This is a guided meditation in working in forgiveness.
Beginning the meditation by closing your eyes.
Imagine that you are sitting in an empty room.
You are sitting in a chair and across from you is an empty chair.
The door to this room that you are sitting in is closed and you are sitting by yourself across from this empty chair.
In a minute you are going to hear a knock at the door,
The door to this room that you are in.
I don't want you to get up and answer it yet,
But this knock is someone that is at the door that you need to forgive.
So as you are sitting here across from this chair in this empty room hearing the knock at the door.
You get up from your chair,
You go to the door and you open the door and see who is here.
See the first person that presents themselves.
You might have a whole line of people here,
Not to worry.
Just take this first person in,
Close the door,
Bring them to the chair,
Sit down across from this person and look into their eyes.
See what it is that warrants forgiveness.
See if there is anything you want to say or express to this person.
Allowing yourself to say what you need to say,
Feel what you need to feel,
To feel complete with this person.
See what needs expression in order to find peace with this person.
Doing the best you can.
Taking another minute,
Seeing how you want to finish up with this person.
Letting them go,
Saying goodbye.
As you sit here,
There is another knock at the door,
Getting up,
Opening the door,
Letting this first person in.
Whoever is here now,
Letting them in,
Closing the door,
Sitting down across from this person,
Looking into their eyes,
Seeing what you need to say or feel to be complete with this person.
Seeing if there is any forgiveness you need to ask for or offer.
Letting them go,
Saying goodbye.
Taking another minute to finish up with this person.
Whatever needs to be said.
Letting them go,
Saying goodbye.
Again,
You hear a knock at the door,
Getting up,
Opening the door,
Seeing who's here now.
Sitting across from this person.
Seeing what wants to be forgiven.
See what wants to be said or felt to be complete with this person.
Taking another minute or so.
Letting go of this person,
Saying goodbye.
And this time when you hear the knock at the door,
It's going to be yourself.
So I want you to go to the door and let yourself in.
Sit down across from you,
Looking into your own eyes,
Looking at yourself,
Seeing what needs to be forgiven or what wants to be forgiven.
Just seeing what wants to be said or felt,
What needs to be expressed towards yourself.
Seeing what you need to say.
Seeing what you want to offer in the way of kindness or forgiveness to yourself.
Taking another minute or so.
Just see what you want to express.
Letting go of the image of yourself.
Bringing the awareness to your body now as it's sitting.
The sensations of pressure as your body touches the chair or the ground.
Feeling where you are now,
The room you're in,
The sounds that might be here.
Feeling the breath,
The breath in the body.
When you hear the sound of the bell,
Opening your eyes.
The sound of the bell.
