This is the week of Hod, the “Glory” of Physical Form, experienced through our sensations and our perceptions. Into Hod we bring Gevurah, the Severity of Emotional Limitation. We focus our energies on the left side of the Tree, experiencing the connection as a channel of light between the left hip and the left shoulder.

This is a day for consolidating my energies, for appreciating the forms into which they are cast. Let me use these precious moments to consider the shape of the emotions which are expressed through the forms and patterns of my lives. I am challenged to care tenderly for my physical self, and to become more aware than ever of my power to translate ways of wholeness, and of brokenness, into the world of being.

The world of forms is confusing. Often I fail to contain our powerful emotions in ways that support growth, and instead give free reign to those that lead me astray. I strive consciously to maintain the limits, that I may more fully appreciate the myriad of feelings to which I am heir. To walk in ways of holiness requires such discernment, without preventing expansion and acceptance.

My meditation for this day focuses on the valuations I place on my sensations, on my experiences in the world. I shape myself into a vessel of Divine expression¹, by seeing beyond the transient impressions of sensations and physical form.

I am the vehicle through whom Universal Energies flow in forms to express themselves in my world. I bless the sensations through which I know my body and my world. My vision expands that I might be grateful for the evolving dimensions of my physical experiences in the world.

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