The Power of Light by Christopher Penczak
In Greek myth, the Titan Prometheus stole fire from the gods to bring it to humanity. Our benefactor was later punished by the gods of O l y m p u s , s e n t t o t h e Underworld and continuously tortured for this transgression. The light he gave to us mythically is an important symbol. On the physical level, it represents the ability to cook our food and light our homes in the dark – a technological advancement. On the spiritual level, this light is the potential for enlightenment, not only knowledge, but wisdom and understanding. In many cultures and religions, the quest for light in times of darkness is a central mythological theme, showing us the importance and power of light. In our modern metaphysical sense, light is information. Light is energy. Everything is affected by the power of light because everything is light. Everything is a vibration. Light is the energy of vibration. Ultimately, everything, including matter, is a form of energy. As living energy, we are constantly interacting with all forms of vibration, taking them in, releasing them, and processing them much like we process food and air. However, our minds do not understand subtle energy as easily as they do physical sustenance. We can see visible light, but as we stray from the visible spectrum, recognition becomes more difficult. We can feel energy, but our human minds use symbols, sensations, and feel ings to describe the energy we experience. We do not recognise energy by a frequency or a wavelength. Instead, we feel warmth, coolness, tingling, heaviness, or peace. Those are all subjective experiences. Two energy- sensitive people can walk into a room and describe two different sensations, but come to the same conclusion about the energy. In training the psychic mind, most people focus on the visual be- cause we are used to working with visible light and colour. As in a dream, we manifest our own source of light in meditation, creating images and symbols with our inner vision. And again, like the dream world, we can receive information from our other senses while in meditation. Voices, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures all give symbolic information, and such information comes from the same source as the visual input. March 2012
We use symbols to interpret, direct, and send our intentions with energy. Coloured light is one such symbol. The vibration of light can carry an intention. In the next exercise, we will be visualising “spiritual light.” Although the experience can be quite vivid for some, we are not generating light from the visible spectrum. We are using the visible light spectrum as a symbol for activating our spiritual light and psychic intentions. Count Down to a Meditative State 1. Get into your meditative position. 2. Visualise a giant screen before you, like a blackboard or a movie screen. This is the screen of your mind, or what is called your mind’s eye. Whenever you visualise or recall anything, or remember a person’s face or anything else, you project it on to this screen. You have always had it, but now we are gong to give it some attention. Anything you desire will appear on the screen. 3. On the screen of your mind, visualise a series of numbers, counting down from twelve to one. With each number, you get into a deeper meditative state. The numbers can be any colour you desire, drawn as if writing them, or appearing whole. Visualise 12...11...10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... 4. You are in your meditative state. Everything done in your meditative state is for your highest good, harming none. You are now counting down to a deeper, more focused meditative state. Count backward from thirteen to one, but do not visualise the numbers this time. Let the numbers gently take you down : 13...12...11...10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...and 1. 5. You are now at your deepest meditative state, your magickal mindset, in complete control of your magickal abilities. Showers of Light 6. Visualise a cloud floating several feet above your head. The cloud can be white and fluffy, or dark and grey. It hovers a few feet over your crown. 7. The cloud will rain down drops of light. At any time, if you feel uncomfortable, experience the discomfort for a moment and, if you desire, change it to a more comfortable colour. If drops of light are causing the discomfort, you can change their form to snow, mist bubbles, or a beam of light descending down upon you. 8. The cloud rains down drops of red light. Feel the ruby red drops descend upon you, and flow from your crown all over your body. They cover you inside and out. Feel the energy of red light. 9. After a few minutes, change the colour of the drops, spending some time on each colour in the spectrum. Use page 7