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Uplifted in a Vision of Group Meditation
by Susan Kramer
Recently I read in the weekly internet “Integral Yoga Newsletter” that
the Yogaville web site had been updated. I went
online to check it out. The new site pages
are bright with photos and lots of close ups of people and places on the every-growing
ashram. It is an inviting layout.
Scrolling down to the schedule of daily activities I read about the meditation
times. And when I saw that the daily noon group meditation was held at three
locations in Yogaville simultaneously I had a most
wonderful experience:
While sitting here at my computer in North Holland, (as it happened it
was noon my time), I felt immersed in the group energy; uplifted in bliss.
My physical body was still here at my computer across the ocean from the
Virginia ashram, but I had expanded in spiritual consciousness so that my vision
put me right in the midst of the three groups meditating simultaneously.
I dissolved into tears of joy at
the experience of being there while I was here.
It has taken me several days since the uplifting before I could share
this. What I experienced is that when we meditate with others we combine our
awareness of spirit, helping each other advance spiritually. And even though
there was physical distance between me and the group at the ashram, I still
felt I was part of the pack, as I like to think of it.
Still being in the pack, sangha as it is called for a family of
spiritual seekers, means a lot to me, because I so often long to be at Yogaville again, having lived there during 1985 and 1986
helping to build the LOTUS, the Light
of Truth Universal Shrine.
One day the Lord reached out
to me
Come greet me within
I’ll be there with thee.
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Uplifted in a Vision of Group Meditation © 2019 Susan Kramer; photo from family archive |
About the Author: A meditation and yoga practitioner since 1976, Susan Kramer writes on
practical spirituality, family and social issues, and dance. Her instructional
books are listed at her web site – http://www.susankramer.com/books.html
Email: susan@susankramer.com