Script 02: Consulting the Oracle

This script was written to help me expand on, and explore in more depth, a dream I had (The Pool, The Scrying Pond, and the River). I use it to help me explore questions or difficulties which sometimes come to light, or even to "play", sometimes, in my head; to expand on dreams and long-term goals and desires. You can use this script verbatim, or use it as a "template" to create an "oracle" for yourself.

Some Tips Before You Proceed:

1. In this exercise keep in mind that "whatever happens, happens". This exercise can become a very emotional one.
   
2. Don't expect this "foreseeing" part of your unconscious to allow itself to be manipulated or exploited by your consciousness for personal gain. (If you try to use it to figure out next week's lottery numbers, for example, you will most likely be in for quite a shock.)
   
3. Don't ask the oracle for ALL the answers to your personal problems; it won't give them ALL to you. It may, however, provide needed insight, and help you to expand on your personal "gut feelings" and intuition.
   
4. Don't be surprised if the oracle doesn't "speak" to you the first time around. It may take a few "sessions" with it to establish the trust and "ability to hear" required for this exercise.
   
5. Keep your questions specific and to the point, and stick to one subject for each "session" with your oracle.
   
6. Keep the questions "personal" (that is, make them about YOU, not about other people.)
   
7. If and when the oracle answers you, don't be offended or surprised if it doesn't answer your questions the way you want it to. It won't always tell you what you WANT to hear, but it will always tell you the TRUTH for it's the "sounding board" and "prophesier" inside of you. Sometimes the truth is brutal; be ready and willing to HEAR it.
   

INSTRUCTION: Before starting the script, be sure you're as relaxed as you possibly can be. Make yourself free of distractions, lie or sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes, breathe deeply. [If you need to, you can use the Secret Garden Script to start yourself off, or Relaxation Script reprinted on the Visualization Page connected to this website.]

SCRIPT/BODY: You are going to consult your personal oracle; that part of you that foresees your future, guides your actions, and is governed by your conscience and sense of personal morality...

Because the oracle you will seek in this excursion into your inner Self is a part of you, you have nothing to fear from it... You can trust it... You know that if and when it speaks to you, it will tell you the truth... Sometimes it will speak literally; sometimes it will speak figuratively, but it will always be honest... Don't fear the honesty... Don't approach the oracle with preconceived answers or expectations... Don't be judgmental... Don't be afraid... Allow the oracle to speak in its own words, in its own time, with its own voice... It will not harm you; it will not seek to frighten, or betray, or humiliate you... It is inside of you to speak your truth; to be your guide; to help you expand and evolve into the whole, true person you know you are capable of being....

Take a few moments now to clear your thoughts. Just relax; be totally comfortable... Inside your mind, see yourself closing your eyes... Listen to yourself breathe... Breathe... If distracting thoughts or sounds intrude, acknowledge them quietly and ask them to move on... Keep your inner eyes closed for a moment, and just calm yourself...Relax... Relax...

INSTRUCTION: Pause 10-20 seconds.

SCRIPT/BODY: When you're ready, open your inner eyes, and see that you are standing within walking distance of a round reflecting pool... It can be in a yard, in a garden, by the ocean or a lake, in the mountains... wherever your personal reflecting pool wants to lie...

When you're ready, walk up to the pool and look at it...

With your eyes, follow the circular rim of the pool around a few times... Notice what the rim is made of... how it encompasses the whole body of the pool... how it provides boundary without restriction... Now look across the surface of the pool... and note how it perfectly reflects everything around it... There are no distortions, no flaws, no mirages... Nothing false or misleading... Everything that's reflected in the surface of the pool is a perfect, precise reflection of the reality around it...

Now, lean slightly over the rim of the pool until you can see your own face reflected in the mirroring water... Look at yourself... Make faces at yourself if you want to... Blow on the water's surface, and see how your breath creates a ripple effect on that mirror, and how your reflected face moves with the water's movement...

As the surface of the water begins to smooth out again, note how your own features start to grow smooth... smoother.... smoother... See how your reflected self, in the mirror of the pool, looks as though it's a part of the water, the bottom of the pool, and the sky above it... In this pool, in this reflection of your Self, see how you are connected to everything around around you.

In this reflection, you are part of the stones, or tiles, or rocks that create the pool; you are part of the water inside of it; you are part of the air above it... Think of the pool as being rather like your physical body; the water, your unconscious mind; the sky, your soul... See how integrated you are with all these things... Although we sometimes think of all of these things as being separate entities, they are, in reality as in this reflection, all integral parts of what creates the presence of who you are... See that presence reflected in the pool... This reflection is the true You. In its stony sides and bottom, it reflects what is right or wrong with your physical Self. In the water, it reflects the clarity -- or lack of clarity -- of your thoughts and inner "vision" or dreams. In the sky above it, it reflects the condition of your conscience and your soul...

Now, when you're ready, only when you're ready... look into this reflection, and ask the pool a question (or a series of questions) about a single subject... and wait, watch, and listen for a response... Keep the question specific, and personal... Ask the oracle about YOU, not about someone else... This pool reflects who YOU are and what YOU can become... Keep your inner manner respectful and courteous... You are speaking to your inner Self... Treat your Self kindly, respectfully, gently... Ask your question, and wait for an answer...

INSTRUCTION: Pause 20-30 seconds.

SCRIPT/BODY: ...If nothing comes right away, don't be discouraged... Keep yourself open; willing to "see"; willing to "listen"... Ask your question, and keep watchful for a response... The answer may be inside the pool itself or in the environment around it... Let whatever happens, happen...

INSTRUCTION: Pause 5-10 seconds.

SCRIPT/BODY: ...If the oracle "speaks" to you, and asks you questions, answer it quietly inside your mind...Dialog with it, if that's what itwould like you to do...

INSTRUCTION: Pause 5-10 seconds.

SCRIPT/BODY:...Take as much time as you need... There is no hurry... It's not a race... You're just watching and listening... Take your time...

INSTRUCTION: Pause 20-30 seconds.

SCRIPT/BODY: When you're finished... only when your finished... straighten up and take a step back, away from the reflecting pool... Take in a deep breath... Stretch a little if you need to... Then turn and walk back to the place where you were standing before you walked over to the pool's side... Give the pool a look "good-bye", then close your inner eyes again...

SCRIPT/ CLOSING: Slowly, at your own pace, in your own time, come back into this room [place] where you are right now... With your eyes still closed, picture this room [place] in your mind... picture what's around you... how you feel...

When you're ready, take in a deep sighing breath, or yawn if you need to... Stretch, a big cat's stretch, and, when you're ready, open your eyes... and come back fully inside of your conscious self again...

INSTRUCTION: To solidify your "oracle" experience into your conscious mind, use some time following this exercise to either write about it in your journal, or do one or two drawings of it -- in vivid color. You may not understand or appreciate the "answer" you (may) have been given by the oracle just yet. Sometimes, these "inner guardians" speak cryptically, or in metaphors. But note ANYTHING that came to mind during this exercise. It would not have come to mind if it wasn't important for your to learn or know.

Other Sources for scripts similar to this one can be found in
many of the books listed on the Sources Page connected to this website.

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