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EFR: Energy Field Re-charge

01/05/2008 Alia Meira

Elohim y’chaneynu vivarchaynu ya-er panav itanu Selah

God grace us, bless us, may Its light shine among us, Selah (Psalm 67:2)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 67 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

This practice can be used for protection, clearing, and for strengthening the energy field

1st Phase: Visualization and energy patterning

Find a point of light deep in your belly and bring it up through the body, out the top of your head till it’s about a foot above your head.
Weave an egg of light clockwise from the point above your head down the body till you reach a point at the bottom of the egg about a foot below your feet.
Pull that point of light up through your perineum back to the beginning point in your belly.
Connect the point in your belly to a point within your heart.
Radiate out from the heart, filling the entire egg with a white/golden light.
End by rooting your attention back in the belly.

2nd Phase: Visualization, energy patterning and breath concentration

Find a point of light deep in your belly and bring it up through the body, out the top of your head till it’s about a foot above your head. ON THE INHALATION
2. Weave an egg of light clockwise from the point above your head down the body till you reach a point at the bottom of the egg about a foot below your feet. ON THE EXHALATION
Pull that point of light up through your perineum back to the beginning point in your belly. ON A PARTIAL INHALATION
Connect the point in your belly to a point within your heart. CONTINUE THE INHALATION
Radiate out from the heart, filling the entire egg with a white/golden light. BREATHING IN AND OUT FROM THE HEART
End by directing the breath into the belly.

3rd Phase: Chant, visualization and energy patterning

Find a point of light deep in your belly and bring it up through the body, out the top of your head till it’s about a foot above your head. ELOHIM
Weave an egg of light clockwise from the point above your head down the body till you reach a point at the bottom of the egg about a foot below your feet. Y’CHANEINU
Pull that point of light up through your perineum back to the beginning point in your belly. VIVARCHEY
Connect the point in your belly to a point within your heart. NU
Radiate out from the heart, filling the entire egg with a white/golden light. YA-ER PANAV ITANU
End by rooting your attention back in the belly on the word SELAH.

4th Phase: Chant silently with breath concentration

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

EFR Practice

For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 272.

Chants, Isaiah

Palmistry: Heyn al-kapayim

01/05/2008 Alia Meira

Heyn al-kapayim chakotich
Al-Kapayim Hebrew text
You are engraved on the palm of MY Hand. (Isaiah 49:16)

When God says that I am engraved in the palm of His hand, I receive this truth as a metaphor for my inter-connectedness with all of Creation. My life matters. It is written indelibly on the cosmic map. I am seen by the eyes of Beauty. I am known by the Great Intelligence. I am loved and acknowledged.

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 309.

Chants, Isaiah

Getting Perspective: Al har-gavoah

01/05/2008 Alia Meira

Al har-gavoah ali-lach

Get yourself up upon the high mountain. (Isaiah 40:9)

Sometimes it’s necessary to step out of our narrow dilemmas and climb up upon the high mountain. There we can get a better perspective on our difficulties. From that wider perspective we can also learn to cultivate compassion for ourselves. From the high mountain we can bless the valleys of struggle. Sometimes our new perspective can even spark a sense of humor about our lives. We can return to those valleys, inspired, encouraged and renewed.

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 308.

Chants, Liturgy

Sukkat Shalom: Hashkiveynu Adonay

01/05/2008 Alia Meira

Hashkiveynu Adonay Eloheynu L’Shalom
V’Ha’amideynu Malkeynu
L’Chayyim Tovim L’Shalom
Uf’ros Aleynu Sukkat Sh’lomecha
Sukkat Shalom Hebrew text
Oh Lord, Our God, Let us lie down in Peace
Our King, raise us up again to Good Life and Peace
Spread over us a Shelter of Peace. (Liturgy)

This prayer, Hashkiveynu, is considered to be an extension of the Geula, our prayer for Redemption. We cannot be free as a people unless we do the work of liberation each night as we face our fears of the dark, of the unknown, of the enemy within and without.

We do this work by attuning ourselves to the shelter of Peace that is spread over the whole of Life, regardless of passing circumstance.

We have no control over the forms of our life that are always passing away, always changing. That constant flux can be frightening. And when we live from fear, we don’t have access to the depths of our wisdom and the breadth of our love.

And so the practice of Hashkiveynu reminds us of that abiding Presence of Wholeness and Peace that holds all of us within its loving embrace, no matter how the forms of Life come and go.

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

Sukkat Shalom (Hashkiveynu)

For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 248.

Chants, Isaiah

Awakening the Heart: Hitor’ri

01/05/2008 Alia Meira

Hitor’ri, hitor’ri, kumi Y’rushalayim

Awake, Awake, arise Jerusalem. (Isaiah 51:17)

Sometimes, layers of despair can blanket the heart and we feel numb. Then the heart must be awakened. This is a practice of igniting the spark of wakefulness at the center of our hearts, the place that is called Jerusalem. With each repetition, we welcome our core vitality and invite that aliveness to shine out into our lives.

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

Awakening the Heart

For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 306.