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Guided Meditation Scripts & Audio Downloads
Introduction Meeting Your Creative Muse Plugging Into Source www.KaleidoSoul.com 1
Magical Inner Journey Guided Meditations, copyright 2010 by Anne Marie Bennett. All rights reserved. Music from Thaddeus, used with permission from Sanaya Roman.
Purchasing these written scripts gives you permission to: 1. Use the meditations for your own personal inner work 2. Use the meditations in group settings where you read the scripts aloud (or play the recordings) to facilitate a guided experience for others.
Please do not copy, forward, record, give away or reproduce this material without written permission from the author.
Lots of love, deep inner listening, and creative energy were called forth for the creation of these guided meditations. Please honor and respect Spirit, from whence they were born. To give feedback or to contact the author, please email
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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Audio Downloads
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Scripts: Meeting Your Creative Muse
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Plugging Into Source
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Anne Marie Bennett
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Bio:
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Introduction
If you choose to use one or more of these scripts to facilitate a guided meditation experience for others, please preface the journey for them by reminding them that not everyone “sees” things during a guided meditation. This is very important, because our goal is for them to move a bit closer to their own soul during the journey, not to give them one more reason to believe they’ve failed. In the years that I’ve been using these guided meditations, many people have shared experiences with me where they weren’t able to see anything, but they did hear something. Or they felt the environment with imaginary kinesthetic touch. Or they just had a deep sense of inner knowing about something during the inner journey. All of this is perfectly okay! And once in a while, someone doesn’t see, hear, feel or imagine anything. That’s perfectly okay as well. Certain inner journeys just don’t “fit” with some people. And sometimes, a guided meditation needs to be listened to and experienced more than once in order to sufficiently relax and open up a person’s inner world. Also, at the end of facilitating one of these Inner Journeys, please allow participants ample time to process their experience. You might want to give them several minutes to write in their journals, or you might want to invite small group voluntary sharing. It also might help to make yourself available afterwards for a personal conversation about their experience within the meditation. It’s really important that each person have a way to express and integrate the guided meditation experience. For some people, this means verbal sharing with others; for others, this means time to absorb it quietly and in solitude into their own reality. Each of these Magical Inner Journeys was given to me as a direct gift from Spirit. I hope that you enjoy experiencing them and facilitating them as much as I have. Thank you for your interest, and I wish you many blessings on all of your own inner journeys. If you have any questions, please email me:
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Audio Downloads
Intro Track (2:45): To listen online, click here: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WJ7BDbl4
To download as an mp3 file, click here: http://amber56.audioacrobat.com/download/89444461-3ca5-a6fe-2366-fe1b0f5cbf48.mp3
Meeting Your Creative Muse (22:53): To listen online, click here: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/W9d7kqC4
To download as an mp3 file, click here: http://amber56.audioacrobat.com/download/fb78f49d-a6cc-4dfd-a05d-b069f29ef6d3.mp3
Plugging Into Source (22:32): To listen online, click here: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/W5GfDGm4
To download as an mp3 file, click here: http://amber56.audioacrobat.com/download/bb704217-993e-bbd0-50e2-fc6cc21ed90e.mp3
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Meeting Your Creative Muse
So…. Please begin by making yourself comfortable ….you can do this sitting up in a comfortable chair that supports your back, or you might want to lie down and stretch out…..listen to your body and respect what it is asking you for right now. And then….. focus on your breathing …..feel the air flowing in and out of your nostrils…..in and out… in and out…… feel your chest rising and falling with each breath….. rising and falling… rising and falling…..breathing in…. breathing out…. Every time you breathe in, you are breathing in the warm, sweet air of creativity that is all around you at this moment….. every time you breathe out, you are breathing out any worries or negative thoughts….. breathing in creativity…. Breathing out stress…. Breathing in sweetness… breathing out that which is stale…. Slowing down your breath… slowing down your thoughts…. Relaxing… relaxing…. Being so … so… gentle with your self…. And when all is quiet and calm within…. Take yourself, in your imagination, to a hot, dry desert…. All is quiet here… you can see the sun shimmering on the sand…. Your skin feels warm and glowing in the heat of this beautiful golden sun…. In the distance you see a circle of tall flowering cactus plants…. So head on over to them now… taking your time… if you are thirsty, notice that you are wearing a magical fanny pack and there is a water bottle inside that will never be empty, so take a swig….. continue walking towards the circle of cacti ….. As you get closer to the plants… you notice that they are flowering with the most beautiful and fragrant flowers… what color are these flowers? Feel free to pick one and put it in your hair if you want…. Or in a buttonhole… or just sniff them if you want…. Now you are standing in the center of this circle of bright blossoming cacti…. You can choose to be here alone if you want… or you can choose to invite some of the creative people we talked about a little earlier into the circle with you…. If you want to, imagine a different creative person standing around you in the circle of cacti…. Make eye contact with each one… feel their creative energy beaming into you….. smile… giggle… dance if you want to….. this is a time of celebration of YOUR creativity as well….. As you are exploring the circle… you notice that there is a large metal circle in the sand… get down on your hands and knees and touch this metal circle… brush some of the sand off of it…. there is a handle on this metal circle…. If you feel safe, just pull on the handle until the metal circle lifts up in your hands….. you are opening the door…. If you feel curious…… dip your head into the opening in the sand…. You can hear music coming from deep within the earth…. You can see beautiful lights…… and it smells like chocolate and cinnamon and sweet sweet lilacs down there……
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You bring your head back up into the bright desert sunshine and look around at your creative companions… they are urging you to go down thru the opening and explore what is beneath the surface….. “We have been there…” they are telling you…. You hear the words “fun”… “safe”… “joy”…. “expression”…… So you look back down and now you see someone or something below you and it is holding the bottom of a beautiful shimmering silver ladder…. If you want to… only if you choose to…. Go ahead and climb down the ladder….down…. down…… If you want to stay up in the desert sun and play with your creative friends, that’s okay too…. Make the choice that is best for you right now in this moment…. If you are journeying down…. Keep climbing slowly down the silver ladder…. And when you get to the bottom…. Notice who has been there holding the ladder steady for you….. It could be a person… .someone you know or don’t know… it could be a mythic creature or a spirit guide…. Maybe it’s an angel or even a special animal…. Whoever it is…. This is your Creative Muse for today….. shake his or her hand (or paw or wing)…. And allow your Muse to take you on a little tour of the creative depths you have just journeyed to….. ………(Long pause)…… During your tour, make note of what you see…. And hear…. And smell…. And touch….. What creative adventures lie hidden below the surface for you … in your own inner world today?..... After a while, your Creative Muse guides you to a large open area where there is a bonfire burning….. sit next to the fire for a while with your Creative Guide…. Just rest in the presence of this creative spirit and friend….. if you have questions for him or her, now is a good time to ask… and simply listen for any answers that you are given…. ………(Long pause)……
In a few minutes you’re going to be finding your way back to the ladder….. but first…. Take a moment and think about something that has been getting in the way of your own creative playtime back on the surface of your life….. when you long for creative time but don’t give it to yourself… what is it that is stopping you?.......... ………(Long pause)……
Your Creative Muse hands you a piece of paper and a pen. Write this thing that blocks you from open, joyful creativity down on the piece of paper….. then toss it into the bonfire….. and watch it disintegrate to ashes before your eyes…… notice that you feel freer…. Calmer…. That something has been released from inside of you…. And you did it yourself…..
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Now it is time to find your way back to the ladder….. your Creative Muse is guiding you back to the opening where you entered this Creative Space….. say goodbye to him or her now…..….. be sure to express gratitude for their time and willingness to play with you today…. Take your time now…. And when you are ready…. You can climb back up the ladder….up and up and up….. knowing that your Creative Muse is holding the ladder steady for you and that you will not fall…… And when you reach the top, you climb joyfully back into the desert sunshine….. your creative team is still there waiting for you….. cheering you on….. you might want to return later and toss around some ideas with one or all of them…… So thank each of them for joining you today…. You can hug them or shake their hands or just look each of them in the eyes…. But take a moment to bask in their creative energy…. Take a moment to appreciate the creative blessings they have gifted you with on your journey…… And then when you are ready, you can leave the circle of flowering cacti in the warm and sandy desert…. And find your way slowly, slowly back…. To this room…. Following the sound of my voice and the sound of this music…. Back here to this time and this place…right now….. And now listening to the sound of your own breath…. Breathing in, breathing out…. Slowly…. No need to rush…. Taking your time…. You may want to stretch your back, your neck…. Shake out your hands and feet….. just taking some time to be with yourself here in this present moment… and when you are ready…. Opening your eyes…. Finding your journal….. and taking some time to make some notes about what this experience was like for you…. Or doing some sketches or drawings…..
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Plugging Into Source
Begin by bringing your body into a comfortable position… relaxing, either sitting in a favorite chair , or lying down…. Keeping your spine straight…. Moving an arm, a leg, whatever you need to do to adjust your body so that it is feeling ahhhhhh….. just right….. so comfortable…. Coming to a gradual stillness… coming to that place where you can hear your breath… and just listen to your breath for a moment… not trying to change it… just listening to it…. Rising …. Falling….. breath coming in…. breath going out…..PAUSE….. you have nowhere to go and nothing to do right now… just relaxing your body…. Becoming calmer and more peaceful as you bring your awareness to your breath…. PAUSE… Breathing just a bit more slowly now… and setting the intention that during this quiet time you will be plugging into Source… or whatever you choose to call Source… God… Spirit… All That Is… Just setting that intention…. Feeling that longing to connect to Source… to rest in the presence of Spirit for a while…. And now imagine that you are standing up instead of lying down… right in the same room you are in… just standing up for a moment… still with the longing to plug into Source…. To fill yourself with Source Energy…. To move through your day connected to Source…. Looking down, you see that your feet and legs are attached to many different cords and the cords are all plugged into outlets all around the room…. You realize that you can’t move…. That you are tethered to these cords…. You realize that you can’t really plug into Source until you unplug yourself from all of these outlets that are taking your energy… Each of these cords represents some aspect of your own life…. A project…. A class…. A person…. A task… a situation…. An idea that you’ve outgrown… a challenge that you are facing…. So now… if you choose to do so…. Name each cord that is holding you here… name it gently and without judgement…. And then unplug it from the wall….. slowly…. Taking your time…. Reminding yourself that you aren’t unplugging from these things forever, just for now… just for this time and space … so you can have more room to plug into Source…. PAUSE Unplugging the cords… one by one… that keep you tethered and bound and unable to truly connect with Source…. PAUSE
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And now… when you are ready… when all of the cords are unplugged… stand right where you are in your imagination… and stretch… moving your legs and arms in a sweet dance of freedom… enjoying, savoring this spaciousness you’ve given yourself for a little while…. …if a thought come up…. Just find the cord and the outlet… and unplug it…. You don’t need that thought right now…. Just let it go…. and now, if you want, imagine that you are coming again to stillness… and you are opening up the space at the top of your head…. And a beautiful white light is reaching down towards you… this is the light of Source… and the wider the opening at the top of your body… the more light can pour into you… soothing your mind… enlightening your space… energizing your spirit…. Take some time now to connect with Source in this way…. Opening …. Opening…. Allowing the light to fill you… bathe you…. Love you…. PAUSE…. If a distracting or critical thought seeps into your mind… tell yourself it’s just a thought… it has no power… it is not who you are… and simply unplug yourself from it…. PAUSE And as you are feeling so warm and loved and protected by the light of Source…. You might want to also open up your heart…. And let some more of this soothing white light connect with you there as well… Feeling yourself embracing the power of Source… allowing this wonderful light to BE your power source….. PAUSE Feeling the love of Source seeping into your heart and your life and your breath…. Feeling this light radiating through your body and out into the world…. PAUSE Any thought that enters your mind… you can simply disconnect from it by naming it and unplugging its cord….. Remembering that Source doesn’t communicate with words… but with breath, with light, with energy… and allowing yourself to bask in this Source energy a while longer…. It’s nearing time to end this journey…. So begin to come back by thanking Source for this time together… try to find a way to thank Source without words…. And then you might want to close the space over your head just a little bit, and the space around your heart… just a little bit… until it feels just right for your return …. Not shutting off the light of Source completely.... just letting there be enough there … in your head and in your heart… to sustain you in your daily work in the world… Now you might also want to re-plug yourself back into whatever projects or jobs or people or tasks that 10
you need to focus on for the rest of your day… naming each cord as you plug it into its outlet…. Noting how it serves you in your world…. And when you are connected back to your life….. begin to become aware again of your breathing…. Your chest is rising and falling with each breath… you can hear the sound of my voice and allow it to bring you back to this time and space….. stretching and breathing more deeply…. Opening your eyes when you are ready.
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Author Bio
Hi there! I'm Anne Marie Bennett and I'm delighted that you've decided to explore some of my Magical Inner Journeys today. I am an author, artist, follower of rainbows, soul server, SoulCollage® Facilitator and Trainer of Facilitators. I have been imagining, creating and using these Guided Meditations since 2005 in my SoulCollage® workshops, retreats and trainings. I deeply believe that we are all lit from within and intimately connected to Source. I also believe that each of us has a creative muse watching over us and guiding us. It’s up to each of us to consciously spend time with him/her in order to live into our own creative fullness. I live, love, laugh, write, sing, dream and hang out with my husband, cats and dog in eastern Massachusetts. www.KaleidoSoul.com www.AnneMarieBennett.com
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