I am the Creator of Heaven and earth; I ask that you receive the Virtue,

Don’t be afraid, for I will bestow the Gifts of the Spirit,

Bask in the light and splendor and glory of the Presence,

For I am God the Mother, who brings these gifts to you.

I will talk with you while you are in quiet meditation

Let your mind be silent without judgment, remembering or planning,

Let your emotions be silent without anger, fear, sadness or regret,

Come to me in the Presence, with joy, praise and adulation.

All I ask is that you will listen to others less fortunate,

Think of them in a good way and feel their pain,

Extend the Peace to all you encounter, however high or low,

Know that I am there and I will work wonders through you.

I am the Creator of Heaven and earth,

I have been called the Holy Spirit and the Comforter,

I am God the Mother, Shekinah,

I am the God of the Heaven within you.

I am the Creator of Heaven ad earth; I ask that you receive the Virtue,

Don’t be afraid, for I will bestow the Gifts of the Spirit,

Bask in the light and splendor and glory of the Presence,

For I am God the Mother, who brings these gifts to you.

I will talk with you while you are in quiet meditation

Let your mind be silent without judgment, remembering or planning,

Let your emotions be silent without anger, fear, sadness or regret,

Come to me in the Presence, with joy, praise and adulation.

All I ask is that you will listen to others less fortunate,

Think of them in a good way and feel their pain,

Extend the Peace to all you encounter, however high or low,

Know that I am there and I will work wonders through you.

I am the Creator of Heaven and earth,

I have been called the Holy Spirit and the Comforter,

I am God the Mother, Shekinah,

I am the God of the Heaven within you.

Meditation is an amorphous and creative endeavor to form a synergistic connection.  It may be active or passive.  It may be internal or external.   It may be secular or religious.

It is always mind altering or that should be body/mind altering.  Chi connects all things.  Shekinah, the Comforter, is always present and grants the Virtue (the Gifts of the Holy Spirit) according to our needs.  Tai Chi is a meditation in movement.  In it we discover the ebb and flow of Chi.  In Christianity, we discover that we may increase the power of our Virtue.

Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.          Matthew 17:20-21

There is nothing wrong with a good secular meditation to reduce the effects of stress upon our bodies.  Just simply, smoothly breathing, aligning our breathing to our heartbeats can reduce our blood pressure and heart rate.  Staying with it for just a little while, our brains begin to release body/mind hormones and endorphins, and this begins to bolster our immune systems.  To enhance the effects, try some chocolate or chili peppers before meditating. 

It is not far removed to get to the spiritual meditation, if that is our intention.  By introducing our religious words or icons or music or art or dance, we may intentionally, introduce our “idea” of God into our meditation or contemplation.  We may silently say Jesus with each heartbeat, Shekinah with each breath, or “Have Mercy” with each stroke while swimming.  Our intention becomes one of drawing near to God or becoming “One” with God. And this also is a time when our passion might enter into the endeavor and totally enhance the whole experience.

Going back to the secular, there may be a problem keeping the meditation non-spiritual.  Chi is everywhere, and with your intention, you may receive or give Chi.  From the Christian perspective,  Shekinah may intercede for us.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.                         Romans  8:26

May the Peace of Shekinah be with you.

Oh Holy Comforter,

Always with me,

Saving me over and over,

Redeeming me within and without,

Loving me against my unworthy self,

Guiding me in my search,

Lighting my way when I am stumbling in the darkness

Awakening me to understandings I could not fathom

Granting me knowledge until knowing is unknowing,

Releasing my regretful emotions…

Granting me the emotion of Peace.

If I am not a prayer to you I am nothing,

I did not know you until I found your Name,

And you formed my total being in the rapture of your peace,

Oh Holy God the Mother,

Shekinah, blessed is Thy Name.

I am but an unworthy Heathen, a Savage.       

My descendants came from the forest lands, I am not from the Chosen or the TrueChurch.        Yet, I love You as if I were truly Your own.

I ask You also to forgive all those who sinned against me,

More importantly, bless those I sinned against,

They did not deserve one such as I.

And stay with me so that I will bring no more harm to any other living creature

Sanctify my soul unto Yours.

Become my soul. 

In Christ's Holy name I pray, And with the Prophets, Disciples, Mohammed (may prayers and peace be upon him), Buddha, Krishna, sons of Abraham, the teachers, the artists, and the Mystics and Saints

We should find a relaxed position in which we may stay quiet for a period of time, whether it be sitting, kneeling or lying down.  We should then think through relaxing each muscle in our body, from our toes to the top of our head.  If it helps, tighten each muscle then let it relax. Obviously, one of the best times to meditate is after aerobic or strenuous exercise.  Let your hands be open, do not form a fist.  Let your jaw open slightly, so that your teeth are not clinching.

Let the hands come together above the chest in order that the beat of the heart may be felt.  For a few moments be aware of the beat of the heart and quietly praise God for the gift of life.  Close your eyes and rejoice in being alive.  Become aware of your breathing.  Notice the air coming in and going out.  Notice the sharpness of the movement from inhaling and exhaling.  If it is a sharp movement from one direction to the other, then try to round it out.  Hold your breath for one heartbeat between inhaling and exhaling.  Make the change from inhaling to exhaling a very smooth one.  Let the heartbeat guide the rhythm of breathing.  Let it flow gently and calmly and experience the cycles of the body as the breathing moves to the beat of the heart.

If your breathing is sharp from inhaling to exhaling...

Try to smooth it out by holding your breath for one heartbeat between inhaling and exhaling.  Start each inhale slowly then let it increase and start each exhale slowly and then let it increase.

It might help look at the yin yang figure as a guide to breathing rate.  Start inhaling very slowly, then increase until your lungs are full.  Likewise, start exhaling very slowly, then increase the rate until your lungs are empty.

Count out the heartbeats to the breathing.  Breathe in for the same number of heartbeats that you breathe out.  Further relax the body by gently breathing more deeply into the lungs and by drawing the air more deeply into the stomach.  This should be done by inhaling for one more heartbeat than normal and exhaling for one more heartbeat than normal.  Let this flow smoothly and let the body adjust to this new cycle.  The heart rate may also slow during this period since even the heart is beginning to relax.  Adding more heartbeats to the inhaling and exhaling may continue as long as the smoothness of the flow is maintained and there is no strain.  The purpose is to relax the body and experience the peace and calm of this relaxation.  As we have wondered at the miracle of birth, so we should rejoice at this miracle of being alive.

So, perhaps the act of meditation or contemplation, with the inherent
surrendering, is opening ourselves to the Grace of God, God in the
Present, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, or Shekinah, God the Mother.
This may be our loving God with all of our hearts, minds and soul.
When we attain peace, we are then much more prepared to love others
and display the behaviors of becoming more merciful, kind, humble,
gentle, patient, tolerant, forgiving, and charitable.  These may also
be outward signs of an inward Grace who sanctifies us.

Meditation as a sacrament of other sacraments.
Administered by the Holy Spirit, The Comforter, Shekinah.
        Relax and let Shekinah do her work...
        Forgive all
                Bless them
                Let go of regretful emotions.
                Let the Peace beyond all understanding come over you.
                Let Shekinah amend your mind, body and soul.

This meditation, loving Shekinah alone, renouncing all worldly
distractions, is the highest sacrament and is our greatest expression
of freedom.

Certainly in these modern times we have even more external
manifestations of an inward peace.  We can measure the heart rate,
breathing rate, the blood pressure, brain images and brain waves.

No negative emotions, just peace...

So, the act of meditation is loving God
Directing all of our energies (physical, emotional, intellectual and
spiritual),
Giving all of our energies,
surrendering all to God in the present, in the here and now,
to The Holy Spirit, The Comforter, The Shekinah.

II. NATURE OF THE SACRAMENTS OF THE NEW LAW
(1) Definition of a sacrament
The sacraments thus far considered were merely signs of sacred things.
According to the teaching of the Catholic Church, accepted today by
many Episcopalians, the sacraments of the Christian dispensation are
not mere signs; they do not merely signify Divine grace, but in virtue
of their Divine institution, they cause that grace in the souls of
men. "Signum sacro sanctum efficax gratiae" -- a sacrosanct sign
producing grace, is a good, succinct definition of a sacrament of the
New Law. Sacrament, in its broadest acceptation, may be defined as an
external sign of something sacred. In the twelfth century Peter
Lombard (d. 1164), known as the Master of the Sentences, author of the
manual of systematized theology, gave an accurate definition of a
sacrament of the New Law: A sacrament is in such a manner an outward
sign of inward grace that it bears its image (i.e. signifies or
represents it) and is its cause -- "Sacramentum proprie dicitur quod
ita signum est gratiae Dei, ei invisibilis gratiae forma, ut ipsius
imaginem gerat et causa existat" (IV Sent., d.I, n.2). This definition
was adopted and perfected by the medieval Scholastics. From St. Thomas
we have the short but very expressive definition: The sign of a sacred
thing in so far as it sanctifies men - "Signum rei sacrae in quantum
est sanctificans homines" (III:60:2).

Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction,
Orders, and Matrimony

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13295a.htm#III

Striving through my meditation

Surrendering into my contemplation

Lifted up into Oneness

Forgiven before I arrive

Joyfully welcomed in coming home

As a child who was away far too long

Loving kindness surrounds me

Becoming that which I could not be alone

Sanctified completion in Her presence

Hoping that for my family

Hoping that for my friends

Hoping that for my neighbors

Hoping that for my enemies

Through the Peace beyond all understanding

We may become one.

Blessed Shekinah