In this third aspect of Touching the Earth, we are invited to connect to our spiritual family: friends on the path who support us through their presence and kinship, and spiritual figures such as Buddha, Jesus, God and Allah who embody greatness, peace and profound understanding. Please feel free to adapt this to your own religious / spiritual beliefs.
In this meditation, Sister Chan Khong also evokes bodhisattvas such as Manjushri (bodhisattva of transcendent wisdom) and Avalokiteshvara (bodhisattva of infinite compassion) so that we may look deeply and understand the cruelty in others, and learn to listen with presence to those that are suffering. Touching the earth, we are able to transform the "dirt" of ignorance and wrong perception into flowers of understanding.
For a video tutorial on how to touch the earth, please click here.