Paramahansa Yogananda says, “A prayer that is strong and deep
will definitely receive God’s answer.”
Welcome to this short, interactive, guided meditation,
for deepening our prayer through a soul call to God.
Please sit in an upright meditation posture,
and close your eyes.
Dismiss all thoughts of the world around you.
Feel the quietness around you.
Feel the quietness within your heart.
Lift the gaze of your closed eyes, and center yourself
at the point between the eyebrows, the spiritual eye.
Feel the gaze of the closed eyes lift, and your mind rises.
With a slow, gentle, inhaling breath,
draw your breath in gently. Hold.
Exhale and relax.
Again, draw a slow, gentle, inhaling breath.
Exhale and relax.
One more time.
Exhale and feel.
Now, we will meditate together for a couple of moments,
and then begin a guided prayer practice.
We will use the words of Paramahansa Yogananda,
from his cosmic chant, “I Give You My Soul Call.”
Listen to my voice and follow. the words of this prayer:
“O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of the silent sky;
come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.”
In the stillness of your heart and mind,
establish your close, loving relationship
with God as Divine Mother.
She is with you now.
Quietly blessing you.
Ready to comfort you.
She is listening to your prayer,
and to your soul call.
Silently within yourself, mentally whisper,
“O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.
O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.
O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.”
Now, increase your sincerity and your concentration.
Feel there is more energy behind your mental whisper.
“O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.
O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.”
Increase now the intensity of your will.
Deepen your concentration.
Feel that God, as Divine Mother,
is just behind the darkness of your closed eyes.
Her sweetness is there, Her love is there.
She is ready to bless you.
With more energy,
repeat your mental whisper.
“O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.
O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.”
Now, add your full faith, your heartfelt conviction.
God as Divine Mother loves you dearly.
God is embracing you now.
Let your heart respond
to the omnipresent love of God,
within, and all around you.
With more intensity, with more power of will.
“O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.
O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.”
Now with a strong invocation, filled with faith,
feeling the love in your heart.
“O Mother, I give you my soul call.
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.”
Now, begin whispering on your own, silently,
with great energy and feeling.
Give the Mother the soul call.
She can’t remain hidden anymore.
Continue repeating this prayer,
increasing your ardor,
building your soul call.
“O Mother, I give You my soul call;
You cannot remain hidden anymore.
Come out of my secret soul;
come out of my cave of silence.”
Now, forgetting all time and space,
forgetting even yourself,
pour all your heart into this petition.
Feel the Divine Mother is there listening to you,
ready to manifest Herself,
wanting to have intimate connection with you,
in meditation and prayer.
Feel now the loving energy built by your soul call.
Concentrate on this devotional vibration,
urging Divine Mother to manifest Herself,
out of your secret soul.
Now, rest and feel.
Allow yourself to be bathed
in a quiet light of your devotion for Divine Mother.
Feel that you are floating on an ocean of light,
and Divine Mother is blessing you.
Draw a slow, gentle, inhaling breath.
Exhale and feel.
Please open your eyes.
Paramahansa Yogananda says, “A prayer that is strong and deep
will definitely receive God’s answer.”
Keep working with this in your spiritual life.
Work with it in your meditations.
Keep creating deep prayer.
You can build the ardor, you can create the devotion
that will draw and manifest the presence of God.
God bless you.