of windows from the exterior, there seems to be light emitted from the other side of the windows. Take you time and look carefully at the images preserved in the glass. These images are here to add to your inner knowledge. At the table is only one seat, and it's empty. It's at the head of the table on the other end of the room. As you walk towards this seat you feel another person in the hall with you. You continue to walk toward the seat. Thinking about the images you have seen.
You finally reach the seat and sit down. And you find that while you walked, dragons appeared at the table to speak with you. You do not fear them because you know that these are your dragons, the ancient ones who have watched over you and shared your childhood secrets before you were aware that we are not supposed to talk to invisible friends. They have always been here waiting for you to return to your place at the head of the table.
Your dragons have much wisdom to impart, but this is your moment. You sit at the head of the table, and control the conversation. You decide which of them will sit next to you and as you talk with them you discover much out who they are, and how they relate to you. Remember what you learn from these dragons as you speak with them.
After talking with them for a while, you begin to feel enlightened and fulfilled with the knowledge of the past, perhaps of your ancestors since some of them may have served others in your family line. Time has no meaning to the dragons, and they can also impart the ideals of the future or give you new direction. Whatever you learn from them is just for you. You tuck it away in your mind and thank them for joining you in the hall of memory.
As you rise, you see all your dragon companions slowly vanish. Some more reluctantly than others, but they all eventually go on their way. ...As must you. You slowly turn to leave, taking one last look around the hall before you begin to walk toward the door.
As you slowly open the heavy doors and look back, you also notice the light behind the windows has gone out, and the torches are flickering, ready to burn out. It is time to leave and allow the room to vanish into the darkness. You respectfully close the door behind you, and turn toward the trail home. Glancing back, you
notice that the mountain has also vanished into the mist. You ponder this as you slowly walk back up the path that you originally walked on to find this place. But you do not look back again.
Before you return back to the edge of the forest and home, take a moment to focus again on your body. If it is in need of energy or comfort from the mother reach out to her and ask for what you need. You let it be so. This is the time and place to receive what you need to make yourself feel better in whatever way you need. She is here for you.
Now you will slowly return to our plane, refreshed, energized and enlightened from your journey.
Created by Guides Chandonn, Hypatia X, and Sophia X Pharou
Last modified: 06/20/2009