Letting Go Of Worry And Regret

Ready to put down some of the worry and regret you carry? In this meditation, Jim guides you to relax your body, then imagine standing outside your home holding two heavy suitcases, one full of worries about the future and one full of regrets about the past. You reflect on each, choose whether to drop them, then walk inside and rest in the present moment. This content is educational and is not a substitute for one-on-one professional care. Please do not listen while driving.

Transcript

Dropping the suitcases of worry and regret. A guided meditation. So to help you reduce anxiety, Start by taking a moment to relax your body. Soften any unnecessary tension in your belly and shoulders. Find a posture that feels both relaxed and alert. Now close your eyes or look downward. Rest your hands in an easy, Effortless way. Take a few moments to scan your awareness. Through the sensations of your body, And whenever possible, Soften and release obvious areas of tension. Beware of your body. Your body breathing, Chest rising. Falling with each breath. Now imagine standing in the street outside of your house with two heavy suitcases. Know that one of these suitcases is full of worries about the future. And the other suitcase is full of regrets about the past. Take a moment standing there in the street, Holding these two heavy suitcases. Reflect on each one. Reflect about the future. Reflect how it will come on its own accord. Whenever it comes. And that most of what we all worry will never happen. Standing out there in the street reflect about the past and the other heavy suitcase. Consider how the past cannot be changed. All we can do in the present is to learn from it. Put in whatever corrections make sense. Become more skillful. A better person. Standing there in the street, Feeling the weight of these suitcases and absorbing the wisdom of your own reflections right now. Make a conscious decision. I want to drop the suitcase of worry about the future. If so, Simply drop it. Simply drop it. Then standing there in the street with the other suitcase so heavy with the past, Make a conscious decision. You want to drop it? If so, Just drop it. Is dropped. And as soon as you have dropped the two suitcases, Walk into your home. Take your seat right where you are, Plop down, So relaxed, Like someone coming home from a long trip. Dropping suitcases and just. . . Relaxing in the present moment. Just breathing. Resting in the natural well-being. Of a calm nervous system. I'm just thinking the fundamental well-being of awareness itself. Awareness which does not worry or regret. Resting. Allow yourself to simply rest, Feeling a sense of peace, Of joy, And of well-being. Natural happiness, Always your true home. Without caring heavy suitcases of worry about the future or full of regret about the past. Simply rest here in your body right now. With total realization throughout your body and mind. And you feel comfortable. Open your eyes slowly.