As a Reiki master,
Teacher,
And healer,
I often use candles both in my own spiritual
practice as well as connecting with the energies of humans,
Animals,
The land as a way to send
prayers or blessings of light.
I'm Shannon and grateful to have you here today,
Joining
me in this uplifting energy.
I invite you now to also join me in connecting with the
energy of light through candles,
Whether figuratively in your imagination or if you also have candles
that you like to light,
I encourage you to find a candle that you'd like to bring into
this practice with me.
To bring us into this blessing time of bringing light to our world
through the energy of candles,
I'd first like to share this poem with you called I Will
Light Candles and it's written by Howard Thurman.
I will light candles,
Candles of joy despite all sadness,
Candles of hope where despair
keeps watch,
Candles of courage where fear is ever present,
Candles of peace for tempest-tossed
days,
Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens,
Candles of love to inspire all my living,
Candles that will burn all the year long.
I invite you now to light your candle,
Whether
you light a physical candle that is in front of you or if you imagine lighting a candle
that illuminates within you,
Both carry the energy of hope,
Light,
And courage to our
world.
Now with this candle lit inside or in front of you,
We'll take this time to name
those things on your mind that you would like uplifted in this candle light.
The light of
the candle when you speak the words of the blessings that you would like to receive this
light will be carried by your angels,
Ancestors,
Guides,
The divine energy that will surround
these blessings.
First,
I'll have you name a blessing that you would like the light to
surround about something that weighs on your heart or mind that you are in sadness about.
Allow yourself to either state this sadness out loud or in your mind and as you make this
statement,
Imagine that the light of the candle surrounds your words.
Take this time now to say what sadness is upon your heart and inhale and exhale.
Now I'll have you take this next moment of silence to name either out loud or within yourself
something that might be on your mind that carries the energy of despair where the candle light
might bring hope.
This could be something personal to you or something that's in the
world that you notice that you would like the energy of hope to receive.
Take this time now to state that thing that's on your heart or mind
imagining that your words or thoughts are wrapped in the light of the candle
and inhale
and exhale
and now,
Moving into the time of courage and fear,
I'll have you bring to your heart or mind
or soul something present either near you or around you where there is fear present.
Take this time now to state that fear so that the candle might surround it in courage.
Allow your words to be heard by the light
and inhale
and exhale.
Now we'll make a statement about anything that might be a burden either to you or to friends
or family around you that might need the light of grace to bring ease.
I'll have you take this
time now to make the statement of these burdens to be held by the light.
Know that your words are held in sacredness and in love
and inhale
and exhale.
And now imagining that all that you shared to be heard and to be carried,
Not just by you,
But
by the energy of love present around you as you look at the candlelight in front of you or within
you,
Listening to the words of the poem once more.
I will light candles,
Candles of joy despite all sadness,
Candles of hope where despair keeps watch,
Candles of courage where fear is ever present,
Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,
Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens,
Candles of love to inspire all my living,
Candles that will burn all the year long.
May each candle that you light,
Whether real or imagined,
Carry the energy of this light here
that burns all the year long,
That brings hope,
Joy,
Courage,
Peace,
Grace,
And love.
And may you know that you carry this light within you as well.
I'm grateful that you joined me in our practice today and I wish you a beautiful day.
Namaste
