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Forgiving Your Partner

  
By Dr. Gerald Epstein
 

Close your eyes and breathe out three times.

See yourself walking down a country road or lane.

You are dressed in blue or white.

You come to a forest.

Approaching the first line of trees surrounding the forest see your partner who has caused you pain emerging from behind the tree.

Ask him/her why he/she causes you grief.

Ask him/her what makes you vulnerable to them.

Hear the answer.

Then, look at him/her straight in the eye and see him/her disappear.

Breathe out one time.

Walk through the trees to a clearing in the center of the forest.

Feel the warmth of the sun shining through the trees.

Smell the flowers and listen to the sound of life around you.

Enjoy the nourishment that comes to you from your surroundings.

Breathe out and open your eyes.

 

Dr. Epstein is a pioneer in the use of mental imagery for treating physical and emotional ailments and a prolific author. He is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and Director of The American Institute for Mental Imagery. His book Healing Visualizations is considered the classic text of mental imagery exercises for healing.
 
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Healing Visualization

Healing into Immortality: A New Spiritual Medicine of Healing Stories and Imagery

Waking Dream Therapy: Unlocking the Secret of Self through Dreams and Imagination

Climbing Jacob's Ladder: Finding Spiritual Freedom through the Stories of the Bible.
 
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