Hi,
Welcome to your practice.
Today we'll be doing a visualization meditation.
Visualization or picturing a desired state is one of the easiest yet most powerful ways to access that desired state.
The more we hold that vision in our minds,
The more we are drawn to seeing that vision become our reality.
Our powerful brains can't really tell the difference between our thoughts and our reality.
When we visualize ourselves doing something in great detail,
Our brains fire the same signals and synapses that it would if we were actually doing that thing.
Let's use this brain hack to our advantage and visualize one thing that you're trying to manifest for yourself right now.
Choose something that feels accessible to you but ever so slightly out of reach,
Requiring great faith in order to receive it.
Since this is a visualization,
It is best done with closed eyes.
So if you're driving or doing anything that requires you to be alert and attentive,
I ask that you either pause or just listen along for a sense of the practice and return to it once you are fully able to participate.
Let's start by taking a moment to settle in and get comfortable.
Position yourself in whatever position makes you feel the most supported.
You can sit with your legs crossed or with your feet firmly planted into the ground.
Rest your arms gently by your side or on your lap with your palms facing upward,
Downward,
Linked.
Again,
Your visualization,
Your comfort.
If you want,
You can also lie down with your head slightly propped.
Relax your jaw and release your tongue from the roof of your mouth.
Drop your shoulders,
Soften your chest,
And if you can,
Invite a soft natural smile to your face.
I now invite you to close your eyes.
Turn into the breath.
Slowly inhale through your nose,
Filling up your lungs with air,
Feeling your ribcage and stomach expand.
As you exhale,
Slowly release your breath through your mouth,
Feeling your stomach contract.
For the next few moments,
Continue breathing just like this.
To assist you with connecting to your breath,
Focus on whichever area you feel your breath the most.
Maybe you feel the gentleness of your breath at the base of your nostrils,
Right above the top of your lips.
Maybe you more easily notice the rise and fall of your chest or the movement in your stomach.
Whichever feels right to you,
Rest your attention there.
On your next inhale,
Start to think about the thing you're trying to manifest.
No need to try and quiet all your thoughts as we need an active mind to begin this process.
Describe your desire to yourself.
What exactly are you calling into your life?
Is there anything in your current reality that you feel is blocking you from achieving this desire?
If so,
Picture how it is in opposition to God's truth and the truth of a person that can actually live this reality.
Momentarily shifting from the vision of your manifested desire,
I want you to picture a tower.
It can be a lifeguard's tower or even a towering structure like a lighthouse,
For example.
Whatever feels natural to you.
In your mind's eye,
Envision yourself climbing to the top of your chosen tower and taking a position that leaves you alert yet comfortable.
In this position,
Picture yourself talking to God about your desire.
Enter into a deep and honest conversation with God withholding nothing.
Share your questions,
Your fears,
Doubts,
Hesitations,
And needs.
As you talk with God,
Ask God to show you where you may be out of alignment with his will for you.
Ask him to show you where you are pursuing selfish ambition and ask him to show you the version of your desire that serves the highest good of everyone involved.
Without any effort or force,
Allow God's version of your desire to play out on the screen of your mind.
Notice how your body reacts to this version of the vision.
What feelings come up for you?
Where in your body do you feel them the most?
Now,
Without interjecting your fears or allowing any limiting thoughts to cloud your vision,
Picture yourself back in that tower,
Positioned on the rampart.
Asking God how he wants to bring this vision to pass.
What does he want you to do?
What does he want you to not do?
How does he have you serving?
Focus on these instructions.
In your mind,
Picture yourself writing them down on a piece of paper.
Continue to converse with God,
Asking any clarifying questions you need to understand the vision and understand your instructions.
Be sure to ask for the knowledge,
Wisdom,
And understanding needed to carry these instructions out.
Know where your work ends and where it begins.
And where God's begins.
With this information in hand,
Allow your mental scene to change from you on your rampart to the version of you living in this manifested vision.
Breathe into the fulfilled version of your desire.
You've done the work,
Trusted God,
Trusted yourself,
And now you're here.
What are you doing?
What are you wearing?
How does it feel to be this person living in this desired reality?
Tune in to this feeling.
Allow it to take up your entire body.
Hold the feeling of it being accomplished.
Now hold the feeling of genuine appreciation for it being fulfilled.
Take a few more breaths.
And gently invite feeling back into your body.
You can wiggle your fingers,
Wiggle your toes,
Shake your arms.
Come back into the present moment,
Knowing that this desired state already exists.
And it's on its way to you.
All you have to do is trust,
Have faith,
And take the way God has laid out for you.
Thanks for spending this mindful moment with me.
Remember,
It's the small intentional steps that carry us closer to the divine in daily life.
