Meditation is as old as humanity but far more important today. This meditation has a form and direction that allows an ordinary person to consciously experience God consciousness.

"I first experienced this meditation while I was about to go on stage at a consciousness convention. I was behind the stage in front of a meditation altar. I was silently meditating when suddenly Sri Yukteswar, Yogananda's guru, appeared in my inner vision. He appeared as real as life.

"He told me that there was a meditation I needed to know for the future. He explained in great detail what I should do to achieve the state of consciousness that he called the ''Unity Breath.'' He told me to drop what I was going to talk about, go on stage, and teach this meditation. It felt right, so I did!

"I walked onto the stage with no experience of the meditation, gave out the instructions and then, for the first time, experienced the meditation myself. I was amazed at its simplicity and the power of the results. It changed my life and prepared me for much that came later.

"I had assumed that this meditation was known only by the Hindus and Sri Yukteswar's lineage, but I soon learned that my assumption was far from the truth. As I traveled the world I found that many indigenous tribes knew and used a version of this meditation. The only difference among variations was the way the meditator connected with Father Sky or the Divine Father. Sri Yukteswar asked me, in connecting with the Divine Father, to connect with the sacred grids that surround the Earth, realizing that these sacred grids are connected to All Life Everywhere. But the grid concept is not known to very many indigenous tribes. What most of them do is connect with our sun, believing that our sun is connected to all other suns and ultimately to All Life Everywhere.

"What I know and believe is that it doesn't make any difference which concept we connect with. It is our intention that matters. And so, if you decide to use this meditation, use the Divine Father connection that feels right to you." - Drunvalo Melchizedek,

UNITY BREATH INSTRUCTIONS

Summary of the 3 Phases of the Unity Breath

Extend the pranic tube of the original merkaba meditation in both directions simultaneously to the personal stellated dodecahedral Christ Consciousness grid (which extends in all directions at approximately 27 & ½ feet from the base of the spine).

Detailed Example of the 3 Phase Unity Breath:

In preparation for the 3 phases of the Unity Breath, become aware of your pranic tube extending slightly beyond the to and bottom of your personal Christ Consciousness Grid which extends approx. 27.5 feet from your perineum in all directions around your body (55 feet in diameter).

Focus upon the stellated Pentagon directly above your head, point in front for males and flat side in front for females. Then focus upon the stellated Pentagon directly below you, flat side in front for males, point in front for females. As you become aware of both simultaneously, the other 10 stellated Pentagons instantly complete the Christ consciousness Grid around you and your MerKaBa << Activating the Merkaba through the 17-breath meditation will result in deeper contact with your Higher Self and it will strengthen every aspect of your life. You will be better able to relieve your stress, balance your mind and emotions, and heal yourself if the Merkaba is used often and consistently. Most importantly, you will experience and remember your intimate connection with God in a safe and nurturing environment. The Merkaba meditation, like the advanced Tibetan meditations, should be studied and practiced carefully and completely for best results.>>

Be aware of the continuous flow of Love entering the extended prana tube simultaneously from above and below and meeting at the Universal Heart Center in the center of your chest (between the breasts). Feel the presence of a sphere of energy about the size of the diameter when you touch the tips of your thumb and middle fingers together. Fill this sphere with your deepest experience of Love and gratitude for Mother Earth as you sense her beauty and your appreciation swelling up inside the sphere in the middle of your heart center.

Take a moment to feel your love an appreciation for the trees, the mountains, the creatures and all that live on our great mother’s surface. Sense the beauty of the water running in her rivers, oceans, streams and lakes. Sense and feel the beauty of the immense diversity of life she creates and supports. Feel the awe and breathtaking moments in nature that only Mother Earth can give us, her children. Allow all your loving appreciation to build up within this small sphere.

On the count of 3, with a slightly exaggerated and extended exhalation, send this sphere of love down your pranic tube and into the core of Mother Earth. Connect and sense the expansion of your sphere as it extends into a sphere the same size in the very center core of Mother Earth herself. Allow your awareness to instantly return to your heart center and wait for Mother Earth to respond. It may take several minutes, but allow her to respond. This completed Phase 1.

Phase 2: allow a second sphere (about the size of the diameter when you touch the tips of your thumb and middle fingers together) so swell up inside your heart. Fill this sphere with your love and gratitude for Divine Father. Fill it with the feelings you have had when gazing into the night sky and experiencing the beauty and wonder of the stars, your favorite constellations or the enchantment of a moon-filled night. Feel the love and gratitude you experience when the warmth of the Sun has filled your chilled body. Feel the energy and excitement of the thunderstorm and of the lightning streaking across the sky.

On the count of 3, with a slightly exaggerated and extended exhalation, send this sphere of Love for the Divine Father up your pranic tube and connect with the Christ Consciousness Grid surrounding Mother Earth, approximately 60 miles about her surface. Ask Divine Father to take that energy of Love and to surround the grid with it, the planet it self, and all its life forms – including each of us. Wait for Father Universe to respond and place his presence into your heart Center. This completes Phase 2.

Two Options for Phase 3

Phase 3a: Feel your unique connection with your Creator and with all life everywhere. Open yourself fully and invite/allow God Life Creation to enter into your field and to fill it in plenitude. To correspond this presence, allow yourself to expand all your Unconditional Love and Gratitude and with each breath, fill your big prana sphere. When you are ready, with an exaggerated exhalation or your intention, let this energy go as far as it can go, expanding and radiation in all directions to the unlimited ends of the Universe. Allow this energy to return to you magnified and to anchor into your heart center, creating a flow that breaks all barriers of separatism and polarity. Enjoy this connection deeply. Stay in this phase of expansion for as long as you wish.

Phase 3b: Finally in Phase 3 allow a third sphere (about the size of the diameter when you touch the tips of your thumb and middle finger together) to grow in your heart center, filling this with the Love of God, Himself, Herself and Childself. Feel the oneness of all life swell up inside this sphere, becoming so strong you have to hold it back it wants to explode. On the count of 3, with an exaggerated forced exhalation, expand and radiate this sphere in all directions, to the unlimited ends of the Universe. Allow a piece of your consciousness to follow this sphere of energy to ht unending ends of the Universe, passing through everything in its path. Unconditional love is available to all that choose to feel it and accept it.

You can sit in this expansion phase for as long as you wish.

*as given at the Workshop for Flower of Life*

Simpler version:

1. Sit quietly where you will not be disturbed.

2. Be aware of your Light Body or Mer-Ka-Ba if you can. If you cannot, then just be aware of a tube of light that is embedded inside your body. If you are Buddhist, you may be aware of this tube. It is similar to a fluorescent tube in that it is straight and glass-like and about the same diameter. If you hold your middle finger and thumb together, that will be the size of your tube. It runs from one hand length above your head to one hand length below your feet. It enters your head at the crown chakra on the top of the head or, in other words, the place where a baby pulses directly after birth. It then leaves the body at the perineum, the soft place between the anus and the genitals, but continues between the legs to one hand length below the feet.

Place your attention on this tube as you begin.

3. Shift your attention to Mother Earth, the Divine Female. Let yourself feel love for her. See nature, trees, rivers, mountains etc., and feel love for this beautiful planet. Realize how much that she has given to you, and allow your emotional body to feel love for her. This cannot be intellectualized. You cannot say to yourself, "I am now feeling love for Mother Earth". It must be a fully body experience. You must actually "feel" love for her. If you cannot really feel love for Mother Earth, then there is no need to continue.

4. Once the feeling of love is in your heart, then imagine your love being put into a small ball about two inches in diameter at your heart chakra. This chakra is just above the sternum and in the center of your body (inside the tube). Now with your intention, send this love (in the little ball) down your tube to the center of the earth, and wait for a reply from Mother Earth. She will reply. You are her child; of course she will reply. For some this happens almost instantly. For others it may take two or three minutes. You will "feel" the reply. You will "feel" her love coming back to you. When you do, let the love spread through your Light Body.

5. Without breaking the connection to Mother Earth that you have just made, shift your attention to what we call Father Sky, the Divine Male. Father Sky is the rest of creation other than the earth. See perhaps, the night sky with all the stars shinning brightly. See the Milky Way and the other planets moving through space. Feel the love you have for the Father. When this love becomes strong, place this love into a small ball at your heart chakra, and send it up your tube into the space above the earth about 60 miles above the earth's surface. We cannot explain what happens here, as it is too complicated. You will have to trust.

Send your love into the space surrounding the earth, and wait for a reply from Father Sky. You will "feel" his love coming back to you. When you do, let the love spread through your Light Body.

6. Now you have both the love of the Divine Mother and the love of the Divine Father in your heart at the same moment. This seldom happens in human experience. You are now ready for the next part of this meditation.

7. Without stopping this Divine Love, place your attention on your breathing tube. Be aware of the very ends or tips of the tube one-hand length above your head and one hand length below your feet. Now with your intention, open this tube so that the consciousness of All Life Everywhere begins to flow into your body. This is the very consciousness of God. This Light will instantly pervade your entire Light Body. You are now breathing God. God is everywhere. God has always been within your space. This meditation simply allows you to be aware of it by making a conscious connection. This almost always is a very powerful experience.

8. There is one more part. There is a cosmic law that says that whenever we receive, we must give back. At this point, imagine a sphere around your body, (or use one of the actual energy spheres if you are aware of them) that is filled with the Light from God that entered through your tube. See this sphere surrounding your entire body. Now let this sphere begin to expand like a balloon being blown up. First slowly, then faster and faster. After a second or two it will be moving at a tremendous speed. Now let it expand with the intention that it returns to God. It expands at the speed of thought to the source of the Light. It expands throughout all dimensions and all levels of reality. God is now breathing you.

9. The image is a flow coming in through your breathing tube, spreading throughout your Light Body, and then returning to the Source.

10. At this moment, you are in the presence of God. If you really do this with truth and honesty, this connection is all you need to find your way through these incredible times.

11. Now the object is to stay in this state of consciousness at all times. Remember and know your intimate connection to God. What else is there? What could you possibly fear? Everything will come to you. Life is whole, complete and perfect.

May this information be a blessing in your life. May you remember who you are and why you came to earth. May you remember your sacred purpose in life. Love is the key. As shared by Drunvalo Melchizedek.

~ peace~