tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41226493329891070942024-02-21T03:34:22.275+01:00Daily MeditationWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-9946896250014349792010-02-20T13:58:00.000+01:002010-02-20T13:59:43.654+01:00InfinityI have to admit that while the topic for this post has been clear for a while, I am at a loss on how to approach it. How do you try to faciliate the mystical experience of oneness with the universe? It is a rare experience for me, but one that has been very precious. I know no clever pathworking or exercise, or anything, to promote oneness with everything. You see, we all are already one with theWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-4141323867928032982010-02-13T19:48:00.002+01:002010-02-13T19:52:57.023+01:00Getting in Touch with the GodsAll to often, we have an inspiring meeting with the Divine, with the Gods, in ritual, on a special day, and get smashed out of it during the grey, dull days of everyday work that follow. One antidote to that is to spend a short, special moment every day where we can meet with our Gods. That can be quite informal and spontaneous, but what I propose today is to create a five-minute ritual that is Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-86314892441926540472010-02-09T07:37:00.000+01:002010-02-09T07:38:32.913+01:00Meeting your SelvesThis is the last exercise about getting into contact with the divine self, and it is about meeting our different selves. We all have different aspects in our personality. Perhaps I should say that I know I have them, and so I presume you also have them. Some of them are very dominant, and can be seen in everyday life. Others may be hidden and known only to ourself, or even suppressed and unknown Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-17576392678919805522010-01-30T10:48:00.003+01:002010-01-30T10:54:08.035+01:00February EveThe sun has turned at winter solstice, and yet it has been difficult to recognize the change. From now on, the return of the light is more noticeable even though it is still winter, and nature is still sleeping quietly. This day is also known as the festival of Brigid, an Irish Goddess and Saint. In the cycle of the God, this is the time when He grows, from child to adolescent. At spring equinox,Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-63074923171842144982010-01-24T11:52:00.003+01:002010-01-24T13:06:14.978+01:00Book recommendationsI started this blog with the intention of writing a one year course on getting into contact with the divine daily. The year is almost over by now, and this course draws to a close. I have four more posts planned: one for Imbolc next week, and one final meditation for each of the three aspects of the divine in February. Today, there will be no exercise but a list of book recommendations for Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-416723750234393342010-01-16T12:15:00.000+01:002010-01-16T12:16:01.604+01:00The beauty of a snowflakeWinter has finally arrived in Munich. There are loads of snow out there, and when I first thought about this meditation, it was still snowing. All too often, we walk through our lives, head down, without risking a glance to the sides. This is an exercise about recognising the beauty that surrounds us every day. Do the exercise on a day when it is snowing, or at least when you have some snow lyingWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-46978402325916002472010-01-09T10:49:00.002+01:002010-01-09T11:14:23.604+01:00Goal SettingOne of the last exercises was retrospection, and originally, I planned to include some parts about exploring yourself next. Due to the unexpected hiatus, I will skip these, and today's topic is about planning and setting goals. Traditionally, New Year is the time for setting goals that are forgotten by the end of January – the classical New year resolutions. Obviously, these are useless and a Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-2713743832723338892009-12-30T19:19:00.002+01:002009-12-30T19:26:28.072+01:00Late post - Winter solsticeMy last post has been quite a while, but I hope to go back to writing regularily in 2010 again. The post for today is late, too, because it is a pathworking for winter solstice, or Yule. Right now, it is dark, very dark. Many people now leave their houses in the morning when it is still dark and return in the evening, when it is dark again. It is during this time of the year that we have time forWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-72690554475921404152009-11-08T12:18:00.001+01:002009-11-08T12:22:34.519+01:00RetrospectionAs a new year has begun, it is time to look back over what happened during the last year. Take something to write and go to a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. Light a candle and some incense, if you want to. If you have been writing Daily Pages in the last year, or some kind of journal, take that with you, too. First of all, think about important topics or areas of your life. RestrictWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-13798386265274084932009-11-08T12:10:00.000+01:002009-11-08T12:18:44.442+01:00IntrospectionIn some traditions, the New Year starts at Samhain. The year starts with the dark half, with winter, just as the day starts with the evening, at sunset. Therefore, for me the time around Samhain is the time for introspection, for looking back over the last year, and for looking forward into what I want to do and be next year. In terms of the three aspects of the divine, introspection means Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-14880484573218918462009-11-01T20:11:00.000+01:002009-11-01T20:14:24.498+01:00SamhainBlessed (belated) Samhain to everyone. I am sorry, but what happened this Smahain was kind of unexpected and I did not manage to write a meditation this week. I will hopefully resume blogging next weekend.Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-73666586522120924672009-10-24T10:20:00.000+02:002009-10-24T10:20:00.245+02:00Prayer to the earthAfter getting up in the morning, before you do anything else, go outside. Bring a cup of water with you. Go to a place where you can stand barefoot on the earth, your garden or a nearby park, or somewhere in the wilderness. Do a grounding exercise, and connect to that earth beneath you. Become aware of the air around you, the winds, the sounds that reach you. Take the cup of water, and take a sipWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-4014292892170341602009-10-18T10:16:00.000+02:002009-10-18T10:17:25.001+02:00Bringing religion into your daily lifePart of the reason why I started writing this course was that I wanted to find a way to build a regular meditation practise that would help to integrate religion and spirituality into our daily lives instead of reserving it for special holy days. This week, I want to have a look at the interaction of our religion and our life. In my Wiccan tradition, one of the first things we ask our students toWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-83178262373457708672009-10-11T09:04:00.000+02:002009-10-11T09:19:51.079+02:00Autumn candle meditationThe season I like best is autumn. When the weather is fine, I like to go outside, enjoying the last warm rays of a sun that is quickly loosing its strength, and watching the changing colours and the winds that carry away the leaves from the trees. When the weather is rainy, however, I like to do an autumn candle meditation.For this meditation, you need: a rainy day, at least half an hour of time Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-32579942022205516942009-10-03T14:26:00.000+02:002009-10-03T14:26:00.477+02:00Enjoy the fruits of the EarthCurrently, it is harvest time, and that is a good reason to enjoy the pleasure the harvest can mean for us. On a beautiful day, sit in the sun. Connect to the earth below you and the sky above you. Take some fruits that grow where you live and that are currently ripe – if it is possible and safe to do so, gather them yourself. An example would be to pick some apples from the tree in your garden, Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-27461751351264264922009-09-26T13:24:00.000+02:002009-09-26T13:24:00.511+02:00Personal HarvestLast week was Autumn equinox, a sabbat that is considered to be a harvest celebration, the second of three harvest festivals in some traditions. In our times, few people actively participate in the harvest by collecting vegetables from a field, canning fruits or doing any of the work associated with harvest. Mostly, we enjoy that a variety of fresh, local food is available. However, harvest time Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-32224477738147922362009-09-20T22:09:00.002+02:002009-09-20T22:12:17.726+02:00Autumn equinoxThis week is the time of autumn equinox (the exact date is 22nd of September). Day and night are of equal length. The sun is slowly loosing strength. In nature, it is early autumn right now: the first coloured leaves can be seen, and harvest is in full swing. In my area, the first pumpkins are ripe and the temperature has dropped below 20°C most of the time, so it is easy to notice that autumn Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-72549575260556563442009-09-12T13:35:00.000+02:002009-09-12T13:35:00.477+02:00Pathworking: The Dark OneOn a night of the new moon, sit down in a quiet spot, preferably somewhere where you can see the night sky. Take some deep breaths and relax. Gaze upon the night sky while you let go of anger, stress, anxiety and distractions. Then, close your eyes. Go to your safe place. It is a very dark night here. Only the slimmest crescent of the moon is visible in the sky. Its light touches you, and in Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-61790112041842172972009-09-12T13:30:00.000+02:002009-09-12T13:30:00.615+02:00The Dark OneThe fourth face of the Goddess is her terrible one: destruction, war and death. She is the Dark Mother, the one who takes back what the Mother has given. A mythological example might be Persephone, who reigns the underworld, or the war Goddess Morrigan. She is not gentle, and Her wrath is terrible. Most often, this forth face is not part of the mythology of the moon Goddess. Her warrior aspects Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-78230503652464136202009-09-06T16:25:00.002+02:002009-09-06T16:30:14.857+02:00Pathworking: The CroneOn a night of the waning moon, sit down in a quiet spot, preferably somewhere where you can see the moon. Take some deep breaths and relax. Gaze upon or visualize the waning moon while you let go of anger, stress, anxiety and distractions. Then, close your eyes. Go to your safe place. It is night here, but the night is illuminated a bit by a waning moon shining dimly in the sky. The moonlight Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-3855426812051435132009-09-06T16:22:00.001+02:002009-09-06T16:25:21.995+02:00The CroneThe Crone is the Old One, the Wise One. Her children have grown up, become independent and so she is free once more. But she has the experience of a lifetime that helps her judge any situation, and from that comes the wisdom that avoids rash actions, but knows when to act. The crone also has come to know loss, and grief, and in times when we need consolation, we can turn to her. She can teach us Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-75029422158761018572009-08-29T08:40:00.000+02:002009-08-29T08:40:00.189+02:00Pathworking: The motherThe threefold Goddess: Meditations on Maiden, Mother, Crone and HagOn a night of the full moon, sit down in a quiet spot, preferably somewhere where you can see the full moon. Take some deep breaths and relax. Gaze upon or visualize the full moon while you let go of anger, stress, anxiety and distractions. Then, close your eyes. Go to your safe place. It is night here, but the night is Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-60339536105505486842009-08-29T08:37:00.000+02:002009-08-29T08:37:00.543+02:00MotherThe threefold Goddess: Meditations on Maiden, Mother, Crone and HagThe mother obviously corresponds to the woman during pregnancy and after childbirth, as long as she looks after her children. This can be quite literally, but it can also be metaphorically, a person taking on responsibility, creating projects, caring for the execution, organising things etc. The mother is the woman with Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-4511653781513185662009-08-21T20:29:00.004+02:002009-08-21T20:43:08.956+02:00Pathworking: The MaidenThe threefold Goddess: Meditations on Maiden, Mother, Crone and HagOn a night of the waxing moon (like this week), choose a quiet spot. It would be best if you could look at the waxing moon. If not, take a look at it before you sit down, or visualize the crescent. Take some deep breaths and relax. Gaze upon or visualize the moon while you let go of anger, stress and distractions. Then, close yourWindsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122649332989107094.post-92218571766354135722009-08-21T20:23:00.001+02:002009-08-21T20:28:33.648+02:00MaidenThe threefold Goddess: Meditations on Maiden, Mother, Crone and HagWhen I talked about the moon, I talked about the three faces of the Goddess: maiden, mother and crone. The maiden roughly corresponds to the age of a woman between childhood and childbirth – without taking both parts overly literal. She is the virgin, the woman without attachments, without dependants, who has the freedom to do as Windsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314061890705179615noreply@blogger.com0