Step 7, Open the reading space
- Say aloud: "I wish for this effort to be used for the benefit of all beings everywhere."
- Light the Reading candle.
- Light the stick of incense and stand it in the bowl of rice.
- Place the burnt match in the empty disk along with the box of matches.
- Ring the bell three times.
- After ringing the bell three times, speak the following aloud: "This Reading is addressed to the being of (insert name of individual here)."
- Read (once only) the "Obligatory Readers Invocation".
The space is now fully prepared for the Reading.
Examples of different forms of addressing the being:
- "This Reading is addressed to the being of John Smith"
- "This Reading is addressed to the beings of all those who died in the Twin Towers"
- "This Reading is addressed to the beings of all firemen lost in the Twin Towers"
- "This Reading is addressed to the beings of those lost on Flight 93"
- "This Reading is addressed to the beings of those rescue workers serving in New York"