A Hero's Journey

This guided visualisation takes you on a journey from the Ordinary to the Mythical, The Hero’s Journey. Within everyone are Heroes and Heroines waiting to be expressed, I will guide you to connect with that part of yourself so dive in and see what is uncovered and revealed.
Move your life from the mundane to the miraculous, from the logical to the mythical and in doing so you become the director, the co-creator of your life.

Transcript

A Hero and Heroine's Journey This is a guided visualisation taking you on a journey from the ordinary to the mythical,

Often referred to as the Hero's Journey.

You may ask what does this consist of?

Within each and every one of us are our heroes and heroines and I want to guide you to connect with that part of yourself,

The mythical part.

It takes time and practice to tune into these aspects,

So today we're going to dive in and see what we uncover and see what is revealed.

As you enter this field of your awareness I encourage you to explore it,

By going there regularly,

Ideally every day,

So that over time you become more and more familiar with it.

This is an opportunity to discover aspects of your spirit that maybe you have not yet connected with.

It's a chance to tune into the archetypes and uncover your Dharma or calling.

When you regularly connect with your allies that are ready to assist you on your life journey,

You move from living in the mundane to the miraculous,

From the logical to the mythical and in doing so you become the director or the co-creator of your life.

So let's begin.

I invite you now to sit comfortably,

Relax your body and as your body begins to settle now,

Allow your breath to settle.

With your eyes softly closed,

I invite you now to imagine where you are in your life at this moment.

For the next few moments pay attention to everything in your life exactly as it is,

Allowing whatever comes to mind.

See it now as it arises in your mind's eye,

In your awareness.

And from this place of where you are right now,

Ask yourself,

Have you been feeling cold?

Is there something calling you?

What's vying for your attention?

The hero's journey begins with the calling.

Maybe you are being drawn towards something new or some new way of being.

Maybe this is coming into your awareness,

Catching your attention.

Maybe you feel uneasy about it or uncomfortable.

Whether or not you are aware of what the calling is,

It may be helpful for you to consider areas in your life where you feel strangely drawn towards or feel like you are resisting.

Maybe there is a lot of self doubt or refusal on your part.

For the next few moments,

Consider now if there is any sense of resistance or of you pulling back from this calling.

And if you notice any areas where you are holding back,

Embrace that discomfort now.

And let's buckle up as we fasten our seatbelts for this journey and see what lies ahead.

The next stage of the journey is where we look around us.

Look around now in your life and see who is sitting in your front row.

Who exactly is showing up and supporting you at this stage of your life?

Consider the friends or the teachers or maybe the teachings that are showing up in your life at this point.

Are there opportunities showing up?

Who are your allies?

What is presenting itself to aid you on this journey into the unknown across the threshold of all knowing?

Is it a book?

A teaching from a teacher that you are drawn to?

Is it an opportunity that has presented itself?

Maybe it's a sign or a vision of something that you are drawn to or maybe you feel uncomfortable with it.

Pause now and consider the potential and possibilities.

This is all part of the journey.

What's showing up in your life right now?

As you move along on the path,

Next you come across the guardian at the gate,

Stopping you in your tracks asking who goes there?

Consider now who or what are your hurdles or obstacles?

Who is this one in your life,

Halting you on your tracks,

Holding you back?

Pause now and consider how can you get past this obstacle on your path?

What must you do to fool them?

These are the guardians of things as they are.

They are keen to keep things exactly as they always were,

Not wanting you to move beyond or to pass them.

You may call them your petty tyrants,

The ones that think or say that you're crazy,

This will never work out or that the timing is off.

Maybe they're the ones who feel that people just are not ready right now.

These are the ones in your life now who are encouraging you not to change,

Who are offering you advice.

So now it's up to you to figure out how to get past them.

As you see these guardians at the gate lining up before you in your mind's eye,

I encourage you now to embrace them,

Treat them well with friendliness,

Respect and learn how to listen to them with compassion and empathy.

Notice who they are and what they are saying.

Accept what they are saying and consider their points as feedback as opposed to criticism.

Choosing now to see that these are also your friends and your teachers,

That they are here for you to show you maybe what may lay ahead.

See them as the guardians who are pointing out potential challenges.

With a friendly smile and a grateful nod,

You can now slip past them,

Moving on to the next stage of the journey.

Up ahead,

You notice a large mountain.

And as you get closer to this mountain,

You begin to notice that there's an opening,

A cave entrance that may take you into the deep dark recess of the mountain.

As you approach it,

You consider your options.

You're feeling into your inner compass,

Choosing which direction to take.

Feeling a little discomfort,

You choose to step into the dark unknown.

Feeling a little hesitant,

You step into the dark,

Into this deep unknown territory of the vast cave.

And as you enter the cave,

You slow down as your eyes adjust to the darkness,

Your skin feels the coolness of the air and your ears pick up on the silence within this deep,

Vast cave.

Slowing down some more.

Your breath slows down and deepen.

You feel yourself merging now with the stillness and silence in the space.

Taking it all in,

You notice that this place is unlike any other place that you have ever been before.

Deep within the dark cave,

You find a comfortable space to sit and rest.

Here you can take all the time you need to completely recalibrate and reframe your life as your higher destiny incubates,

Ready to emerge into your awareness.

Here in the expanding stillness and silence is where your true dharma can unfold.

And as it unfolds,

It can awaken within you,

Sitting with your eyes softly closed.

You absorb the nectar of the silence.

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And it is here that a vision begins to emerge.

You begin to see that which is possible for you.

Allowing it to move up into your awareness,

Into your mind's eye.

You're now taking in every detail,

Even the parts that seem impossible.

You're connecting with all of that now.

As you see your story unfold,

You continue to sit here in this deep dark cave.

Connecting to your vision,

Both emotionally and spiritually.

Here you are connecting with all that is.

And as you connect with all that is,

You see your story unfold.

And if you notice now that your attention is drifting off,

Simply come back to this vision of you as the wise one.

Sitting in this deep dark cave of becoming.

Embrace now whatever visions or guidance emerges.

Embrace the uncertainty and the infinite possibilities available to you in this moment.

Here is where you incubate in this cave.

Here is where you see the death of the old paradigm as you give birth to the new.

The old you and your old outdated ways of being die here.

It is here that you witness the new context.

The new purpose and story emerge.

It is a complete disruption of everything that was in the past.

It's simply the death of what was.

Your human potential emerges.

Incubating.

Embracing.

And embodying.

The wisdom of the cave within the stillness and silence.

What begins to emerge is that which never existed before.

It is here where the possibilities are infinite.

It is here now where you embody that wisdom.

It is here that you embody that wisdom that is you.

Moving slowly.

As you get up and begin to walk towards the light,

Marking the entrance to the cave.

Stepping out now into the supernatural.

Into the world where the next stage of your journey continues.

You are connected to your deepest driving desires and the finest of ideas.

Moving around you.

Here you see that you are surrounded by supernatural allies.

Those who recognize this potential in you.

They have shown up from the mythical world for your adventure.

These allies are your archetypes.

These are your greatest supporters.

They are a force of love.

You have been lying here in embryo,

Waiting to be born.

With a nod to them,

Invoke their qualities,

Their courage and their passion.

As you step into this world of myths and legends.

The world of the gods and goddesses.

The heroes and the heroines who are surrounding you and assisting you.

As you bring the unknown into the known.

Working on this stage of your journey,

You cannot avoid the signs and synchronicities.

They are everywhere.

Surrounded now by the people and opportunities that are showing up.

Aware of being in the right place at the right time.

In divine perfect timing.

This is the archetypal revival within.

The mythical world of your making.

Experiencing now what seems like luck and miracles.

You are actually stepping into the field of all possibilities.

With faith,

With support and with guidance.

The divine state of grace is activated now within your psyche.

It is here that you have crossed the threshold from the mundane to the mythical.

Here is where you embody the structures of the mythical world.

It is here that you are rewriting your story.

Rewiring your brain and it is here in this kingdom that you now live.

What does this kingdom look like?

Look around now,

Take it all in.

How does it feel?

Who are the divine archetypes that have shown up for you today?

What are those qualities that you are now embodying?

And what are the qualities that you wish to invoke on your journey?

Emerging from the mythical realm of your imagination.

You finally enter the point where the journey began.

Back to the ordinary.

And this can be a challenging time on the hero's journey.

You are returning home now.

Having crossed the threshold.

Having witnessed something new and seen a vision for what is possible.

All it takes is a simple commitment on the hero's part.

To show up every day.

Connecting to your heart.

As you tune into the bigger picture.

Following that higher calling.

That higher cause.

This is the stage where the hero succeeds.

As the hero destroys the enemies of the past and returns.

Reborn.

Revitalized.

And recalibrated.

This is the final stage of the journey.

Where the hero returns to the ordinary world as a changed person.

Bringing hope to those left behind.

Bringing solutions to the problems.

And perhaps even a new perspective.

This is the final reward on the hero's journey.

It is the cause for celebration.

The end of what was and the beginning of the new.

The returning home.

Returning to exactly where you started.

But now.

Now there is a little part of you.

A part of you that you have connected to.

And this part.

Is the wise one.

Who knows deep within.

That things will never ever be the same again.

As you come to the end of this meditation.

The visualization of the hero and heroine's journey.

Take a long,

Slow,

Deep breath in.

And as you exhale.

Let it go.

As you let go of the journey,

Begin to become aware now of your physical environment.

Of your body and all of your senses.

Gently begin to move your head.

From side to side.

As you stretch your body into the space around you.

Taking another long,

Slow,

Deep breath in.

And when you feel ready you can open your eyes.

Look around you as you step back into your day.

After the magical adventure of your hero's journey.

My name is Suzy Van Mensen Kempf.

And I'm grateful that you join me today.

For this guided meditation.

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