Introduction to theViolet Flame Exercises

VIOLET FLAME EXERCISES
for Spiritual Transformation

The earth bathed in the violet flame

INTRODUCTION

To make your experience of the violet flame more enjoyable and powerful, we suggest that you first read Tips for Giving the Meditation and Exercises. Two important preliminary steps-heart centering and visualization-can also enhance your success in using the violet flame. Centering in your heart and visualizing the violet flame and the changes you wish to produce will help you harness the maximum power for personal and world transformation.

1) Heart Centering

The heart has been regarded as a source of tremendous energy and power by many of the world's religions. Mystics refer to the heart as the place where God resides in man, the point of Spirit that is the source of inspiration and self-transcendence. Some feel the fire of God's love burning in their heart as a physical sensation.

You can go within your heart to connect with your Higher Self. The hidden wisdom of the heart contains the solutions to your most challenging problems. By practicing heart centering, you can learn to contact this remarkable wellspring of light and life within you.

Steps for Heart Centering

Go within and consciously draw all your attention and energy to the point of your heart. You may close your eyes and place your hand over your heart to help you do this.

Breathe deeply several times until you feel calm and centered.

Optional: To intensify the feeling of being in your heart, you can try one of the following:

· Feel a deep sense of love for someone close to you.

· Visualize a beautiful rose or a flame in your heart.

· Feel an intense warmth within your heart.

2) Visualization

Visualization is the second step to increasing the effectiveness of the violet flame. In fact, the mind's ability to visualize has been shown to enhance achievement in any area. Visualization has become a training technique for sports enthusiasts, dramatists and presenters, among others. University studies have proven that the human mind makes no distinction between mental visualization and actual physical activity. Athletes who visualize themselves perfectly performing their chosen sport are more successful when they compete.

You can practice visualizing the violet flame using the following technique.

Steps for Violet Flame Visualization

While centered in your heart, concentrate on this image of the violet flame.

A violet flame chalice

Close your eyes and see this image on the screen of your mind.

Now see the violet flame surrounding and interpenetrating your heart.

See it expand until it completely fills your chest cavity and then your entire body.

See it expand outside your body until you are sealed in an ovoid of pulsating violet flame.

If you find it difficult to visualize the violet flame, try this:

Light a candle.

Focus on the flame for several seconds.

Close your eyes.

See the flame in your mind's eye.

Color the flame violet.

Repeat steps 1-5 until you can form a clear image of a violet flame.

If you still have difficulty visualizing, don't worry. The exercises will still work.