The Exercise
Time is an organizational tool as you experience physical feedback for the choices you make. It is a benchmark that you can use to see how:
- committed you are to your choice
- close a match you are to living that chosen reality and
- much energy it is going to take for you to become a vibrational match to actualization of your goal.
For example, if a goal is authentic to who you are, you already are a fairly close match to its manifestation. On the other hand, if a goal is part of your conditioning and not authentic for you, then you’re really not a match for its actualization now. Therefore, the manifestation process takes longer because there could be many steps you will go through to release your resistance to becoming the you you wish to be. So, wouldn’t it make sense to find a practice that will allow you to experience your desire before it actually begins to manifest? This voice dialogue exercise can help you do exactly that.
Equipment
Two chairs facing each other
Sage, incense, candles, water, crystals, according to your preference
Light relaxing music, according to your preference
Preparation
When you have created the sacred space for your dialogue, i.e., an environment where you feel safe, comfortable, and at peace, adjust the two chairs that are facing each other so that you have room to move from one chair to the other. Designate one chair for your current self. Designate the other chair for your future self who has already made the choice you are contemplating and is living that life. The idea here is that you will ask questions and make comments from your current viewpoint when you’re in your current self chair. Then, you will answer questions and make comments from the perspective of your future self when you sit in the other chair. A helpful hint is that you relax into the dialogue process knowing that since time is an illusion, you can perfectly converse with your future self easily and effortlessly.
A final bit of preparation — I would pray over the space and over the dialogue, asking that the space is clear and protected and that the conversation you are about to have is filled with helpful, practical, truthful guidance and support.
The Voice Dialogue Practice
Sit in your current self chair, facing your future self chair, and tell him or her what you have decided. Then, ask your future self if he/she would like to tell you about their current experience and how making the choice you are contemplating affected their life. Just like any other conversation, when you are done asking your question, wait for his/her response. While you are waiting, switch chairs. Then, take a deep breath and allow your future self to respond through you. Your future self’s response, will undoubtedly generate more questions or conversation.
If you run out of questions but don’t feel complete in the conversation, here are some questions to consider asking:
- If you had it to do over, would you make this decision again?
- Are you happy now? Why?
- How did you get to where you are now?
- Would you please describe to me the first five steps you took once you made this decision?
- Since you started where I am now, is there any guidance you would like to give me?
- What do you like best about your life?
- Would you change anything?
- Is there something you would you like me to know at this time?
- What were the best tools you had during this process?
- Was there any preparation you could’ve made that would have facilitated this actualization?
Completion
When you feel complete with this conversation, please be sure to thank your future self for their candor and help. Remember you can always connect using voice dialogue with this future self or any other alternative self as a choice making tool. Your future self can share with you their perspective about your choices, give you an idea of how their fruition would affect your life, and what kind of actualization process will occur as you become a vibrational match for your desire.