Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Compassion and Chaos

The Full Moon Labyrinth Walk pretty much kicked my butt. It was beautiful and wonderful and magical, and a tornado in a volcano of energy for me. The magic began as we spread rose petals around the center circle of the labyrinth. A large white dog came into the circle, symbolic of the male energy, the light, the sun. He walked around the circle, introduced himself to each of us and then left. After creating a sacred spiral in the field outside the labyrinth, we gathered to sing the oneness affirmation song. As we sang, a black cat came up to us and walked completely around the outer circle and then moved into the inner circle and walked around the spiral of crystals. It then came and lay down behind me as I conducted the beginning of the ceremony (symbolic of the arrival of the moon which just showed its lovely face above the horizon). Now, that's the way to begin a ceremony.

There are deep and compassionate levels we don't even know we have that, when accessed, bring up our deepest sorrows and our highest abilities to love and be loved. My personal challenge is the last vestige of poverty consciousness left over from my childhood of not being able to give those I love what I believe they deserve. It's not even anything they expect. It is my own desire to be generous and to recognize their accomplishments and contributions to my life. I'm moving through it slowly but surely, and I give myself permission to finish it and move forward into my new level of being.

If you need a change in your life, and you want to experience it the power for yourself. Here's a ceremony for releasing, claiming and invoking compassion for you.

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CEREMONY TO RELEASE, CLAIM AND INVOKE COMPASSION

I call forth the beings of compassion from all directions,
From all time and space and
From all dimensions and planes of existence.
Be with me here and now.
I stand in my own darkness with only the inner light to guide me.

(I light a candle as a symbol of the light within.)

Be with me, bringers of compassion.
Unite my light with the greater light once again.
Restore the memory of my divinity and my connection.
Open my inner eyes that I may see who I truly am.
Whisper in my inner ears with the voice of love.
Remind me of my mission here that I may continue to serve.
Restore my voice that I may speak your truth.
Open my heart that I may feel your unconditional love.
Open my mind that your thoughts may become my wisdom.
Clear and strengthen my emotions and my relationships.
Spread the wealth of your compassion through me and my life.
Restore my physical body to the perfection in which it was created.
Manifest my highest and best good through my life.

Divine spirit, enlighten me as I walk your path,
I release all that does not serve me and remember my true nature:
I release my fears and claim courage.
I release jealousy and claim celebration.
I release gluttony and claim joyful abundance.
I release competition and claim cooperation.
I release judgement and claim discernment.
I release criticism and claim acceptance.
I release loneliness and claim companionship.
I release hatred and claim love.
I release bitterness and claim joy and restore my inner child.
I release poverty and claim abundance, and financial flow.
I release negativity and claim trust.
I release despair and claim jubilation.
I release depression and claim excitement.
I release failures and claim success.
I release old patterns that no longer serve me and claim new positive habits.
I release anxiety and claim faith.
I release stress and claim inner and outer peace.
I release anger and claim compassion.
I release darkness and claim rebirth.
I release myself from earthly limitations and claim my divine power.
I release pride and claim divine humility.

I am the Power. I am the Presence. I am Compassion.
I am love. I am Peace. I am joy. I am abundance.
I am light. I am magic. I am health. I am wholeness.
I am all the gods and goddesses who ever were and ever will be.
I am the manifestation of oneness, I am the great spirit walking this earth. I am the embodiment of communion. I serve the divine plan in my own way.

I enter my sanctuary with an open heart and in harmony with body – mind – and spirit.
I Release and claim what I personally want to release and claim with each step on my inner journey, knowing that there is no right or wrong in this place of compassion, acceptance and power. All things are possible if I only believe. If I have but the faith of a grain of mustard seed, I can move mountains.

(You can create a spiral of stones, crystals or runes if you like.)

I spiral through the universe to find my answers, to seek my truth, to claim my manifestations.
I invoke compassion for the world and all its people, including myself, and I claim enlightenment through all my personal chakras.

I invoke from the centerof my heart…

I am the spiral fueled by wisdom and compassion. I set aside my daily concerns.
I acknowledge my connection to the All.

The All and I are one. Through the All, All thing are done.
I am a drop of water from the ocean of love, raining blessing from above.
I am a ray of divine light, shining hope in the darkest night.
I am a breath of air, the winds of change, the keeper of wisdom, the forgiver of all blame.
I am a leaf upon the tree of life, releasing all struggle and strife.

You who lights our darkness, you who illuminates our way,
shine your light into my shadows and release me this day.
You who shines in the night sky, whose cycles I follow.
Restore my connection, fill my spaces that are hollow.
You who shines in the darkest night. Illuminate my vision, and give me your sight.
You who shows me where my shadow lies.
Restore my voice and hear my cries.
You who comes and goes and is born again.
Open my heart and end my pain.
You who walks beside me always on my path.
Clear my emotions and quell my wrath.
You who creates and destroys your creations.
Let my life serve you and people of all nations.

Enlighten me. Enlighten me. Enlighten me.
Let me know in order to serve. Let me serve from a place of joy.
Let me live in peace and gratitude. Let me be strong.
Let me be powerful. Let me be free. Let me be joyful.
Let me be honest. Let me be faithful. Let me be honorable.
Let me be wise. Let my life be a testament to my creator.

I am the Power. I am the Presence.
I am Compassion. I am Love.
I am Peace. I am Joy.
I am Abundance. I am Light.
I am Magic. I am Health. I am Wholeness.
I am all the gods and goddesses who ever were and ever will be.
I am the manifestation of oneness.
I am the Great Spirit walking on this earth.
I am the embodiment of communion.
I serve the divine plan in my own way.

And so it is. I declare it. I own it. I make it manifest. I live it.


I AM. I AM. I AM.

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