Okay,
Great.
So here you are in a safe,
Quiet,
And comfortable place to relax,
And you're in a position that feels totally comfortable for you,
Your arms and your legs just resting loose and limp.
And most importantly,
You can take a moment to be sure that you've got good support,
Because you may discover that as your body gets really relaxed,
It also tends to get really heavy.
So you probably don't want to have your arms or your legs crossed.
Good.
And once you've settled into your most comfortable position,
You know that you can relax deeply for a while.
And as you just allow your eyes to close,
You can begin to draw your focus inside,
Gathering your awareness within yourself so that you can discover deep inside those parts of yourself that most need to experience comfort and relaxation.
The experience of being soothed,
Just easing into hearing my voice.
And as your subconscious mind deeply absorbs the words I say,
You can fully expect to notice new and helpful insights and realizations arising from inside of you,
Insights and realizations that open the doors to new possibilities,
Possibilities that lead to new and wonderful outcomes in your life.
Because every incredible outcome begins as just a possibility.
And you'll find that you're able to transform your new possibilities into a new reality for your benefit and for the benefit of those you care about.
And really,
When you're truly fulfilled in living your life,
It benefits everyone,
Does it not?
And out of everything that you might focus on in this moment,
I wonder if you might choose to draw your attention to the feelings and sensations of simply resting comfortably,
Noticing how each breath that you take in allows you to grow even more comfortable,
More relaxed within yourself.
And now,
You've set aside this time to listen to this session.
There's nowhere else you need to be right now.
There's nothing else you need to do.
This is your time.
So I wonder if you can give yourself permission to just enjoy genuine freedom,
The freedom to not have to think,
To not have to plan or analyze or organize,
To not have to spin and scatter your thoughts around in so many different directions.
And it means that little by little,
Your thoughts can begin to get more focused deep inside.
Your mind can get more comfortable,
Just as your body can get more comfortable.
And little by little,
The experience develops more completely and more fully,
The experience of being deeply relaxed,
So wonderfully comfortable.
Now there are so many things that I could begin to talk about.
But the very first thing that I want to talk about is the mind,
Your mind.
After all,
That's what we're here to explore,
Your thoughts,
Your feelings,
Your way of looking at things.
And I can imagine that you already realize how incredibly complex the mind is.
There isn't anyone who truly understands all of it.
And the fact that your mind is so complicated is precisely why you can have so many mixed thoughts and feelings about things,
Why you can have conflicting motivations about things,
How part of you can feel genuinely hopeful.
And at the same time,
Another part might be worried or concerned.
But you know that there are different levels of awareness,
Depths,
And some of the most powerful experiences that you're capable of having take place at levels deeper than just your surface conscious awareness,
Much deeper.
And whether you call that deeper part of yourself your unconscious mind,
Or the subconscious mind,
Or your core self,
Or your soul,
That doesn't really matter so much.
What's important is that you know that there is a deeper part of you that learns and absorbs new understandings.
And it's that deeper part of yourself that you can profoundly connect with.
You can come to know and understand through our work together.
Because a big part of why we're here together is because I know and you know that you want things to be better in your life.
I know you want to feel better.
And feeling better can happen when you begin to do things differently.
So here you are learning about your mind.
You're learning about the relationship between the things you think now,
And feel now,
And do now,
And what happens later.
The eventual results of the choices that you make,
Your experiences.
So I wonder,
What would you like to experience differently?
Go ahead and just take a few moments to perceive a wonderful image of how your life would be,
Could be,
Will be when it's more satisfying.
Go ahead and create an impression,
A vision that's detailed and vivid about what your life could look like and how it could feel good and satisfying to you while I'm quiet for a few moments.
Now I really don't know if that kind of clear and wonderful vision could just arise for you right now,
In this very moment,
Or whether that kind of powerful personal vision will evolve for you over the next few days or weeks,
But you know and I know that there really is nothing more powerful than a person with a vision.
So what is that?
What is a vision?
Well,
As I see it,
A vision begins as a possibility,
A possibility that's so motivating,
So compelling that you actively start doing small and simple,
Positive things now that will make your vision your reality eventually.
From the time that you were just a child,
There are,
I'm sure,
Important things in your life that you've accomplished,
And whether that's learning to walk or learning to read,
Riding a bike or playing an instrument or learning a new language,
Because it doesn't really matter whether your accomplishment is something like beating a difficult video game or if it's successfully completing a PhD.
I imagine that you probably didn't get there by collecting enough points and the right card at your favorite shop or by mailing in $5 and a few cereal box tops,
And it certainly wasn't to scratch and win.
No,
You accomplished it by consistently being there,
Showing up and getting started right from where you were every day,
Consistently challenging your limits and taking reasonable risks consistently,
Putting in the effort and refining your work and practicing,
Just doing it over and over and over.
Were there times when you didn't want to keep going?
Of course.
Of course there were times that you didn't want to keep going,
But you kept going anyway,
And what you discovered is that those plateaus,
Those feelings of disinterest,
Well,
Those come and they go,
But the accomplishment stays,
The skill stays,
The expertise stays,
And it's a very valuable realization when you know that your goal of eventually getting there,
Imagining yourself doing that thing,
Kept you going even when you really didn't feel like it,
And that is the power of vision,
The ability to see beyond the moment's discomfort.
And now,
You can take this principle and you're able to apply it to your life as you're living it today,
Your vision for your future,
Because whatever you've experienced in your past,
Hurts,
Betrayal,
Abandonment,
All of it,
At this moment,
It's in the past,
And you can now develop a new vision of learning new skills,
Cultivating new resources,
Shifting the things you say and transforming the things that you do slowly as you're gradually doing more and more things for tomorrow's successes than today's comfort or yesterday's survival.
Your vision is moving you forward into the future,
Your future.
You know,
Many wise people in many ancient traditions speak about the deep mind or core self or soul as being much like fertile soil,
And you may now realize that you can plant seeds that will grow.
And you know,
More and more people are relearning how to grow their food these days.
Even people who live in cities are realizing that if we aren't careful,
There's something lost living in a city.
Because in the city,
The emphasis is on getting what we want right now.
And it's very different when you grow a garden or live on a farm.
When every day your lifestyle requires you to think in much more long-term ways.
A grower spends time caring for the soil,
Nourishing the soil,
Making relationship with the soil.
You know that it isn't just dirt.
The gardener takes time to consider and select which seeds to plant to get the harvest they'll most enjoy.
And in planting those seeds,
The farmer understands that they aren't going to yield anything for weeks,
Maybe even months.
And the farmer has patience.
And the farmer knows that making the vision of a bountiful harvest become a reality will take time.
But you learn to do things actively now,
Little bit by little bit,
To create the possibility,
The potential of a bountiful harvest if you're going to be a happy,
Successful grower.
And you can easily learn to think in terms of planting seeds,
Preparing yourself for the changes about to come in your life.
There are so many powerful and transformative things that can happen in your life.
And when you realize that at a very deep level,
As I hope that you're starting to,
You can nurture your feelings of optimism that things can change,
Things can improve.
You can learn things that you didn't know before.
You can practice developing new skills that you didn't have before.
And so even without using any psychic powers,
I can confidently predict that there are incredibly important experiences that you're going to have in your life that will be profoundly valuable.
Moments that will really teach you something.
And they're experiences that haven't happened yet.
And there'll be places that you'll go that you haven't been yet.
Places that'll be potent for you.
Places that'll be happy.
Places where you'll feel really great.
And I can safely predict that you'll meet people that will influence you in important and powerful ways.
People that you haven't even met yet.
People who will care about you.
People that'll become friends.
People that will become teachers.
People that you haven't even met yet who will contribute to the higher quality and deeper enjoyment of your life.
Whoever the wise person was that said there are no guarantees in life,
There are only opportunities,
Really had the right idea.
Because opportunity is a door to the future.
And the future hasn't happened yet.
And every day,
So many times every day,
It's as if you come to a fork in the road.
And when you come to that fork in the road,
You can choose to go in the same old direction you always have.
You can visit and revisit the same old places in your tired past.
Or you can choose to go in the other direction and move enthusiastically into the future in a way that's powerful and inspiring.
And when you feel that deep feeling of hopefulness and optimism just bubbling up inside,
Well,
That's the feeling that can join with your deeper understanding that you can make choices now.
Make choices now that will bring more of what you truly want into your life for yourself in the future.
And then that rich,
Vivid,
Detailed image,
Your vision of your future can be what draws you forward in your life.
Instead of always running from what you want to Instead of always running from what you want to avoid,
You can just follow your guiding star,
The image,
And the feeling of your vision.
And having that image is amazing.
And learning to be detailed about generating the step-by-step sequences,
The specific actions that you can take every single day,
Well,
That too requires vision.
And so as more and more of you begins to turn your attention to future possibilities,
You can expect to find yourself starting to do things differently.
And I think you'll be more than surprised to discover that you are starting to do things differently,
More aligned with your evolving vision.
And it's the power of the future to draw you forward in ways that feel great,
That can guide your daily choices,
Choosing carefully what to say and do for the results you want tomorrow,
The next tomorrow,
And all of your tomorrows.
And so you can nurture nurture these seeds of optimism that you're planting today.
Let them grow.
Let them grow.
Now,
You can take whatever time you want to,
Or need to,
To absorb these important ideas and possibilities,
And to integrate at a deep level the potency of these forward-looking messages about possibility,
And future,
And growth,
Change,
And transformation.
And when you've had enough time to enjoy your experience of deep integration,
Then that's when you can bring this session to a comfortable close.
So when you're ready,
You can begin to reorient yourself at a rate that's gradual and comfortable for you.
Slowly alerting yourself,
And when you're ready,
You can re-familiarize yourself with your body.
Moving slowly,
Begin to fully awaken yourself and allow your eyes to open,
Bringing back with you the very best feelings.
Relaxed,
And comfortable,
And deeply motivated,
As you remind yourself,
In the very kindest of ways,
That your future hasn't happened yet,
And it's going to be amazing.
