Guided Pure Land Meditation

(Use to open healing realms - recommend accompanying sound of Himalayan Bowl)

There is only you, your raft and the vast ocean. You cannot remember how long you have been drifting. It is a clear, warm evening and the horizon is lost in the reflection of a million stars. While gazing at the night sky you imagine that the Earth is your vessel and the universe its' sea. All perspective is washed way as you are gently lolled to sleep.
In a dream;you are a pilgrim in search of something on an endless, remote and well worn path which stretches unbroken before you.
A smiling figure in long white robes draws near. In her eyes you can see a universe of stars. She is the White Tara, come to help you on your path. Walking together, her pure compassion enriches you and nourishes you with clear awareness.
When you awaken, in the dawn light, across the calm sea, an island in the East is visible. Steering your raft towards the land you find yourself in a gentle bay of smooth water. A reflection of an extraordinary building, made of clear crystal, is upon the waters. Lifting your eyes you see, on the waters edge, an enormous structure. There are soaring mirror-like towers crowned by golden Vajras. Each surface reflects all other surfaces into never ending depths of vision. The gates are the shape of two huge semicircles which mate into a full moon. Reflected within the closed gate you can see the water, your vessel and you.
Transfixed on the image you begin to realize the true nature of your being, the universe and it’s un-graspable simplicity. There, mirrored in the center, you stand naked of judgment, without accepting or rejecting. You are but another image in the Moon Gate. With this realization the Gates swing open and the realm of the Akshobhya Buddha is revealed. You enter into a ‘Pure Land’ where everything is a reminder of the Dharma and a encouragement on your path towards enlightenment. In the air is the ever present sound of the mantra “Om, Vajra, Akshobhya, Hum”.
You are drawn to the heart of this realm where the Buddha is seated in deep meditation. His quietude, serenity, wisdom and profound peace are irresistible. Radiating boundless compassion he sees through delusion, pierces the veil of ignorance and touches reality. He is well known to you. He is a wise friend and with a slight smile he offers his knowing to you. It flows through your body in the central channel from the crown of your head to the base of your spin. All negative and impure influences are washed out of you and absorbed by the golden transformative earth.
You are renewed with diamond nectar, purified and illuminated. Akshobhya melts into pure light and flows into you without effort or desire, you become the Buddha.
You are home!

- Richard Rudis