These were drawn from memory after the event; they are not necessarily in order and it’s only much later I gleaned some understanding of what the different gestures might mean. As far as I understand (subject to correction), they are, starting at the top and moving clockwise:
- Union with God;
- Separating the mind from the heart and preparing for the journey;
- Filling the soul with cosmic power and the heart with the light of God;
- The right hand is raised to heaven to receive goodness and love while the left is turned to the ground to share what one has received;
- Praying for forgiveness, love and mercy;
- Freeing oneself and shedding all sins in preparation for repentance;
- Repentance;
- Being filled with the beauty of Creation;
- Promising God to repent and to begin the work of love and goodness;
- Transmitting the journey to Creation as one returns from heaven to earth.