A 10-minute ritual
1. Spend a little time watching the breath flow in and out.
Invite any Being of healing to be present with you during the ritual.
2. Say an invocation:
Towards the One
The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty
The Spirit of Peace and Healing,
United with All.
3. Becoming a channel for peace. Say the Peace Mantra, slowly:
Peace in my Heart
Peace in this Place
Peace in our Land
And throughout the World
Peace
4. Becoming a channel for healing.
Let these words by Hazrat Inayat Khan rest in the breath. [3 times]
Inhale My body, heart and soul
Exhale radiate the healing spirit of God
5. Offering focuses for peace and healing.
After naming each focus, repeat silently Shafee (or O Divine Healer) on the in-breath, and Kafee (or O Divine Remedy) on the out-breath 5 times
After the five breaths, repeat out loud:
Ya Rahman, Ya Rahim (or O Compassionate and Merciful One) [3 times]
6. Repeat Aman (or Protection) 11 times: invoking divine Sanctuary for the world.
7. Repeat Ya Shakur [Gratitude] 3 times in recognition of the abundance and blessings the earth offers us.
8. Raise the hands above the head, and gently brush the subtle energy down in front of the body. Then take a few slow breaths.
9. Saint (Mother) Teresa of Kolkata said:
‘Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.’
Take a moment in silence to reflect upon a small thing we can do with great love, now in our lives, to better safeguard and care for the planet.
10. To close, say the Gaelic Blessing, as if to each other and the whole world:
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the Spirit of Peace to you -------- Amen