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Future Self Meditation

By Ingrid LaFleur

The following meditation is to help you align with your future self in order to bring balance and joy into the present. Find a quiet comfortable space to sit or lie down. Preferably meditate with a tourmaline crystal or rose quartz, or whichever crystal vibrates with you now. Place the crystal in the center of your palm or rest it on your forehead in between your eyes…

Close your eyes Massage the base of your head and neck for 10-15 seconds As you massage, feel your body relax, feel your inner organs relax

Stop massaging and relax Scan your body slowly to ensure all areas are relaxed Take three slow deep breaths, in and out

In this mediation, our cosmic ancestors will serve as your guardians. It is within this cosmic space we will find our future selves.

With your eyes closed, set your intention on the connection you want to make with your future self

Take three slow deep breaths, in and out Focus on the space between your eyes, the third eye Let the darkness surround you Release and submit into the darkness

With the soft focus on your third eye, imagine a portal opening up between your eyes right cosmic light ows into the portal Take three slow deep breaths in and out ith each inhale fill your body with the cosmic dark energy With each exhale release your negative energy, thoughts of fear, doubt, anger eel your body fill up with the strength of the cosmic light Let yourself feel superhuman

Imagine you are sitting in front of your future self Look into the eyes of your future self and take a deep breath Feel the energy gather in your heart into a ball of light As you exhale, send your future self that light energy Watch the energy move into your heart, making it glow

Inhale, watch the light move in your future self from the heart to the third eye. Exhale, watch the ball of light move

Broadcast News 4

By Senghor Reid

Marker and ink on paper, 42x30” (1)

Gray’s Anatomy Mind Maps The purpose of these mind maps is to provide myself with blueprints for healing. Engaging in these images using text and symbols allows me to revisit my diaries and reorganize my notes about alleviating stress and pain. Recalling thoughts, methods, and approaches to healing from trauma is a vital aspect of centering myself and maintaining a healthy consciousness. “Broadcast News #4” is a culmination of several smaller works and pieces of writing from the “Gray’s Anatomy” series.

Senghor Reid is a practicing artist and Fine Arts Department Chair at Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School.

Landscape of potential 1

By Mother Cyborg

Landscape of potential 1, Quilt, 45” x 55” 2022, Photo by Ara Howrani You can view this work at STAMPS Gallery in Ann Arbor until 7/23/22.

In conjuring the future I summon a relationship to the multiverse, whether it be cultural or physical, evolving from segregated planes of existence to landscapes of potential. I see this future forming from the recognition of the patterns that keep us from craving di erence. -Mother Cyborg

from your future self into your third eye Inhale, send the light into your heart Exhale, send the energy back to the heart of your future self again Repeat the cycle three times

Imagine it’s 2050 Ask yourself the following questions: What are your dreams in this future? What brings you wonder and joy? What pleases your future self? What are your desires? How will you love more, rest more in this future?

ow oat in the cosmos and listen

When you are ready, let the energy of your third eye pull you back into your body ith it the light of the uni erse filling every inch of your being Take three slow deep breaths in and out Slowly open your eyes How do you feel communing your future self? Does the future self you imagined shift your mission in the now?

ow oat in the cosmos and listen When you are ready, let the energy of your third eye pull you back into your body ith it the light of the uni erse filling every inch of your being Take three slow deep breaths in and out Slowly open your eyes

How do you feel communing with your future self? Does the future self you imagined shift your mission in the now?

Ingrid LaFleur is a curator, artist, afrofuture theorist, pleasure activist, and founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute.

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