Basic Meditation Program: Example

Program

Basic, the first of 3

Builds

The body, the mind, the first energy of the soul

Technique

The breath, white light, simple affirmations

Daily Time

About 30 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes, flexible

Typical Span

Indicative: 6 to 12 months at a medium pace

Moving On

When every check of mastery is met

I. What This Program Builds

The Basic Program lays the ground of the temple. It strengthens the body, trains the mind to hold its attention and to empty itself, and teaches the soul to feel, draw in and direct energy. Every later program stands on it.

The work is simple, and it is done every day. In the Temple’s words, “energy work must be done every day, as each day builds on the day before” (EZ Chakra Spin). Light comes before colour: white light first, and colours later, with experience.

II. The Program, Floor by Floor

III. A Day at Each Pace

Choose the pace your day allows. The content is the same; the time, and so the results, grow with the pace.

The times are flexible, and each can be far shorter: on a busy day a few focused minutes of each practice keep the day unbroken. Walking is listed in the day, and it is not counted in the time.

A day that falls short still counts if it is not skipped: “If you are short on time, doing just 5 - 10 minutes is better than doing nothing” (Basic Meditation Program).

IV. Aura Cleaning and Protection at This Level

At this level the aura is cleaned and protected by visualization, the breath and the spoken word.

• Cleaning. Visualize a bright light all over yourself and hold it for a minute or more. Then make it brighter on each chakra, like a miniature Sun. Do it on waking and before sleep; before sleep is essential (How to Clean Your Aura).
• Protection. Breathe in white-gold energy as in the Foundation Meditation, see it grow brighter with each breath, and affirm: “I am breathing in powerful protective energy. This energy is building an aura of protection around me. This aura protects me at all times in every way.” Say it 5 times on 5 breaths (Aura of Protection).
• Prayer. After the Prayer to Zeus for Protection, sit in silence and see yourself surrounded by the blue-white light of Zeus.

When the aura is seriously dirty, as in illness, the full cleaning with the Sun mantra on the rosary is used at any level. At the next level it becomes the daily way.

V. Prayer, Self-Observation and Your Record

• Each morning and night, pray to Zeus and the Gods. Ask for guidance, protection, and to be shown where you stand.
• Each evening, observe yourself in the Self Observation Meditation: what rises in your thoughts, your emotions and your desires.
• Each day, write in your notebook what you practised, for how long, and what you felt.
• Each month, read the checks of mastery below and answer them honestly.

VI. Theurgy and Magick at This Level

Theurgy. The Prayer to Zeus for Protection, the weekly Standard Ritual for new and inexperienced practitioners, the Thanksgiving Ritual, and the Banishing Ritual when a space or the aura grows heavy. A regular weekly ritual gives continuity to your relationship with the Gods.

Magick. Only as your life needs it. Learn the 3 steps of every working in Foundations of Witchcraft, keep affirmations short and in the present tense (Specific Meditations), and begin with white and grey magick. Work on one need at a time, and repeat the working daily: most workings are not a one-shot deal.

VII. What to Expect

• Old emotions surface. When a power meditation program begins, repressed anger, grief or rage can rise, for up to a year or longer. It is normal and healing (Important Information For New People).
• You will feel your soul. Tingling, warmth or cold, vibration. It is a sign that the meditations are done correctly; never be frightened by it (Energy of the Soul).
• Some feel little at first. Those of the Physical type often feel nothing in the beginning, and the meditations still work (Finding Your Type).
• Unwanted impressions. If anything negative intrudes, turn it off like a radio in your mind and ignore it.
• Keep the days unbroken. Skipping days throws you behind, and in the beginning inconsistency can bring depression while the body adjusts to the rising bioelectricity.

VIII. The Checks of Mastery

Move on when every check is met and has held for weeks.

• You practise every day, and the practice no longer waits for mood or effort to begin.
• You feel energy as soon as you breathe it in.
• You can hold an empty mind for 5 minutes (Concentration).
• You have passed the 4 levels of the Dot Meditation: attention holds without effort.
• You clean your aura and set your protection morning and night, and the light comes easily.
• You can feel each chakra, and you align them after any energy work.
• You behold your thoughts, emotions and desires without being entangled in them.
• The old emotions that surfaced have settled, and the mind is free of the old programming.
• The body meets the markers of the Beginner Level, among them 20 minutes of seated meditation, upright.
• You have kept 15 minutes of study a day for 4 weeks, finished a book, and can explain it.
• You pray to the Gods each day, and the weekly ritual is a habit.

Lay the ground well, and every floor above it will stand.