Rice Blessing Ceremony
Ceremonies are actions that focus our intentions and bring us more into harmony with the forces of the universe. They are a way of celebrating or asking for help. We all have our morning rituals, the morning cup of coffee, reading the paper, walking the dog or getting the kids off to school. Most people still yearn for rituals that appeal to the forces of nature and spirit, because in days gone by we worshiped that way. Rituals appeal to something deep inside of us and we feel better after we have participated in them. Rituals have a great spiritual cleansing effect on us and our environments, because they touch and inspire those parts of our nature of which we are not ordinarily aware.
All of our ceremonies are performed with the utmost integrity. We work with you to help you focus your intentions on whatever it is that you are celebrating, desiring to accomplish or releasing. We use the four directions and four elements (water, earth, fire and air) in our ceremonies, as within these are the powers of all living things, mineral, plant, animal and human. These energies help us bring rituals and ceremonies alive.
All of our ceremonies are performed with the utmost integrity. We work with you to help you focus your intentions on whatever it is that you are celebrating, desiring to accomplish or releasing. We use the four directions and four elements (water, earth, fire and air) in our ceremonies, as within these are the powers of all living things, mineral, plant, animal and human. These energies help us bring rituals and ceremonies alive.
Ingredients:
Rice Bowl Rice Cinnabar High Proof Liquor Purpose: To adjust the external chi Making an offering to all the local spirits to heal past wounds Create harmony and cooperation Banish unforgiving spirits Raise the chi and make everyone happy USE: Whenever you feel disharmony on the land, moving or unstable land, or a history of negative occurrences. To raise and improve the chi As ground breaking, moving in or grand opening ceremony |
Procedure:
1. Calm your heart ( Gate Gate, Para Gate, Para Sum Gate Bodhi Swaha) repeat 9 times
2. Align with the buddha
3. Place rice in bowl and cinnabar on top
4. Put drops of alcohol equal to the ages, plus 1 of the persons the ceremony is being performed for, over the rice and cinnabar.
5. With the middle finger of your
right hand/woman
left hand / man
mix the rice while chanting OM MANI PADME HUM 108x
Make the Offering:
1. With palm up, place a small amount of rice in your hand, toss the rice as if feeding chickens while chanting OM MANI PADME HUM ( visualize all the spirits partaking of the spiritually charged food and leaving satisfied.
2. Throw the rice palm down, while chanting OM MANI PADMI HUM (Planting the seeds of auspicious good fortune and wishes spreading out through the property and all beings.
3. Go to the front door or center of the property and toss the rice straight up into the air as high as possible, strongly, joyfully, feel the chi rising and say OM MANI PADM HUM!
1. Calm your heart ( Gate Gate, Para Gate, Para Sum Gate Bodhi Swaha) repeat 9 times
2. Align with the buddha
3. Place rice in bowl and cinnabar on top
4. Put drops of alcohol equal to the ages, plus 1 of the persons the ceremony is being performed for, over the rice and cinnabar.
5. With the middle finger of your
right hand/woman
left hand / man
mix the rice while chanting OM MANI PADME HUM 108x
Make the Offering:
1. With palm up, place a small amount of rice in your hand, toss the rice as if feeding chickens while chanting OM MANI PADME HUM ( visualize all the spirits partaking of the spiritually charged food and leaving satisfied.
2. Throw the rice palm down, while chanting OM MANI PADMI HUM (Planting the seeds of auspicious good fortune and wishes spreading out through the property and all beings.
3. Go to the front door or center of the property and toss the rice straight up into the air as high as possible, strongly, joyfully, feel the chi rising and say OM MANI PADM HUM!