garden meditation
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Garden MeditationBy- Prof. Dilip Gaikwad (Klatu Lukundu) I first came across this tool in a Huna book. The description given in that book was very brief and precise. I was not satisfied with that and I started experimenting on myself as well as my clients of Astrology and my students. My experimentation yielded powerful results, sometimes they were not very successful and I learned from feed back. I researched extensively the works of Freud, Jung, Assagioli, Erikson, Haley, King, Weiselman, Castaneda and Hyatt. The research led me to more refined way of practicing Garden Meditation. This
Garden Meditation is a tool that I use regularly. I also present this at workshops and it has been received very well. The participants are flabbergasted by the magical manifestations. The concept here is to explore one’s own inner landscape (subconscious and unconscious resources and complexes). It is time set aside to explore our creative imagination. Instead of looking for patterns using astrology or tarot, or looking for signs in the outer-world, we can at any time look inward, finding patterns and symbols, messages and even omens in our own subconscious mind, within our own imagination. We can even plant patterns and symbols from mythology, Astrology, Wastushastra, Feng shui, I-Ching, Tarot, playing cards, yantras, sigils and talismans. In this meditation we create a garden. It can be any garden and we can change it at will. It is understood this garden is a reflection of our own being. It is 100% ours. Images in this garden represent aspects of ourselves. This meditation comes from the Hawaiian Huna tradition but variations of it are found all around the world. The garden can be used for a tool for healing as well, setting patterns in our subconscious mind that will manifest in our physical being. An example is this: we may be ill with fever; in our garden a rock is hot because of hot sun rays; when we do the meditation, the rock feels hot. During
the meditation we cool out rock by spraying water and covering it with leaves. We re-envision the garden rock as cool, smooth and beautiful. Our mind sees this as the natural order of things and begins to manifest this in our body. We get healthy.
To me, this inner garden doesn't just represent my physical body. I meet deities, angels, Satgurus, spiritual guides, magicians, healers, shamans, technicians, Engineers, Financial and career consultants, councellors and experts there. I do shamanic and magickal work. Within your garden you may have helpers too, friends, allies, fairies, a human gardener - again, it doesn't matter. You can tell them what you want to change and they will do the work. You are all powerful here as it is yours, totally and completely. The important thing is to make it feel real. Use your senses while you are there. Start with touching some things feeling them, tasting somethings focusing on the taste, smelling a few things, and eventually use all your perceptics with sub-modalities. Infact experiment with changing and fine tunning sub modalities. If you don't like any aspect of your garden transform it to something completely different. But at first just see what your mind (subconscious and unconscious) throws out at you. Do not be overly willful. Imposing too much
conscious and logical thinking may disturb the ecology of your mind. Let your subconscious and unconscious mind or higher self show you things.
I highly recommend keeping a notebook or a diary about your garden. It is interesting and can be very insightful to see how the garden changes and evolves over time. You may also note down feedback of results achieved. This immensely helps in fine tunning the projects in the garden
you can use this meditation for the following: Psychosomatic healing, Relaxation, Learning languages, Personality Development, Behavior modification, Energy work, Manifestations, Subjective communication, Interpretation - as a way to check in with your inner
landscape (subconscious mind, your body, your soul) ; and
Resolution – everything in your garden is a reflection of what is going on in your life. Your garden can help you understand this better; you may see relationships that aren't apparent in your daily work. Here is a place where you can correct issues and plant seed of change.
The procedure of Garden meditation is as follows:
1.If you are already a spiritual practitioner, it is important to begin by making prayers to the Sthan devtas and Wastu devtas , expressing gratitude and thanks for the space you have and asking that your meditation be undisturbed. Begin the process of bringing yourself fully into the moment and into the place where you are. Find yourself comfortable and relaxed, pay attention to environmental stimuli, place your feet firmly on the floor, back straight, root yourself into the Earth. Become aware of your breath. Don’t force it. Let it flow in and out without effort. You may become aware of your nostrils, the in and out flow of air, the unique sensation of the temperature, or you may pay attention to the rhythmatic movement of the rib box, or you may become aware of the abdominal expansion or contraction; be aware of the process and feel the movement of the air into your body and back out into the world. Use your breath to feel your roots growing deeply into the Earth, seeking strength and nourishment. If you are a more rational / logical thinker or may be you are a non believer you can ignore relevant part and make changes in your script accordingly.
Think about who you are in this place at this
moment. Feel the edges of your intimate space. Accept your environment unconditionally, with love and gratitude. Become fully present. Close your eyes. Let your breath flow naturally, leading you into meditation.
(If you are having a difficult time relaxing, proceed anyway as the process of doing the Garden meditation will naturally relax you. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Blow the air out and let it naturally come back into your body. Then just breath naturally, unforced.)
2. Let an image of a garden come into your mind. Don't worry if it isn't clear and well developed. Don't judge what comes into your mind. If you feel that it is easier to travel to your garden somehow ( going down in an elevator, descending a staircase, riding magical creatures, flying, using a boat, whatever), feel free to use that imagery but let the image arise naturally. In your mind find yourself inside of that garden. The garden can be anything, a farm, flower garden, a moghul garden, a Japanese garden,a Victorian paradise, whatever. It doesn't matter. Fill it with anything you want, a sacred well, stone walls, statues, water fountains, and water gardens, endless flowers, wind chimes, well maintained lawns, a Zen garden of stone and sand, anything. It can just be totally natural as well. Don't judge what comes into your
imagination. It is just your subconscious mind's creation. It is a place to start and nothing is fixed. The garden represents your subconscious and your physical body. It is a place where you can make change. The garden keeps changing for some practitioners.
3. Once in your garden bring your senses into play. Touch some things, smell some things, and hear a few things (bird song, water falls, rivers and streams, the wind through the trees, the texture of a stone, explore it with your senses). If there is a stream, well, or fruit, smell and taste the water or fruit. Explore the texture of things. What sounds are on the wind? Bring as much of your consciousness into play as you can.
4. Move into and explore your garden. What grows there? What is the soil like? What is the climate? What is the time of year? Let your curiosity lead you around. What are you wearing? How do you feel in this place? Are you associated or dissociated? What are the different submodalities?
5. If there is change you wish to make in your garden, do the work now. If the work is more than can be done in a moment, express the intention of the change you seek. If you have helpers in the garden, let them know the work that needs to be done. Begin the process of that change. If you have
created a conference hall or communications room in the garden, send a message to people and the universe.
6. Within your garden, find a focal point such as a tree or fountain, or stone. This is an inner landmark that will help you make get back to your garden quickly when you need to meditate and don't have a lot of time. Become familiar with it. Work with it until it becomes “real”.
7. When you are ready to leave, bless you garden, bless your helpers. Bring your emotional presence into play. Feel the gratitude within your own soul and express the thanks outwardly. This is your place of beauty and possibility.
8. When you are ready to end the meditation, do so consciously, not from distraction. A suggestion like,” I will count one to five and at the count of five I will be wide awake feeling great, energetic, confident, peaceful and alert…and I will be integrated in my present reality…in the now.” Find yourself present again on the physical plane. Become aware again of the spirits of place. Give thanks that you have had a place of solitude to do this work. Give thanks that you were not disturbed. Find your roots again, feeling the Earth beneath you given you constant
support. When you are ready, move on with your day. By- Prof. Dilip Gaikwad (Klatu Lukundu)
A sample script for a
practitioner:By- Prof. Dilip Gaikwad (Klatu Lukundu)
The practitioner may wear loose and comfortable clothing as per his individual needs; s/he may sit on a kitchen chair with straight back and firm sit. The time and place should be calm and peaceful. Approximately one hour before or after any type of food intake is advisable. I practice it at 5a.m / 4p.m. / 10p.m. at least once in a day. You may keep your feet flat on the ground, back straight, chin parallel to floor, and palms upturned on your thighs. If you are an expert in meditating follow you own practice.
Script: As I sit here comfortably…I am aware of my environment…I accept my environment with
love and gratitude…now I am closing my eyes…Now I am aware of the darkness… now I am aware of the sound of--------… now I am aware of the sound of--------… now I am aware of the sound of--------… now I am aware of the sound of--------… now I am aware of my own breathing… now I am aware of my nostrils… now I am aware of the movement of air through my nostrils… now I am aware of the unique temperature of the air… now I am aware of the rhythmatic movement of my rib box…up…down…up…down …now I am aware of my abdomen…the movement… now I am aware of my mental screen …as I visulise number three in yellow color…in three dimension…and my body is becoming pleasantly relaxed …and pleasantly heavy…and pleasantly limp… now I visualize number three in red color…and in three dimension…and my whole body is completely relaxed…a pleasant feeling pervades my whole body… now I visualize number three in green color…and I experience unity of my body and mind… now I visualize number two in red color… and in three dimension…and mind is becoming calm and peaceful… now I visualize
number two in yellow color… and in three dimension …and my mind is becoming clear and still like a beautiful lake…now I visualize number two in green color… and in three dimension…and I am entering in a meditative trance… now I visualize number one in yellow color… and in three dimension …and I am going deeper and deeper…deeper and deeper…in trance…now I visualize number one in green color… and in three dimension… and I am going deeper and deeper…deeper and deeper…in trance… and I am going deeper and deeper…deeper and deeper…in trance… now I visualize number one in violate color… and in three dimension… and I am going deeper and deeper…deeper and deeper…in trance… and I am going deeper and deeper…deeper and deeper…in trance…now I am at the programming level…now I use ten to zero method to deepen the trance…I imagine myself…standing at a lift(in an associated state)…on tenth floor of a building…now I am looking at the push button…and now I am pressing the button…I feel unique pressure in my finger… and I am listening to the sound of the lift…I touch the door of lift…and I feel metallic
coolness…and I open the doors of the lift…and I hear the sound of doors…I am inside the lift…I see number ten in the indicator…I feel the breeze of overhead fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…I push the button…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind… I see number nine in the indicator…I feel the breeze of the fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind…I see number eight in the indicator…I feel the breeze of overhead fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind… I see number seven in the indicator…I feel the breeze of the fan…I hear the mild music and the sound
of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind…I see number six in the indicator…I feel the breeze of overhead fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind… I see number five in the indicator…I feel the breeze of the fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind…I see number four in the indicator…I feel the breeze of overhead fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth… the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind… I see
number three in the indicator…I feel the breeze of the fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind…I see number two in the indicator…I feel the breeze of overhead fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…I push the button…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind… I see number one in the indicator…I feel the breeze of the fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth…the lift is descending…I am aware of vibrations…I am going deeper and deeper…I am entering in deeper layers of my sub conscious mind…I see number zero in the indicator…I feel the breeze of overhead fan…I hear the mild music and the sound of fan…I smell the perfume I am wearing…I feel sweet taste in my mouth… the lift stops…now the door
is opening…I am witnessing a beautiful garden…as I step out of the lift on a marble floor… I am watching a vast vista of my beautiful garden…and I feel cool breeze on my body…the birds are singing…I can smell the perfume of flowers…and I am completely safe in my garden…and I see trees, plants and creepers…and I see colorful flowers…clean roads…I hear the musical sound of colorful birds…and I feel firmness of road beneath my feet…and now I am at a small tree…and now I am smelling the flower…and I am observing the flower…the color…the arrangement of petals…the stem…the leaves…now I am moving on…I see dragon flies…some are yellow…a few are green…and others are red…and now I hear the singing of a cantabill…I am enchanted… I am feeling in synchronicity…I keep moving…I see a guava tree… I spot a big, ripe, yellowish green guava…I grab the fruit…I am feeling the soft yet firm texture… and I am biting the fruit…and I feel the sweet juicy taste…I smell the mouth watering aroma … I feel the seeds in my mouth…I continue till I finish… Now I am walking towards a natural water fountain…and see a beautiful rock formation…I can smell
the freshness of water…I touch the flat surface of rock…now I am sitting on the rock…now I am putting my hands in the cool water…now I am tasting the sweet water…now I am watching my garden…and at a certain distance…I am seeing a two storied garden house…and I can see a part of terrace…and a basement…I am also watching an electronics tower…and a dish antenna… now I am getting up from the rock…and now I am walking towards the house…I am listening the singing of birds…I am watching a blue sky… I can see rising sun…and I am feeling the warmth of sunshine…and I am feeling happy…and a beautiful butterfly sits on my shoulder…I am observing its colors…and I feel connected with the butterfly…and it flies away…and now aware of rainbow in the sky…a beautiful peacock flies in the bush…and I am listening its voice..and I am moving towards the house…and I see a unique pattern of a medicine wheel made of natural stones…the stone circle is made up of beautiful white marble like stones…the whole circle is made up of lawn like vegetation…and the circle is divided in twelve equal parts…and I am looking at the partitions…and the east side is
for…my identity…now I am moving clockwise to the 12th part…and this is about spirituality…now I am moving to the 11th part…this is my friend circle and…now I move to 10th part this is career and business area..now I am in 9th area this is area of long travels and safaris…now I am moving to 8th part…and this is about sexual pleasures…now I am moving to the 7th area…these are mu marital relationship…and now I am in the 6th sector…this is healing area…now I am moving to 5th part …and this is my sons area…I move to the 4th area…and this is my Happiness…I am moving to 3rd area and it is my relatives and communications…I am moving to 2nd sector I t is about money and family…and my Ishta devta… Some times I move clock wise…sometimes anticlockwise…now I am moving to the house…and its a beautiful and aesthetic construction…and It is very safe here…nobody can enter here without my permission…now I am looking at the glass door {…In these brackets you can describe your garden house, its different levels, its different rooms, be careful of the basement. All conscious and logical events are done here on ground floor and first floor.
Basement work is strictly for subconscious issues. In my basement there is porthole that connects to the lower garden or unconscious. The open terrace, tower and dish antenna are connections to higher self and super conscious and collective consciousness. For example my garden house has a big library on second floor and a conference hall where I meet people. }…now I am opening the door…I am entering the hall …I am looking at the sofa…I am feeling the soft and warm touch of carpet beneath my feet…and I am smelling the exotic perfume of room freshener…and I am hearing the twitting of birds…I am rally at peace here…and there is packet of Lindt chocolates…and I taste a chocolate…the soft sweetness on my tongue…and I am moving towards the strong room…and I am looking at machine that records thumb impression…I press thumb in the slot…and the door opens…now I am entering in the strong room… I am looking at the vaults and coffers…I am opening a drawer… I am looking at notes of various denomination…and I am picking a stack of Rs.1, 000/-notes… I feel the notes…and I am smelling the notes…and I am hearing the sound of notes…and I am stuffing the
notes in my pocket…and I smell the lather of my wallet…now my wallet is full of money…now I am wealthy…now I am feeling the satisfaction…I close the drawer…I am out of the room…I am back in the hall…Now I want to return…I am coming out of the house…now I am walking back…a falcon is circling in the blue sky…the leaves and birds are singing… I am feeling the firmness of the road…and the taste of Lindt is still on my tongue…I am at the lift..I press the button… the door opens… and I am in the lift now…and I press the button to 10th floor I am ascending…I express thank s and gratitude to sthan devta and ishta devta for protecting me…the music…the vibrations …the numbers are changing…When I will be on 10th floor I am feeling wide awake fully integrated in the present NOW, I am feeling calm and peaceful, and I am ready to face the world with confidence and self assurance, I am energetic…zero…one… two…three…four…five…six…When I will be on 10th floor I am feeling wide awake fully integrated in the present NOW, I am feeling calm and peaceful, and I am ready to face the world with
confidence and self assurance, I am energetic…seven…eight…nine…TEN…I am in the NOW.
By- Prof. Dilip Gaikwad (Klatu Lukundu)
