Those of us trying out the spark “practice” to explore our potential as agents of transformation have found it helpful to listen to or participate in guided meditations, such as those offered here and through the Events page.
It seems that the guided meditations subtly undergird our practice. They seem to gently reconfigure our neural pathways to give us a more consistent connection with our personal spark of humanity. This makes it more likely that we will respond through our spark to the people and situations around us rather than through our distortions or defenses. This, in turn, strengthens their sparks and our own. It is, as we say, very good. These sample audio meditations are designed to support the three statements of reassurance. We find them most effective if done in order: Spark, Roots, and Willingness.
Spark: We locate and become familiar with our spark of humanity. We practice connecting and affirming the spark in others through this spark. We claim our sparks as agents of potential transformation and explore the breadth of relationships within which our sparks might be claimed.
Our visual Spark meditation is below.
Roots: Our sparks, when claimed as agents of transformation, need access to stability, wisdom, and community to fulfill their potential. We envision these needs as roots. Our sparks direct the growth and expansion of our root systems, allowing us access to all the resources we need. These resources are always available.
Our visual Roots meditation is below.
Willingness: We know that sparks may be defended, they may be distorted, and they may be baffled. They may be all three. It’s great that through our sparks, we can connect with and affirm the sparks in others, regardless of how defended, distorted, or baffled. We recognize that our sparks, too, may be defended, distorted, or baffled. Are we willing to let our strengthened sparks erode our defenses, release our distortions, and clarify our bafflement? We explore our willingness and let it be.
Tree Meditation: These guided meditations are work and can be strenuous. To refresh ourselves between segments, we found it helpful to get up and move around. A network member offered this Druid Tree Meditation as a refreshment between the segments of guided meditation. As well as refreshing, some find it improves the focus and grounds the energy.
Tree Meditation Audio
Some of our other meditations can be viewed here.