This meditation is built on idea of trance identification with a future idealised, or present higher realized, self. Deep Trance Identification is a concept derived from fields of NLP and hypnosis, but has its origins in shamanism, spiritual and religious practices of all kinds. Shamanic practices of identification with spirit beings and deities would appear to go back to pre-history. More recently, some forms of mystical Christian practices of Stations of Cross encourage identification with Jesus at stages from his being condemned to die through to his resurrection.

In Sogyal Rinpoche's book, The Tibetan Book of living and Dying, he describes a meditation he calls Guru Yoga. I have adapted this meditation with an emphasis on some of submodality distinctions. I would be interested in people's thoughts or experiences with this meditation.

It seems to me that one should be able to future pace (nlp jargon) insights and resources from meditation back to future self. This then creates a feedback loop, because resources develop in future pacing and become increasingly expanded and available to trance identification. So as one carries out meditation below, one can become aware of insights that develop in "the now" contributing to spiritual development of future guru self being meditated upon. This further develops guru self and results in accelerated insights in "the now".

I am constantly amazed by obvious familiarity in buddhist writings with submodalities, given that they don't appear to have an explicit model of such.

Recieving Wisdom of Wisdom Self

My Aikido teacher Koichi Tohei sensei used to say that in a healthy person flow of their "ki" (the energy inherent throughout Universe) is like outpouring of an underground spring sitting at bottom of a deep lake. The spring feeds water to lake, much like we can feed universe healing energy. The spring feeds lake a constant flow of water without ever being diminished, and this outpouring of water is not impeded by weight and pressure of lake bearing down upon it. When ki flows it follows path of least resistance. This is a path of great power. As human beings we are designed to feed energy to universe, by following a path of least resistance. This feeding of "our" energy is what helps us to also maintain our own personal health and well being. We receive by giving, because our ki belongs to Universe, and not to any one individual.

In this article I want to talk about how we can better appreciate, empathize with, and respect diverse people, energies, and opinions that we come in contact with on a daily basis. I hope to give some small insight into how we can begin to understand paradox of One common energy source feeding all of diversity and difference that we see around us. In Aikido we practice what I guess could be called a "physical" discipline to accomplish this. We PRACTICE appreciation, empathy, and respect, in regard to our partner, with hope that some day in future our practice will transform into an embodied reality. We practice breathing exercises and meditation, and in course of these experiences we have a sense of being one with universe.

In Aikido, as new students we first learn how to balance our physical structure and relax body's musculature. It is this balance and release of excess muscular tension that allows weight of body's trunk to come to a natural resting place in our lower abdomen, in general area of our reproductive organs. This area in our lower abdomen is what Tohei sensei calls "the one point" and he exhorts his students to maintain feeling of body's weight resting naturally in this area. By maintaining physical balance and relaxation we release excess physical tension, calm thinking mind, and sense a common bond with all of life. At such times we naturally generate a copious flow of ki, and exude a healing presence to those around us. Previously I said that ki is life force that animates all living beings and that all living beings share and utilize SAME energy source, same ki, same spirit. In Aikido we call this shared universal spirit "reiseishin." When we balance and relax body, unify our thoughts and actions, and calm our thinking mind, we manifest an outpouring of "Reseishin" in same manner that a mother holding her newborn baby exudes and expresses love, protection, and compassion. When we experience flow of "reiseishin" we naturally appreciate, empathize with, and respect all of life.

For me personally, what is important to say in regard to sensing flow of "reiseishin" is that experience is not generated by activity of thinking mind. Our sense of unity with all of life comes about when we "do only what is necessary, and nothing more or less." It is this "doing less" that leads to greater power and a greater sense of connection to life. We gain paradoxical experience of calmness and action being two sides of same coin. One being mirror image of other. Great calmness leads to great action, like a hurricane radiating out from its calm "eye." Great action leads to great calmness, as when a strongly thrown top rights itself and calmly spins round its center.

When you balance and relax your body, unify your thoughts and actions, and calm your thinking mind, you move from an experience of duality to an experience of commonality. At such times you understand experientially what is paradoxical to thinking mind - That so much difference comes from One source.

You breathe deeply and sense simultaneous inflow and outflow of ki. You breathe deeply and feel a "heavy-lightness" in body. You breathe deeply and sense "immovable-movement" of your spirit.