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Meditation can be harmful.  Not just the practice of it.  I mean the entire involvement with it.

The main problem is that it often ends up the goal.

Did you meditate today?

Who cares?

The thing is that meditation, like physical or hatha yoga, is something that is designed to get you into a state where you let go of a certain kind of thinking.

You let go of a certain kind of thinking and experience the world as it is.

When you are experiencing the world this way you recognize there is

• happiness and sadness
• love and hate
• pain and pleasure
• peaks and valleys
• and everything in between

The point is that meditation and yoga and prayer and spiritual systems become a crutch.  They are not supposed to be a crutch, they are supposed to be training wheels.

When you reach a certain point you need to let go of the training wheels.

Like with training wheels how do you know you’re ready to ride on your own?  You have to start riding naked.  You have to start doing it without the training wheels.

If you’ve been meditating for years you’re ready.  Don’t fall into the trap of thinking the practice is the doing.  It’s not. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking you’re not ready.  You are.

The exercise for this week is to spend the week without the training wheels.

If you need to practice do something that requires staying present in the moment while remaining flexible and open try one of the following:  play hacky sack; play music with some friends free-style (not from a set song – in other words, jam); go somewhere for awhile and don’t know where you are going – make it up as you go along; meet with people with no expectations; just go with the flow.

If you don’t need to practice… that’s great.

Either way, enjoy yourself.  Watch it all coming and going.

That’s what should be your meditation.  That’s where you need to be.

Continuing with our look at art we will be exploring some different aesthetics and both their influences and well as their usefulness for your guided imagery.

These two pieces are from an artist I am largely unfamiliar with.  His name is Dragos Kalajic, also known as Drago.

His work is interesting, especially as it applies to guided imagery and the realms of mind.  Note first the previous piece by Luke Brown, which has a distinctly psychedelic, tryptamine-esque flavor reminiscent of experiences on psychedelic mushrooms, ayahuasca, or other forms of DMT.

Drago, by strong contrast, has a mythic quality, more reminiscent of Olympian astral planes.  Were I to compare and contrast it with psychedelic states of mind I would describe Drago’s work as more like LSD and perhaps some admixture with strong and well-refined hashish or honey oil.   But of course these are only analogies…

Let us examine two of Drago’s pieces.  I am sure they will give you many ideas for your own guided imagery explorations!

This clearly incorporates aspects of Norse mythology.  The many legged horse was Sleipnir, the steed of Odin, who used it to ride about the world at extreme speeds.

Interestingly for students of guided imagery, Sleipner was a shamanic transport of sorts, able to travel not just around the world but also into the underworld as well as through the heavens.  This is a classic motif for astral travel and I think the art shows this quite well.  Note, too, the portal of half-radiant light and the enthusiasm of the horse to get moving through the multiverse.

Here is another piece.

Again, excellent imagery for guided imagery and journeys to mental or Astral planes.  The yellow as a field of color, as a landscape or ground one can walk upon; the interesting floating geometric shapes; the eagle as a shamanic guardian animal as well as potential soul representation as it goes flying; and the winged headband all show shamanic and transcendental powers.

Enjoy these images and use them to evoke your own guided imagery to the higher and more visionary planes!

Now this is cool:  this is visionary, psychedelic, multi-dimensional art.  It’s by Luke Brown and has some overlap stylistically with the art of Alex Grey.

You can buy Luke Brown’s work through his website www.spectraleyes.com.  This is well worth checking out and supporting!

Check out this piece of art:

So deeply visionary and mystical.  Fantastic!

Check out Luke Brown’s gallery here.

This is a good song I ran across recently on an ambient radio channel.  Nice little piece to sit back to and relax and enjoy.  I love the lyrics, where the woman sings In my soul I believe I can change the world. It reminds me a bit of Moby. What do you think?

Guided Imagery is a tool for relaxation and using your imagination.

Because I believe in fate and destiny you will not likely find me selling anything here that promotes the view that we can change our lives to make them anything they want to be.  Tony Robbins, you belong in the back of the class where you won’t distract everyone with your constant talking!

However I do believe we should use what we can to make our lives here more enjoyable.  One of the sad facts of our time is that much of modern entertainment doesn’t really recruit our imagination.  So much is provided with movies and special effects and high-resolution video games that it overwhelms our own imaginative powers.

Yet we  all have a rich inner world.  Exploring our imagination in a relaxed state is a great way for us to get to know ourselves better. Also, exploring our inner realms is a great way to relax.

Who doesn’t enjoy a great book taking us away to a favorite fantasy? Or a great radio program or talking book?

A properly written and structured guided imagery script can be used to explore your own inner world, not just an author’s creation.

My recently created guided imagery script offers a pleasant and relaxing journey into your imagination of your ideal future.  You will be able to use it to:

• expand your connection to your inner world
• explore what is the most enjoyable future for yourself
• gain more self-knowledge
• achieve a state of relaxation

You may also get some ideas about how to move a bit closer to your ideal future.

You will begin by entering a creative and receptive state of mind and then activate your powers  imagination. Then you will journey into your future to discover what you most desire to experience in your life.

This approach will help you activate your imagination and become more relaxed.  You may also find you will be able to create solutions to get to your ideal future quickly and creatively.

You can find this guided imagery script for exploring your ideal future here:

Guided Imagery Script: Creating Your Future Self

To a more relaxed and creative life!