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Shiva Meditation

Find somewhere to sit or lie quietly - somewhere in which you can get comfortable, where you will not be disturbed. Somewhere in which you feel safe, and secure. A place of peace and tranquility. Once you have found your comfortable place, sit or lie quietly, with your eyes closed. It is suggested that you take your time with this meditation, and do not be in any hurry to rush through the steps. Try to set aside a time frame of about an hour to fully appreciate the benefits of this exercise. Now allow yourself to begin to relax. Let your mind drift and wander where it chooses. Any thoughts or feelings that come of this period of quiet contemplation, allow them to drift to the forefront of consciousness. Acknowledge their presence, but do not interact. Now is not the time to deal with any outside influences or drama. Let these go. Envision a huge garbage bin with the lid off, and yourself allowing any unwanted/unneeded/unnecessary thoughts and feelings to make their way into this bin - you can deal with them at another time.

Now allow yourself to reflect on your body. Begin to focus on breathing and your heartbeat. Think about getting the two to merge and become one. You can do this by taking a deep breath, eyes closed of course, and inhale slowly to the count of 4, and exhale to the count of 8. While inhaling, visualize breathing in cleansing energies from around you .Feel each breath cleansing your body, and flowing through your veins. Feel lymph being released, and traveling all throughout the circulatory system .Now exhale, and see all exhalations in the form of blackness. Visualize this as pollution being removed from your entire body. After breathing deeply in this manner for roughly 5 minutes, begin to hold the inhalations for a longer time - count to 20, and then exhale .Really feel the lymph clearing out your system. See this as a means of effectively taking out the garbage that has accumulated within every part of your body, which has been held prisoner even inside every cell within you. After having done this 6 times, begin the rhythmic breathing again to the count of 4/8, inhaling to the count of 4, and exhaling to the count of 8.At this point, your breathing and your heart rate should be in sync with one another.

Contemplate how relaxed your body and mind has become. Reflect on your sense of well-being for a few moments. Allow the stresses of the day to melt away from you and dissipate. Now it is time to enter the presence of the God Shiva. Envision Lord Shiva, his hair piled high on the top of his head, the crescent moon gracefully crowning his majesty, and the Ganges tumbling forth from his hair. Feel the waters of the sacred river cleansing your being. Feel them imparting their cleansing waters to the very depths of your soul. Allow all filth to be washed away. Concentrate again on Shiva's being. Around his neck lounges a coiled serpent, which represents the Kundalini, the spiritual energy of life. In his left hand He holds a trident in which is bound the damroo, a small leather drum. He sits on a tiger skin, and to his right is a water pot. He wears the Rudraksha beads, and his whole body is smeared with ash.

As you make your way into His temple, and into His presence, you become overawed with fear and wonder. All around you in the temple are the sounds of horns, and bells, and the ringing echo of singing bowls. The sounds and sights all around you serve to remind you of why you are here. Contemplate the reasons you have come into the presence of Shiva today. Shiva is the dissolving force in life, but Shiva dissolves in order to create. Shiva is responsible for change, both in the form of death and destruction, and in the positive sense of the shedding of old habits. Shiva also represents the most essential goodness. Reflect for a moment on what areas in your life need or require Shiva's cleansing touch. Consider Shiva to be like the tarot card Death - we know and understand that drawing this card does not necessarily mean physical death will occur, but the death of a bad habit, or a destructive way of living. To destroy the negative, leaves room for positive growth to occur. Contemplate what your life would be like if you sacrificed destructive habits and patterns. How would this cause you to feel? How does it affect you, spiritually? Emotionally? Continue your approach to Shiva, and prepare yourself to pay homage to His symbol, the lingam.

Approach the Shiva lingham, and walk around it in a clockwise fashion. While walking, think about what areas of your life need to be let go of. Then, pour a libation over the Shiva lingham, and as the sacred liquids are emptied onto this holy symbol of death and rebirth, allow Shiva to destroy the old, and make way for new growth. Feel the cleansing fires of Shiva all through your being, burning away all manner of negativity, all toxicity. Let it go, and allow Shiva to effectively destroy it so that it never returns to cause discord in your life again. Continue walking around the lingham, breathing deeply. Take note of the scent of incenses, and the perfume of flowers. Allow the ringing of the temple bells to cleanse and uplift your tired and weary spirit, filling you with life-giving energies. Feel these energies take over your body, filling you with joy, and awakening every part of you. Allow your body to begin to sway like a serpent. Let yourself go, you are in the divine presence of the Lord of the dance. Feel living energies coursing their way through your chakras, opening up from the base of your spine, opening up the first chakra, and perfectly aligning it. Reflect on how this feels for a moment. The energy continues to make its way upwards, reaching the second chakra within the lower back, abdomen, and sexual organs. Do not be surprised if you feel very sexually charged at this point - go with it and enjoy the feeling this imparts as this chakra opens, and becomes perfectly aligned, releasing its energy.

Continue your dance. Reflect on how alive your being is beginning to feel. Reflect on how calm yet open and attuned your mind has become. Allow the energy to continue in its upward journey to chakra three within the solar plexus area. Feel the energy flowing like water, and cleansing like fire. The serpents begin to rise. The fourth chakra of the heart becomes opened and perfectly aligned, and an outpouring of emotion comes forth. You may cry or laugh at this point - go with it. Let go and allow it to happen knowing that you are safe. Allow Shiva to cleanse your innermost depths. The serpents continue to awaken and rise as chakra five of the throat becomes opened and perfectly aligned. Allow yourself to feel the onset of divine ecstasy, which the Kundalini brings with it. Feel it rise within you and continue to move upwards, opening the sixth chakra of the 3rd eye. Allow the energies around you to connect with the 3rd eye, flowing into you like a live energy source. See the energies moving from their source and into you via your 3rd eye in the form of live electricity, or perhaps a shaft of vibrating light. Once you have established a connection, strengthen it and visualize the electricity or vibrating light into a thin laser beam-like shaft of energy, and allow this to encircle your crown chakra and open it wide. Now you have made the full circle. Now the serpents have risen. Now the energy is moving.

You are a powerhouse of living energy. Let your body and soul be completely cleansed. Release it all into the aether. Chant a Shiva mantra now. Om Namaha Shiva. Repeat this mantra over your rudraksha beads 108 times. Become one with the flow of energy within you. Let it intoxicate you. Allow Shiva to share in this new feeling of awareness with you. Offer Him a drink of thandai, and then as the bells sound, and the drums are beaten, dance and become one with Shiva. Continue repeating the mantra, Om Namaha Shiva. In doing so, you are released from all sins, all cares, and all that held you prisoner of yourself. Thank Shiva for giving you liberation from suffering. When you have exhausted yourself fully, offer some flowers to Shiva. Bow your head before him, and cast the blossoms at His feet as a mark of respect. Offer some incense as well. Light it and enjoy the scent. Now it is time to leave this holy place. Begin with rhythmic breathing to the count of 4/8 again. Allow yourself to slowly regain full consciousness. Full awareness. When you are ready, open your eyes. You may wish to contemplate all you have achieved in the temple of Shiva. But, like a flowing stream, allow it to depart from your life. Have no regrets. Let go and let yourself go forward. Healing is yours

Silver Rainbolt
Council Member of the Vampire Church

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