Initiation

For Workshop One

Congratulations!

You have embarked on a journey of personal discovery that can take you far beyond your expectations.

As the journey continues you will find deeper meaning and focus in your life. A process has begun. This initiation will assist in focusing the energy you are working with.

The word initiation as used here means to begin, set going, or originate, to introduce oneself into the knowledge of some art or subject.

It is traditional, when one embarks on a spiritual journey, that one be initiated into that school. However, in the traditional mystery schools, there is a "keeper of the mysteries" who must perform the initiation. In other words, one must receive permission to advance spiritually.

Because ONA is about you becoming conscious, we feel that no one can initiate you, but you. You do not need our permission to embark on this journey; you only need your own. Because you are making an agreement with your Innermost Self, it is appropriate to stage the agreement in the form of a ritual. (Ritual is a language that communicates more deeply with the Innermost Self, which is why people instinctively use it regarding matters of importance.)

Initiations should not be taken lightly. You are making an agreement with your Innermost Self, and your Innermost Self takes these things very seriously.

A Note on Sounds

Each Workshop will introduce you to another Sound, and each Workshop includes an initiation. Since you have, so far, learned only the Sound of Foundation, that's the only one you can use directly. For the other eleven components, you will say, "The Sound of Acknowledgment", "The Sound of Connection", etc. Only in the final initiation will you be able to pronounce all 12 Sounds!

The ONA Initiation

Place yourself in a quiet, sacred space. Any space you choose can be a sacred space. In it, you should feel safe, sane, and serene. In this space, light 12 candles. Do the 12 Systems Breath described in this Workshop. When you are ready, read this agreement aloud (filling in the blanks appropriately):

I, ______________________ do request of my Highest Self, to initiate me into the Study of ONA. I dedicate myself to doing the exercises, taking the time to meditate, and offering my life experiences to the greatest good for all. I ask this of ____________ [ God, the Universe, All That Is, etc. ], my Innermost Self, and the Holy Twelve levels of my being, using, [As you learn the sound of each System, include it in your initiation. With those you have not yet learned yet say, i.e.: the Sound of Foundation, etc. the sound of that System will be included.]

• SIM-KA

• The Sound of Acknowledgement

• The Sound of Connection

• The Sound of Mobility

• The Sound of Aspiration

• The Sound of Awakening

• The Sound of Communication

• The Sound of Transformation

• The Sound of Perception

• The Sound of Enlightenment

• The Sound of Emanation, and

• The Sound of Continuance.