Pause
Take a breath.
Collect myself.
Begin writing ritual.
Hi.
I want to write about ritual, but mostly I want us to be part of one.
Meditation is a ritual for me. It pulses in my day, radiating circles of influence. Radiating through space, to the people and places around me. Radiating through time, to the future – and even, I imagine, to the past.
Like before I begin, the meditation has already begun. Pulsing backwards into the opening beats I take to arrive.
Walk into my practice space.
Light a candle.
Pulse.
Smooth out my meditation blanket.
Ask for support.
Pulse.
What’s your ritual?
Maybe it’s practising at a specific time of day, sitting in a favourite chair, or fixing yourself a tea. Maybe it's watering the peace plant on the altar, or nodding to a framed photo of a sparkly-eyed great-aunt. Or maybe it’s more subtle and internal; simply a decision to meditate that somehow charges the proceedings with more presence and care.
You can feel it though, right?
The great scholar of religion Mircea Eliade called “it” in illo tempore. Sacred time, ritual time, time outside of time – defying past and present. Mindfulness imbued with mystery.
Everything in its right place.
In this guided meditation, we explore how approaching practice as ritual may or may not change the feel for you. I’d love to hear in the comments how you approach your own meditation, what you do (or don’t do) to make it feel like a protected and meaningful space.
Love,
Jeff
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Everything In Its Right Place – CEC Meditation
Monday October 13, 2025, 7:30pm EST
Online via Zoom
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
This is my primary experience of mystery. On Monday, let’s make our visit together.
