@masterraalkivictorieux Master Ra’al Ki Victorieux
Discover meditation on the names of God, from Agios and Deus to YHVH and Allah. Explore spiritual diversity and the search for transcendence through different beliefs. #Meditation #NamesOfGod #Spirituality https://wp.me/p3JLEZ-4HX
Meditation is the practice of a state of concentrated attention, around an object, thought, one’s consciousness, or one’s own state of concentration.
In general terms, to meditate on the names of God: The person places himself in a comfortable posture, with his back straight, relaxes his muscles and breathing, concentrates on the reality of the present moment, frees the mind from the whirlwind of thoughts related with multiple worldly affairs, his attention is focused on God… for example in mentally or aloud recitation of a name or succession of names of God.
The names of God are associated with the ways in which the idea of divinity is conceived and present numerous variants, to name divinity or the supreme being. We’ll see various names of invocations to God that people can meditate on.
I. Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of “God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind”. We can rest our head upon Jesus, who wants to make his love known to all mankind.
Margaret Mary Alacoque, a nun of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, claimed to have received Sacred Heart revelation from Jess Christ between 1673 and 1675 in the Burgundian French village of Paray-le-Monial. Alacoque said that in her apparitions Jesus promised specific blessings to those who practice devotion to his Sacred Heart:
- I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.
- I will give peace in their families.
- I will console them in all their troubles.
- I will be their refuge in life and especially in death.
- I will abundantly bless all their undertakings.
- Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
- Tepid souls shall become fervent.
- Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.
- I will bless those places wherein the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated.
- I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.
- Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart.
- In the excess of the mercy of my Heart, I promise you that my all powerful love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the first Friday, for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments; and my Heart will be their secure refuge in that last hour.
Worship of the Sacred Heart mainly consists of several devotions, practices, consecrations, hymns, the salutation of the Sacred Heart, and the Litany of the Sacred Heart. It is common in Roman Catholic services.
Also we can meditate on Jesus’ love for us, so we can be in Jesus Sacred Heart and at the same time, receive Him in our heart.
II. Agios, Theos, Graecum, Trisagio
Agios O Theos
Liber usualis
Sanctus Deus
Agios Iskyros
Sanctus Fortis
Agios Athanatos, eleison imas.
Sanctus Immortalis, miserere nobis.
Agios, Graecum, Trisagio, Agios or Theos, are the first words of the Christian liturgy, common to ancient liturgical traditions. The Liber usualis, is a small text in Greek and Latin verses. It can be translated as “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.”
III. Deus, God
The word God comes from the Latin Deus, which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root deiwos / diewos, meaning brightness, or radiance. In Sanskrit, the word deva, associated with God, refers to a celestial being, a supreme deity. God is “the supreme being that monotheistic religions consider the creator of the universe.” He is the only deity in monotheism, or the main deity in some forms of polytheism. In some conceptions, it is a more abstract idea, without being personified in a particular character. He has also been conceived as the greatest conceivable self with existence, an incorporeal being, source of all ethics and morals. The description of the attributes of God begins with the work of the first philosophers and theologians, whether they were Jews, Christians, Muslims, Asians, Ancient Americans, etc.
God is conceived as the creative force of the universe, whether identified with a name, character, or abstract energy. Meditating on God is reflecting on the characteristics or conceptions of God, for example: omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, omnibelevolence. Hence, Muslim traditions meditate on the 99 names of God, and the Hebrews on the 72 names of God. Each name represents a different characteristic of divinity.
IV. Jehovah
He is also called: YHVH, Tetragrammaton, Elohim, Yahveh, Yahweh, Yahvé, Yah, Yehovah, Iehová, Jehovah.
Yahveh and its conjectural variants Yahweh, Yahvé, Yah and Yavé (as well as the popular intercalation Iehová, or Jehovah) is, in this way, the proper name used in Bibles to designate the Deity of the Judeo-Christian religions. In its Hebrew form it is, in the Old Testament, the name that God uses to refer to himself, its meaning being a description of his own nature.
The meaning of the name Yahveh (Y H V H, “The Tetragrammaton”) has been interpreted in very diverse ways and its cultural origin is disputed. Elohim claimed that he would be called Yahweh in Genesis. At the time the Jewish people were taken into slavery to Babylon, it was forbidden to pronounce his name, as well as other words that alluded to the sacred.
That is, in ancient times, Elohim was a divinity surrounded by an authoritarian cult, which did not invite people to meditate on his name through the word, which is a direct invocation to divinity. and therefore an exercise that promotes familiarization with the divinity that inhabits each of us. Today we can meditate on this higher energy by becoming aware of our higher soul, breathing deeply, and slowly pronouncing the four Hebrew consonants:
Y (yod)
H (hei)
V (vav)
H (hei)
Another alternative to this meditation is to pronounce the name Eieh, thinking about consciously connecting with the divine spark that we are, with our higher soul.
V. Tonatiuh, Tonatiuhtéotl, Ollin Tonatiuhtlan
In the Mexica culture, the god of the Sun, leader of the sky, is Tonatiuh, or Tonatiuhtéotl, in the era of the Fifth Sun. This is how it is written on the so-called “Sun Stone”, a disc-shaped sculpture, with inscriptions of the solar cults. It was probably called Ollin Tonatiuhtlan in Nahuatl, which means Moving Sun. In the center is the face of Tonatiuh, within the movement sign (Ollin), with his two hands, each one with a bracelet; one eye and eyebrow, because he sees everything. In each of his hands, his claws grasp a human heart, and his tongue is a flint knife. This is because at its conception, the sun needed the sacrifice of human hearts to continue its movement. Hence the great contrast with the Christian conception of God, Jesus, which proposes ending religions based on sacrifice and promoting a spiritual and social culture of love. However, the sun and the movement of it, regardless of the spiritual interpretations we make of it, remains a vital force that fuels life on planet Earth.
VI. Allah
Allah is the Hispanicization of the Arabic word Al-lāh (الله), which means ‘God’ in Arabic. This term is used by Arabic speakers of all Abrahamic religions, including Christians and Jews, in reference to God. It was also used by the pagans of Mecca in reference to the creator God, possibly the supreme deity in pre-Islamic Arabia.
VII. Tao
The Tao that can be expressed
It is not the permanent Tao.
The name that can be named
It is not the permanent name.
Non-being is the principle of Heaven and Earth;
the being, of the infinite beings, is the mother.
That is why with the permanent non-being
the hidden essence (of the Tao) is contemplated;
with the permanent being
mere indications of the Tao are contemplated.
These two (non-being and being) have the same origin
although different names;
You can call both one and the other a mystery.
Mystery of mysteries
key to every move.
VIII. Buddha
The Buddha, born Siddhartha Gautama, is the founder of Buddhism. Buddha means the awakened one. He was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BC and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gaya in what is now India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. Buddhist tradition holds he died in Kushinagar and reached Parinirvana, the “final release from conditioned existence”.
IX. Trimurti
The Trimurti are the most prominent deities of contemporary Hinduism. This consists of Brahma – the Creator, Vishnu – the Preserver, and Shiva – the Destroyer. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati – the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi – the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati (or Durga) – the wife of Shiva.
Brahma is the god of creation, and the first of the Trimurti. His consort, as well as his shakti (divine energy), is Saraswati, the goddess of learning. He is identified with the Vedic creator god, Prajapati.
Vishnu is the god of preservation, and the second of the Trimurti. He is generally regarded to be the entity who is most often involved in mortal affairs. His consort, as well as his shakti (divine energy), is Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity.
Shiva is the god of destruction, and the third of the Trimurti. His consort, as well as his shakti (divine energy), is Parvati, the goddess of power.
Conclusion
We invite you to reflect on the spiritual diversity that the different names of God offer us, and to explore transcendence through meditation on these varied divine invocations. May this practice lead you towards connection with the sacred. Blessings on your path of spiritual search!
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