How to do Merkaba?

[soleil]

I have had no luck finding merkaba instructions/videos that are freely available? Can anyone help a newbie do their merkaba too?

Thank you all!! :crutch::rapture:

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

Hello there! :)

I am not (yet!) an actual practitioner of Merkabah (I don't live a life very worthy of unity although I have asked God for prophecy before!),
but hopefully I can help you find the way toward your goal!

Merkabah seems to be rather "proprietary" yet with the recent upsurge in Kabbalah, there should be little trouble finding someone (maybe not the best guide but someone!) either inside or outside the Jewish community who adheres to their standards of searching.
If not, someone else might know a lot more than me, but here goes. You are no less worthy of the journey than any other man or woman.
Although the following is said:

Prohibition against study

"The Talmudic interdictions concerning merkabah speculation are numerous and widely held. Discussions concerning the merkabah were limited to only the most worthy sages, and admonitory legends are preserved about the dangers of overzealous speculation concerning the merkabah." ~wikipedia


"What is Merkabah (otherwise called "chariot mysticism" or the "Chariot of Ezekiel" or the THRONE")"?
http://www.kabbalahsociety.org/PDFs/mclean1.pdfTowards the Sacred Union: The Mystical Journey of the Soul
Julienne McLean

"The mystic’s search for union with God had traditionally been symbolized by a journey or passage through seven interior
chambers - expressed as mansions, stations, palaces or halls - which have always been part of a more comprehensive pattern
of religious symbolism embraced by Christians, Jews and and Muslims throughout history.
Each mystical tradition speaks about the ‘journey in God’ - of the intense longing for God and devotion of the soul to God -
of surrender and purification, of renunciation and abandonment resolved through the union in Love. It has been said that all
mystics recognize one another because they come from the same country. Yet behind the multiplicity of religious forms,
ideas and expressions of that journey, there is but one God and but one ‘journey in God.’"


http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/Kabbalah_and_Mysticism/Origins/Merkavah_Mysticism.shtml
Merkavah Mysticism: The Chariot and the Chamber
Early Jewish mystics tried to achieve visions of the Divine.
By George Robinson

"The merkavah mystics focused their attention on the startling vision that opens the book of Ezekiel, in which the exiled and shackled prophet sees a manifestation from “the heavens,” an astonishing tableau ringed with fire, of four winged creatures “like burning coals of fire,” faces, surrounding a heavenly chariot. (Obviously, Ezekiel’s vision itself is evidence that there was some mystical strain in the prophetic era, long before the period of the merkavah mystics.) The idea of the students of the chariot was to re-create Ezekiel’s experience and ascend in the chariot to explore the heavens, or the chambers of which Heaven was supposed to consist. The latter was the chief province of the heikhalot mystics who, in works like Heikhalot Rabbati (The Teaching of the Chambers), expounded on the journey through heavenly precincts."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism
"Merkabah mysticism (or Chariot mysticism) is a school of Jewish mysticism centered on visions such as found in Ezekiel chapter 1, or in the hekhalot literature, concerning stories of ascents to the heavenly "palaces." The main corpus of the Merkabah literature was composed in Israel in the period 200–700CE, although later references to the Chariot tradition can also be found in the literature of Chassidei Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages.[1] A major text in this tradition is the Maaseh Merkabah (Works of the Chariot).[2]"

Sometimes the people "in charge" can't keep the riff raff out anymore, and the secrets get spilled. :P
Maybe sometimes God gives visions to people interested in helping other people and not just themselves!


WIKIPEDIA: Key texts

The ascent texts are extant in four principal works, all redacted well after the third but certainly before the ninth century CE. They are: 1) Hekhalot Zutartey ("The Lesser Palaces"), which details an ascent of Rabbi Akiva; 2) Hekhalot Rabbati ("The Greater Palaces"), which details an ascent of Rabbi Ishmael; 3) Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Account of the Chariot"), a collection of hymns recited by the "descenders" and heard during their ascent; and 4) Sepher Hekhalot ("Book of Palaces," also known as 3 Enoch), which recounts an ascent and divine transformation of the biblical figure Enoch into the archangel Metatron, as related by Rabbi Ishmael.

A fifth work provides a detailed description of the Creator as seen by the "descenders" at the climax of their ascent. This work, preserved in various forms, is called Shi'ur Qomah ("Measurement of the Body"), and is rooted in a mystical exegesis of the Song of Songs, a book reputedly venerated by Rabbi Akiva. The literal message of the work was repulsive to those who maintained God's incorporeality; Maimonides (d. 1204) wrote that the book should be erased and all mention of its existence deleted.

While throughout the era of merkabah mysticism the problem of creation was not of paramount importance, the treatise Sefer Yetzirah ("Book of Creation") represents an attempted cosmogony from within a merkabah milieu. This text was probably composed during the seventh century, and evidence suggests Neoplatonic, Pythagoric, and Stoic influences. It features a linguistic theory of creation in which God creates the universe by combining the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, along with emanations represented by the ten numerals, or sefirot.


It was not openly taught, like the Waldenses or the Barnabans, the faith was suppressed and/or kept to the faithful.

http://people.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/RelS369/B04c_MedievalMysticism.html
Talmudic references to the Work of the Chariot [Hebrew: Ma'aseh Merkavah]: esoteric practice based on the imagery of Ezekiel 1-2, Isaiah 6: Visions of angels praising God, described as a king enthroned on a chariot made up of angels.
The details or content of Chariot mysticism could not be taught openly, so we know virtually nothing about it.
Post-Talmudic texts describe mystical ascents through levels of palaces--Hebrew: Heikhalot--to reach the highest--seventh--level that houses the Chariot.
Scholars disagree whether these texts reflect the mysticism that was practiced during Talmudic times.
Sefer Yetzirah, Mantua edition

Sefer Yetzirah: Describes how God created the universe by combining the ten decimal numbers and the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
The term used to designate numbers--Sefirot was adapted by the Kabbalah to designate emanated divine powers.


IMO the best way is to ask God for the wisdom and start keeping a dream journal.
I would not recommend mixing drugs and merkabah either judging by that MMA burning heart story a ways back...

Hope that helps a little!
Throne mysticism is kind of a big secret of Judaism -- maybe they are not ready to manifest it yet.

However the Christ did say,
"MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE" which is why he ought to come back asap.

[gooty64]

Teradacctyl,

You may want to research the ATIH Awakening the Illuminated Heart workshop/playshop by Drunvalo Melchizedek.
It is a five day workshop presented in 4 days, at least when I took in August 2012.
The cost of the workshop was $400, the only seminar or workshop I have attended.
There is one specific meditation technique designed to develop the merkaba.
This technique is taught on the 3rd or 4th day of the workshop (i can't recall which) in the context of the overall workshop which includes many other more commonly used meditations.
Drunvalo has taught the method to 50+ students who then teach the method all over the world.
As far as I know, the method is only available in the context of the workshop and is not available by bootleg yet.
Just google the Drunvalo Melchizedek and search for AITH.

-RNvRN7Tmug

[soleil]

so....basically i gotta front $400 to learn this merkaba?

anything with stipulations like that on it, are not worth doing. if its for the good of ascension, these things should be readily available, instead of ego feeding. (no judgement made with that comment, its a general statement).

like i understand that these classes are a good thing to have, but when its all private, it seems to cult like and i say no thanks to that.

if you tell me that its worth doing and where i can learn it for free, then im in.

i'll stop my merkaba search now.....

[Joe Akulis]

"The mystic’s search for union with God had traditionally been symbolized by a journey or passage through seven interior
chambers - expressed as mansions, stations, palaces or halls - which have always been part of a more comprehensive pattern
of religious symbolism embraced by Christians, Jews and and Muslims throughout history."

Interesting. The bible talks about seven seals, which Edgar Cayce said were symbolic of the chakras being opened.
Could these "seven interior chambers" be referring to the same thing? So, instead of merkava, what do you know about chakras? :-)

I bet there are a lot of Avalonians who would love to ramble about that chariot...

[soleil]

i know enough about the chakras....?

[Maunagarjana]

so....basically i gotta front $400 to learn this merkaba?

anything with stipulations like that on it, are not worth doing. if its for the good of ascension, these things should be readily available, instead of ego feeding. (no judgement made with that comment, its a general statement).

like i understand that these classes are a good thing to have, but when its all private, it seems to cult like and i say no thanks to that.

if you tell me that its worth doing and where i can learn it for free, then im in.

i'll stop my merkaba search now.....

I talked to a student of Drunvalo's once on the phone and we had an hour long conversation where I asked her a bunch of questions. She told me that in all her years of teaching Merkaba, she's never met anyone who can do it right who has tried learning from written instructions from the internet or a book. And looking at some instructions I've read, I would tend to accept that. It's pretty complicated for the novice and there seem to be lots of little nuances.

I ended up not getting lessons from her because I couldn't afford them. It was $333 for a workshop with other people in the class, but she said would give me private lessons and mentorship for $777. She lived not far from where I was living at the time, and I wanted to do it, but like I said, I couldn't afford that.

I, like you, was pretty miffed that something so supposedly essential would be so pricey. I kept thinking about my experiences with Vajrayana Buddhist teachers and how they would never even think to charge for initiations. But Buddhism has a long tradition and support network in place. Merkaba teachers are pretty much on their own.

That said, had I had the money, I would have paid for the private lessons with little qualms. Whether it would have been worth it or not, I can only guess.

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

Hey guys, I found a copy of that Drumvalo Melchizedek fellow's book a few months back...
here!!!

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2407/merkabah.png

I hope this gives you an idea of the amazingness of this topic.
Keep in mind that entities may reach YOU sometimes and not vice versa.
The spiral makes me wonder about the voice of God... you will see.

:)

[soleil]

pointless post, sorry.

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

I am not sure that it is exactly what is desired :(

[soleil]

i am having a hard time understanding what idea of 'amazingness' you are referring to.

i'm sure this book is amazing, but its not easily available...thats what i'm referring to.

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

the pictures and the variety of subjects!

[white wizard]

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you need to be careful when doing the whole Merkaba thing, because you can end up

making a false light Merkaba and be doing yourself more harm than good. Druvalo

works with the ancient God Thoth who works for service to self entities. I suggest

do a lot of research on what Merkabas are good and which ones are bad before trying

to construct one. Ashayana Deane talksabout them in her project camelot interveiw,

which I think may be distorted, but much less than Druvalo.

42 mins in she starts talking about it

[Freedom]

I believe that you might find what you are looking for thru the Jim Self archives for free

Namaste

[Wind]

I really like Drunvalo, but I'm a bit confused about the ascension process. He says that if you cannot create merkaba then you will die in the Earth changes and then ascend to higher realms. However, Dolores Cannon and many others say that the people who are ready will anyway go the New Earth, no matter what. So you don't really need a merkaba do you? I mean if you want to do it you can, but the shift will happen anyway. :)

[soleil]

I really like Drunvalo, but I'm a bit confused about the ascension process. He says that if you cannot create merkaba then you will die in the Earth changes and then ascend to higher realms. However, Dolores Cannon and many others say that the people who are ready will anyway go the New Earth, no matter what. So you don't really need a merkaba do you? I mean if you want to do it you can, but the shift will happen anyway. :)

thats what i think too :) thanks starseed :)

[Ernie Nemeth]

Hi Teradactyl,

A while back I started a thread on the tree of life, from which the merkaba derives. Although not directly about the merkaba, you may find the info useful. There are other threads about this topic as well but I'll post mine here as a start.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?31270-The-Flower-of-Life-and-Sacred-Geometry

Hope you find what you're looking for.

[gooty64]

I really like Drunvalo, but I'm a bit confused about the ascension process. He says that if you cannot create merkaba then you will die in the Earth changes and then ascend to higher realms. However, Dolores Cannon and many others say that the people who are ready will anyway go the New Earth, no matter what. So you don't really need a merkaba do you? I mean if you want to do it you can, but the shift will happen anyway. :)

thats what i think too :) thanks starseed :)

OK! Well then that's settled, right? And no more reason to look more deeply into then, OK-i'm out:faint::rapture:

[bram]

so....basically i gotta front $400 to learn this merkaba?

anything with stipulations like that on it, are not worth doing. if its for the good of ascension, these things should be readily available, instead of ego feeding. (no judgement made with that comment, its a general statement).

like i understand that these classes are a good thing to have, but when its all private, it seems to cult like and i say no thanks to that.

if you tell me that its worth doing and where i can learn it for free, then im in.

i'll stop my merkaba search now.....

I remember reading somewhere that somebody asked Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (around whom Sahaja Yoga was founded) how to tell if a teacher was true or false. She said, if its true, its free. How can anyone charge for the experience of Diviine Love?

[gooty64]

so....basically i gotta front $400 to learn this merkaba?

anything with stipulations like that on it, are not worth doing. if its for the good of ascension, these things should be readily available, instead of ego feeding. (no judgement made with that comment, its a general statement).

like i understand that these classes are a good thing to have, but when its all private, it seems to cult like and i say no thanks to that.

if you tell me that its worth doing and where i can learn it for free, then im in.

i'll stop my merkaba search now.....

I remember reading somewhere that somebody asked Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (around whom Sahaja Yoga was founded) how to tell if a teacher was true or false. She said, if its true, its free. How can anyone charge for the experience of Diviine Love?

Yes I agree you guys, Why buy a car or diapers or internet? It should all be free in this dimension right?
triple facepalm with half-twist and a full gainer right into the pool of life....why not?

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

so....basically i gotta front $400 to learn this merkaba?

anything with stipulations like that on it, are not worth doing. if its for the good of ascension, these things should be readily available, instead of ego feeding. (no judgement made with that comment, its a general statement).

like i understand that these classes are a good thing to have, but when its all private, it seems to cult like and i say no thanks to that.

if you tell me that its worth doing and where i can learn it for free, then im in.

i'll stop my merkaba search now.....

I remember reading somewhere that somebody asked Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (around whom Sahaja Yoga was founded) how to tell if a teacher was true or false. She said, if its true, its free. How can anyone charge for the experience of Diviine Love?
Free or cheap enough!

You guys can find these books and tapes at GOODWILL!!! Just cross your fingers, say a mantra, lol, and HOPE to find the thing for a dollar @@...

BTW, found a book tonight by accident, "Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism" by Perle Besserman
Looks very neat inside, Tree of Life, etc.

Good starting place!
Want me to look anything up in it?
Has some Merkabah stuff too!

[soleil]

know what i found for free this weekend? bhagavad gita :) and facets of vivekananda
:cool:

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I really like Drunvalo, but I'm a bit confused about the ascension process. He says that if you cannot create merkaba then you will die in the Earth changes and then ascend to higher realms. However, Dolores Cannon and many others say that the people who are ready will anyway go the New Earth, no matter what. So you don't really need a merkaba do you? I mean if you want to do it you can, but the shift will happen anyway. :)

thats what i think too :) thanks starseed :)

OK! Well then that's settled, right? And no more reason to look more deeply into then, OK-i'm out:faint::rapture:

yup its all good gooty64, if its meant to be, HS will hook me up. ;)

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

If I am not mistaken, the Garden and the Hekhalot are not physical constructs, but spiritual ideas where dissimilar minds can meet and grow together.
The Paths of the Tree -- the Tree of Life!
Even unprepared, this can be a very eye-opening (or inner-eye-opening!) experience.

You might actually find some of this being practiced under heading "Therapy", in fact. Very nice stuff :)

P.S. As for energy shifts, well, when we die we can hope to see some of the visions,
or on our way to the next life? @.@

[music]

The 3D geometric shape produced by contemplating the sacral chakra is a pyramid. The 3D geometric shape produced by contemplating the throat chakra is the inverted pyramid. Together these shapes make the Merkaba, a 3D Star of David (but this shape and the knowledge of it predates Judaism). The sacral and throat are complimentary chakras, with representative colours that are exact opposites on the colour wheel, and they also rotate in different directions. The sacral, when functioning in proper awareness and viewed from the front rotates anti-clockwise, the throat clockwise (in most individuals - there are always exceptions, dowse your chakras with a pendulum to determine their rotation). Likewise the geometric shapes rotate in opposite directions. Centre the shapes on your heart, rotate in opposite directions by transposing the orientation of the shapes. The throat chakra is known as the gateway to time and space, and in the Kabbalistic tradition, is known as the sacral centre swinging on a higher arc. The working of the sacral and throat in tandem is a neccessary pre-requisite for contacting true high consciousness as opposed to ego masquerading as higher consciousness. If not already activated, activation of your high heart and nasal chakras will assist you in working with the Merkaba. Also, in my opinion, Drunvalo is a shill.

[mysticmandy]

You shouldn't have to spend large amounts of money to advance spiritually. Be careful. There are lots of sites recommending increasing frequency, merkabahs, etc for money or other things and if you look at the earth its all wigged out and people are wigged out. There is one precept from buddha and the bible I like and it is to pay attention to the "fruits" of anything. Use Earth as your guide. She is all yang and chaotic right now. But we are yang and chaotic and distracted and our energy is all over the place trying many things. Anything to avoid being centered and still. Yes we are enlightening in ways but you will know when we are on the right path from Nature and the fruits. You won't have to pay money for symbols or activations because it is all within. Focus on the state you want to acquire (peace, love, unity consciousness) rather than speeding up energy or wanting a quick fix to everything. This mentality of convenience and fast food this and that and now fast food spirituality is disruptive and unhealthy. Anything that can be used to distract you from going within and finding peace like the true masters did and keeps you stuck looking externally view with discretion. Earth will show you how she became out of balance and will show how to correct the issue to become true love, light, unity and oneness. See the higher good for all instead of just serving self and your own energetic advancement and it will yield good fruits.

11:11 is the 11th hour. 1's represent "I"s but 4 1's represent a collective or "we." 1 numerologically can be used to see what we are manifesting individually or collectively. Reversed it is the used car salesman who cares only for his own self-interest. The number 11 is associated with Justice/Karma in the Tarot. 11 reversed is not taking responsibility, injustice, deception. This is not coincidence. We are supposed to move into interconnectedness with everything. Realizing how our energy affects everything else including a bigger picture. 11:11 is about at-one-ment. Atoning for the ways we went into separation consciousness and finding ways to recognize the whole as sacred and how we are unified with it, not just with human forms. If you want to advance, focus on nature rather than geometric shapes. Connect with her energy. Feel it. Become one with it. See its beauty. See how life is a dance. Treat everything as sacred. These distraction things in the world pull us out of sacredness and everything just becomes a tool to use for our own advancement.

[mysticmandy]

I really like Drunvalo, but I'm a bit confused about the ascension process. He says that if you cannot create merkaba then you will die in the Earth changes and then ascend to higher realms. However, Dolores Cannon and many others say that the people who are ready will anyway go the New Earth, no matter what. So you don't really need a merkaba do you? I mean if you want to do it you can, but the shift will happen anyway. :)

I'd be careful believing this. Be careful with all this ascension stuff. Just focus on the work of today. Learn from what is happening. Every person has a different Ascension theory and some said we would ascend last year, some in 2011 and now they discuss how their must have been this block or that or false white light envelopes etc. I know people who said 'I wont be on the planet in 3 months, my guides told me I was going' and they are still here. Be careful what is distraction from what you came to do and learn. everyone has a different theory on ascension so how can all be true? which one do you pick? or should you pick any? Just focus on today and trust if you live with love in your heart. It is all about the collective consciousness right now. Judgement and Atonement in the way mankind is being held accountable for how his energies and thoughts have created a bigger picture, one of the absence of life and love. Life is no longer sacred but simply used and destroyed. Learn to detach from the beliefs of the collective consciousness (main stream thoughts) to connect with your pure self and the One (not just in the mind but within Earth as well, you are One here too and everything you do, buy, sell, agree to, conform to, arises from your thoughts and affects a bigger picture.

What I intuit is that those who are meant to survive will feel guided toward new ways of living. They will be prepared and guided to the right places from their inner connection. When viewing the future, I see that it is about communal living, sharing and cooperation. People entering a unified consciousness. But I'm not sure if nuclear and other events come first. I think our way of living and attachments to the material and self-gain need to be broken down. Yes people will go, but many will have chosen this beforehand and there are lessons to learn if we wish to stay. We cannot stay if we stay the same though, in lifestyle. Our current lifestyles are not supported in the future and they are not friendly to Earth and one another. We are dependent upon all these toxic, corrupt and destructive things and this is not coincidence but symbolic.

There is a movement starting where people are joining in communities which are self-sustaining and self supportive. They will know how to create their own food and generate their own power. Their needs are simple because they have transcended need and find joy within and in what is simple. They will live in white dome shaped tents and buildings (because these types of buildings are weather resistant). They will be more prepared for the coming times and because they are a community they will be more protected and travel together. Those on their own, who do not know how to grow their own food etc will be more vulnerable.

[Imjusttrying]

I thought that it might be good to mention that in Drunvalo's videos talking about his workshop and on his website it states that if a person is unable to afford the workshop then they can volunteer at any place that they want and use that instead of money as long as they have it signed. He does mention in one of his videos that when he gave the workshop for free in the beginning people would not fully appreciate what they were being taught. IE they would talk on their cell phones during the workshop or they would just be a distraction in general. I think it's important to understand also that sacrifice creates appreciation but I do agree that his workshops are a little expensive.
Just my 2 cents.