For Jung, our future self already exists; it is not just a potentiality. What’s more, this future Self attempts to manifest itself in our present reality all the time. How? Through our attention. Jung said that “The mechanism that directs your attention in the present is your future Self attempting to manifest itself in your present reality.” That future self is the divinity in you, the sacred part of you, the part of you that loves you the most: Your soul. Your soul, this hugely self-loving reality and part of your psyche, decides what happens to you, as lessons to direct you to be who you are meant to be. Even obstacles are sent by our future True Self as sharp course redirections. As Albert Einstein said “God does not play dice.” Nothing happens by chance. It is all part of a plan for your life, the blueprint that you were born to manifest.
