Meditations Directory — Format Template

This directory contains visual meditation guides for specific verses or short passages. A meditation guide helps you comprehend and feel a verse (e.g. how "wide and long and high and deep" Christ's love is) so head knowledge becomes heart knowledge. Each guide is 3–5 minutes and uses a central image plus five-senses prompts.

Meditation Guide Format

# [Reference] — [Short goal in a few words]

**Reference:** [Book Chapter:Verse or range]
**Goal:** [One sentence: what to comprehend or feel]

## Central Image

[One vivid image that carries the meaning — e.g. "You are a small stone in an endless ocean of Christ's love, slowly falling into the depths."]

## Guided Steps

1. [First beat — e.g. You are at the surface.]
2. [Second beat — e.g. You begin to sink slowly.]
3. [Third beat — e.g. The love is above, below, on every side.]
4. [Fourth beat — e.g. No bottom in sight.]
5. [Fifth beat — e.g. Rest in "this is how much I am loved."]

## Five-Senses Prompts

- **See:** [What to picture]
- **Hear:** [Sounds or silence]
- **Touch:** [Sensation, pressure, temperature]
- **Smell / Taste:** [If relevant; otherwise "breath that doesn't run out" or similar]

## Bridge to Memory (optional)

[How this image can double as or link to your mind palace image for this verse.]

File Naming Convention

Format: [book]-[chapter]-[verse].md or [book]-[chapter]-[verse-start]-[verse-end].md

• Match the verse entry naming in verses/ so verse and meditation link easily.
• Examples: ephesians-3-18-19.md, john-3-16.md, psalm-23-1.md.
• Use lowercase, hyphenated book names.

Guidelines

• 3–5 minutes — Keep each guide completable in one sitting (neurodivergent-friendly).
• Good teacher tone — Clear, warm, no rush. One meditation per verse or short passage.
• Philippians 4:8 — All imagery must be true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable.