Laura's Blog

The past is always a teacher for the present. When you feel guilty, you hold on to the past thinking that something should have been or said this way or the other. You need to free yourself from the overbearing grip of guilt and self-condemnation through forgiveness.  That is the only way you can move on.
I would like to share with you a visualization or meditation that I recently found, to help us release any guilt or unforgiveness that we might have. Try it, and please let me know if you liked it!

Take three deep breaths. As you go deeper into your awareness, visualize a truck with the word GUILT emblazoned on its side. All the cargo in this truck is your guilt. You have been carrying it around for a long time.  Look inside the truck. What do you still feel guilty about? The experiences come to mind quickly as you gaze inside the truck.
Take a deep breath and become aware of your heart center. Imagine a ribbon of green light emerging from it. This green healing light of love is surrounding those guilty pictures that have been gripping your heart. Send out a thought of forgiveness to anyone or any scenario about which you still feel guilty. Continue to send light and forgiveness to anyone and anything that has caused you to feel guilty until you feel the guilt diminish. Look inside the truck once again. Has the load been lightened? Is the truck half full or nearby empty?
Next, see yourself standing in front of a mirror and viewing your image. Concentrate on your heart center and the healing green light that emanates from it. Say to yourself, "I forgive myself for ..." (fill in the rest). Take another deep breath and become aware of a new forgiving consciousness you are forming all around your energy field.

You are on this Earth to learn, and learning comes in a variety of ways with different people and situations. When you live with guilt and are unwilling to forgive yourself, you stop learning. Let this be a new day with a new awareness of forgiveness in your heart for you.