The Aura-Soma Pomanders
During the Teacher Level 1 course last week a nice thought came to me about the pomanders. As you know we pass the pomander through the aura from top to bottom, offering to the Earth Star before straightening up and bringing the pomander to the face. I find I always bring my hands together at the brow chakra in a gesture of offering / appreciating before I lower my hands slightly, open my palms and inhale the fragrance.
It struck me that this gesture, in bringing the pomander to the royal blue 6th chakra area, is like bringing it to the altar of spirit before we inhale. In so doing there is the chance for the fragrance to be energized by spirit before we receive it. I realized that in this way an extra dimension may be added to what we receive as the pomanders flows inside us. It brought a more sacred dimension to the fragrance for me.
On another note I realized that not all teachers and students these days are aware of how Vicky used to recommend breathing in a pomander. She would say “receive the fragrance, three times, into your own temple..” This word receive is different to the word inhale. To inhale or breathe in has the idea of pulling the substance into you. The word receive is more passive – almost as if the pomander is flowing in by itself. As we become more passive with the in-breath the more awareness we can have of what is flowing in – the feel and fragrance of it.
Why not try it this way next time? Be conscious of inviting spirit to bless the pomander before you bring it to your nose. And then simply receive the fragrance, give yourself the freedom to the subtleties of fragrance as the pomander flows into you. I will be happy to hear your feedback.
