Future Self Meditation
By Ingrid LaFleur
The following meditation is to help you align with your future self in order to bring balance and joy into the present. Find a quiet comfortable space to sit or lie down. Preferably meditate with a tourmaline crystal or rose quartz, or whichever crystal vibrates with you now. Place the crystal in the center of your palm or rest it on your forehead in between your eyes…
Close your eyes
Massage the base of your head and neck for 10-15 seconds
As you massage, feel your body relax, feel your inner organs relax
Stop massaging and relax
Scan your body slowly to ensure all areas are relaxed
Take three slow deep breaths, in and out
In this mediation, our cosmic ancestors will serve as your guardians. It is within this cosmic space we will find our future selves.
With your eyes closed, set your intention on the connection you want to make with your future self
Take three slow deep breaths, in and out
Focus on the space between your eyes, the third eye
Let the darkness surround you
Release and submit into the darkness
With the soft focus on your third eye, imagine a portal opening up between your eyes
Bright cosmic light flows into the portal
Take three slow deep breaths in and out
With each inhale fill your body with the cosmic dark energy
With each exhale release your negative energy, thoughts of fear, doubt, anger
Feel your body fill up with the strength of the cosmic light
Let yourself feel superhuman
Imagine you are sitting in front of your future self
Look into the eyes of your future self and take a deep breath
Feel the energy gather in your heart into a ball of light
As you exhale, send your future self that light energy
Watch the energy move into your heart, making it glow
Inhale, watch the light move in your future self from the heart to the third eye.
Exhale, watch the ball of light move from your future self into your third eye
Inhale, send the light into your heart
Exhale, send the energy back to the heart of your future self again
Repeat the cycle three times
Imagine it’s 2050
Ask yourself the following questions:
What are your dreams in this future?
What brings you wonder and joy?
What pleases your future self?
What are your desires?
How will you love more, rest more in this future?
Now float in the cosmos and listen
When you are ready, let the energy of your third eye pull you back into your body
With it, the light of the universe filling every inch of your being
Take three slow deep breaths in and out
Slowly open your eyes
How do you feel communing your future self?
Does the future self you imagined shift your mission in the now?
Now float in the cosmos and listen
When you are ready, let the energy of your third eye pull you back into your body
With it, the light of the universe filling every inch of your being
Take three slow deep breaths in and out
Slowly open your eyes
How do you feel communing with your future self?
Does the future self you imagined shift your mission in the now?
Ingrid LaFleur is a curator, artist, afrofuture theorist, pleasure activist, and founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute.
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