Forest Dreams Guided Visualization - The Affirmation Spot for Friday October 9, 2009
2009 Affirmation
I am absolutely committed to being the person I came here to be!
Years ago when I found myself in some very difficult personal circumstances, I used to record guided visualizations and meditations to help move my life in a positive direction. Today I am sharing an abridged version of one that always had a powerful impact. I recorded this one about 1993 and played it each night when I went to bed.My recommendation is to record it and play either at bed time or at a time when you can relax and focus for about 15 minutes. I am also going to be recording this and offering it on The Affirmation Spot.com in the near future.

Finding yourself in a comfortable position, you close your eyes and begin the process of relaxing and letting go. You are gently releasing the worries and stresses that have accumulated today. They are peacefully fading away, fading away, they are now so far away.You are entering a pleasant state of absolute serenity and bliss; coming to rest in that immovable center within. All within you and all outside of you lives in total harmony.Take a deep breath...exhale...feeling yourself going deeper, deeper, deeper. Again take a deep breath...and exhale. Feel yourself releasing and relaxing...and letting go. Letting go is so easy for you at this moment. It is not about thinking or doing, but simply being. Allowing this moment to unfold as it will and be what it is.This is your time. Let it be a nourishing time; a time to receive positive energy. No effort and no strain. You are coming to a gentle stillness within and without.You are becoming fully aware of this very moment. You watch it come, you watch it be, and you watch it pass. You accept it without judgments for exactly what it is; letting go of your tendency to want things to be different than they are. And as you allow the moment to be exactly what it is, you are allowing yourself to be exactly as you are.You know for certain that you have the inner resources to face whatever comes your way.Now visualize yourself sitting or lying in a grassy clearing in the middle of a great forest. You feel a gentle breeze blowing across your body. Above you the sky is blue and the sun is warm and comfortable on your skin. Off in the distance, you hear the sound of a stream slowly meandering its way through the forest.The warmth of the sun is penetrating your skin and into your muscles and tendons and bones. As it does, a deeper level of peace and relaxation sweeps over you.It is a beautiful day, a day of hope for the future; a day of limitless beginnings. For your life is like a garden, you must plant it and tend it before the harvest comes. You must nurture the garden of your life as you go. Weeding it of old destructive patterns of thought and action.Making sure it receives the love and care necessary for its growth and ultimately its blossoming. As with any garden there must come times of sunshine and times of rain both of which must be if the garden is to succeed and flourish. And though it is easier to find joy in the sunshine than in the rain; if you stand in the rain willingly and understand its nature and necessity you will come find it even sweeter than the sunshine. For both are essential to growth.The sunshine is the provider of life, doing its work over long hours, days, and weeks. The rain is occasional, yet it is truly the source of rapid growth and advancement. It does its part in short increments and brings newness to all it touches. Thus is balance maintained in a garden and in our lives.Remembering this allows you to find peace in the heated moments of life and joy in darker days. Now stand and look at your surroundings. Feel, sense the wisdom to be found here in this beautiful forest. Be aware of the gentle breeze that blows past you, around you, through you. Witness the how light and dark play off each other in these woods just as they do in your life.


