The Life of Love: An Invitation
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Guided visualisation – Reflection 48: Six brief invitations to experiment with Christian meditation
The text for these invitations was drawn from Reflection 48: Meditation and mindfulness, in the book, The Life of Love: An Invitation – Fifty-two Reflections on Emotional and Spiritual Healing, by Sharon Southwell. Many thanks to Borrtex for the theme mus
Guided visualisation – Reflection 29: A visualisation on peacemaking
This is a visualization meditation on peacemaking. The text for this visualization was drawn from Reflection 29: Blessed are the peacemakers, The Life of Love: An Invitation – Fifty-two Reflections on Emotional and Spiritual Healing, by Sharon Southwell.
Guided visualisation – Reflection 28: A visualisation for reconciliation or making things right
This is a guided visualization for living into the idea of reconciliation imaginatively. The text for this visualization was drawn from Reflection 28: First be reconciled, in the book, The Life of Love: An Invitation – Fifty-two Reflections on Emotional a
Guided visualisation – Reflection 27: Forgiveness
This is a guided visualisation, living into the idea of forgiving someone. The text for this visualisation was drawn from Reflection 27: As we forgive those who trespass against us, in the book, The Life of Love: An Invitation – Fifty-two Reflections on E
Guided visualisation – Reflection 24: Being a light in the world
This is an invitation to engage imaginatively with being a light in the world. Listeners from traditions with prayer or who are open to trying prayer may wish to use it in that way. The text for this visualization was drawn from Reflection 24: Do we accep
Guided visualisation – Reflection 17: No one is an island
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were. …
Guided visualisation – Reflection 14: A visualisation for self-forgiveness
Sometimes the first step on a healing journey involves us imagining what it might be like to forgive ourselves. This guided visualisation enables listeners to live into the idea of self-forgiveness. The text for this visualisation was drawn from Reflectio
Guided visualisation – Reflection 11: Holding your inner child
This guided visualization involves hearing, supporting and holding the inner child part of you that developed and still responds from early attachment patterns. This exercise involves recalling a sense of yourself when you were small and hurt or scared. I
Guided visualisation – Reflection 9: Welcoming neglected or forbidden emotions
What emotions were neglected or forbidden in your family of origin? If you have a pen and paper handy, you might list those that come to mind immediately. It is likely that others will suggest themselves to you over the next few days or weeks. Reflecting
Guided visualisation – Reflection 8: Fear, love and light
Here is a brief guided visualization for bringing fears into the light of love. The text for this visualisation was drawn from Reflection 8: Fear, love and light, in the book, The Life of Love: An Invitation – Fifty-two Reflections on Emotional and Spirit