Hello my friends,
Today's meditation we will focus on forgiving others.
Many of us have been hurt by others and often we do not understand what caused their actions,
What caused them to behave in the ways that they did,
Why have they hurt us or caused us pain and suffering.
It can be difficult to forgive others for hurting us,
But this act of harboring those hurt and painful feelings which are often wrapped in anger or agitation,
This drains us of our important and everlasting energy.
Using our energy in this way towards others doesn't serve us well at all.
So let's focus today on releasing some of those feelings and invoking a more positive way to use our energy,
Giving ourselves the relief we need from that hurt and that pain,
Filling ourselves with more positive thoughts and positive feelings,
Helping our own well-being.
Forgiving someone does not mean that we condone their behaviors or that we excuse their actions,
Rather it means a release,
A release of our pain and our hurt.
For these feelings weigh us down and even sometimes can make us sick.
So let's start today with our eyes gently closed,
For with our eyes closed we can focus inward,
Looking inside ourselves.
Where do these feelings reside inside our bodies?
These feelings of hurt from someone else.
Spend a moment now just moving all around your body,
Looking for the place where your hurt resides,
Where you have a need to forgive and let go.
Continue to look around your body until you find that place.
I'm going to give you a moment now to do so,
Focusing inward with your eyes gently closed.
While you are searching,
Take some nice deep breaths in through your nose,
Filling your belly with air and breathing out through your mouth,
Deflating your bellies.
And now that you have found that place inside of yourself that has a need to forgive,
That holds old pain and old hurt,
Focus in on that.
Just notice what it feels like inside that part of you.
It may feel heavy or light.
It may feel big or small.
It may be still or have movement.
Whatever it is,
It is perfect for you.
As you start to look at it,
Notice it may have a shape.
It may be flat or three-dimensional.
And it may have a color.
Just notice how it looks.
And I want you to see that on one side of it is a latch.
And this latch is not locked.
It is unlocked so that it is easy for you to open this part and look inside.
Because inside of this part is a message for you.
So ever so gently.
Take this latch and slowly begin to open your part.
And as you open it,
You will notice inside is a piece of paper folded many times.
It is only about one inch big.
And on that piece of paper is written the hardest feeling for you in regards to this forgiveness that you need.
It may be your deepest layer of pain or hurt or suffering.
It may be anger or irritation.
Whatever it is,
It is the hardest part of how you have felt towards this person that you need to forgive.
So go ahead and ever so slowly and gently begin to open up this piece of paper which will reveal this information for you.
And read it knowing that it is okay that you have felt this way.
There is no judgment here.
There is only acceptance,
Compassion and understanding for how you have felt.
And as you begin to understand and absorb the power of the words written on that piece of paper.
I want you to just look a little inside your mind to the right of your part.
And you will see that I have placed there for you a big open wooden box.
And that wooden box is filled with dirt.
And next to the wooden box filled with dirt,
You will find I have also placed a bowl of seeds.
And these are seeds for the beautiful flower fireweed.
This is a beautiful pinkish purple flower with lovely buds of pollen at the center of it.
And this flower represents forgiving someone.
And inside that box of dirt which is filled with the richest soil containing all the minerals needed for your seeds of fireweed.
Just take your finger and write in the soil the word that was written on your piece of paper.
Just take a moment to do this.
Placing all the emotions associated with this word into the soil.
As you are writing,
You are releasing all of that pain,
All of that hurt,
All of that sadness,
All of the irritation and all of the anger.
It is leaving your body and your mind and it is entering the soil,
Preparing the soil for the seeds of fireweed.
And now,
Just take some time to make some little holes around in the soil for each one of your seeds that are in your bowl.
If this is a very painful and difficult act of forgiveness,
You will have many seeds to plant.
If it is lesser,
You will have fewer seeds to plant.
You will know the number that you need.
So just take a moment now to plant your seeds.
Enjoying the feel of the dirt on your fingers.
Enjoying the knowing that you are going to grow this beautiful flower out of your own pain and suffering.
Keep planting your seeds until you are done.
And you will notice as you plant your seeds,
Some of that word is disappearing because you needed those spots in the soil.
Your pain is disintegrating.
It is melting away and it is leaving you.
Smooth over the dirt to cover those seeds ever so gently.
And now your word is almost gone.
You are feeling light.
You are feeling free.
You are feeling the release of your own pain.
You are feeling your own forgiveness.
There is a little watering can next to the box.
Pick it up and water your seeds ever so gently.
This water is powerful because I reiki charged it for you to help your seeds grow into something quite beautiful.
The beautiful plant of fireweed.
And you will notice up above,
The sun is shining brightly down upon your soil and down upon you,
Warming you.
Helping you with all lightness and helping your seeds to grow.
And let's leave those seeds for a moment now,
Giving them a chance to grow in the way that they know how to.
You have given them everything they need.
And they will take your pain and turn it into beauty.
And focus now back on that part that you were originally found when we searched around your body.
And just notice again how it feels and how it looks.
It may be the same or it may have transformed into something new.
Notice what that is.
And tell it thank you for showing itself to you today.
Helping you with this release.
Helping you renew your energy.
Helping you to focus on more positive things in your life.
Freeing you from hurt and pain and anger.
This part has taken very good care of you.
And show it your love.
As you are giving it love,
Take in some more nice deep breaths in through your nose,
Filling your belly with air.
And breathing out through your mouth,
Deflating your belly.
Focusing on the beauty of your own part.
And while you have been focusing on the beauty of your own part and giving it love and thanks.
And noticing how you feel lighter now with this gift of forgiveness you have given yourself.
Look again over at your garden and notice what has happened.
Those flowers have ever so magically grown and bloomed.
And your garden is filled with these beautiful pink purple flowers of fireweed.
The flower of forgiveness.
And you have taken a hard part of your life and you have used it to create beauty.
And this is a powerful and magnificent thing to do.
We can take hardship and pain and use it to evolve and create something beautiful.
So if you would like you can smile inside yourself knowing you have done a very good job today.
Knowing that each day forward you will no longer be weighed down by this old pain that is now gone.
So ever so gently place your hands on your heart.
And notice the warmth coming from your heart because it has made room for more love today because it released all the hurt.
The release of this heart gave you room for even more love.
And this is what it means to forgive.
It means to grow in your own love.
And that is a beautiful thing my friend.
So you have done a good job today.
Be grateful for the work that you have done.
And take in another nice deep breath.
And as you release your breath you may gently open your eyes and notice the world around you and move forward to enjoy this new lightness that you have inside of yourself.
Have a lovely remainder to your day.
