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Old 08-04-2021, 01:41 PM
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Considerations Sixty-Seven …

Climb the Staircase …

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This is a very generic and beneficial exercise … that is purposefully kept so. If “themes” are needed … please try to keep them broad and inclusive … such as beauty or appreciation. If music is used … as discussed below … try to use soaring, beautiful, flowing music instrumental music. This exercise can be developed into any number of specific directions. Be wise … and careful … in doing so.

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Finally … the time when you can have a few moments alone with yourself arrives … perhaps the very early morning hours … the later evening hours … perhaps when everyone else is gone … and it’s time for just you and yourself for some quiet time.

You settle the physical body into your favorite position for comfort and quietness. A few deep breaths while telling yourself to relax … and the eyes can drift close. The back of your eyelids are black. If you have basic peripheral vision … it is dark to the left and right … directly overhead and underfoot ( so to speak ) … and if your peripheral vision is very good you can tell all is dark directly in back of you … in all directions.

You are unafraid. Acknowledge that this is so.

The one direction I did not mention above was the direction directly in front of you … and even in the darkness … you clearly see a wide staircase … at least five feet wide … the color of golden oak … complete with grain. It is not vivid … but distinct. The first step is only three steps in front of you and you move forward and take that first step with anticipation. The staircase is wide enough that you will not fall. Just be … unafraid and assured.

You ascend the stairs … slowly … perhaps one step per second … slower if you wish. There is no visible landscape to either side of you … the haziness continues. Perhaps 10-20 steps upwards you do notice the surrounding space getting lighter … as if watching an approaching sunrise. As you continue upwards the surroundings continue to get lighter but there is no “form” to either side … just soft lightness … growing in distinction … beauty and vastness.

( All of this takes MUCH longer to describe than to experience … but during the exercise … take the time to appreciate every step … literally and figuratively. )

After a goodly number of steps … your choice as to how many … you see up the staircase that a “last step” is approaching. You can see the staircase end. You slowly close the distance and take that final step … and there is instant clarity. You find that you are the edge of a vast precipice … perhaps only 4-5 feet wide … and before you is the vastness of the cosmos. You can view this as scenes from the Hubble Telescope or just fill in your own design. The ledge is wide enough for complete safety.

It is beyond … beautiful. You are awestruck. You are filled.

One distinct feature … you feel the soft breezes against you … like a soft breeze on a hot summer day … or the Kiss of the Spirit of LIFE. It moves against you … through you … with the most comforting feeling imaginable. Let it breathe … let it cleanse … let it uplift. You close your inner eyes and turn your face to the breezes … reverently.

As a variation of this … you can do all of this to music … preferably instrumental uplifting music. Sound Garden type of stuff. Movie soundtracks are good. ( Hip hop and heavy metal won’t do here. Don’t know as I’d try this with the Star Wars soundtrack … or similar. Be aware and wise in your choices. YoU are designing this. )

You can wear headphones during all of this and take your steps in time with the music … and when at the precipice … inwardly sing the music back out into vastness. No words are necessary … vowel sounds prevail … with “ooo” and “ahhh” being quite good for all. Sing the melody. Give your own gift back to the Spirit of LIFE. BE the melody … back to Spirit.

Another variation … the vastness beyond the precipice can be colors … preferably pastel colors … with soft misty hues of most any color you wish. Experiment. Let the color(s) breathe with you just as the wind does. You can have incredibly rainbow effects … or one predominant color. Experiment x whatever.

To return … give thanks … and give expressed gratitude for any benefit you believe you experienced. When done … turn and walk straight back to your physical body without descending the staircase. Carry the upliftment with you. Open your eyes and appreciate.

If you get too “buzzy” during or after all of this … you can quickly ground through any technique you prefer.

This entire exercise can be simplified or developed in any direction. With practice … this can get quite involved.

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