Full Opening Ritual

The Complete Opening Ritual
The Opening Gesture
1. Take a balanced stance, facing east

2. Raise both hands in front of you and mime the action of parting a curtain
3. Step forward, left foot first, and imagine you are stepping into brilliant
white light
4. Allow your mind’s eye to adjust to the new level
Taking Refuge
5. Imagine you are surrounded on all side by stars, and that each one is a
Being of Light (God/dess, angel, Buddha, great teacher, etc)
6. Imagine a red letter “A” in your heart.
7. Take a deep breath, and with eyes open, intone “Ah.” Imagine that all
those Beings are turning their attention to you as you send out the plea
for help
8. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and intone again. Imagine that all
those Beings are sending a ray of helpful light into your aura and body.
Imagine that this light is filling every part of you from the top of your
head to the bottoms of your feet
9. Open your eyes, take a deep breath, and intone one more time. Imagine
that all the light you’ve received is spilling over and that you, yourself,
are now a (small!) Being of Light, sending your light out to all who need
help1
The Earth Cross
10.Place your hands together, palm-to-palm, above your head and in front
of you, and say "As Above”.
11.Lower your hands to below your waist and point them downward, saying
"So below". Visualize a ray of light coming down from above, down the
front of your body, and continuing into the center of the earth.
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12.Cross your hands on your chest, right over left, and say "As within”.
13.Spread your hands wide in a gesture of invocation, palms upward, and
say "So without". Visualize a ray of light spreading from your heart to
both left and right, extending to the horizon on each side. Your star
center in your heart, already ignited by taking refuge, glows even
brighter
14.Step forward slightly so the crossed beams of light are now centered in
your body
Tonglen and Withdrawing of Energy***
15.Turn your attention inward and evaluate your state. Are you suffering
physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually?
1. If so, with an indrawn breath, pull that suffering out of the part of you
which is feeling pain, and with an out-breath send relief and
openness into that place. This will give you space to be with your
experience rather than suffering and avoiding it
16.Turn your attention to anyone whose suffering has drawn your attention.
Do the same for them.
17.Finally, imagine that there are innumerable threads of light emanating
from your aura. With three deep, indrawn breaths, pull those in so that
the only connections you retain are those with whatever is in your
sacred space
The Four Immeasurables
18.Close your eyes and visualize a red letter “A” in your heart center
19.Intone “Ahhh” and imagine that you are filled with Loving Kindness for
yourself. Let it spill over to those who are close to you, then into the
circle of your acquaintances. Continue spilling out into the world of
strangers, and finally, as you finish intoning, imagine that you’ve become
a source of radiant Loving Kindness for all beings everywhere, including
the planet.
20.Intone again, and imagine that you are filled with Compassion. Spill over
just as you did for Loving Kindness.
21.Repeat the process and imagine that you are filled with Joy at the
greatest joy of yourself and others. The greatest joy comes with
Liberation, so imagine that you and they have become liberated. Follow
the same ‘spilling over’ procedure.
22.Finally, intone and imagine that you are filled with Equanimity (calm and
poise, a watchful, unshaken center) and spill over.
23.Snap your fingers. The Wheel of the Four Immeasurables continues to
turn, one after the other. 
The Solar Opening
24.Close your eyes and imagine that you grow in size, slowly at first.
25.Your head passes through the ceiling as you grow. Soon you are taller
than the house or building.
26.The land spreads out below you as you grow.
27.Soon you are taller than the clouds. Accelerate your growth.
28.The curvature of the earth is evident. Facing east, imagine your body
casting a long shadow in the light of the sun, wherever it is in the sky.
29.The earth shrinks until it is a sphere, a ball, a marble below your feet.
30.Pause to feel a surge of protective love for your mother.
31.Far ahead of you, at the limits of the Cosmos, there is an ever-
expanding boundary. Beyond this is the ever-changing Multiverse***,
from which all things come and to which all things return.
32.Raise your left hand and point, using your index and second fingers, at
a place level with your eyes. This is the horizon of your personal
Cosmos.
33.Begin turning counter-clockwise, keeping your hand pointed at the
horizon. As you do, imagine that your fingers draw aside a veil to reveal
vast, multicolored clouds of Light billowing there, as high and as low as
the imagination can perceive. This is how infinite possibilities and infinite
fullness would appear to our limited senses.***
34.Turn in a full circle until you have returned to face east. Lower your left
hand.
35.Reach out with your mind in a state of curiosity toward the great
Beyond. Feel a response to your curiosity, a warm feeling of being
enclosed.***
36.Imagine all of your troubles and distractions dissolving, being lifted away
and taken back into the great Beyond. Replacing all those is a sense of
the Four Immeasurables coming from that vastness: Loving Kindness for
you, Compassionate understanding of you, Joy at the certainty of your
liberation, and Equanimity upon which you can always rest.***
37.Pause
38.Raise your hands above your head as if performing the earth cross
gesture again. However, draw them smoothly apart as you lower them,
so that your hands each point at a 45° angle away from your body as
you lower them. Bring them all the way down until they point to a spot
below your feet. As you draw, imagine a line of light traced by each
hand. These are the first two pillars of the sky.
39.Cup your hands above your head, and imagine that light from your aura
gathers in your hands.
40.Raise your right hand so that it points into the sky at a 45° angle upward
from your body, and point your index and middle finger. With a smooth,
powerful gesture, trace a very large circle and continue the movement in
a spiral, imagining that you are tracing light with your fingers.
41.When your hand has reached the center, in a smooth projection gesture,
move your left foot forward and fling your hands forward turning the
palms downward as you do, fingers together. Imagine the accumulated
golden light being sent to the horizon as an offering. As you do this
intone the divine Name “KHEP-RA.”
42.Pause for a moment and then smoothly return to an upright posture,
returning your left foot to its original position and stamping it firmly, and
spread your arms out in a welcoming gesture. Imagine the great circle
you traced being filled with golden light and the wind of spring and its
fruitfulness which fills your space from that direction. This is the
returning Gift, sent back to you. See a figure of light appear within the
circle. This is the form of the child of Horus named Hapi, who brings the
power of creation as sent by Khepra. In your mind, hear the words of
encouragement: “Arise! Become! Transform!”***
43.Raise your right hand and point at the horizon with the first two fingers.
Begin turning in a clockwise direction until you are facing south, pointing
to the southern horizon, imagining that you are tracing a circle of light on
the horizon.
44.Lower your right hand to your side, and then raise both your hands
above your head to trace the pillars again, from above to below. Your left
hand re-traces the pillar you first drew when facing east.
45.Cup your hands at your heart and imagine that they fill with light.
from your body. With a smooth, powerful gesture, trace a very large
circle and continue the movement in a spiral, imagining that you are
tracing light with your fingers.
palms downward as you do. Imagine the accumulated golden light being
sent to the horizon as an offering. As you do this intone the divine Name
“RAY.”
returning your left foot to its original position, and spread your arms out
in a welcoming gesture. Imagine the great circle you traced being filled
with red-hued light and the heat of summer and its power which fills your
space from that direction. This is the returning Gift, sent back to you.
See a figure of light appear within the circle. This is the form of the child
of Horus named Qebsenuf, who brings the power of life as sent by Re.
In your mind, hear the words of encouragement: “You can do it! Live!
Create!”***
Begin turning in a clockwise direction until you are facing west, pointing
to the western horizon, imagining that you are tracing a circle of light on
the horizon.
hand re-traces the pillar you first drew when facing south.
51.Cup your hands below your solar plexus and imagine that they fill with
light.
sent to the horizon as an offering. As you do this intone the divine Name
“A-TOOM.”
with blue light and the cool of autumn and its refreshment which fills your
space from that direction. This is the returning Gift, sent back to you.
See a figure of light appear within the circle. This is the form of the child
of Horus named Duamutef, who brings fulfillment as sent by Atum. In
your mind, hear the words of encouragement: “Rest! Be refreshed! You
have done well!”***
Begin turning in a clockwise direction until you are facing north, pointing
to the northern horizon, imagining that you are tracing a circle of light on
the horizon.
hand re-traces the pillar you first drew when facing west, and your right
hand re-traces the pillar you drew when facing east.
57.Cup your hands at your heart. Imagine a seed from above your head
and one from below your feet. They converge in your heart, and as they
do, intone your Secret Name in your mind, or if you have not got one
yet, intone “AH” in your mind. Imagine that your hands fill with light.
sent to the horizon as an offering. As you do this intone the seed-syllable
“AH,” while at the same time, in your mind, speaking your Secret Name
if you have one.
with green light and the crisp cold of winter and its promise of renewal
which fills your space from that direction. This is the returning Gift, sent
back to you. See a human figure, dressed in a white robe, appear within
the circle. This is the form of your own highest Self, who has reached
freedom from time and space and is ever ready to help you. Her/his
name within this circle is that of the fourth child of Horus, Imseti, who
brings Hope in the midst of darkness. In your mind, hear the words of
encouragement: “I am here, ready to help! You are never alone!”***
Begin turning in a clockwise direction until you are facing east once
again, pointing to the eastern horizon, imagining that you are tracing a
circle of light on the horizon. Lower your hand.
62.Pause for a moment with your hands by your side, and absorb the
results of this invocation. Imagine that light from all four directions is
pouring into you, and breathe it in through your pores, through your
lungs, through your aura, until you are scintillating. In your heart, a
golden Light arises in response, filling your aura and radiating out in all
directions.
63.Gesture at the East with your right hand and say, “My rising is in
Khepra.”
64.Gesture behind you at the West with your right or left hand and say, “My
setting is in Atum.”
65.Gesture to your right and say, “My strength is In Re.”
66.Gesture to your left and say, “And the midnight Sun is...” and silently
intone your Secret Name if you have one.
One-Time Connection of the Above and the Below***
It is only necessary to do this once in your lifetime, though there is no harm

in repeating it.
67.Far above you, there is a star. This is the home of your Divine Genius,
your Personal Divinity, who is always ready to help you.
68.Take a deep breath. Intone “AH”, and see a vast lightning bolt descend
from that star to enter your aura above your head. It passes down your
body and exits your aura below your feet. It goes to the center of the
Earth and grounds itself.
Earth Cross
69.Place your hands together, palm-to-palm, above your head and in front
70.Lower your hands to below your waist and point them downward, saying
71.Cross your hands on your chest, right over left, and say "As within”.
72.Spread your hands wide in a gesture of invocation, palms upward, and
brighter
73.Step forward slightly so the crossed beams of light are now centered in
your body
The Circulation of Light
74. Your eyes are closed. You are floating in a dark void.
75. Establish the rhythmic breath, breathing in to the count of four, holding
your breath without closing your throat for two, breathing out to the
count of four, and holding your breath out, again without closing your
throat, to the count of two.
76. Scan your body for any tension, and relax. One way to do this is to
tighten, and then release, the tense muscles.
77. Once the rhythmic breath is established, turn your attention to a spot
above your head. Imagine that a brilliant white sphere forms there as
you “vibrate”2 the word “KHEP-RA.”
78. In your inner eye, the void is illuminated by that sphere. All things
become crystalline and transparent, shot through with vivid colors and
flashing lights. Think of an Alex Grey painting come to life. All objects
and living things are transparent, including your own body.
79. On the next in-breath, imagine a beam of light descending from this
sphere into your throat, where another sphere of brilliant white light
appears as you vibrate “DJE-HOW-TEE.”
80. At the next in-breath, imagine a beam of light descending from this
sphere into the center of your chest, where another sphere forms as
you vibrate “RAY.”
2“Vibration” is a particular way of intoning in which you feel your body vibrating or buzzing
gently. When done correctly, this is a powerful way to energize the aura.
81. As before, imagine white light descending into a point in your groin,
where another white sphere forms as you vibrate “A-TOOM.”
82. At the next in-breath, imagine a beam of light descending from this
sphere to a point just below your feet. Form the final brilliant sphere and
vibrate “HET-HEROO.”
83. Turn your attention back to the sphere above your head.
84. As you breathe out, imagine a cascade of flowing light descending the
left side of your body from this sphere, passing through that part of your
body as well as through your aura, which extends outward from your
body as far as you can reach with outstretched hand.
85. It reaches the sphere at your feet when your breath is expelled
completely. Try to ‘feel’ the movement of this light passing effortlessly
through both body and aura.
86. At the in-breath, the light ascends the right side of your body to re-enter
the sphere above your head. Do this circulation 3 or 4 times.
87. At the next out-breath, imagine the same kind of light cascading down
the front of your body on the out-breath, and up the back on the in-
breath. Do this 3 or 4 times.
88. Imagine that, far above, there is a Star. This is the place where your
Divine Genius resides. Though far above, it is intimately involved in
your life, and from that vantage point can offer guidance and strength.
89. Turn your attention to the sphere below your feet. At the next in-breath,
imagine light shooting up, passing through the center of your body and
the three spheres inside your body, to enter the sphere above your
head.
90. At the out-breath, imagine this light fountaining up as high as you can
imagine, all the way up to that Star.
91. At the in-breath, re-absorb this light, which has taken on a new kind of
luster, a honey-golden color. Let it fill your body and aura. Feel as if you
are a cup, being filled with sweet, nourishing substance. Breathe it into
your pores as well as into your aura.
92. Rest on the out-breath, and then on the next in- breath, do the same
fountain exercise again. Repeat 3 or 4 times.
93. Place your attention on a spot on your left heel, and on an in-breath,
imagine a ribbon of light circling around, counterclockwise, behind your
right foot, then around the front, winding up your body in a spiral until,
at the end of the in-breath, it enters the sphere above your head. On
the out-breath, imagine that you are resting within an egg-shaped aura
of light, transparent and flashing with brilliance within the world of
transparent, light-filled objects. Do this 3 or 4 times.
The Opening is complete. The Closing Ritual is much simpler, and consists
of an Earth Cross, the Distribution of Merit, and the Closing Gesture.
Earth Cross
1. Place your hands together, palm-to-palm, above your head and in front
2. Lower your hands to below your waist and point them downward, saying
3. Cross your hands on your chest, right over left, and say "As within”.
4. Spread your hands wide in a gesture of invocation, palms upward, and
brighter
5. Step forward slightly so the crossed beams of light are now centered in
your body
The Distribution of Merit
6. Say: “May the benefits of this act, and all acts, be dedicated unto the
complete liberation and supreme enlightenment of all beings
everywhere, pervading space and time. So mote it be. May the benefits
of practice mine/ours and others, come to fruition ultimately and
immediately, and I/we remain in a state of presence.”3
7. Intone “Ah” and imagine that the energies you’ve raised and the benefits
you’ve accrued radiate out in all directions as you share them with all
beings, yourself included.
Closing Gesture
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8. Hold your hands out in front of you and mime the action of pulling the
curtains shut. Step backward with your left foot. Mime the action of
sealing the curtain shut, up and down in front of you, and then finally
stamp your left foot.
Note: the items with three red stars (***) are recent updates to this ritual.
They are changes that were suggested by one of my Leaders as being
helpful in emphasizing healing and strength.

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The Complete Opening Ritual

The Opening Gesture

1. Take a balanced stance, facing east

The Earth Cross

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Tonglen and Withdrawing of Energy***

The Four Immeasurables

The Solar Opening

One-Time Connection of the Above and the Below***

It is only necessary to do this once in your lifetime, though there is no harm

The Circulation of Light

The Distribution of Merit

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