I am copying this to those of you who find interest in global meditations.
I found it fascinating as though I have heard of the Wesak Moon, if have never heard the basis for the tradtion. A beautiful tradition it is.
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Dear Ones,
The Wesak* full moon on Wednesday, April 28 at 5:18 am PDT, is significant both in our time and has been throughout history. It is a full moon which brings much love-energy to us and to Mother Earth. Even if esoteric practice and/or ritual is not of interest, please read on. If not wanting to be up at 5:18 am on Wednesday, I hope, you will take quiet time especially on Tuesday evening to 'take in' the blessings of Christ's great gift of love energy in this year of 2010.
A well respected spiritual leader, by the name of Saraydarian, published a book called The Symphony of the Zodiac.** It is this book from which I have drawn this information.
Please read the "Legend of The Wesak" and then consider doing the meditation which follows or creating a meditation of your own.
With love and blessings,
~Marilyn~
*My favorite full moon
The Legend of The Wesak
(painting to illustrate) http://souledout.org/wesak/wesakvalley.jpg
According to tradition, at the time of the full moon in Taurus, the Buddha comes to the Wesak Valley of the Himalayas to bring the powerful spiritual energy to those assembled masters, initiates and disciples of Spirit, for the assimilation and distribution of this energy throughout the world.
The Wesak Valley, lies at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high mountains on all sides except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the mountain ranges. The valley is bottle-shaped in contour, with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to the neck of the bottle, there a huge flat rock. There are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of coarse grass.
Approaching the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from the surrounding districts begin to gather. The holy men and the lamas find their way into the valley and fill the southern and the middle parts, leaving the northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth of God's Plan for our planet and for humanity.
This group of knowers of divinity are the main participants in The Wesak Festival. They arrange Themselves in the northeastern end of the valley, in concentric circles, and prepare for a great act of service. In front of the rock, looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by Their disciples The Three Great Lords. These are The Christ, Who stands in the center; the Lord of living forms, The Manu, Who stands at His right; and The Lord of Civilization, who stands to His left. These three face the rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl, full of water.
Behind the grouped Masters, adepts, initiates and senior workers under God's Plan are to be found the world disciples and aspirants in their various grades and groups (either "in the body" or "out of the body"), who at this time constitute the New Group of World Servers. Those present in their physical bodies have found their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their spiritual bodies, and in the dream state. The "dream," which they later relate, has been uniformly registered by people throughout the world, and bears the testimony to the recollection of an inner spiritual happening.
As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon the crowd, and all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic movements take place, in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with The Christ standing at the highest point; of a triangle, with The Christ at the apex; or a cross, and other well known formations, all of which have a deep and potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantras.
The expectancy in the waiting, onlooking crowd becomes very great, and the tension is real and increasing. Through the entire body of people there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the effect of awakening the souls of those present, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the world's aspiration focussed in this waiting group. These three words - demand, readiness and expectancy - best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley.
The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, and all the participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in the direction of the narrow part of the valley. Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny speck can be seen in the sky. It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha can be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with his hand extended in blessing.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantra, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months. The effect of this great Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have come. The blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as the representative of humanity, receives it in trust, for distribution.
Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the distance until the moment The Buddha fades out of view, takes just eight minutes.
The Buddha's annual sacrifice for humanity (for He comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that high place where He works and waits. Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year, He and His great brother, The Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focussed two aspects of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond. Through The Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured forth. Through The Christ, the love of God is manifested in humanity, and it is this wisdom and love which pour forth upon humanity each Wesak full moon.
When The Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rise to their feet; Christ distributes the blessed water in the bowl in tiny portions to the Masters, initiates and disciples, and all who are present in the valley. They com in processions, fill their little containers and then go their way in peace to their place of service. The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water, drink of them and share with others. In this beautiful "water ceremony of communion" is the symbol of the new age which is upon us, the Aquarian Age, the age of the Water Carrier.
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Saraydarian writes: "In each 'man' there are Himalayan Mountains, there is a Wesak Valley, with the rock and chalice upon it. Let us stand on the rock of our spiritual reality, and raise our chalice of love, light and sacrifice to the incoming energies of freedom, joy, bliss, light, and further the progress and the liberation of humanity towards its glorious Future."
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A Suggested MEDITATION AT WESAK
1. Relax your body, have great joy in your heart, and deep peace in your mind.
2. OM (or sing a favorite hymn/chant)
3. Say this Prayer:
"0 Thou who called me to the path of labor
Accept my ableness and my desire,
Accept my labor 0 Lord ----
Because by day and by night
Thou beholdest me. Manifest Thy Hand 0 Lord
Because great is darkness.
I follow Thee.
4. OM (or sing a favorite hymn/chant)
5. Salutations to Lord Christ, the Avatar of Sacrificial Love, and the Desire of all nations.
6. OM (or sing a favorite hymn/chant)
7. Meditate on this seed thought for fifteen minutes:
Let the light pouring out from the Eye** of Taurus enlighten the leaders
of all nations so that they work for the transfiguration of one humanity.
**The spiritual eye; Christ said, "If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."
Christ also said, "I am the Light of the world."
8. OM MANI PADME HUM (It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha are contained in this mantra:
Om Mani Padme Hum can not really be translated into a simple phrase or sentence.)
9. Send forth the following:
Love to all beings
North, South, East, West,
Above, below.
Love to all beings.
Compassion to all beings
North, South, East, West,
Above, below.
Compassion to all beings.
Joy to all beings
North, South, East, West,
Above, below.
Joy to all beings.
Serenity to all beings
North, South, East, West,
Above, below.
Serenity to all beings.
10. Say The Great Invocation:
From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Light streams forth into the minds of men
As Light descends on Earth.
From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Love streams forth into the hearts of men
As Christ returns to Earth.
From the centre where the Will of God is known
Purpose guides the little wills of men--
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.
From the centre which we call the race of men
The Plan of Love and Light works out,
Sealing the door where evil dwells.
God's Light and Love and Power restores the Plan on Earth.