Meditation is an affective act of the soul; this is why it has certain mechanic mode, because each being realizes God according to his inner idiosyncrasy. But the exercise of meditation, if contributes quite partially by itself, makes the mind acquire certain habit that facilitates one’s meditation and prepares for it.
Text:
“Memento homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris.”
“Remember, man, because you are dust and you have to return to dust.” (Job)
Consider, oh soul, before this open tomb, looking at the body just thrown to it, how all beings have to die.
Text:
“Non est hic: Resurrexit!"
“He is not here; he is risen!”(Angel’s voice to Magdalene).
Consider oh Soul willing to follow the spiritual path how much you need a Master to guide you till the moment you are able to walk alone.
Next, some examples of Affective Meditation, easy for beginners and simple by their expressive mode.
Meditation: The “BLACK LADY”. Effect: “ABHORRENCE”.
Invocation:
I ask Maitreya.
Come, I beseech you; hasten, please, we are adrift.
Meditation: The “TWO WAYS”. Effect: “DETACHMENT”.
Invocation:
I ask Him who right now I worship after the name of Maitreya to be my Guide and my Path.
My request is not to expect His Coming, but to tread on the path to Him.
Meditation: The “GOLDEN TEMPLE”. Effect: “CONSOLATION”.
Invocation:
I ask Maitreya to enlighten my soul with a light of hope and grant consolation and announce constantly His Coming.
Imaginative Picture:
I see a Sun; a sparkling Sun, full of glory and majesty.
Meditation: “RESURRECTION OF HES”. Effect: “RAPTURE”.
Invocation:
I ask Maitreya: may He live alone in my soul. May He live alone; may all die, except Him alone. Imaginative Picture:
I see His Face.
Souls whose minds get tired by successive images and ideas need graphic and simple images and ideas for their exercises of meditation; for instance, as follows:
The “BLACK LADY”. Effect: “ABHORRENCE”.
Subject: The “GOLDEN TEMPLE”. Effect: “CONSOLATION”.
Invocation:
I ask the Holy Mother: grant me the consolation of Your Divine Vision. Please, allow me to see You, Mother of mine.
Imaginative Picture:
Meditation: The “BLACK LADY”. Effect: “ABHORRENCE”.
Invocation:
Oh crucified Lord of mine, please give me the wonderful gift of entering the mysteries of your adorable and divine blood.
If You grant to my soul the benefit of entering the mystery of only one drop of your most precious blood, I will be safe for the whole Eternity, and will discover the supreme secret of the true love, of the Real Love.