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Post by wren on Nov 5, 2006 18:40:42 GMT -5
As part of the course I'm taking (and now lala and Senbecc), we have to meditate under the full moon over the course of one year, recording our experiences in a journal. We are guided by a poem by Amergin, each line corresponding to one of thirteen moons. I am the noise of the sea I am an ocean wave I am a stag of seven tines I am a lake upon a plain I am a wind over the sea I am a tear of the sun I am a hawk upon a cliff I am a beautiful flower I am the god who kindles fire in the head I am a keen spear that pours forth battle I am a salmon in a pool I am a hill of skilled ones I am a boar in battle frenzy
Who knows the path of the sun, the periods of the moon? Who gathers the divisions, enthralls the sea, Sets in order the mountains. the rivers, the peoples? [/i] I chose to meditate first and then see what the corresponding line of the poem was, rather than the other way around. In every month so far, the meditation has been significantly aligned with the line of the poem. Does anyone else meditate under the full moon (or simply on the moon from inside) and, if so, what have your experiences been? Is it different than meditating during a full moon than on other nights?
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Post by bran_sinnach on Nov 9, 2006 1:31:01 GMT -5
I myself meditate every day as long as my schedule will allow for it, though usually if it doesnt I just stay up late or get up early to make the extra time, heh. However, whenever its a full moon I always prefer to go outside and meditate under it rather than at any other time of day or inside. To me the full moon has always given a real sense of balance and completion to my meditations on those nights, the transition from one phase to another, a sense of being on the threshhold of change and new beginnings. The moon, like us, goes through changes and patterns only to be reborn again, once more as we do, and it is that sense of completion and mediation that the full moon symbolizes to me, and why I so love to meditate under her.
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Post by wren on Nov 9, 2006 10:09:42 GMT -5
Well said, bran!
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