Wesak 

During the Full Moon in the month of May, WESAK is celebrated - a spiritual festival which symbolizes the birth, death and Enlightenment of Buddha. It is not about being a Buddhist, but rather about awakening to your infinite Wisdom Self/Soul. Waking up to this vastness of our authentic self is inevitable. All are welcome to celebrate this festival of light.

It is also said that Wesak full moon is that time of the year during which the Christ gathers the entire Spiritual Hierarchy together in meditation to invoke the forces of Shambhalla. The Buddha, representing those forces, appears and blesses humanity. In groups or individually we gather to collectively act as conduits for these blessings from the spiritual realms. We can consciously open our hearts and minds to new knowledge and healing. 

It's a time when enlightened beings of all kinds come together to collectively focus their highest energies toward the conscious evolution of our species and our planet. Every living thing benefits from this outpouring of intention.  

Meditation Exercise:  

One evening, turn out the lights, light a candle, and meditate quietly for a while with the candle, and then blow it out. Sit for a while in the dark. Notice what arises. Is there a fear of the dark? Does it feel peaceful, relaxing? Ask the dark to guide you. People are fond of asking the light to guide them. But there is guidance in the depth of the night, in the darkness of the night sky. 

 
Imagine the night sky. Imagine the moon or a star coming closer and closer to you, until it enters your heart. Feel the moon or star or both in your heart. It is radiant. Its bright white light permeates and fills your whole being, pulsating within you. Feel yourself as the moon or a star in the sky, the darkness around you, the light within you and the energy that radiates from you.

The radiating light is always there within you illuminating the darkness, allow your radiance to guide you and illuminate the path for others. Light the candle again and notice the shadows, the interplay of light and dark. You are part of the dance of light and dark, day and night, sun and moon, star and sky and the whole Universe. Feel the rhythm of the flickering light, the stillness of the darkness. Feel the radiance of your own heart illuminating the night, guiding you as you feel your way through the labyrinth of this life, this world, this universe.