Forgiving Your Partner - Relationship Renewal

This forgiving your partner exercise is led by Rev. Joshua Reeves. The 10-minute, guided meditation and gentle music can help couples forgive each other in the context of a romantic relationship. Let love be renewed by forgiveness.

Music: MORNING SUN by ALICE IN WINTER - Soundstripe.com

Transcript

At times in our romantic relationships,

Buttons get pressed within ourselves that we didn't even know were there.

Conflicts arise that can cause us feeling separated from our partners.

Even though we know the truth is that we love our partners,

That he or she might never intend to do anything that might hurt us,

Somehow we can wind up feeling hurt anyways.

Not that there aren't disagreements or conflicts that need to be talked about and restored,

But often the sense of separation is purely within ourselves.

Thus I have found a good practice to simply sit down and close my eyes,

Become aware of my breathing,

And simply to bring to mind,

To heart,

To spirit the image of my partner.

To see them as they are,

As their whole self.

To at least for this moment of time to set them free from any incident or drama or conflict that may have occurred.

To behold their face and their image.

And to surround them with the deep love I have for my partner in my heart.

I surround my partner with light.

I surround my partner with love.

I surround my partner with the deep truth that I know is so about them.

Just for the moment,

Putting aside any judgment or hurt,

I speak to them the truth of my heart.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

This is perhaps the most important truth that there is.

I forgive you.

I forgive you.

I forgive you.

And if you are in an authentic place of wanting to move to a state of renewal and healing with your partner,

Say to this image,

I am ready to renew my relationship with you.

I am ready to renew my relationship with you.

Remember that this image of your partner and your partner's truth is always available to you to authentically share too.

Knowing that even if your partner,

Wherever they are in this physical reality,

Can't hear you,

At least you can hear yourself.

You can hear your authentic self.

You can articulate your authentic boundaries for continuing your relationship.

You can speak your vision of how you see your love for one another unfolding in your life.

Can you behold an image of yourself as well?

Can you see yourself surrounded with light,

Free of any mistakes or errors?

Can you say to you yourself,

I love you?

I love you.

I love you.

Can you say,

I forgive you?

I forgive you.

I forgive you.

And can you say,

I renew my relationship with you?

I renew my relationship with you.

I renew my relationship with you.

And lastly,

I invite you to behold the image of you and your partner together as your highest selves with your truest knowing of one another.

Knowing that even in a moment of anger,

That the deepest truth is always love.

That even in an experience of conflict and separation,

That the deepest truth is oneness and deep connection that could never be torn asunder.

To know that even in the rocky road of relationship,

That the truth is that you love each other very much.

Making a commitment from this moment to both seek to support your partner in being their highest and best and yourself in being the highest and best.

Make the commitment to love even more.

Be that an unconditional love,

A tough love where you speak your mind and set your boundaries or even that puppy dog love that brings forth that feeling of connection and of deep caring and playfulness.

Re-centering yourself in love from any fear or hurt or sense of abandonment or loss.

Move courageously back into your partnership today.

Knowing that you are bringing all you can to create greater love,

Harmony,

Trust and commitment.

Reviews

A simple positive reminder to soften at the edges and open back up to a partner.

Beautiful, thank you

Tears, tears and more tears in slow-motion, dripping during the meditation. Slowly accepting and healing.

Great! Just what I needed to relax and be ok!

🙏

Just so lovely ♥️ thank you xxx

Thank you! Just what I needed today. And so it is! 🙏🏽🕯️🕊️☮️

I found this meditation very helpful. Just what I needed to hear. Grateful 💕

Helpful 🙏🙏🙏

Great message on forgiveness

Gracias , gracias , gracias!

Thank you. I’ve been feeling very triggered lately by the past in my relationship and this helped to release resentment and blame. To truly see my partner in all of his essence and to move on to brighter days.

Thank you. My husband and I are going through deep healing and transformation. After 30 years together, we are beginning anew. This was exactly what I needed at this moment.
Love. Harmony. Trust. Commitment. That's our journey.

I cried, it was release and awareness. Thank you

Just beautiful. Thank you so much. This simple process has really helped me to feel the love I have for my husband for the good person that he is. 😊🙏

This was great, well done and beautiful.

well needed, simple and lovely

Really wonderful meditation! Very uplifting and helpful 💖

Thank you. The Bible says seek and ye shall find, doesn’t say that what you find will be pretty. This helped me understand why I am holding back forgiveness. Guess I have some more work to do!

Great visualization (like your other meditations); thank you so much for providing this!

P.S.: While this was recorded keeping in mind a romantic relationship, with the right frame of mind I think it can be used for any relationship.