Volcanic-Bubble Meditation
This meditation promises to stir passionate feelings within.
Some of those feelings may be joyful, some may be angry, some even sad.
When you are finished, you should be able to understand your emotions a
little bit better, as well as "see them coming" so you might avoid ugly
outbursts that cause unnecessary damages along the way.
As with any meditation, begin by shutting off the phone, assuming a
comfortable (preferably sitting) pose, and telling everyone that this is YOUR
time for yourself. Expect them to cooperate and chances are they will!
Interruptions during meditation can be very frustrating. Avoid them when
at all possible. However, do not use a "noisy-neighborhood" as an excuse to not
meditate. Life is about adapting to things and meditation is no exception.
Don't expect every single meditation to be perfect because it doesn't happen
that way! We are often interrupted in our lives. All we can do is adapt and
rearrange to make things work the best that they can.
Begin by taking a few deep cleansing breaths. Each one should reach to your
toes before exiting the body. As you breathe out, push the negativity and
stress out of your body in a dark stream of color. As you breathe in, feel the
power of loving, healing white light enter your being and rejuvenate/heal you.
Above all else, relax! Life moves too fast to not allow ourselves some
"down-time" to help rejuvenate ourselves. Meditation is the perfect venue for
this.
Find the tension in your body and breathe into the area, releasing it for your
own personal healing. Starting at the toes, work your way up your body,
flexing and releasing the tension from each body part until you reach the
crown of your head.
Now see yourself in your own private sacred space. If you do not have one, I
highly recommend creating one for yourself. For the purpose of this
meditation however, we are "assuming" that you have your own sacred space
in which to feel safe and rejuvenated.
Move around in your sacred space, relaxing, just enjoying the space for a few
minutes, and when you are ready, step beyond the boundaries into a large
garden full of flowers, trees and paths to choose. In the middle of the garden
is a large fountain (you choose what it looks like yourself.) Dip your fingers
into the cool water and gently wash your face and hands. You need no soap,
this fountain just helps you focus and concentrate. It helps you shed off the
"real-world" and relax into meditation a little bit easier. Remember how this
cool water feels against your skin.
Allow yourself to wander through this garden and enjoy the sights and
smells for a little while. When you are ready, attach this garden somehow to
your own sacred space that you can return to it at any time you desire in the
future. When you are through exploring, find a grassy spot to sit in, sink
your toes into the grass and just enjoy the flow of nurturing energy beneath
you from our blessed Mother Earth.
When you are ready, visualize a large, safe bubble, big enough for you to fit
inside comfortably. This bubble will be your transportation for this
meditation. It is safe inside, you can breathe normally no matter what is
going on, and the temperature remains the same unless you choose to change
it yourself. Step inside the bubble and seat yourself comfortably, taking a
last lingering look at the garden. You can return to this garden any time
you wish to, during the meditation, or at another time if you like. It is now
an avenue off of your own sacred space. Feel free to plant things in here or
see it in any way you like, as long as it helps you relax and center.
Sitting comfortably in your bubble, you feel it begin to rise slowly. It doesn't
jolt, it is a very comfortable and safe ride. You can see the garden as it
slowly disappears from view, the trees being the last thing you see as it
disappears from sight. Enjoy the ride, look at the sights outside of your
bubble, but most of all, remember that you are safe on your journey within!
You float up just high enough that all you can see is the distant colors of
earth and clouds. You are still safe in your bubble as it picks up speed and
moves more rapidly along the way. Soon it begins to slow down and start
decending. All around are tropical trees and forests. No people, just the
wonders of nature to astound you. Great volcanoes rise up against the sky,
some still smoking from their previous erruptions. Although things are
heating up outside, inside your bubble, you are still quite safe and
comfortable. The bubble seems to be floating towards the largest volcano here.
As the bubble begins to descend into the volcano, the light changes from a
bright sunny shade to various shades of red. Keep breathing softly and
comfortably inside your bubble. Outside, everything is heating up and the
air is quite unbreathable for the sulpher fumes, but within the safety of your
bubble, you can see, but remain unaffected by, the atmosphere outside. Look
around as the bubble descends. Flames lick up out of sulphur pools, shooting
up in the air in beautiful erruptions. Sparks rain down all around in a
spectacular display for your eyes only. Relax and remember to breathe
gently along the way. No matter what you experience, keep your breath
normal and relaxed.
The bubble gently glides down on a rock ledge near the bottom of the volcano.
Deep within, all you can see is fire!
Fire is passion! Fire is anger! Fire is creativity. Fire makes life very
comfortable in many ways, but un-checked can be very devastating, quite
like un-checked emotions. Take a moment to feel your own flame within.
Deep inside, driving you, helping you, and perhaps even being allowed to
errupt sometimes on it's own as we forget to check our own emotions and their
destructive capabilities.
Inside your bubble, we are going to explore how emotions feel. In here, we can
express them without hurting anyone, as the fire of the volcanic erruptions
will burn them up for us without allowing them to injure anyone. In life, we
tend to suppress many things, and while at the time, it may be very
appropriate, sometimes, people get hurt without us intending it to happen.
This meditation carries with it the hope that we will all learn to use our
emotions far less destructively in the future.
Now call to mind the last time someone angered you so much that you felt a
desire to cause harm to them. It is not weakness to admit you "wanted" to
hurt someone, it is strength when you control yourself enough to not let it
happen in the first place. We all know that sometimes we can't control
everything, but we CAN be responsible for what comes out of our emotional
responses and actions.
Now we will "wallow" in this emotion. Feel what it does to you. Freely
contemplate where it can take you. Knowing that you will not actually act
on any impulse that would harm another. We do this by considering how we
would feel if someone did it to us in a fit of anger or passion. If we do not
wish it to happen to us, then we are responsible for NOT doing it to another!
Feel the anger, how it makes your body tense, your breath go erratic and your
mind flare up with passion. Become familiar with this because in the future,
when you are not meditating and this emotion comes up, you will be ready
for it and more able to control it on your own. This is a growth exercise that
you are quite capable of benefitting from on many levels.
As you feel this emotion threaten to overcome and consume you, project it into
your hands in a giant ball of white-hot flame. Remember, your hands will
not be injured as you are safe in your bubble. See the energy grow in your
hands until the entire emotion has left your body. Surround the ball with
violet, healing light and thrust it out from you as hard as you can, into the
floor of the volcano. Remember, you are throwing away the harmful parts,
but keeping the lesson in your heart. To harm none, we must wish no harm
on another. That sounds simple enough, but in reality, life tends to challenge
that a bit! As the ball settles into the base of the volcano, take a few moments
to thank your guides/dieties for assisting you in this cleansing/healing
moment!
Take a few moments to relax again and get your breathing comfortable once
more. Notice the differences when you are relaxed from when you are
emotionally out of control and ask whomever you feel appropriate (God/dess,
guides, etc.) to assist you in remaining calm outside no matter what goes on
inside your mind and heart. Make sure you are quick to be thankful for the
intervention as without help, we are what is on the floor of the volcano right
now!
When you are done, you notice a vibration outside of your bubble. A low
rumbling has begun all around you. You remind yourself that inside your
bubble you are safe. Looking out through the bubble, you see the heat vibes
rising off the floor of the volcano, faster, brighter, obviously hotter, although
your bubble temperature never changes. You know that this volcano is about
to errupt, and although your first impulse is to run, you remember that you
are safe and take the opportunity to watch from within.
The volcano is us. When irritated by an external source. The erruption being
the negative affect when one blows emotionally!
As the rumbling continues, you see the ball of energy begin to dissolve,
melting into the molten lava preparing to spew violently forth any moment.
It only takes a moment for the energy to become a part of something much
larger and far more destructive. As luck would have it, no one will be
harmed by this erruption. This is usually not the case with something in
real life. Beyond the meditation, we must control ourselves much better, or
other innocent people can get hurt in our own emotional erruptions.
The lava in the bottom of the volcano begins to bubble erratically, spurting up
in the air in large streams. Rapidly, the lava gets angrier, more aggitated,
spiking all over the place. Your bubble sways about a little, but remains
intact for this fiery display. Somehow, your bubble doesn't follow, you are
in the belly of the volcano with all the lava spewing upwards, out of the
volcano, beyond your sight. You watch as the lava violently explodes upward
and out from this small space you sit in. As the lava begins to ebb and settle
down a bit again, your bubble starts to rise upwards, out of the volcano. You
can see the lava spilling down the volcano in large rivers, burning everything
in it's path. Nothing remains but hot molten ash and destruction. What
took moments to happen has destroyed so much in it's path.
You take a little time to contemplate this before the bubble starts moving
upwards once more. You realize that you are returning to your garden, and
you take the opportunity to view the more beautiful, untouched forests and
areas on your way back. You realize that some of these will be destroyed,
and some will remain for years to come.
Slowly, the bubble descends to the garden once more. Settling on the grass
and dissipating completely. You remember that you can call this bubble up
for yourself any time you wish in the future and that it will take you where
you want to go and safely protect you along the journey.
Take some time to contemplate your journey and explore the garden, before
returning to your sacred space once more. When you are ready, open your
eyes and return to a wakeful state of mind. You are refreshed and alert, and
you recall all the details of your journey.
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