A guided meditation around connecting with your authentic self.
Turn your attention inward,
Even more deeply inside,
To find your authentic self.
Begin by reflecting upon your values.
What is the most important thing in your life?
What do you value?
Where does your sense of right and wrong come from?
These values make up part of the core of who you are.
When being true to your values,
These core beliefs will drive your behavior.
Think about how your values can be part of your day-to-day life.
Now consider what else makes you who you are.
Finding your authentic self involves learning who you truly are.
Your authentic self is the real you,
The person you are truly meant to be.
Your authentic self is the person you are at the core,
The person you can be if nothing is holding you back.
Now imagine the person you believe yourself to be right now.
Picture yourself going about the things you usually do in a typical day.
Imagine that you're watching yourself,
Observing yourself going about your usual activities.
Take a moment to see yourself getting up in the morning,
Going about your day.
Imagine the things that you do on a day-to-day basis.
Now picture this person,
You,
Standing in an empty room.
Imagine watching this person observe.
Now imagine you could strip away all the things that hold you back from your full potential.
Self-doubt is dissolving,
Replacing it with confidence and self-assurance.
Picture this person standing before you.
Imagine all the things that get in the way of your success.
Circumstances,
Lack of resources,
Lack of forgiveness,
Baggage from the past.
Just imagine all of that dissolving,
Disappearing,
And going away.
Now imagine this person standing in that empty room.
What is left?
Who is this person when all of those barriers are stripped away?
This person is you.
Imagine who you are at the core,
The pure character that is left when there is nothing to get in the way of complete self-expression.
You may only have a vague picture in your mind right now,
But allow this picture to come into focus,
Becoming more and more clear.
Think of your motivations.
What motivates you?
What drives your behavior?
What catches your interest or has caught your interest in the past?
What propels you to action?
Think about your personality and characteristic traits,
The characteristics that are left when all barriers are removed and all fears and misidentifications have gone away.
At your fullest potential,
Your simplest form,
Without fears,
What traits do you have left?
Consider all the characteristics of the person who is left when all of these barriers and fears are removed.
This image in your mind right now of this ideal person is you.
This is your authentic self.
This is who you are at the core,
Beneath all of life's getting in the way.
This is you.
Now allow yourself to step inside of this image and fully become this person.
Become who you truly are at the core.
And for this moment,
Just be.
Simply be your authentic self.
Just a sense of calm and serenity,
Security in who you are,
Knowing who you are.
This is you,
Your authentic self.
You can take this authentic self with you,
Allowing this true essence to shine through in your everyday life,
Allowing your values,
Personality,
And motivations to shine through to guide your behavior,
To make up who you are because it's who you truly want to be.
You have always been this person.
You always will be your authentic self,
A positive,
Confident person,
A person you like and appreciate.
Underneath the challenges,
The demands of life,
This is the real you that will always be within you.
Now keep this image of your authentic self with you as you go about the rest of your day or night.
What would it look like to express this true authentic self and allow you to simply be real?
Now slowly begin to return to your body.
Wiggling your fingers.
Waking up your hands and your toes.
Allowing your feet and your legs to wake up.
Drawing up a white light from your feet.
Allowing it to fill you and recharge you all the way up towards the crown of your head.
Filling you up with energy.
Slowly opening your eyes.
Reacquainting with the light.
As you sit quietly for a moment while you reorient and reintegrate in with your surroundings.
Bowing forward to seal in your practice.
The teacher in me honors and recognizes the teacher in each and every one of you.
Thank you for joining me in this authentic self meditation.
