Merkaba meditation

Domain XIV · Western esoteric, divinatory & new spiritual movements · Drunvalo Melchizedek · 1999

What it is

In the publisher's description of Volume 1, the Mer-Ka-Ba is "the 55-foot-diameter energy field of the human lightbody", and knowledge of it is said to lead to ascension and a "next dimensional world". The Mer-Ka-Ba chapters cover chakra geometry, a meditation for building what the book calls the…

Format

• Clinical framework (all). The phases below are a clinical scaffold, not part of the tradition. No session counts are given because no source provides them.
• Who teaches it. Melchizedek founded the Flower of Life Facilitators, said to have taught his work in over 60 countries, and the School of Remembering (dated 2011 in a related SourceWatch entry), whose "Awakening the Illuminated Heart" teachers carry his later heart-based work; his books (including…

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• How the current structures learning (as published). The Flower of Life Workshop is the teaching container: Volume 1 renders its first half (sacred geometry, history, cosmology); Volume 2 is described as the detailed Mer-Ka-Ba study. Workshops are run by Flower of Life facilitators in many countries; the School of Remembering's Awakening the Illuminated Heart workshops carry the later heart-centred work. The…

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• Evidence status (one line). The light-body, ascension, psychic-power, crystal-programming and healing claims have no support in controlled research; meditation in general has documented benefits and a documented rate of adverse events (pooled prevalence 8.3% across 83 studies in Farias et al. 2020).

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• medical symptoms dismissed as "energy" or "ascension symptoms"; panic cycles.
• referral felt as rejection of the practice (explain the reason); delays when risk is high.
• sleep loss with high energy, big purchases of workshops or crystals, sudden life decisions.
• refused care, isolation of children, pressure to practise, fear-based teaching to children.
• pressure to join or endorse; the therapist's own beliefs, for or against, shaping the work.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.