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Hello,
My name is Paul McCann and I'd like to welcome you to this forgiveness meditation.
This is an amazing opportunity to heal and make a profound shift in your life.
Sometimes it's hard to even imagine forgiving those who have wronged you.
But this is a necessary step in the progression of your personal growth.
It may seem completely daunting to you to forgive someone who has hurt you really badly.
But forgiveness does not mean that you condone the behaviour in any way.
Forgiveness is more about acknowledging what has happened with an open heart and deciding to let go of the anger,
The hurt,
The sadness,
The betrayal,
The suffering.
Because you realise that by holding onto these feelings,
You continue to hurt yourself.
By holding onto anger or grudges,
You don't hurt the other person.
You only hold yourself back from peace,
From love,
From growth.
So let's start by using some relaxation techniques to open us up and create a space of receptivity.
So get yourself completely comfortable into whatever space you're in.
You can be seated or lying down.
Just make sure that you're completely comfortable now.
And just notice how your body feels.
Notice any places that feel pleasant.
Wherever that is in your body.
It might just be your tip of your nose or a much larger area.
Just feel those sensations of goodness and allow them to expand.
Breathing into it.
Perhaps these areas of nice sensations can communicate with those places in your body that feel a little more stuck.
Just observe how your body reacts when you allow pleasant feelings to communicate with stuck ones.
The nice sensations don't hold a grudge against the areas of not so nice sensations.
They simply hold the space and communicate with openness about how to let go.
So now allow for more pleasant feelings to enter into your body now through your breath.
Breathe in easily through your nose.
Consciously knowing that each inhale you oxygenate your system and send goodness throughout your entire body.
And again inhaling that goodness and exhaling into an even more relaxed state.
Inhale supportive sensations and exhale into relaxation.
Inhale deeply the force of good and exhale into relaxation.
So continue breathing like this for five more good breaths.
Breathing in supportive sensations and exhaling into relaxation.
Allow deeply the force of good and exhale into relaxation.
See how natural you are at communicating with these areas of tension in your body.
And doing so changes their very structure and frequency,
Converting them into a more relaxed state.
So let's continue now with this newfound relaxed state to a place of forgiveness.
This is a profound opportunity for you.
It will assist you in progressing towards personal growth in all aspects of your life.
So now visualize you are in a beautiful garden on a mild day.
Beautiful clouds are rolling by in the sky and you feel the sun warming your skin and nourishing the plants in this garden.
Admire the beauty here.
See the way the leaves of the vegetation are caressed by the wind.
There are many colors of flowers throughout the garden and their fragrance is sweet and welcoming.
You feel very peaceful and safe here.
You look down to see a small footpath through some of the flowering shrubs and it's an inviting and mysterious path.
So go down this way.
As you curve around the beauty of this garden,
You inhale the fresh oxygen that these plants produce.
You feel calm,
Relaxed and safe.
As you round a corner,
A small bench made of wood comes into view and you see the person you most need to forgive sitting there.
They have been waiting for you because this is a very important encounter.
You sit down beside them because this place is very safe.
Nothing can hurt you here.
Only love and safety are real and you know you will be okay.
You have some things that need to be said to this person.
So feel the sadness,
The pain that you have been carrying around all this time and sense that you can begin to release this burden,
This heaviness around your heart.
With bravery and courage,
Look them directly into their eyes and say,
I forgive you.
Or perhaps you're able to say,
I am willing to forgive you.
I forgive you not to help you,
But to help myself.
I forgive you and you will not enter my thoughts any longer.
I forgive you because forgiveness leads to openness in all aspects of my life.
You notice the darkness that was once in their eyes begins to lighten and for a while they do not say a word.
Then the silence is broken.
They say simply to you,
I will leave you alone now and you will not be tormented by the thought of me anymore.
You see them get up from that beautiful wooden bench and walk away into the depths of a nearby wooded forest.
You watch as their figure grows smaller and smaller into the distance until you no longer see them.
Never once did they turn and look back your way.
This was a very important meeting today in this beautiful garden.
As you breathe in new fresh air,
You feel twice as light as you did before.
That's because a huge weight has been lifted now and that person you needed to forgive is no longer sitting with you in your secret garden.
They have moved on and so have you.
The poet Rumi writes,
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
The world is too full to talk about.
Ideas,
Language,
Even the phrase each other doesn't make any sense.
So just rest quietly now with your attention on your heart.
This is a powerful practice and it can stir up deep emotions.
So just allow what's there to come forth and accept with kindness and gentleness.
If you can only feel or accept one percent,
That is still a step forward.
This cannot be rushed.
So just trust that it's unfolding at the right pace for you.
So continue this gently and your heart will continue to heal and release the burdens of the past when it's ready.
Now,
You can all realize that this is healing also.
You you
