The following reflection is led by Tara Brock.

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What we're exploring is a way of taking refuge that, I mean, there's many, many different variations.

I'd like to invite you just to experiment right now with one variation that I've personally found really valuable.

And many people I know that have done it have found it. It gives them a way onward to keep on calling on what they most trust and love in themselves.

Sitting comfortably, closing your eyes, might take a few long deep breaths.

Feeling lungs with the in breath, and with the out breath, that kind of releasing, relaxing outward letting go.

And again, and again, letting the breath be in its natural rhythm.

Imagine you could journey forward in time and encounter your future self.

You might go 10 years or 20 years depending on how old you are and how far forward you want to go.

But let yourself engage with that, that you're moving forward in time.

You're going to meet your future self and older awake, evolved version of your being fully evolved.

And just see, see where this future self is living.

Let yourself see what they look like.

And what the feeling of their presence is like.

What's the quality of that presence, the quality of the listening, the way your future self looks at you, the heart quality.

You might let your future self know something that's going on in your current life that feels difficult.

Maybe to do with work or relationships or how you are with yourself.

Just ask for guidance.

Just listening with an open heart available.

Before leaving, you might find out if there's any message your future self wants you to leave with.

That will serve you right here, right here, tonight, this weekend, in the moments of your current life.

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