Radical Forgiveness Meditation

Forgive others by recognizing the role you play and forgiving yourself. Take charge of your peace and serenity.

Transcript

Welcome to the Meditation for Radical Forgiveness.

Let's begin by sitting up with a nice straight spine,

Head level,

Taking a nice big deep inhale,

Filling the stomach,

The chest,

And the clavicle,

And exhaling it all out completely.

And as we breathe in and out,

Let's close our eyes and start to imagine if you can that situation that maybe you feel you created or maybe you feel that you were just thrown into it that you're upset about,

That you can't believe either you got yourself into or that you can't believe happened to you.

It's that situation that continues to pop up in your head when you're driving your car and there's nobody else there with you,

Or when you're laying in bed at night.

It's that situation that causes resentment in your mind or anger at yourself or others.

And take that situation and place it in your mind.

Allow it to solidify there.

And as you breathe in and out nice and deep,

Nice and thoroughly,

Nice and completely,

Prepare yourself to take radical responsibility for that situation,

But also to extend radical forgiveness to yourself and everyone and everything involved.

So as you're holding that image in your mind,

Begin to state,

I forgive myself for creating this situation.

I forgive you,

Meaning the situation or the person,

For having to respond to the situation I created.

I forgive my family and friends for responding to my actions.

With each breath I release us from this burden and recognize our basic goodness.

Just continue to breathe,

Releasing you and everyone around you from the burden of carrying this situation around in your mind and your heart and your body.

And allow your heart to open and recognize that everyone has a role to play in everything,

That we are each connected to each other,

And that nothing really happens to us in a vacuum without our own involvement,

Without our own energy,

Without our own acceptance of what is going on.

And as you continue to breathe,

Repeat again,

Holding that image in your mind,

That thought in your mind,

I forgive myself for creating this situation.

I forgive you for having to respond to the situation I created.

I forgive my family and friends for responding to my actions.

With each breath I release us from this burden and I recognize our basic goodness.

And hold the beauty of that wonderful thought of universal,

Basic goodness in your mind.

Let it surround the situation that you've identified.

And we'll end just by taking a couple more deep inhales and exhales.

Be well.

Reviews

Excellent for me - anxious, avoidant overworrier. His statements were interesting, unconventional and I don't quite agree in mind 100% BUT somehow it helped me release the burdens I weigh myself down. I truly appreciate the work of yogijoe!

Thank you so much for this I'm having a hard time forgiving myself for something. This really helped.

Very good to take responsibility and release with forgiveness. Thank you

Thand you. I found this helpful for what I needed to do in reclaiming my responsibilities I lost during a silly argument.

Short and effective. I love his words, they are very wise and touching. Good for self forgiveness and forgive others too.

Perfect to help reduce resentment and stress.

Perfect to help reduce resentment and stress.

As its name implies, this is a novel approach to forgiving and moving on. I will listen to this regularly. Thank you.

Fantastic!!!! Oh, thank you :)

This is exactly what I needed right now. And something I need to work on. Being able to accept that I was responsible but still being able to forgive myself. Realizing that the two are not mutually exclusive.

Wow. Thank you- that was just what I needed at this time . Only wish it was longer

Amazing! Yawning and crying now which I guess is release? Wanted it to be longer 💖🙏

Short and sweet, but lots to meditate on here. Thank you.

This was a brief yet soothing meditation for anyone with a current or recent trauma to release. Great for a beginner trying to integrate daily practice. Perfect for me. Thanks, yogijoe.

Great meditation!

Thank you. This was perfect for where I am. I will come back to it.

Love the shift to forgive onself first