Meditation to Know the Goddess Within

A series of three dots (…) indicates a pause of at least a minute. You can either have
someone read it to you or make a copy of it onto a tape to play back later.

Sit or lie quietly in a comfortable position.

Close your eyes.

Breathe deeply and relax… Concentrate on your breathing, feeling your breath cool
as it enters your nostrils, warm as you exhale… Follow your breathing – in and out, in and out.

Don’t try to deepen or control your breathing, just follow it… Let your breath
breathe you… Now focus all your awareness on the soles of your feet.

Feel your feet filled with light, and feel that light traveling through your body until it
reaches the top of your head… Your whole body is filled with light, radiant with light.

Now bring all of your energy to your heart center.

From your heart center radiate a pink light and create a bubble of light around you… Concentrate your thoughts on the Goddess within you.

Ask to see the Goddess who dwells within your spirit.

Allow Her to take any size, shape, or form She desires.

The Goddess may appear to you as a mythological figure, She may appear as a
shimmering light, or She may look like your ideal feminine.

Accept whatever form the Goddess chooses to show you… Visualize the Goddess as
clearly as you can.

If you can’t actually see Her, then sense Her presence. Ask Her name… Ask Her any
questions that are in your heart… See yourself standing next to the Goddess.

You step closer to Her as She steps closer to you.

Again, you step towards each other until you melt together becoming one… Feel the warmth and radiance of the Goddess energy filling your whole being… Now visualize a mirror.

Look into the mirror and see your reflection.

Look deep and see the Goddess within shining through your eyes, your face, your
features… Allow the picture to fade from your mind.

Thank the Goddess for showing Herself to you… Take three deep breaths... When
you are ready, open your eyes.

Phaedra's Notes:

This meditation is to help you “see” the spark of the Goddess that resides within you, to help you create or strengthen your connection to Her. The meditations are courtesy of Lira Silbury from her book "The Sacred Marriage".

I've always had a much stronger connection to Goddess than to God, so this one worked right away for me. I first did it before I had my patron and the Goddess that I saw within me is nothing like Inari. However, it has helped me to better understand myself and my spirituality.

Don't go into this meditation thinking that you'll meet an aspect of Goddess who will be your patron. While that can happen, it is more to show you how what the divine feminine within you is like. Honor that bit of Her within and the Goddess without will be easier to reach.