Or, you know, sort of a Zen version of one? Remember the Ancient One, from the film Dr. Strange?  She becomes Strange's teacher, his trainer, his guide, plunging him over and over into situations that require him to suspend his belief that he is only a physical being living on a purely physical, material plane. “You’re a man looking through a keyhole,” she tells him. “You’ve spent your whole life trying to widen that keyhole, to see more, to know more. And now, on hearing that it can be widened in ways you can’t imagine, you reject the possibility.”

If you’ve seen the movie, you know that Strange’s keyhole definitely widens. And widens. And widens. From the moment the Ancient One pops his spirit out of his body with one mighty blow to his chest, his world begins to expand, and once he’s trained his mind to travel, he’s never the same again.

Imaginal meditation likewise sets you down in a journeyscape which invites you to widen your keyhole. As you close your eyes, breathe deep, and begin traveling—world-building, confronting and shifting obstacles, and capturing the wisdom at the journey’s end—you’ll be startled at how utterly real it feels. That’s because your imagination is far more robust than you know. In fact, it's limitless, untethered to the constraints of the physical plane on which we happen to live. And because mind journeying engages all your senses and not just your brain’s visual networks, your imaginal experiences begin to feel like lived reality.

The distance between you and the super hero you already are is honestly just a breath away. Going inward lets you embody that hero, journeying through terrain you might never have imagined you could access, offering you dynamic experiences that feel as real as—well—*real* ones.

Are you ready to meet your inner Hero?

Are you ready to journey?