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Entering Stillness

An Inner Temple Traditions InnerConvocation technique
by R J Stewart

Meditation, Spiritual Form (1)

This Form has been published in several versions in many of my books between 1987 and the present year, as it is the essential prerequisite to any successful meditation, visualisation, or magical work, be it solo or in a group context. (Versions of this Form can be found in Living Magical Arts (1987), Advanced Magical Arts (1988), Music and the Elemental Psyche (1987), Music Power Harmony (1988), Dreampower Tarot (1993), The Miracle Tree (2003), and other books in various editions and translations worldwide). This basic Form has been taught at my workshops and classes from 1989 to the present day, and all students and group members use it to begin their meditations and inner work.

There are “hidden” aspects to this Form which are taught to our advanced students, and to the teachers that I have trained. These will not be published, but can be learned and experienced in the advanced workshops and classes.

Recommendation: You can practice this as itself, and this is the best way to develop your skill at Entering Stillness. You should also use this before and after each and any spiritual/magical work that you undertake.

NOTE: due to the exigencies of the modern world, this text is copyright
R J Stewart © 1988-2005.

You may use it freely, but it may not be sold or published or distributed in any way: internet copying is prohibited by copyright law, but you may make a link to this site freely.

1. Breathing steadily align yourself to the Directions: Above, Below, Within. Then: East, South, West, North. Then: Before you, Behind you, to your Right, to your Left…and the centre within.
2. Still your sense of Time, of Space, and of Movement. Breath steadily, letting go of Time, Space, and Movement.
3. Reach into the Stillness Within, beyond all time, space, and movement.
4. Chant the vowel sound OAI three times, elongating the vowels on one steady tone. (the “O” stills Time. The “A” draws in Space to the centre. The “I” stills all movement)
5. Be Still. Reach into the Void of Un-being, out of which all Being comes.
6. Affirm again the Directions (as in 1)
7. Close your meditation and return to the outer world. Or: Proceed with your intended spiritual/magical/meditational working, bringing it to life out of the Stillness.

© R J Stewart

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