A WRITING RITUAL FOR PRESENCE
This ritual will ask you to find words from all that you want to welcome with the next and beyond. Instead of crafting a note for someone else, you’ll be addressing it to yourself.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED FROM THE OUTSIDE
A pen/pencil
Paper/The Heart Journal
A candle or incense
WHAT YOU’LL NEED FROM WITHIN
An openness to whatever your spirit really wants, regardless of whether it aligns with your “plan”
INSTRUCTIONS
Light a candle or incense to tell the mind it’s time to slow down. Sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes.
Use a few deep breaths to drop in, and then begin to visualize your self standing at a large wooden door. You knock on the door and find that the person on the other side of it is also you-five years from now. Your future self ushers you into a room. Everything about this room feels right: the decor, light, but mostly the person standing in it. Your future self is strong and powerful, and speaks with ease about all that they have welcomed into their life recently. What are they saying? Listen without judgement and really let anything come through, no matter how silly or unfamiliar what you are hearing may seem. Finish the visualization by thanking your future self for the openness on your way out the room.
Immediately after you open your eyes, take your pen and begin writing a letter to the person you just met. Recount what they told you, congratulate them on the achievements, and wish them luck through the next phase. Don't worry about grammar or spelling-make it a quick and free-form letter. Think of your words as an extension of the visualization, separate from your rational mind.
Finish the ritual by signing the letter, folding it up, and placing it in an envelope to set on your altar or special place.
This exercise will help give you insight into all that you want to work toward manifesting in the coming months.