Connecting to the Source

In my previous postabout maintaining your flow of energy, I gave an exercise for recharging your spirits when your energy is low. Here is another simple technique adapted from qigong. This meditation provides an opportunity to connect to a vast source of energy (or spirit depending on how you see things) that is always available to you.

Stand or sit comfortably with feet flat on the floor and back straight. Visualize your head reaching out into the universe. Imagine your feet rooting deep into the earth. Visualize the front of your body reaching out beyond the horizon in front of you. Feel the back of your body reaching out into the universe behind you. Expand your left and right sides out beyond the horizon into the universe. Reach your attention out infinitely in all direction, like a growing sphere. Hold for a moment. Then bring your attention to the energy center of your body - located near the navel. Visualize that expansive sphere shrinking and condensing into a point in your center. Hold for a moment and absorb the energy from the source available to you. Release again out in all directions. Pause. Condense. Absorb. Repeat for 5 - 20 minutes.