The Mountain Is You

STEP 1: FACE THE FEAR FIRST
Sit down in a quiet place with a journal. Make sure you’re doing it at a time
when you feel relaxed and open to receive guidance. If you go into this with
fear, you are going to get fear.
Next, close your eyes and begin a meditation session. Take a few moments
to breathe deeply and center yourself.

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Imagine sitting down at a comfortable table in a well-lit room, somewhere
that you are happy and feel at peace.
Then, invite your future self to come sit with you and talk.
You can request that they are a certain age, but usually the age will just
come to you when you see them.
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Specifically ask for the highest possible version of yourself to sit down. If
you see anything scary at first, know that it is your fear of what could
happen manifesting in your mind, not the truth of what will happen.
Once you get past that, you can start receiving advice.
STEP 2: NOTICE HOW YOUR FUTURE SELF LOOKS
Aside from what you imagine this version of yourself telling you, pay
attention to what they look like, how they behave, and what their facial
expressions communicate.
The point of doing future self work is so that you can merge with this aspect
of yourself. You want to clearly envision the most ideal version of yourself
so that you know how your own life needs to grow, shift, and change.
See what they wear, how they feel, what they do each day.
These will be the keys to your own becoming.
STEP 3: ASK FOR GUIDANCE

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If you go into this process with a laundry list of scary, huge questions for
your future self to answer, you’re probably going to end up bound by panic
rather than being open to receiving powerful guidance.
Instead, keep yourself open to whatever this person wants to share with
you. The messages should be positive,
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uplifting, affirming, and helpful. Even if they communicate something to
you such as, you need to let go of this relationship, it should be done in a
way that is so calming and reaffirming that you are confident and at peace
with it.