June 22, 2009

  • Explanation re Gary’s Guided Meditation

      
    This picture is of Gary Renard in Amsterdam, at the Amstelkerk, on 23 May 2009, this was not necessarily the moment when he explained the meditation, though he did talk about it that day.

    As a further clarification of the meditation, it was recorded by Gene Bogart, who records Gary’s regular podcast. It is also described in Gary’s books. My book Closing the Circle, to which this blog is dedicated, is in turn based on Gary’s work.

Comments (4)

  • ‘One G meditation a day keeps the ego away.’  thanks!

  • Yes, this is a wonderful meditation. I really appreciate your bringing it to our attention. Another great reminder. (Funny how I keep forgetting about this most helpful exercise!!!)

    Not ever having experienced revelation myself, I find that this meditation is, for me, actually a great opportunity for forgiveness (!), because when I get to that part where Gary instructs us to say, “Father, I love you,” in all honesty I bristle and find myself seeing that I do NOT want to say “I love you,” let alone call Him my Father! Instead, I want to scream “I hate You, God!!!!—I hate You because You did not let me separate from You and be on my own and have things MY way!” Then (IF I remember!) I remind myself to recognize WHERE my rebellion is coming from—our original “tiny, mad idea,” of course—and place my hate-filled separation thoughts, too, on the altar, thereby forgiving it. And, quite frankly, I, for one, can hardly wait until that seemingly interminable five-minute silence period is over [and I’m "much too tolerant of mind wandering" (ACIM T-2.VI.4:6) during the process] so that I can come back to where I’m comfortable—where I “want” to be (in the dream), no matter how painful and exhausting it is. Yet one more thing to watch and forgive!

    I don’t know if I’m doing it right, but I just thought you might be interested to know the experience at least one of us is having with this exercise.

  • @elalight - Well the nice thing about the Course is that there is no right way or wrong way. You do the best you can, and you keep forgiving all the crap that comes up in the process. And only infinite patience yields immediate results. Simple, but not easy… 

  • @RogierFvV - You are the greatest!

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