The other day, I came across a meditation I wrote a few years ago. You may find it useful, so here it is!
Face To Face With Your Younger Self - A Meditation
Imagine you are walking towards what appears to be a large tower in the distance. As you walk nearer to the tower, you get the sense that you have been here before. You also get the sense that you are going to find something important when you enter the tower.
You approach the tower and go through the door, where you are greeted by a young priest in a white robe. The priest reveals his name as "the keeper of the knowledge of souls". He leads you up a spiral staircase that leads right up to the top of the tower, on each landing you see pictures from your life and notice the events in your life that they relate to.
Finally, you reach the top of the tower. You enter a large room, that is lit by many candles, and has the fragrant smell of incense. The priest leaves you in the room and shuts a large wooden door behind you. A figure appears before you, a figure that looks vaguely familiar. You then realise it is you, only it is you when you were much younger. Your younger self then says to you "Where have I been, and what have I learnt about life?". You then describe where you have been, and what you have learnt about life. At the end, your younger self says "Then go quickly and don't stay here for there are still many places where you need to go, and still very many things you need to learn about life". You walk down the spiral staircase, at the bottom of the tower, the priest gives you three items to help you on your way:- a key, an apple, a flask of water, and a pouch containing healing herbs and balm. You thank him, and leave the tower, you walk farther along and find a stream, a clear stream. You look into the stream and see your reflection, and notice that somehow you look different to how you looked before. To the side of the stream is a path, you then walk along the path that goes off into the distance, not knowing where the path is leading you, but knowing it is the right path for you to follow.
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