Inner Temple

We all have one, but not everyone knows or have found it. You're inner temple is within your mind, a place you visualize if you will. No two temples will appear the same, but once found it will usually always look the same every visit. The temple may change a little to reflect yourself, once I entered mine and it was obviously night time (and night time outside as well) and another time I entered and found a bit of a mess to clean up (I was feeling upset that day).

To find your inner temple, close your eyes and think of what kind of area you would feel at most peace at. What does it look like? Is it in the desert, by a river, in a forest, on an island, inside a cave, or somewhere else entirely? Are there any structures there, or is it bare? Take a moment and just look around at what surrounds you, even if your visualization is completely absent you can do this. Perhaps you'll see everything in the first visit, but I doubt it. Even now I am still discovering new things in mine. In some cases, I have to walk a bit before I reach it, in others I just simply show up there. Do you have to walk every time, or do you appear right at it's core or entrance?

So now that you found your inner temple, what can you do there?
You can cleanse your spirit. If ever you start to feel overwhelmed or anxious or any number of unwanted feelings, look around your temple and see if there is something you can use to wash the yucky stuff off with (all inner temples have something within that will clean, a river, waterfall, pool, never emptying bowl of water, etc.). Wash all the dirt off and the unwanted feelings will go with it, leaving you feeling at peace.
You can begin your journeys there. Anytime you start on a visual quest, you can begin by entering your inner temple, then look around and see if there is some sort of entrance (such as a doorway, tunnel, cave, mine, a tunnel within the trees, etc.) again, all inner temples have something within like this. Before leaving your temple through the doorway, why not cleanse yourself first?
Meet with your inner self. Or any other Guide for that matter, send a request to your guide, animal, or deity and ask them to meet you at your inner temple for a visit. Perhaps send the request with the smoke from an incense or the flame from a candle, or whatever method you feel most comfortable with sending. Wait a few moments until you think the message has had a chance to be received then go visit your temple. Spend some time asking questions, or if your guest has the time, get to know them better by visiting with them.
Decorate! Yep, you can also decorate your temple. Find things within or bring them with you and create something to compliment it. You wouldn't move into a house or leave your room bare of decoration now would you? Make something to hold your items, or find a place already there that you can place stuff on (railings, a stone, tree trunk, etc.) and place on it items you make. Some ideas to decorate with include figurines or images to represent your guide, animal, deity (if you have more than one, be sure to include them).