Part 1: Planting the Seed of Your Dream

Part 1: Planting the Seed of Your Dream

Breath Cadence:

Inhale 8 Seconds, Exhale 8 Seconds

The number 8 is considered necessary in various cultural and symbolic contexts for several reasons:

  1. The number 8 is often associated with infinity due to its shape, which resembles the mathematical symbol for infinity (∞). This symbolism conveys the idea of limitless possibilities and balance in life.
  2. In Chinese culture, the number 8 is auspicious and associated with wealth and prosperity because its pronunciation sounds similar to the word for "wealth" or "prosper." It is seen as a symbol of balance and harmony.
  3. In Christianity, the number 8 is linked to new beginnings and regeneration. It's associated with the Resurrection of Jesus, as he rose from the dead on the eighth day.
  4. In mathematics, 8 is an even number often used to represent symmetry and balance. It is integral in various mathematical concepts and equations.
  5. In many cultures, the number 8 is considered lucky and is often used in rituals, ceremonies, and celebrations. It's frequently associated with good fortune and positive outcomes.

The importance of the number 8 is primarily based on cultural, historical, and symbolic interpretations, and its significance can vary widely from one context to another. It is often seen as a symbol of balance, infinity, and auspiciousness in different cultures and belief systems.

Remember:

As you read through these guided meditations, there will be breaks to go through your breath cadences. Use the chart as a reference to start once you are comfortable; perform the breath cadences with your eyes closed to promote the visualization of your dream coming true.

Ensure you are comfortable reading this meditation series to get the most out of it.

Today's session focuses on planting your dream. Find a place to sit, get into a comfortable position, roll your shoulders back, lift your chest, and read through this eight-second breath cadence, which means you inhale through your nose for 8 seconds and exhale out of your mouth with your lips closed for 8 seconds.

Count the numbers on the page as you inhale, and count them down as you exhale.

Prepare for your following breath sequence.

INHALE

(Through your nose)

 

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EXHALE

(Out your mouth)

 

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Let's get started.

Now, I know you may wonder how you plant a dream?

This process is the same as planting a seed if you grow a tree. When you plant a seed to, let's say, grow a fruit tree, you take the seed, you dig a hole, and you input that seed into the Earth. You cover that hole up, water it, and wait until that seed grows, pushes through the dirt, and blossoms into a fruit tree that will provide you with some substance for the rest of your life.

Prepare for your next breath.

INHALE

(Through your nose)

 

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EXHALE

(Out your mouth)

 

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When you plant your dreams, you do the same thing as when you plant a seed, but before we can do that, how do you turn your dream into a seed?

Everybody has a dream. Your dream may be to be a doctor, lawyer, nurse, personal trainer, or professional athlete. Before we can plant that dream, we must take it and turn it into a seed.

What I want you to do is visualize your dream. See yourself at the most successful point of your dream and then backtrack that dream to the starting point from the time that you first initiated your dream. Next, visualize your dream from when you overcome the struggles to when you find your first breakthrough to when that breakthrough turns into that clear straightaway to your dream.

Finally, visualize that endpoint where your dream is happening. Once you see all this in your mind, bottle that image up. Imagine that whole story being bottled up into a tiny capsule, then take that capsule and condense it even smaller and smaller.

Now, imagine you're walking out into a field. As you enter the field, you find a spot in the center with the most direct sunlight. It's empty, it's quiet.

Now you dig a hole.

You dig that hole as deep as you can using just your hands. Because when you want your dream to happen, you must get your hands dirty. So you're digging, you're getting deeper and deeper into the Earth.

Deeper and deeper and deeper.

You have your seed with you. And you're just digging, digging, digging, digging, digging.

Prepare for your next breath.

INHALE

(Through your nose)

 

8

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1

EXHALE

(Out your mouth)

 

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As you finish that last exhale, you go back into that hole, dig deeper, and finally find that endpoint where your hands are tired, your nails are dirty, and you're exhausted. You've been digging all day, the sun is beaming on you, you're sweaty and tired, and now it's time to plant that seed.

This process is similar to what you do in life. You work so hard to dig the hole, and sometimes that hole feels like you'll never get out of it.

You may be in financial debt, you may have depression, or you may have heartache.

Whatever that hole is, you are digging deeper and deeper every day, and you don't even understand why you're digging this hole when you want to excel away from it.

Then you remember you have that seed in your hand.

That seed is your dream.

That one thing that you bundled up and put away so you could start digging that hole was the reason you were working as hard as possible to get through life, not knowing that you're getting ready to plant something that will bear you fruit in the future.

Prepare for your next breath.

INHALE

(Through your nose)

 

8

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2

1

EXHALE

(Out your mouth)

 

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Take that seed out of your pocket and place it in the hole beneath your feet. As you get it beneath your feet, climb out of the hole.

You climb step by step, progressing one inch at a time. It's going to be intense; it's going to be tough.

You'll feel like you can't make it, but you keep climbing until you reach the top of that hole. You climb out, and around that hole are mounds of dirt you kicked up as you dug the hole.

These mounds of dirt represent everything you had to go through in your life: negative energy, bad bosses, family members who didn't believe in you, debt, financial struggle, heartache, death, and depression.

Take all those dirt mounds representing your life's negativity and push them all into the hole until it is filled.

Prepare for your next breath.

INHALE

(Through your nose)

 

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1

EXHALE

(Out your mouth)

 

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Now that the hole is filled up.

All you see is a little spot where you've worked hard all day. The sun is starting to set; it's getting darker.

Next, you smooth out the ground where you planted that seed. As you smooth out that ground, you grab a stick, and you put that stick in the spot where you've been working all day.

Imagine that there's a piece of paper around that you just happened to have.

Place the piece of paper on the stick.

Write coming soon on that piece of paper because you're telling the world your dream is coming.

 

Prepare for your next breath.

INHALE

(Through your nose)

 

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EXHALE

(Out your mouth)

 

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Here's the story's hard part: you now have to wait.

You have to visualize that seed growing and getting stronger in the dirt.

You imagine the energy of the seed starting to overflow. The small case is to the point where it will have to open up soon.

But it takes time.

So you sit back, and you wait, and as you wait, you continue to visualize that seed getting ready to blossom out of the ground.

You keep your eyes focused on that mound and that note on top of that mound that says:

Coming soon.

If you can keep that visual in your head, your dream will come true because it will be so easy for it to happen.

You should no longer stressed because all the mounds of stress and negativity are in that hole.

The pressure from all that negativity you put back in that hole, all that hard work you did digging, is all in that one spot.

All that pressure is doing is making that seed generate enough energy to blossom.

So patience is key.

If you can be patient, that visual you saw in your dream will become clearer.

 

Prepare for your next breath.

INHALE

(Through your nose)

 

8

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2

1

EXHALE

(Out your mouth)

 

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As you exhale, see that seed starting to blossom.

Your time is coming.

Just be patient.

 

 

Food for Thought Day One

  1. What is the significance of visualizing your dream as a seed for achieving your goals?
  2. How does "digging a hole" and getting your hands dirty relate to pursuing your dreams?
  3. Why is it important to have patience and wait for your dream to blossom?
  4. How can negative energy and struggles contribute to the growth of your dream?
  5. How can you overcome doubt and focus on your dream, even when it feels difficult?
  6. What does writing "Coming soon" on a stick symbolize in announcing your dream to the world?
  7. How does the visualization of the seed growing and getting stronger in the dirt help to reinforce your belief in achieving your dream?
  8. How can planting your dream be applied to real-life scenarios and obstacles?
  9. What role does perseverance play in the journey towards realizing your dream?
  10. How can practicing visualization and meditation techniques, like the eight-second breath cadence, aid in manifesting your dream into reality?

 

Write the answers to these questions on a piece of paper and save them.