posted December 31, 2004 06:12 PM         

Please join in if you can. Even if you've never meditated before you can help. Every person counts. We are all connected. Dont think your effort wont matter.

Knowflakes, join us in a healing meditation on Sunday for South Asia http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/004110.html

"It is very, very important that you come to meditate together because the power is greater; and you sit longer and are more stable when you are in the company of others. That's why Jesus said, When two or more sit together in my name, I am with them."
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Melbourne, Australia, March 14, 1993
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A Group Meditation Technique:

How to Call Upon the Great Ones

The need of the world is so great, and the present circumstances so critical, that many spiritually minded people are thinking to ask for divine intervention. There are spiritual Forces and great spiritual Intelligences and Lives, that are aware of what is going on upon our planet, and can be called upon for their guiding wisdom and that loving stimulation which will guide humanity from darkness into light, from separation into unity. - Alice A. Bailey

Who are these great Lives, also called the Great Ones? They are the Beings of Light who include the Masters and Enlightened Ones, as well as those who are even more evolved. Although they never interfere with free will, they can be called upon to assist humanity to evolve, to live as souls, and to assist humanity in lifting some of the conditions present. They cannot help until their help is requested by a group, for the energy they send is so powerful it must be received by a large group of people, who will then be able to make changes in their own lives and become transmitters of this energy to others.

The Great Ones work through those who call upon them and can hear and respond to the energies they are transmitting. They respond only to group need and lend their assistance when called upon by enough sincere people. They are in touch with the highest forces of light, and can work from these high levels to help humanity create powerful changes.

During these special worldwide meditation times, join with us and all lightworkers to call upon the Great Ones. Take these steps:

1. Relax your body, calm your emotions, and clear your mind. Let yourself grow more and more peaceful.

2. Call your soul to you and let yourself blend with it. It does not matter if you can see or sense your soul in any way for it to be present and working with you.

3. Imagine that you can sense or see the souls of everyone who is joining together for this meditation with you inner eyes. Join in the magnetic call that is going out to the souls of all lightworkers, inviting them to join in this call to the Great Ones to release energies that will help humanity. Sense more and more lightworkers joining this group. Greet these souls with love, and sense the beautiful light and field of magnetic love that all of you are creating together.

4. Picture being joined by many Masters and Beings of Light who are here to join you as you call upon the Great Ones. The group light is now composed of lightworkers, and of those evolved souls who are ahead on the path, both those in a physical body and those who are helping from the other side.

5. Everyone calls upon the Great Ones to transmit energy to humanity. Let us call upon the Great Ones to send Divine Love to humanity during this time. Join in this call to the Great Ones by sounding an "om."

6. The Great Ones hear and respond. Receive their transmission into your heart center. You may have a sense of their transmission, or you may not.

7. Imagine a positive future for yourself and for humanity. Envision humanity with more love, light, goodwill, and unity.

8. Finish by sounding an "om." Imagine joining thousands around the world to send the energy you have received to:

• Your friends and family

• To all those who are responsive to your transmission

• To all lightworkers on the planet

• To all of humanity

• To plant, animal, and mineral kingdoms

Have no attachment to any results, for there may be none you can measure. You have just made a valuable and important contribution to all life.
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The Benefits of Group meditation

It is very, very important that you come to meditate together because the power is greater; and you sit longer and are more stable when you are in the company of others. That's why Jesus said, When two or more sit together in my name, I am with them.
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Melbourne, Australia, March 14, 1993

During group meditation , the power is enormous. Even if our Spiritual level is very low, it will be raised to a much higher level after we have joined in group meditation for some time. On the other hand, even if our level is high, not going to group meditation will push us down to a very low level. This is because, in this world, we are reliant on and related to others; no one can accomplish anything alone. It is the same with Spiritual practice. It will be wrong for us to think that we can be successful in Spiritual cultivation by practicing alone; it only shows our ignorance and low level.

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Hsihu, Miaoli, Formosa February 18, 1990

When ten persons meditate together, they receive ten portions of merit, which, added to their own portion, will make eleven portions. Therefore, when we go to group meditation , the merit we derive far exceeds that of practicing alone at home for days, months, or perhaps years. It depends on the number of people attending group meditation . Therefore, the larger the number of attendees and the longer we attend group meditation , the greater will be our Spiritual change.

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Japan, March 12, 1992
(Originally in Chinese)

Why are there incredible benefits from group meditation s? The merit derived from group meditation is many times greater than that of one person meditating at home for days, months or even years, depending on the number of participants in the group meditation . Therefore, the more the participants and the longer we meditate in the group, the more difference it makes to our Spirit. Many people, I can tell just by their looks whether they go to group meditation or not. Fellow practitioners are aware of this, too. There are obvious disparities. If you attend group meditation often, don't attend for a period of time, and then attend group meditation again afterwards, you will feel different - that you are not so pure.

We gain more blessings for our country when more people attend group meditation . There is no need to wonder: "How can our nation derive blessings just because a few of us are meditating together?" It is true! Just like when several people are living in a big house, it is enough if one of them is rich and willing to contribute. He will repair any of the leaking areas in the house and thus benefit the whole family, even if dozens of people stay in that house. This would benefit himself, and all the residents would feel secure. Such is the case with one family. In the same way, definitely other people would benefit from the Spiritual practice of just the few of us.

Just one light by the roadside is useful to so many people, thousands and thousands of passersby. The lamp loses nothing, but becomes even more functional when more people are using it. Therefore, although many people in our world might not be practicing spiritually, it is sufficient if we do. Otherwise, it would be even worse if no one were practicing at all. Just like when the entire village has no light, there would be total darkness. If we could have one or two lights, it's better than none! The highway is very dark, yet we could see a long distance if there were several lights. So, practice more diligently, benefiting yourselves and everyone. This is what the Master loves most.

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Group meditation , Hsihu, Formosa
July 12, 1992