Who Are You Becoming?

Have you ever tried visualizing your FUTURE SELF as the best version of your potential?

This is a classic Taoist meditation that’s very effective at the end of winter, moving into spring. 

This meditation is timely because of the seasonal energy.

Currently, we are shifting from the stillness of winter, which cultivates a strong intuition, into new spring growth. 

One of the primary aspects of the Meridian Flow practice is guiding our energy with our attention and breath. And where our mind goes, our energy flows.

In this meditation of projecting our future SELF, we set our minds to guide our energy to the trajectory of who we want to become. And it’s so effective!

But first, we have to see it.

This is called ‘seeding’ your meditation. As seeds sprout up in the natural world around us, as the yang energy rises from the depths of the yin winter energy, this is the perfect time to plant our soul seeds on who we want to become.

When we don’t tend to our inner garden, anything can grow. Weeds of doubt, fear, complacency, bad habits, etc… can grow if our attention does not eradicate them. 

Shining the light of awareness on these aspects shifts how we relate to them. The light of awareness gradually changes us from being a victim of them to seeing them and choosing a different way. 

Then, when we add in the visualization of what our future self will be, it will naturally guide us to that. It becomes our destination. 

When I was in the thick of my debilitating chronic pain, I would journal and meditate on being pain-free and able to move easily. Over time, it led me to the practices and meditations that healed me. Now, I am who I visualized. 

This specific Taoist meditation relates to the five elemental stages of life. We look to the next elemental stage and the age at which it starts and visualize ourselves as our most radiant self, strong and flexible in both mind and body, and living a fulfilling life.  

The 5 elemental life stages to review are~ 

• 0-8 years old: WOOD stage of sprouting and growing

• 8-33: FIRE the blossoming of who we are becoming

• 33-58: EARTH of the fruiting: of hard-working, child-rearing, career building

• 58-83: METAL letting go: retirement, empty nest, volunteering, mentoring, giving back to society

• 83-108: WATER of transformation: the sage years of sharing our wisdom 

So, let this be a guide to seed your meditations and journaling. 

If you’re in the earth stage between 33-58, visualize yourself at 58/59 when the metal stage starts.

If you're in the metal stage between 58 and 83, visualize yourself at 83/84 when the water stage begins.

See yourself as your ultimate expression. Visualize what you look like, who you’re surrounded by, where you’re living, what you’re pursuing, and what your fulfilling life looks like.

See yourself as blessed by being strong and healthy.

Seed your mind with this, and it will set your trajectory. 

It's better to have a plan than not! The plan can be simply seeing yourself as this radiant content version, and all else will follow. When you have the goal, your vision will energetically steer you in this direction. 

If we are victims of our current unpleasant circumstances, and that's all we can think about, those are the seeds (or weeds) we plant. So, let’s shift that and start to see ourselves as who we want to become. 

What we practice gets stronger!

I look forward to meditating, breathing, moving, and seeding our trajectory together.

Blessings,

Maggie.