Preparing a Sacred Space
It’s ‘your’ space – in which you ‘set’ to honor and connect with Spirit
As we set the space for the latest Reiki Circle, ‘setting our space’ was the main topic. With several Reiki Masters attending we were able to share ideas and bring insight surrounding this subject to many students. I am honored to share some of my personal rituals to setting my personal space before the start of each day and every Reiki session.
First, the most important burning question… What is it? What exactly is it about a chosen place that makes it ‘Sacred’? Well first of all, you’re Sacred Space doesn’t really have to be a space at all. It can be a place in your mind. It can also be an ancient stone circle, or your bathtub. It can be nowhere, and it can be everywhere. Confused? Keep reading…
Creating Sacred Space isn’t as daunting a task as it first may seem; considering the amount of mail I get on this topic, I think this might be a somewhat misunderstood concept. So I hope this article will be of some assistance.
Your Sacred Space can be as large as your home, an entire room or as small as a cardboard-box, or even the energy (aura) that simply surrounds you, the size does not matter, just the ’intent’ of it .Whatever is right for you is right. A Sacred Space is all about honoring and connecting with the essence of who you are. It is all about sacredness.
Most people think of an altar when they think about a Sacred Space, you may want to create one in your home, in a corner of your room or it can be much larger and used for more purposes, it’s entirely your intention and choosing. I have a friend that has his back yard set beautifully with a waterfall as the center of his alter, candles, incenses and such…. This is his Sacred Space. If you choose to start off with setting up an Altar in your Sacred Space or as your Sacred Space; here are some ideas to help you do just that.
Creating an Altar
An altar is a physical space you dedicate to spirit. It can be a table, a shoebox, or a back yard, the size and what it is made from is not important. What’s important are the items you place on your altar, each item needs to carry meaning for you and feel right for you.
Listed below are some of the items that are on my altar to give you an idea of what types of things you can use to create your own. Remember, what is right for me, might not be right for you, so trust yourself and only do what is right for YOU.
Candles, incenses, sage, and oils - I always light candles, incenses, and sage on my altar before doing any type of spiritual work. It helps me protect and connect with the space and serves as a sign to spirit that I wish to connect with them. It honors the element of fire and enhances creativity.
Crystals and Rocks - I have a number of different crystals and rocks on my altar which help to bring in the earth element and to ground the space and the energy as I work.
Feathers- Dream Catcher - I have feathers on my altar to bring in the element of air and to honor all messengers.
Water and Water Fall - I have water, either in a glass or quenching flowers in a vase and/or a mini water fall to bring in this element and to honor the flow of life.
Your environment is important. Set up your Altar using candles, incense, oils, and sage, (or anything else you connect with) you are setting a beautiful, balanced Sacred Space to promote a healing atmosphere. You will be clearing the energy in the environment by invoking the intention that the environment become holy, that the Space is Sacred.
First, clean the place physically - dust, vacuum, etc. Then clean it of everything else - sweep with a broom, make lots of noise, dance around, meditate on the space becoming ‘clean’, etc. The goal here is to remove all of the stale ‘ickies’ that generally hang around a place. All of the emotions you leave lying around behind like so much dust. Then if you like, you can go around your space with the elements, and bless the space. Visualize the space becoming Sacred. Then Cast your Circle and make the space Sacred for as long as you need it. Now set up your Altar if you like, that’s it. You have created a clean, safe, and Sacred Space.
So now lets look at another way to create your Sacred Space. You can create a place in your mind that is your perfect Sacred Space. Create anything you like. Set it up any way you please. If you could create a perfect place, a truly magical place, what would it look like? A stone circle, a boat on the water, an island, a grove, a farm, a cave? Feel free here, that’s important. Experiment and change things as you go. This is your safe place. Know that in your heart nobody can or will judge you here. This is a real place, known as your Astral Temple. When you have designed this perfect place, visit it often, especially when you are in a ritual frame of mind. It is there for you always, whenever you need that bit of peace, quite, or just that bit of sanity and relief. When you meditate or attempt to encounter the divine, you can do it in this place if you like.
While you are in ritual, in your physical space, you may also want to visit your Astral Temple (your perfect Sacred Space) to ‘water the flowers’, so to speak.
This might begin to make a little more sense when we deal with the next question: What is it for? Sacred Space is a place, whether physical or not, that you have made ’safe’. It is a clean spiritual place, free from every day worries and stress. A place where you can be you, a place where you can be free, and it is in a place such as this that you are free to encounter spirituality on a deeper level. The reason you create sacred space before a ritual is because you will become fully aware and really free, you are releasing outside issues or situations and you are not bound to the mundane. So creating Sacred Space gives you that place to be safe and secure. Simply with intent say, “The Space is Sacred, and all that happens here now is for the Highest Good of All Concerned.” This means that you render the Space Sacred and that anyone coming into the Space (including your thoughts) will receive healing energy for their Highest Good. Working in a clean, clear Sacred Space promotes a transmission of energy from the Divine to the healer to the client.
Most of all, this is your space, your intentions and your personal touch belongs there, create and enjoy! Please feel free to share with The Secret of Reiki Community- any rituals, practices, ideas or meditations you have used. Namaste’ my friends!
Sharing with Love n Lite,
Kimberlee Cusumano
Reiki Master Teacher,
Intuitive Communications
Author of your free ‘Spiritual Nutrition’ e-book
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Kimberlee:
ReplyThe level of advice and training you supply is always top drawer. I really appreciated your course; it increased my effectiveness in the use of Reiki and I feel more powerful in the transfer of energy to where it is needed.
What It took, before I was able to effectively share the ki, was the remembering that I needed to ground myself and prepare the space in which I was to treat my subject. Sage smudge and prayer can make any place a sacred space. At my study, I employ candles and aroma therapy oils heated. The choice of them is determined by the client’s background and specific needs.
Thank you for your site and course,
Jack
Namaste’ Jack, Thank you very much for sharing….. and YES to the aroma therapy oils heated, I love that too! You are exactly right in ‘the choice of them is determined by the client’s background and specific needs’…. intention….. Always sharing with passion, love n lite, kimberlee ’smilin’:)
ReplyHey, I agree with all of this. I just wanted everyone that follows William Rand to know that his Meditation is coming up if you all want to join in with us. I have worked for many years as one of thier distance healers. I love this man and his story of how he found Reiki. Here is all the info. So lets get to healing. Namaste` Phoenix
World Peace Card Meditations
Wednesday, April 14, 7:30pm
(based on local time in your time zone)
Future Dates
Wednesday, May 12, 7:30pm
You are invited to take part in the next World Peace Card Meditations. Please mark your calendar and forward this email to all your friends.
Thanks for Your Help!
Because so many of you forwarded this email to your friends, there have been almost 163,000 downloads of the World Peace Cards. This is a tremendous increase in the number of people using the cards. So far the total number of World Peace Card sets downloaded, received from our free offer and from our magazine has been almost 178,000! I hope you have been using your peace cards as their use brings blessings to the world as well as to you.
The next World Peace Card group meditations have been scheduled for Wednesday, April 14 and Wednesday, May 12 at 7:30pm. This is local time in your time zone. This method has been chosen because of the special effect it produces. As people meditate in each successive time zone the energy builds like a wave which gets stronger and stronger as it circles the planet. Because of the higher dimensional nature of consciousness, the energy of peace will be transmitted for a full 24 hours and continue long after this.
Reports from those who took part in the previous meditations indicate many had powerful spiritual experiences. As they united with those taking part in the meditation a feeling of peace developed within that stayed with each for a long time. Some saw beautiful golden light surrounding the planet and others felt that a web of fear was dissipating and being replaced with trust in others and for our future.
All those who have received the cards are being asked to meditate on world peace at this time. By taking part in this group meditation, you’ll be joining thousands of people who will be using the cards to bring peace to the world. By joining together, the affect we have will be greatly multiplied. This powerful experience and will help shift the vibration of our wonderful planet into a higher state of consciousness. As you use the cards to meditate on world peace, you will be a beacon through which peace will spread around the planet which will have a positive uplifting effect on all people.
Please set aside this time to meditate with the cards. The suggested meditation period is 15 minutes, but of course you can meditate longer if you’d like to. The technique I’d like you to use is based on allowing yourself to be a beacon of peace. The World Peace Cards hold the vibration of the World Peace Grids which have been placed at spiritually significant locations and are relay stations for higher consciousness. By simply opening to their energy, you’ll become a channel for their love and peace which will flow through you to all the people on Earth. To do this, hold the cards in your hands or place them in front of you. Then simply meditate on peace.
We are entering a new era. Our entire planet including all the people and living things are moving into a place where it will be much easier to solve our problems and to create peace, prosperity and happiness for everyone. The World Peace Card meditation will quicken this process, making it easier for people to experience this new quality of higher consciousness and will provide great benefit for all people. Since this benefit will be flowing through you out to everyone on the planet, you’ll be blessed by this experience as well.
Many have received the cards in the mail or in the Reiki News Magazine while others have downloaded them from our web site. If you would like additional copies of the cards, please download them using this link and print as many copies as you can use. Please feel free to give them to your friends. Also, forward this email to anyone you feel would like to take part in the meditation.
World Peace Card Download
Additional World Peace Cards
http://www.reiki.org/WPCM.html
Note: This is a larger file and it may take several
minutes for it to open, so please be patient.
When printing the cards from this file, print page 2 first, then place this page in your printer and print the image of the peace grids on the back.
Thank you for taking part in this group meditation.
Sincerely,
ReplyWilliam Lee Rand
The International Center for Reiki Training
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING….. I LOVE HIS MEDITATIONS AS WELL, HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN!!!!! THANK YOU PHOENIX, LOVE N LITE, KIMBERLEE:)
ReplyWorld Peace Card Meditations
Wednesday, May 12, 7:30pm
(based on local time in your time zone)
Future Dates
Wednesday, June 16, 7:30pm
Wednesday, July 14, 7:30pm
You are invited to take part in the next World Peace Card Meditations. Please mark your calendar and forward this email to all your friends.
Thanks for Your Help!
Because so many of you forwarded this email to your friends, there have been almost 169,000 downloads of the World Peace Cards. This is a tremendous increase in the number of people using the cards. So far the total number of World Peace Card sets downloaded, received from our free offer and from our magazine has been almost 184,000! I hope you have been using your peace cards as their use brings blessings to the world as well as to you.
The next World Peace Card group meditation has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 12. This is local time in your time zone. This method has been chosen because of the special effect it produces. As people meditate in each successive time zone the energy builds like a wave which gets stronger and stronger as it circles the planet. Because of the higher dimensional nature of consciousness, the energy of peace will be transmitted for a full 24 hours and continue long after this.
Reports from those who took part in the previous meditations indicate many had powerful spiritual experiences. As they united with those taking part in the meditation a feeling of peace developed within that stayed with each for a long time. Some saw beautiful golden light surrounding the planet and others felt that a web of fear was dissipating and being replaced with trust in others and for our future.
All those who have received the cards are being asked to meditate on world peace at this time. By taking part in this group meditation, you’ll be joining thousands of people who will be using the cards to bring peace to the world. By joining together, the affect we have will be greatly multiplied. This powerful experience and will help shift the vibration of our wonderful planet into a higher state of consciousness. As you use the cards to meditate on world peace, you will be a beacon through which peace will spread around the planet which will have a positive uplifting effect on all people.
Please set aside this time to meditate with the cards. The suggested meditation period is 15 minutes, but of course you can meditate longer if you’d like to. The technique I’d like you to use is based on allowing yourself to be a beacon of peace. The World Peace Cards hold the vibration of the World Peace Grids which have been placed at spiritually significant locations and are relay stations for higher consciousness. By simply opening to their energy, you’ll become a channel for their love and peace which will flow through you to all the people on Earth. To do this, hold the cards in your hands or place them in front of you. Then simply meditate on peace.
We are entering a new era. Our entire planet including all the people and living things are moving into a place where it will be much easier to solve our problems and to create peace, prosperity and happiness for everyone. The World Peace Card meditation will quicken this process, making it easier for people to experience this new quality of higher consciousness and will provide great benefit for all people. Since this benefit will be flowing through you out to everyone on the planet, you’ll be blessed by this experience as well.
Many have received the cards in the mail or in the Reiki News Magazine while others have downloaded them from our web site. If you would like additional copies of the cards, please download them using this link and print as many copies as you can use. Please feel free to give them to your friends. Also, forward this email to anyone you feel would like to take part in the meditation.
World Peace Card Download
Additional World Peace Cards
http://www.reiki.org/WPCM.html
Note: This is a larger file and it may take several
minutes for it to open, so please be patient.
When printing the cards from this file, print page 2 first, then place this page in your printer and print the image of the peace grids on the back.
Thank you for taking part in this group meditation.
Sincerely,
ReplyWilliam Lee Rand