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240 • Living in the Light shop or group, or in any other form. 4. Regularly visualize your life and the world as you would like them to be (see the meditation at the end of this chapter). 5. Ask your inner guidance to let you know clearly if there is any specific action you need to take toward your own, or the world’s, healing. Then, continue to trust and follow your intuition, knowing that you will be led to do whatever is necessary. Meditation Sit or lie in a comfortable position. Take a few deep breaths and relax your body. Feel yourself dropping into a deep, quiet place within. Feel yourself contacting that place of power and cre- ativity, your source of strength. From this source of strength, project yourself into the future, a few years or more, and in this projection, imagine your life exact- ly the way you want it to be. Start by noticing how you feel spiritually and emotionally. Feel the strength and power within you. You trust your intuition and act on your inner guidance. Because of this, your life is unfolding in a wonderful way. Get a sense of your body. How do you look and feel physical- ly? You now have a body that matches your spirit — strong, coura- geous, beautiful, filled with life and energy. Experience what that feels like. How do you take care of your body? What do you eat and how do you nurture yourself ? Imagine yourself dressed exactly the way you want to be

Tra n s fo r m i n g O u r Wo rl d • 241 dressed. Your clothes express who you are. When you open your closets and drawers, you have just the clothes you want there. What is your home like? See yourself living exactly where you want to be. You have created your environment as you want it. Feel what it’s like to live in a way that suits you perfectly. You have found the perfect job and creative outlet. Imagine expressing yourself in a way that brings you fulfillment and satis- faction. You receive an abundance of money for doing what you most love. You now have relationships that are honest, alive, passionate, and creative. People love and nurture you. If you have (or want to have) a special partner in your life, imagine that relationship as you would like it to be. Now, remember that the world is your mirror. As you are growing and changing, so is the world around you. In fact, you are part of the mass consciousness that is creating the world. So let yourself imagine the world healing and transforming, coming into balance, wholeness, and harmony, just as you are.

C h a p t e r Twe n t y - T h re e A Vision From the window of my apartment, I look across the San Francisco Bay at the beautiful city of San Francisco. The light on the water and on the city skyline is constantly changing. Sometimes it is cloudy and misty, sometimes bright and shining, but it always looks mystical. Perhaps this view inspired an image that I frequent- ly have: I see an ancient city, gray and decaying. It is literally disinte- grating, the old structures crumbling into piles of rubble. But it is being pushed aside because in its place, a beautiful new city is aris- ing. This new city is magical — it seems to shimmer delicately with every color in the universe. I know that it is being built inside 242

of us. It is created from the light. Recommended Resources Books Gawain, Shakti. Creative Visualization. Nataraj/New World Library, 1978. Gawain, Shakti. Return to the Garden. Nataraj/New World Library, 1989. Gawain, Shakti. The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World. Nataraj/New World Library, 1993. Gawain, Shakti. The Four Levels of Healing: A Guide to Balancing the Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical Aspects of Life. Nataraj/New World Library, 1997. Gawain, Shakti. Creating True Prosperity. Nataraj/New World Library, 1997. Gawain, Shakti. Creating True Prosperity Workbook. Nataraj/New World 243

244 • Living in the Light Library, 1998. Roberts, Jane. The Nature of Personal Reality. Amber-Allen Publishing/New World Library, 1994. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Embracing Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual. Nataraj/New World Library, 1993. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Embracing Each Other: Relationship as Teacher, Healer, and Guide. Nataraj/New World Library, 1993. Stone, Sidra. The Shadow King, Nataraj/New World Library, 1997. Au d i o Ta p e s Gawain, Shakti. Living in the Light: Book on Tape. Revised version. Nataraj/New World Library, 1998. Gawain, Shakti. Creative Visualization: Book on Tape. Nataraj/New World Library, 1995. Gawain, Shakti. Creative Visualization Meditations. Nataraj/New World Library, 1996. Gawain, Shakti. The Path of Transformation: Book on Tape. Abridged version. Nataraj/New World Library, 1993. Gawain, Shakti. The Four Levels of Healing: A Guide to Balancing the Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical Aspects of Life. Nataraj/New World Library, 1997. Gawain, Shakti. Creating True Prosperity: Book on Tape. Nataraj/New World Library, 1997. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Meeting Your Selves. Delos, 1990. Stone, Hal and Sidra. The Child Within. Delos, 1990. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Meet Your Inner Critic. Delos, 1990. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Meet the Pusher. Delos, 1990.

Recommended Resources • 245 Stone, Hal and Sidra. The Dance of Selves in Relationship. Delos, 1990. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Understanding Your Relationships. Delos, 1990. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Affair and Attractions, Delos, 1990. Stone, Hal and Sidra. Decoding Your Dreams. Delos, 1990. (All of Hal and Sidra Stone’s tapes are available through Delos. See address below.) Wo r k s h o p s Shakti Gawain gives talks and leads workshops all over the United States and in many other countries. She also conducts retreats, intensives, and training programs. If you would like to be on her mailing list and receive workshop information, contact: SHAKTI GAWAIN, INC. P.O. BOX 377, MILL VALLEY, CA 94942 TELEPHONE: (415) 388-7140 FAX: (415) 388-7196 E-MAIL: [email protected] WWW.SHAKTIGAWAIN.COM Shakti and her husband, Jim Burns, rent rooms and a guests cottage at their beautiful estate on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i. For information or to make a reservation, contact: KAI MANA P.O. BOX 612, KILAUEA, HI 96754 TELEPHONE: (808) 828-6670 OR (800) 837-1784 FAX: (808) 828-6670 For information about Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone’s workshops and trainings, contact: DELOS P.O. BOX 604, ALBION, CA 95410 TELEPHONE: (707) 937-2424 E-MAIL: [email protected]

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