New Meditation Technique For Self-Actualization

[Reils]

Hello all,

The following is a meditation I have discovered and implemented along my journey. I call it new because I have never heard it discussed anywhere else explicitly, yet it has helped me tremendously in my personal development journey. This may seem basic but it is a quite profound shift if an individual is unaware of this.

Through self-actualization, an individual is constantly evolving. The two pieces of the puzzle are feeding new states of being, and starving those which no longer serve. Naturally sometimes it is easier than other times. It can be the case where we become aware of a pattern of being that no longer serves us, and we desperately want to transcend it, but it feels incredibly ingrained into our state of being. We may even begin to fear this state. We program in a new set of neural networks in the brain, and think to ourselves, "I've done it, I'm feeling how I want to be feeling, thinking what I want to think, and behaving how I want to behave. As long as I don't think about _______ I will be fine." Or something along those lines. Basically- it is easy to fall into the pattern of fearing/not wanting old states of being to pop up and take you out of what you are currently experiencing.

This is a deadly trap. An individual who had truly integrated that new state of being would not fear what you are fearing. If someone walked up to you and called you by a name not your own, or you accidentally thought of yourself as that name, would you fear? No. You would just laugh it off. It would be inconsequential. This is where the meditation comes in.

Start the meditation like you would any other, relaxation, etc. Focus your attention on your heart center, cultivating love and gratitude for the world. Spend a few moments on garnering detachment from the processes of your mind- do this until you are completely detached from your thoughts. Have a clear intention of what belief you plan on rewiring prior to starting this meditation. For example I recently transcended my being of scarcity into one of abundance. Once you have cultivated the love, gratitude, and detachment, start wiring in your new state of being. Feel as if that person was you. Because it is! Be very present with the emotions that you would be feeling, and the thoughts you would be thinking, and identify with them. Visualize what you would be doing from a first person perspective. Detach from any thoughts and emotions besides what you intend to embody. Do this for as long as you'd like- the more time the better. When you feel that you have grounded your self in that new state of being- confront the old state of being! And by confront I mean look at it, and love and accept it in it's entirety. Take away any power it has over you. Remain detached and observational, dis-identified with it. Do this until it no longer has power over you. Do this for any emotions which you are trying to transcend. Simply face them in their entirety and love them in their entirety. At the end of any meditation session I ask myself, "Are there any emotions or thoughts I am running away from?" And if there are- I face them.

All beliefs are a story which we have created and have the power to destroy. It is simply a game which we are playing with ourselves. Don't allow anything to have power over you. The key here is to also remain detached from the state of being which you are wiring in. Identify with the new state of being. But by placing importance on any aspect of this process you will sabotage yourself. Do this meditation, this rewiring process, with the same level of importance which you attribute to checking the mail.

Any one else ever seen this confrontation meditation discussed elsewhere? I got the idea from John Assaraff, who has a "CRAP" board, which is full of things which he knows might hinder him on his path to his goals. I simply adapted it into meditation form for my needs.

Much love. May this assist you on your journey

Edited January 3, 2020 by Reils