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Candle Flame

This is a practice designed both as a meditative practice and as a means of further developing the faculty of concentration.

Place a lit candle at approximately eye level and darken the room appropriately. Find a comfortable position and focus complete concentration on the candle flame.

If you keep your eyes open, you mind observe a sensation of merging with the flame. If you close your eyes, focus upon the after-image in your mind and try to maintain that image as a visualization exercise.

After some practice with these basic exercises, you may wish to extend the visualization with eyes closed of the flame of light growing and encompassing your body. This can be imagined as purifying and as protective.

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8 Responses to “Candle Flame”

  1. Bruce says:
    May 19, 2010 at 08:26

    It was amazing how after a while I started to notice colors I had not originally seen. My focus on the flame helped with the mental chatter. Meditation is such a wonderful way to relax-yet at the same time open up- our mind, body, and soul. Much of the meditation I have done has been with my eyes closed, or guided. This was a great technique to use. Thank you.

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  2. iAmCosmos says:
    February 19, 2010 at 02:27

    Very relaxing and effective. I liked it! Much love!

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  3. Elizabeth Lozano, M.A. says:
    January 19, 2010 at 10:35

    It was amazing how after a while I started to notice colors I had not originally seen. My focus on the flame helped with the mental chatter. Meditation is such a wonderful way to relax-yet at the same time open up- our mind, body, and soul. Much of the meditation I have done has been with my eyes closed, or guided. This was a great technique to use. Thank you.

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  4. Mala says:
    January 16, 2010 at 08:42

    I did this with my candle and it worked really well. Fire is such an unpredictable thing that it makes the meditation much more peaceful.

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    • Gregory Brown says:
      January 18, 2010 at 20:20

      Thank you for sharing your experience. The candle flame movements are endlessly dynamic and random. This makes it somewhat more easy to focus upon that static objects for many.

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  5. Brian Marum says:
    January 13, 2010 at 07:48

    Using the after-effect image of the candle flame sounds very much like using the Tattwas for meditation for and as doorways. Intersting post!

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