Guided Meditation on Regret and Forgiveness of Self
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- There are no wrong emotions, only society has labeled them so. Every emotion serves a purpose and by accepting what we feel we, we understand ourselves better, and ultimately have greater self-acceptance. Whatever we repress keeps us stuck. So, in accepting and understanding regret, it helps us to move forward with the life ahead.
This mediation on regret is the first in a series I'm working on, of challenging emotions. But they are only challenging for two reasons: society says they are "wrong" and we do not teach how to understand and deal with these emotions. To follow will be other meditations on anger, betrayal, grief and more.
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I acted on impulse and let my emotions blind me to the consequences, and now I know better.
Me too! And could not be more sorry.....😩
I'm going through the same thing
You took the words right out of head
Am there... have always been super responsible...in one second I put myself first and hurt everyone in my family.
How long did it take you to realise this?
Thankyou. This meditation is exactly what I need. I love that you said “we don’t have to stay the same”. Guilt, Shame, & embarrassment has kept me in a cycle feeling like it’s too late to change. I am able to change tho. I am ready to move on. I’ll be using this meditation every day until I am healed
Update???
I lost my best friend and kind, generous benefactor, who literally showed me that life did not have to be the abusive nightmare my family had given me in a stupid, impulsive threatening telephone call. I was 26 then, I am 66 now - but the damn pain, regret, sorrow and self-recrimination is still an ongoing unhappy factor in my life. I listened to and enjoyed this video, but live with the hope that some way, some day I can see her and reconcile our lost friendship, even if after death. I miss you every day, Debby!
This was more helpful than another guided meditation I just tried which left me sobbing and feeling worse than I did b4 but I'm still so very sad. I have learned and grow so much I. The past couple of months after hitting rock bottom. It is my first time in over 20 years experiencing sobriety. And I have been on a journey of spiritual growth, I am regularly talking to a therapist, and journaling. But the regret of what I did keeps coming. I'm not suicidal anymore but I haven't been able to forgive myself. I don't know how to move on, and I'm scared I will never be able to.
I realized many of my regrets are directly connected to my expectation of the outcome of a situation.
wow this means so much !
Your right I think of outcome of leaving my ex too much
Thank you. Everyone has made mistakes and everyone can improve.
I am working on accepting my mistakes first which will help me move into self forgiveness, when we know better, we do better. Every failure and mistake can be used as stepping stone for our healing and growth. I wish everyone love, light, healing and positivity.
I have to let go of my desperation to survive, let go of resentment and make sure I don't hurt people. I hope I can be forgiven.
This was challenging. I cried during this meditation. Thank you for this offering.
I'm really glad I could be of help to you, Tiesha. I hope you realize the courage it takes to face these things head on. You are stronger than you think. All the best to you, Sarah
Thank you, I woke up with tears still regretting past mistakes. Still blaming myself for a history I can not change. I pray to be victorious and not a victim. This is just a lesson for greater things to come.
This is the best guided meditation I have ever listened to for self forgiveness, I really felt like the person taking the meditation knew exactly what I am feeling. Ty and God bless you
Glad this helped. We can be so hard on ourselves. We think by being harder on ourselves we will do the right thing, but if we are kinder to ourselves we are more likely to keep learning and growing. Best wishes, Sarah
This made me feel good. When I was a child, I was touched inappropriately by another kid, being clueless of what was actually going on I felt that kind of behavior was ok. Because of what was happening, I became hyper sexual or as some people say promiscuous. I made the biggest mistake of my life when I had an inappropriate relationship with another kid who is a few years younger than myself. Even if I have reached out to him numerous times to apologize for any harm I might have caused him, and he has assured me time and time again that he hold no resentment towards me and thought what happened was mutual, I have a hard time letting go and forgiving myself, because now I am older I know how a thing like this can harm someone.
I feel for you. I used to be promiscuous as well, and it has been a major source of troubles and pain in my life. Only now that I've realized why I was acting like that, I feel that I can finally move on.
We didn't know better, but we do now. Peace and happiness on your healing journey 🙏
I stayed with someone who didn’t truly love me or respect me as a person for way too long. I stayed out of love, then out of loyalty and empathy, and then out of fear. I’m trying to forgive myself for not acknowledging the signs, for not walking away when I should have, and for the ways I acted once I felt stuck and too weak and afraid to leave.
one important thing we deserve to do for ourselves is put time into improving skills and hobbies, useful things every day that make tomorrow better. many of us waste so much free time observing others lives and trying to go with the crowd and basing happiness on what other people think
Yes I made a lot of bad decisions in relationships, alone and no one to talk to regretted my life thank God that I have come to terms after attending group sessions and are now very happy with myself and my new life but still have regrets, wasting my life and unhappiness. I still wonder why I did not act differently and change my life earlier. At that point could not think straight to find a way out. I was so alone with my problems. Please if you have problems there is so much help available for everyone. Get help and advice now.
I hear you. If you are not detested watch teal swans videos on mistakes, shame, guilt etc remember you life is perfect for you the way it is
You're not alone in this...I feel the same way
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I can relate to this- thank you for sharing
I practiced everyday and worked hard to earn a Master’s degree in music. But when I was offered a free doctorate program, I turned it down. At that time it felt I could always do it later. Five years have gone by and I am paralyzed by regret. I quit my music teaching job, quit several successful bands, and now I am a climbing arborist. Truthfully I don’t know what I want or who I am anymore.
I feel guilty for not being there for my kids when they were babies. Now I have pre teens and wish I could go back and hug them every day, tell them I love them every day
I was a very cold, neglectful mom
I feel so guilty I can’t let that go.
I threw my life away. The grief is too overwhelming to stay still. Everyone in my life is gone. Everything I cared about is gone.
The challenge is to see that you did your best with the awareness you had in those moments and believe that’s all you could have done. Then experiment with just letting go.
I am not sure what happened with you but know you're not alone in this...I lost everything in my life too
You know this resonates with so many of us here. I understand. I hope you to find a way to work through that and to let yourself off the hook and then go forward to live your best life possible now. Much love to you.
I know it feels that way. I've felt that way for many years and worked on the core issues. The pain still comes up and I've learned that I did the best I could say the time and that I never deserved the cruelty I was subjected to. For years I made poor choices and let the abuse color my life. But I don't deserve that. Who I am at my core is good and I deserve the opportunity to enjoy my life, to move forward and to be grateful for the courage I have to move forward. I don't know your situation, but it stuffs like you've experienced much pain and loss. Please know that you are not alone. Look down drop within yourself and remember who you are, your goodness, and love that person. How would you treat someone you love? That's how you treat yourself. Your life is not over. Use the love you find to rebuild. You are worth the work and you can do this. Sending you heartfelt thoughts and prayers.
I acted upon impulse because I was not aware of my own emotions and it caused me to lose friends. I hurt people and I’m hoping to be forgiven.
My regrets are consuming me. Listening to these videos is my last resort 🙏🏼
Thank you eternally ❤️🙏🏽🙌🏽
this is my new go-to place...always healthy and healing. thank you, I do so appreciate
Blessings to you for this deeply healing meditation. Was just awakened by a dream that pointed out how much I’ve been putting off processing my regrets and essentially the healing that is on the other side. Sincere gratitude to you
I find myself coming back to this meditation. I sabotaged a relationship with someone I love dearly and who has provided me with so much love and support. Because of my actions I no longer get to enjoy his presence in my life. I have relied on previous toxic coping mechanisms I used while in the relationship to get me through and I’ve reached a turning point where I can see that it’s not working and I haven’t been able to make real progress. I secretly still hope I could fix things between us. I pray that if I never get to have him in my life again I can’t at least find peace and be able to love again
I thank you from my heart to yours! 💗🎉🌈
I've been such a fool the last few years. I need forgiveness. Hope this helps
You're not a fool. With loving kindness can I ask you not to say that about yourself. You are living and learning and seeing and knowing more with each day, just like all of us. I called myself a fool for "wasting" 17 years in a career that only depleted me and made me ill. But in order to do this work, I had to understand WHY I spent 17 long years there. And with the "why", with self-compassion, I can now fully commit to this work now. Do spend time understanding your "why" but remember each moment is going by, also remember each new day is an opportunity to create a better life, a better day, a better future with all the wisdom from learnings from the past. Best wishes, Sarah
@@unlockyourlife thank you for your encouraging words
Thank you so much for this meditation, I really needed this today, cried pretty much through the entire session...and feeling better now ❤️
Thank you so so much for all the time, energy and careful thought you have applied to creating and sharing your channel and meditations.
I listened to this one today as the anniversary of my Mother’s death is in 2 days time (3 years). She was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell carcinoma at age 71, had 6 months of vicious chemo which did keep her alive for a bit longer but she deteriorated rapidly whilst still having “active” treatment - i.e. was never under palliative care as such. She deteriorated so quickly into terminal agitation and a state of only partial consciousness that I never managed to tell her how much I loved her and how much I appreciated everything she had taught me and done for me. My mother was never demonstrative and my parents never told us they loved us with actual WORDS - my father and siblings DO this now however!!
My regret centres on a moment when I was sleeping over in Mum’s hospital room (she was in hospital for 2 days then we were lucky enough to be able to take her own to her own bed and look after her there for the last 48 hours of her life). My moment of regret was that when I finally leant over my mum’s bed during a semi-lucid moment I told her that I loved her. She said “do you?”. To which I replied “Yes. Of course. Now I’m just popping down to the loo but I’ll be right back”. Why did I run away at this point. I still don’t know but it’s time to explore it with my psychologist at my next appointment!!!
Again, thanks so much for all your videos. I used your “Stop Drinking” one to help me stop drinking!!!
Hi Jodie, thank you so much for sharing. You did say you loved her during a crucial moment. If we are not used to saying this or expressing this, it can bring an overload of emotion, both past and present. It can bring up all the other moments that went unsaid and therefore it can be an intense moment. I am not saying what happened, only one possibility. This was your moment, both of your moment, and only you can know. Just trying to help by providing a possibility and perspective. That was huge leaps and bounds to say that in a generally inexpressive family, as you describe it. Remember that so much that you feel you didn't say was most likely transmitted unsaid. People can say "I love you" daily but never say it from the heart. I hope that helps and my apologies if any of this does not resonate for you or is not well received. I truly just wish to help and hope that my work can help. Best wishes, Sarah
Thanks Sarah (also my daughter’s name).
Yes I think you are on the money with your possible explanation.
Also, I have since remembered that when Mum was in the middle of her chemo and still very much mentally alert, lucid and able to travel etc I wrote her a reasonably long letter via messenger or Facebook. In this letter I wrote how much I loved her and appreciated every she had done for me and how much I admired her etc. She answered this letter with a brief response which went something like: Thankyou for your letter. I appreciated it.
So she wasn’t particularly forthcoming with an “I love you” back to me, even in a written message. However I never doubted that she loved me, she had shown it by her actions countless times.
Amazing that I had forgotten that and continued to give myself a hard time coz I didn’t say all I wanted to say out loud in the last few days of her life at a time when she wasn’t really lucid. Also, I do believe the act of palliating her at home (she HATED being in hospital) and spending the last 48 hours of life by her bedside and giving her a dignified death (I administered the last bolus dose of fentanyl/midazolam) was an act of love in itself.
Thanks again.
Jodie
Damn this is an amazing video, my unconditional thanks to the creator. You have helped me unlock my true self on my journey. God bless
I mean to say this with the utmost respect ... you're voice and what you say is so soothing and healthy.... i felt like a child in her mothers lap... thanks for this channel .... lots of love.
Thank you for your kind comment, so glad you're finding this channel useful. Best wishes to you
Hi Anisha, I hope this message reaches you and that all is well for you too! For your request I ended up scripting two meditations. Part 1 will be out in a week's time on April 17th, and part 2 the following week. I can't find a way to message you off the comments page so please let me know if I should delete this, happy to do so. Sorry it's a little later than I originally committed (April instead of Feb / March). If you feel there is still something needed, absolutely feel free to get in touch and let me know. All the best and take care, Sarah
Did not expect to cry so early on. What a powerful meditation. Thank you
Thank you for this recording.
What an amazing, powerful meditation. I will be listening to this one many times and will be able to process something deeper from it each time. Thank you for sharing your beautiful gifts with the world! I'm very grateful!
Dear Lisa, thank you so much. I am so glad this is both useful and constructive. We live in a world of self-censoring emotions but all emotions can serve a purpose, can build us up if we explore them in a useful framework. My heartfelt wishes go with you. Sarah
Unlock Your Life all emotions can serve a purpose. You're absolutely right. Thank you again💜
That was simply amazing. Many blessings to you for taking the time and also putting out such a positive experience for us all to share. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you so much for this meditation. I really needed it. It has helped to clear my energy and make me feel more positive, hopeful, and relaxed. God bless to you for making this, and whoever reads this. May you choose Light from now on always, and may it follow you everywhere 😌🙏⚡️✨🌟🌈❤️🧡💚💚💙💜💞💝💟☮️💗💖❣️
I'm so very glad this was useful to you. I hope this clears the path for you to move forward with a whole heart and peaceful thoughts.
Thank you, this has been very helpful indeed.
Gratitude and Blessings 🙏
Thank you so much Sarah...it really help me a lot to move on with my life and accept that I am not perfect...I am just a human...you are so right...we all make mistakes...God bless you always..you help us so much...more power to your channels...
I regret my divorce and walking away from my three adult kids. That was 10yrs ago and I still grieve it and live a very lonely life 😢🙏
Thank you so much, I was clenching both my fists listening to this feeling the emotions.
Sounds like you were courageous and worked through the discomfort. Acknowledge your strength in doing so. Peace, Sarah
Very helpful. Thank you and bless you.
Thank you 🧡
🙏🏻Thank you
Thank you, forever grateful for this
My impulses are bad at that time now I'm suffering from it
I lose my sweet relationship which is I think the best relationship I've ever experienced in my life.. I lose someone who I love the most.. And who love me the most.. Who willing to sacrifice anything in order to show me how she care and love me... My biggest regret is, when I took her for granted.. I cheated on her. I think everything gonna be OK after she agreed to come back.. But things change... After a month, she suddenly made a decision... To broke up with me.. I'm pleading.. Try to convince her that I changed.... I try my best not to be that old version of me anymore... Well... The pain that I put on her... Is the heaviest thing in her life at the moment.. She gave up... I understand... I cannot undo the past.. Her happiness is not in me anymore... I'm no longer can make her smile.. All inside her eyes is hurt... Angry and trust issue.. The damage that I caused is very massive... I feel guilty.. Regrets and blaming myself for that.. If i could turn back time, I swear with my life.. I wouldn't do that... Never... The sadness of being alone... And not togather anymore is a real pain... Everyday I blame myself.. I'm so stupid... I don't deserve her... She's too perfect to me... I cannot hold anymore from these guilt in me... It is too heavy to hold and carry.... I just feel want to give up... The journey still far way... I just can't....
How are you feeling now?
Much love 🤗
I can only control my own actions. I can always choose to respond with more love and care and acceptance instead of hostility and fear of someone's intentions or feelings about me. I'll be okay.
Thank you. This really helped.
Amen
Thank you so so much
Thank you for this... I just don't know to heal completly because I have done something like a teen what my moral now can not accept and I can't imagine to tell that to anyone that would be my nightmare and that is hunting me...sometimes you are so ashamed of what have you done... It is not like me at all but it is my act in the past unfortunately I hated myself but now I am slowly better, I had struggle in my family so I think that I was a I little bit crazy the thing is that I don't remember my past a lot but my parents were trouble for each other... but if my mom would found out I am so afraid that she would look diffrent and like not that good person on me but now she loves me so much, I am so so sad because that happen...
When we are younger, we do things we regret later. Even horrible things, asking ourselves, what kind of person am I? The thing i am learning is to let the past be and concentrate on being better today and for the rest of my life. Bless you and you can talk if you want.
Thank you so so much, bless you
Whatever you did, it’s the best you could’ve done, because even if you acted out of fear or ignorance, that was your level of awareness/ability at the time.
Even though I wish I could change certain things I’ve done, it helps me to see that at that particular time, it was the only thing I was ready to do.
Somehow that makes sense to me.
I made some choices in my youth that I can't seem to forgive myself for also, and I feel your pain. I hope that you have been able to forgive yourself and to move forward with your life. I have always been able to forgive others and to have compassion and understanding for others when they make mistakes, but somehow it is so much harder to forgive myself. I just wanted you to know that whatever you regret from your past does not make you a bad person. And the fact that you are so remorseful is proof that you are a good person who deserves to be forgiven....so please forgive yourself and know that I wish you much happiness and joy. ❤
@@melanieoliver9640 You made me cry from happines and you calmed me on a deep level. Thank you for you existing and your amazing words, this means so much to me, we are all in this together and we can heal each other like this💗At least we are still humans.
Thank you so much. God bless you!
Thank you🦋🌸🦋🙂🙏🌅
Thank you so much for this!
So welcome. : )
Thank you! I appreciate this mediation with you very much.
So welcome Hazel. I like to explore all the challenging emotions that oftentimes we feel we cannot express. I want to normalize all that we feel; it is normal after all. Only with acceptance of how we feel can we move on. Take care, Sarah
Thank you. Namaste_/\_
Incredible
I did not know you had another channel and by chance I listen to the meditation this early morning. I look forward to listen to your others and I thank you, once again.
Thank you Luis. Yes, more to come on other challenging emotions.
umm this is not applicable to those filled with thousands of regrets - focusing on one specific incident seems futile and ignoring the underlying Reasons for a lifetime of regrets. Any recommendations? I appreciate the effort and quality, i guess this is directed at people holier than me. thank you and buddah bless 😊
The pattern of holding one regret is EXACTLY the same as a million regrets. It would suggest to me that you are not finding and applying life lessons and you still feel you "should" have known and done better. This suggests to me that an attitude shift, a look for meaning as you go, an acceptance that you will never know in the past what you know today, that every day you are learning and growing if living in acceptance, all if this may help give you greater peace
Unlock Your Life thanks for the reply!
Unlock Your Life thank you for this comment. I’ve been struggling with this for a very long time. And dealing with a lot of self sabotage and quitting or running away from things. I’ve been going to hypnosis and it has brought up very disturbing images.
thank you. ~RLB~
This saved me
Glad this helped. Best wishes, Sarah
Hi Sarah, would you be able to do a meditation on forgiving others who have hurt you (exes especially, parents, friends) as well as yrself?
It's a bigger topic I've been researching for over a year now. When I believe I can offer up something maybe as a series rather than one video; I'll do it. Thanks for suggesting
I chose to leave my apartment and my job to get out of a bad city and everything fell apart after
I'm so sorry for the challenging times. If it helps, when I changed to do this work 10 years ago, I too left the city and left my old home. Other events too also hit me hard. I got into debt, and was afflicted by chronic illness. But positive change is always possible. As life continues there is hope. 🙏. Sarah
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Hvað er nú þetta? er ekki alveg í ástandi til að tékka atm. kíki fljótlega . cool
Thanks, this is helpful, but maybe u can speak slower?
If you touch the video you’ll see three dots on the upper right. Click on that and scroll down to “playback speed”. You can slow it down or speed it up. 😊
Not helpful
Perhaps you can tell me some more information and I may have something that proves helpful. In kindness, Sarah
Thank you ❤️🙏🏽🙌🏽