When I used to play RPG's (Role Playing Games) in my youth. One of my favorite parts was setting up my Avatar. I liked to choose where I would allocate all of my skill points. I think this is a useful task for arranging our Real Life as well.
We only have a finite amount of energy on any given day or week. It is our job when trying to maintain health and wellness to think about those energy points and how to spend them. I want you to do an exercise with me. If you struggle with this exercise jump to the meditation at the end and then try the exercise again.
I am going to have you assign 45 skill points to your current life. This is based on how you currently spend your time and how happy you are with each area. You can assign 0-5 points per area with 0 being "Not at All" and 5 being "Awesome." You may have an area or two that you really feel are over a 5 and I will allow for that but only if you know you are at a "Bordering on Obsessive" level. Now remember only 45 points and some of you may not even use all of those.
Physical Environment:
Relationship with a Partner:
Friends:
Personal Growth:
Spirituality:
Happiness:
Physical Health:
Family:
Fun and Leisure:
Finances:
Career:
Now I want you to read through the following meditation and then close your eyes and remember what you can. It is fine if your meditation does not follow this exactly. Your meditation will take you where you need to go.
Perfect Day Meditation
Take a deep breath and close your eyes. Begin to walk through the forest again. Hear the crunch of the leaves, smell the air. As you walk through the forest you begin to walk uphill. It is steep but you are able to climb easily and quickly. Soon the trees thin and you see you are on a mountain and almost to the summit. Continue to climb until you reach that summit.
Look down on the valley and see below you are many different replicas of your home. You are drawn to one of these versions of your home and it glows like a beacon. Focus on this home; as you look at the building it is as if you have a telescope. The vision becomes larger and larger until you pass right through the ceiling and can view the inside of your home.
This version of your home contains your perfect day! It is dawn and you see yourself in bed. How do you feel as you begin to wake up on this perfect day. Are you excited to greet the day? Are you well rested? Are you calm and relaxed or energetic? Do you jump out of bed or do you slowly stretch or read in bed? How do you spend the first few moments of your perfect day?
How do things look around you? Does your bedroom look as it usually does? Is anyone in the room with you? Do you speak to them? How do you spend your morning? Will you work today? If so what does your work look like? Who do you see and spend time with? Would you prefer solitude? There is not only one perfect day, this is just ONE possible perfect day.
What you would like to do. Will you spend time with family, with friends or will you just take a relaxing day by yourself with no obligations? If you could choose anywhere where would you be on this day? Is it a place that you have been before or just some place that you imagine will be perfect? What do you do for lunch? Maybe you will take a lunch for two or three hours.
How will you spend your time in the afternoon? Where would you like to be? What would be fun to do; or, do you just want to relax? What nourishes you right now?
How will you spend your evening? What will you have for dinner? Do you eat with someone? What does your body crave to eat? Will you go out later in the evening, or will you go to sleep early and get your rest? As you lay down to go to sleep and your perfect day ends, you zoom out from the home you are watching, until you are again sitting on the mountain top.
A guide joins you on the mountain. Ask them any questions about what you just observed. Ask them what lesson you need to learn from this experience. Ask what change you can make right now to bring you closer to this perfect day. Ask your guide if they have a gift for you to remind you of this experience. Thank your guide and head back down the mountain.
Walk through the forest as you being to feel where your body is resting. Hear the sounds around you. Wiggle your toes and your fingers and when you feel ready open your eyes.
Now, use the list above and write where you would like to be, but again only use 45 points. Remember these points are finite so you may need to take from one area to add to another. I don't think any of us get to have 5's in all areas at any one time in our lives.
With the help of this meditation, what is one thing you can do this week to help you move just one step (from a 1-2, or a 2-3, etc.) in one area where you want to increase your skill points. Remember this may mean taking some time away from another area, and that is alright. There is no right or wrong on this exercise. This is about what you need at this one snapshot in your life and that should change as your priorities change. Make that change now or schedule when this week you will make that change!
I hope this was helpful and I hope you make one change today. Get more meditation like this in the Soul Path Guidebook. https://gum.co/gcFqx
Take care,Jessica Cross
www.jessicacrossasmr.com
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