Edgar Cayce On Meditation
Edgar Cayce On Meditation
Step One: Find a comfortable position. Keep your spine straight, legs uncrossed, and
relax any tense muscles in your body.
Step Two: Head-and-neck exercises. Do each of the following three times: head
forward, head backward, head to the right shoulder, head to the left shoulder, rotate head
in a complete circle clockwise, rotate head in a complete circle counterclockwise. Do not
strain or force.
Step Three: Deep breathing exercises. Fill lungs from bottom to top, exhale from top to
bottom. Breathe in through your right nostril and out through your mouth; repeat three
times. Breathe in through your left nostril and out through your right; repeat three times.
Step Four: Special meditation aids can be used as desired. Music, incense, chants,
personal rituals, inspirational reading, prayers and theprayer of protection. Send out light
and constructive energies to the people on your personal prayer list.
Step Five: Affirmation and prayer for deeper meditation. Move through the three stages
of focusing on the affirmation: thinking about it, feeling it, experiencing it. Return to the
thinking stage whenever the mind wanders. Allow ten to fifteen minutes for Step Five.
Healing prayer.
StepSix: Decision making. Test any tentative decisions you have made according to the
decision-making exercise.
Head-and-neck exercises
Note: All head-and-neck exercises should be done slowly and gently, without
straining or forcing the muscles in any way.
Stage 1: Top third of lungs Stage 2: Chest cavity Stage 3: Abdomen is pulled
empties first, contracts, pushing air out in, forcing all remaining air
shoulders relax. of middle third of lungs. out of lungs.
Repeat three times, again using the three stage deep-breathing exercise.
Alternate-Nostril Breathing
Left nostril is held closed, Air is exhaled Right nostril is held Left nostril is then
air is drawn in through through mouth. closed; air is drawn in closed; air is exhaled
right nostril. through left nostril. through the open
right nostril.
Repeat three times, again using the three stage deep-breathing exercise.
Music for Meditating: Music preferences vary widely, even among people who
meditate. However, here are a few suggestions to get you started:
Chants for Meditation: The Cayce readings recommend certain chants as very effective
in connecting us with spiritual realms.Take a long, deep breath, and chant these sounds as
you slowly exhale. See if you can make the sounds vibrate deeply within yourself. Repeat
up to a dozen times or more before meditating.
In reading 1158-10, we are told that the following syllables awaken the ability to draw
God’s love. (The “e” and “o” are both “long,” as in “seek” and “home.”)
ahrrrrrr—eeeee—ooooo—mmmmm
A second chant uses a variant of the four Hebrew letters of Yahweh. This chant,
according to reading 2533-8, can awaken within us the ability to know ourselves to be
individuals, yet one with the Whole.
Yah—hay—vah—hay
Prayers:
A Prayer of Protection
As I open myself to the unseen forces that surround the throne of beauty, grace, and
might, I throw about myself the protection that is found in the thoughts of Him.
Take time to hold in the light people who have asked for your prayers or given you
permission to pray for them.
• Oneness
• Love
• I am at peace.
• Let me be a channel of blessings to all I meet.
• God is love.
• Peace, be still. All is well.
• I am at one with the universe.
• Let Thy healing power flow through me, in my life, day by day.
Stage One: Think about what the words of the affirmation mean.
Stage Two: As you continue thinking about what the affirmation means, you begin to
feel what it means.
Stage Three:As you hold on to the feeling of the affirmation, your awareness shifts to
experiencing it.
If you notice your mind has wandered, and you gently go back to Stage One.
This is an optional exercise that can be used to test any tentative decisions you need to
make.
Part One: List the decisions you need to make in different areas of your life:
Work:____________________________________
Relationships:_____________________________
Errands:_________________________________
Finances:________________________________
Purchases:_______________________________
Family:__________________________________
Health:__________________________________
Other:___________________________________
Part Two:
Select one small decision you want to make, and formulate a question that can be
answered “yes” or “no”:
Consider the decision from as many angles as possible. Of what facts and issues are you
already aware?
What are the likely consequences of each way of deciding? Yes and No
“Yes” "No"
Good
Results
Unwanted
Results
Breathe into your heart three times, and then see how you feel as you imagine going with
a “yes” decision. Also watch for any images that might come to mind. Repeat with a “no”
decision.
Hold each answer together with your spiritual ideal and your ethical views.
Considering all of your answers so far, make a tentative decision: Now, put this tentative
decision aside and meditate.
At the conclusion of your quiet time, silently ask your “yes” or “no” question, give the
tentative answer you reached earlier, and then wait for any feelings or images that come
to mind. What would you say is your “inner” answer? If you are unsure of your inner
guidance, you may repeat these steps on another day. However, if you feel confident that
your decision is the right one, think about how you might act on your decision.
Remember that meditation and a healthy body can work together in a constructive cycle.
The practice of meditation is an important element in your overall program for
maintaining good health. Good health practices in your daily life will aid your meditation
life. Below are areas to which you might want to pay particular attention:
• Healthy Diet
Eat a good, balanced diet, with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as whole
grains. The Edgar Cayce readings recommended:
o that 80 percent of the diet consist of non-starchy vegetables and fruits,
with the remaining 20 percent provided by proteins, cereals, and starches.
o that meat intake consist mainly of fish, fowl, and lamb, with red meat
eaten only sparingly and pork rarely or never.
o that we avoid overly processed foods, all fried foods, and foods containing
white flour and/or sugar.
• Exercise
Exercise will help keep your body healthy and aid in stress reduction. Always
check with your doctor before embarking on any new program of exercise.
Moderate, consistent exercise is more helpful than sporadic, strenuous workouts.
Gentle stretching and daily walks will go a long way toward keeping you fit and
releasing tensions.
Finally, remember that you are a whole person, with all parts working together. Your
attitudes and emotions are vital to good health. As you meditate daily, it will have an
impact on your physical health. As you pay attention to basic health practices listed here,
you’ll find your meditation life enhanced as well.
But as such if thoughts are arising - why do you need to clear them or fight
with your own thoughts or why argue that I am having thoughts? Just
remain totally unbiased & watch the thoughts which are coming & if you
don’t identify yourself with these thoughts, then the thoughts would just
come & go like clouds.
Secondly, you can play maha mrityunjaya mantra in the back ground if
you wish to do so. If that helps, it is fine, as long as you are giving time to
yourself to evolve consciously; I am pleased with that.
Not able to concentrate?
And wait for some more time to finally move in meditation. With mantra
japa you may begin Paranayama. There is a DVD called “Shwason Ka
Vigyan“. You get that & practice with that.
In this informative video, Gurumaa explains the benefits of effective mantra
chanting. The posture we sit in, how we breathe, how we focus our mind
and the feeling we bring to our chanting, all make a huge difference. Mantra
chanting done correctly and sincerely has a great impact, both on our body
and mind. Our reflexes become sharper, our body becomes healthier and the
power of our mind to handle anything – favourable or unfavourable -
increases.