Embodying Your Future Self

What if your future self was speaking to you, always? Nudging you to keep going when you felt like throwing in the towel? Whispering to you - “Believe in yourself, through the rejections, self-doubt, and so-called failures?”

The Zen Buddhists believe there are two forms of creation at play simultaneously, Elizabeth Gilbert shares in her timeless memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. The first form is the physical acorn itself, which you must bury, water and nourish in order for it to grow into the future tree. Everyone can see this.

But there is also a second form of creation at play, say the Zen Buddhists - the future tree itself, which calls to the acorn - “Come, grow, flourish… meet me where I exist in fullest expression and potential and magnificence.”

The second form is less seen...less known, but it is a powerful force we can all tap into. In other words, we can bridge the gap between the present version of us and the future version of us by embodying in ourselves today what we hope to manifest tomorrow. 

For example, If I desire to be a published writer in the future, and I can feel at times, my future- published-writer self calling to me, saying "Keep going...come meet me where I already exist in fullest expression," then to expedite the process of fulfilling that dream, I can begin acting like that future version of myself now.

How, you may be wondering?

I can talk the way I imagine she talks, walk the way I imagine she walks, choose habits that I believe she has chosen for herself - like taking action instead of procrastinating, and practicing radical self-belief in place of debilitating self-doubt.

It’s not “fake it till you make it" energy; It’s embody it until you become it. 

If you're curious about this concept, join me this Thursday, May 9th from 6-8:30pm at The Collective in Fells Point. Details here.

See you soon!

Elizabeth