Meditation on the Mystery of the Divine Mother
by Corinne McLaughlin
Begin by taking a few deep breaths, breathing in peace and stillness, and exhaling any tensions or worries…. Align with your soul, your highest self, and ask your soul to be your guide on this inner journey.Now imagine that you are carrying a torch or some type of light, and you are standing in front of vast cave, which looks very intriguing and inviting…. Enter the cave, and follow the passage that leads ever downward, deep into the womb of the earth….Notice how it feels warm and nurturing…. Go deeper still, until you find yourself in the very core, the heart of the earth…. Become aware that you are expected, that a powerful being awaits you here in the center of the earth.
....Now you enter into the veiled and mysterious presence of the Divine Mother/Goddess, known by many names in many spiritual traditions…. A sense of awe fills you…. Notice how she appears to you…. Allow yourself to be embraced by the beautiful, loving energy radiating from her heart….Feel your own heart open and expand as your consciousness blends with hers, releasing any barriers or blockages...
….Feel this sacred heart energy healing and renewing you, filling every part of you…. Experience the generative, form-giving energy of her essence, matter itself, as light is released…. Feel the Divine Mother supporting you, the energy of matter and the earth itself supporting you….
Now see the veil that is covering her face, the veil of the Mysteries, the veil of matter itself, being lifted…. Before you now is the radiant face of the Queen of Heaven, illumined through the light of your human understanding….You now know directly that heaven and earth, spirit and matter, are one—one energy vibrating at higher and lower frequencies…..
Then, slowly as you’re ready, carry the radiant love of the Divine Mother with you in your own heart…. Begin the return journey from the core of the earth, through the cave and out into the daylight…. Take some time in silence to write down your experience.
(Excerpted from Spiritual Politics, Ballantine Books, 1994)
by Corinne McLaughlin
Begin by taking a few deep breaths, breathing in peace and stillness, and exhaling any tensions or worries…. Align with your soul, your highest self, and ask your soul to be your guide on this inner journey.Now imagine that you are carrying a torch or some type of light, and you are standing in front of vast cave, which looks very intriguing and inviting…. Enter the cave, and follow the passage that leads ever downward, deep into the womb of the earth….Notice how it feels warm and nurturing…. Go deeper still, until you find yourself in the very core, the heart of the earth…. Become aware that you are expected, that a powerful being awaits you here in the center of the earth.
....Now you enter into the veiled and mysterious presence of the Divine Mother/Goddess, known by many names in many spiritual traditions…. A sense of awe fills you…. Notice how she appears to you…. Allow yourself to be embraced by the beautiful, loving energy radiating from her heart….Feel your own heart open and expand as your consciousness blends with hers, releasing any barriers or blockages...
….Feel this sacred heart energy healing and renewing you, filling every part of you…. Experience the generative, form-giving energy of her essence, matter itself, as light is released…. Feel the Divine Mother supporting you, the energy of matter and the earth itself supporting you….
Now see the veil that is covering her face, the veil of the Mysteries, the veil of matter itself, being lifted…. Before you now is the radiant face of the Queen of Heaven, illumined through the light of your human understanding….You now know directly that heaven and earth, spirit and matter, are one—one energy vibrating at higher and lower frequencies…..
Then, slowly as you’re ready, carry the radiant love of the Divine Mother with you in your own heart…. Begin the return journey from the core of the earth, through the cave and out into the daylight…. Take some time in silence to write down your experience.
(Excerpted from Spiritual Politics, Ballantine Books, 1994)