So how we're going to begin is you're going to sit comfortably,
However that means to you.
Could be legs crossed,
Could be sitting in a chair,
Whatever it is sit somewhere comfortably that you feel relaxed and comfortable and you're going to close your eyes and you're going to take three deep breaths.
Deep breath in,
Count to four,
Deep breath out,
Count to four.
And each time you exhale you're going to try and relax your body a little bit further.
So you're going to inhale,
Pause,
Exhale,
Pause.
So as you're doing this and you're relaxing it's in those pauses between breaths where we're going to go.
That is where your creativity meets your imagination meets your subconscious.
So let's see what awaits you in the spaces between breaths.
The door of flame beckons you.
It is power and seduction and without realizing it you begin to run and scream at the top of your lungs as you burst through the flames and disappear into the darkness.
You find yourself staring at a single flame in the dark.
It flickers and dances and is alive.
And as you get your bearings you realize it is not a single flame but a large fire burning off in the distance.
You were standing on the edge of a clearing a ways away.
A small part of you urges you to be cautious but you ignore it.
The fire calls to you and you instinctively understand that this is a place of action.
So you move towards it.
In the dark your sense of distance lacks relative perspective.
Therefore you walk much farther than you thought.
Still the flame slowly grows brighter and brighter as you get closer and closer.
It's a bonfire.
Someone has built a giant fire and it is magnificent.
Heat radiates from it as tongues of flame reach for the stars above.
High above the height of a person.
They are like paintbrushes of fire painting the Milky Way.
For a moment you can picture the universe being born in an explosion of energy.
This is the power from that moment.
You can feel it.
The crackle of a large felled tree snaps you back to your senses and for the first time you notice the figures dancing around the fire.
They are fast and only their silhouettes appear for a second.
So quickly you're not even sure if you've seen them at first.
You can't help but be drawn in and you slowly but surely find yourself inching closer and closer to the fire.
The heat radiates intensely and you are still ten feet away.
It's enough that you can feel beads of sweat dripping down your face.
Absently you wipe them away but your eyes never leave the flame.
Fire is still alive and if you really look you can see the individual flames dancing and moving as primordial energy of living material gives off heat and light.
One flame in particular draws you in.
It is hypnotizing in its elegance and the dance pulls you in until there is nothing else but the awesome power of flame.
You can feel stirring within your belly as your own passions reflect the dance of the flame.
Memories of the times you felt most alive come bubbling to the surface and soon your feet are moving as you begin to move around the fire.
Your gaze never leaves the center flame.
Within the fires of your soul your passions are alight and dancing in rhythm to the flame.
Memories rush past one after the other and soon not just your feet are moving as you dance around the fire.
Faster and faster you move your arms and legs until you're moving fast enough to notice the other dancers.
Light flickers across their face just for a moment and they are shadows again as they move and twist around the fire.
Faster and faster you dance and you feel more and more alive.
All your second thoughts and false beliefs are forgotten as you move with the power of free will and vitality.
Your breath comes in faster now and the blood pumps through your veins as your heart beats faster and faster.
Sweat drips now and your shirt is soaked yet still you dance.
There is something hauntingly familiar about this dance and the other shadows that move with you.
They've made space for you now and you are one of them.
Perhaps you always were or once were.
From above the night is pierced by a blazing flame shooting sparks in all directions.
All the while illuminating the shapes of 13 dancers blazing a circular trail around and around.
For a moment the silhouettes are no longer human.
They are animals and the yipping and yelping becomes something more primal and wild.
In front and behind you you can see and hear animals dance around the fire and inside of you you feel the soul of an animal coming forth.
There is nothing but your beating heart and the heat and light of the fire.
Vaguely you are aware that something has changed within you.
You are no longer afraid.
Your belief in your abilities is pure and untarnished by second-guessing or fear.
In this moment you are pure heat and flame and you can accomplish anything.
Visions begin to flash in front of you.
Not of the present but of the future.
You see yourself in different futures,
In different dreams.
In each one you are powerful and happy.
You change the world.
You make a difference.
Your ideas come true.
This is the power of belief and you know in your heart of hearts that you can do anything.
The passion inside of you grows with white hot intensity.
This is beyond emotion.
This is something powerful,
Something primal.
It is then that you realize that the dancing has stopped.
There is an eerie silence as your feet gradually slow as you look around.
The fire crackles and your heart pounds in your ears and you realize that twelve silhouettes are staring at you.
Then the fire suddenly shrinks to nothingness and there is black for the briefest of moments before it explodes skyward once more.
This time the orange flickering color of flame is replaced by blood red and the fire moves and shapes with purpose.
Tongues of red morph together until the great shape of a monstrous dragon gazes over you.
Its eyes are for you and you alone and it bends down until a red flame fills your entire view.
You can't see but your own eyes reflect great flame back.
The world grows still waiting for two fires to burn each other out to become something new,
Something greater.
At last the fire dragon draws its head back and roars and slowly it draws itself down and extends the tongue of flame.
It moves towards you closer and hovers just over your heart for a moment before it pierces your chest.
The red fire of the dragon pierces the white hot power of belief within your belly and the explosion inside of you is all-consuming.
You are pulled apart into a million tiny pieces and for a moment you are everywhere and nowhere.
You are aware of all of the universe,
Every atom,
Every sun and you are shown things no mortal has seen but all in a blink of an eye before you were able to absorb this knowledge and then you were pulled back together and you are yourself once more.
The dragon and the fire is gone and in its place it's a door.
It is cold and lifeless yet it reflects flame.
You glance down and realize it is you who is on fire.
Cool flame dances over every inch of your body yet you feel nothing.
You hold your hands out in marvel as the flame moves with your hands.
You reach towards the door and grasp hold of the handle.
Instantly the door lights aflame and bursts open and just as suddenly as you appeared you are gone from this place leaving only a door of fire quietly burning under the stars.
With an explosion of fire you find yourself back beneath the mountain.
You turn your hands over but the fire is gone.
The fire within though,
That burns as bright as ever.
This time it is time to make a new choice.
