Life treasure mapping is a fun, active step for connecting with
your creativity. Your Life Treasure Map is symbolic of what you
desire and wish to manifest or create. Treasure mapping works
well for tapping into your creativity because it concretely
establishes a visual platform of your life's desires. There it is
in black and white and in color, a hard copy of your dreams. The
pages stir excitement in your soul by representing your dreams in
full living color. It is the process of surveying, blueprinting,
and building your dream in a symbolic, artistic manner.
Remember cut & paste in art class? Similar to art class in
elementary school, life treasure mapping is fun, except it will
have a powerful impact on your path of creating your life dreams
and visions. This process involves your focus on several levels.
Find photos, words, and symbols that represent what you would
like to create in your life and paste them thematically in a
scrap book of your choice. You may want a title on your book or
cover it with material and make it a real treasure. A poster will
also work well because you can display it and see it every day.
You may choose to design both a scrap book and a poster.
My Life Treasure Map is divided into theme pages: an opening
section, life purpose, divine right relationship and family, and
home environments that I would like for my life. I have found
words, phrases, and photos exemplifying what I desire. I found
many representations of my life desires in magazines and books.
The left page of my opening section displays the lone word
"hope." I discovered this word in a magazine resembling a child's
handwriting. The right-hand page features a phrase cut out from
another magazine - it reads, "Well within your reach."
The next section is dedicated to my life purpose. It is filled
with inspirational quotes and photos: Create the life you've
always wanted, A stunning novel of spiritual awakening by the
best-selling author, INSTANT MEMORY, You are greater than you
think!, The Blessings of Abundance, Woman Deserves The Best!,
Healing from Within, Reaching for the Skies, and a photo of a
beautiful floral and lace dress. I even found my last name
printed in a magazine and pasted it several times on the pages.
The next three pages represent my divine-right relationship and
family life. Examples from this section include: When my youngest
foster daughter announced her long-awaited wedding plans (Wow,
how specific!); a photo of a puppy eating ice cream from a silver
spoon with the caption, Careful, or next he'll expect to be
carried on walks (again, I felt quite a connection to this
photo); a sticker that states, Something wonderful is about to
happen; photos of pearls and quotes of love. The next three pages
are filled with photos of and quotes about my dream home and
property. They include interior and exterior home photos. I
dream of living in the countryside, so there are pictures of
breathtaking landscapes of pastures, flowers, rolling hills,
gardens and a woman picking flowers in a meadow. Some of the
notable quotes read: A Place to Call Home, Quality Worth Coming
Home To, Tending to Your Dreams, A Countryside of Dreams, and
Being Put Out to Pasture Isn't So Bad, As Long As You Own The
Pasture. The next page reflects my interest in sailing and the
ocean, with photos of boats and a few quotes. One in particular
that stirs my soul is, "Down harbour, round the point, was the
open sea. Here was the freedom I desire, long sought-for, not yet
known. Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to climb
hills, to pull a boat, to be alone." (From Enchanted Cornwall by
Daphne du Maurier)
I enjoyed creating my project, and I hope it will be as
delightful for you. Below are the materials you will need to
begin tapping into your creativity and mapping your desires.
Either purchase a scrap book or make one with a photo album you
have at home. You also need a glue stick, scissors, some of your
favorite magazines and newspapers, and photos of yourself, your
feathered, furry, and non-furry children, and whatever else you
would like to include in your Life Treasure Map. Locate and clip
words, phrases, and photos of what you desire for your life
purpose: home, divine right relationship, family or children —
feathered, furry, and non-furry. Choose images that depict
healthy living, vacation, or retirement property and any specific
item such as a car, house, or other passion. Fashion them on the
page. Some may overlap others, and photos and words may point in
different directions. After you have completed some of the pages,
go back and look at these pages as often as you can. When looking
at a hard copy of your desires, you will feel a connection to
your dreams. This feeling, coupled with the thought and
visualization of already having what you want in your life,
is helping you create your life dreams.
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