I met a new Future Self yesterday.
Okay, I know that's a little woo-woo and a lot strange, but I swear there's something to it. I've imagined myself long before I knew I was imagining myself. In the last 8 or 9 years, I've finally realized that this imagination WAS a future version of me.
It's not something I can force -- it doesn't work that way or feel the same. It's hard to describe. It's a knowing, and often a picture that's nothing special. I'm not imagining I'm successful or beautiful or something grand. It's a quiet knowing who this person is and it's always a different look -- Martha Beck says that makes total sense that your exterior look changes when you change.
Anyway, I did the guided FS meditation from my first life coach. I do it about once a year. It starts by picturing your wisest self or high power -- whatever visualization works. For me, it's my FS and yesterday she was different.
I even said ... well, hello. We haven't met before. Seems crazy, right? But it's somehow real. I won't "be" her for probably years, but I believe it's where I'm headed. Also, it doesn't matter if I believe it. Before I believed, it still happened.
And, I'm a little like what?!?! Another version?? Why? Seriously, changing again? But she laughed and told me yep.
Do you want to hear about the FS meditation? Read on...
1. First visualization is one year from now.
Saw a walk in the woods. Flowers, creek -- basic, pretty woods. I was in mud-style boots with jeans rolled up carrying a basket.
I asked FS why this? I've walked in the woods many times. The answer ... this is you slowing down, enjoying the moment. You're gathering things from the woods to set a table. Exploring, curious about nature, relaxed.
But why?
Because this is a step toward ME.
That's all she told me.
2. Then 5 years from now.
I'm on a patio with overhead string lights crisscrossing between trees. People are around -- don't have a picture of them. Tables, nature. We're getting ready to have a meal. Laughing. Ease. I'm hosting, but people have contributed things. All homemade or from nature. Can't see anyone, but it feels like a mix of family and friends.
Why this? You will have people who make you feel this comfortable and love spending time with them. Keep being you and you will find each other. Don't settle. Don't compromise who you want to be. Don't waste your time chasing what you don't want.
Live your weird self and you'll find these connections, this matching energy. There is no scarcity in your relationships. Act from abundance and abundance will find you.
3. Wildcard.
How old am I -- 58, maybe 57.
Took a long time for a picture to form. Just felt connection, excitement, curiosity. I kept asking where I was. Finally I got a picture of a road and people walking.
The Camino.
Why am I here? Because adventure is life giving. Don't be afraid to go. This'll be a meaningful step toward ME. Take the jump. Don't be so careful with everything, so planned. Leave SPACE for adventure and space for life to show you what's possible.
You're procrastinating going because you want everything to be certain, everything prepared and ready -- the Camino is all about uncertainty. GO!!!
It was an unexpected visualization. It always is. Hardest part is to not think -- I can't force a picture. Each time I wonder if a picture will come and it does. The best way to move through the meditation is to ask questions of this "wiser self" -- the answers come right away. It's wild.
It's wild because I know it's me thinking these things. Why don't I know the answer before I ask the question? I have no idea. Could this be influenced by what's on my mind -- absolutely. In the exercise, it asks the "wiser self" to show you what you need to see.
What I do know is I feel more grounded and more clear in some areas and that's a good thing. Cobwebs out. I also feel excited ... life is still going and changing and there's so much more to discover about me.
Ta-da -- woo woo and all. Later gators.
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