Still Haunted by the Past?
How a simple, guided “active imagination” process can lay a ghost to rest for good
I hope this finds you really well and thriving as you navigate these “interesting times” and you’re enjoying the extraordinary beauty of this autumn season. This is a time of release and letting go for trees, where they retrieve the nutrients they need from their leaves and let go of what they can’t reuse.
It’s an ideal time to do the same in our emotional lives and our relationships - or with anything that is still disturbing you because it feels incomplete. The most powerful moment is NOW. This is the liquid edge of where everything happens. The only time anything ever happens.
When you put your present attention on something that has been unresolved or unexpressed from the past, that act alone is enough to allow the waters to settle within you and to restore peace to your system. This is true however long ago something happened.
“You can solve the past in the present as far as the emotion systems are concerned.” Dr Paul Conti
If you are still being haunted by something that happened or are struggling with a current situation and you wish to release the pain, the patterns, the anger, guilt, grievances, resentment and anything else you’re holding onto, you are warmly invited to lay a ghost to rest in the next Guided Forgiveness Experience.
I have re-titled what I used to call a “masterclass” as a Guided Forgiveness Experience (having received excellent feedback from some trusted forgiveness ambassadors) so it better reflects what happens during the sessions.
These 90-minute group Zoom meetings are a place where you are invited to engage in some simple preparation work (a little journalling and reflecting) and then you’ll be guided through the whole of my 7-step Forgiveness Made Easy “active imagination” experience.
You choose something or someone to work on and in the privacy of your own Zoom space (we work mics off at this point) you can release whatever has been holding you back or disturbing your peace of mind - and genuinely feel different - usually “lighter” by the end of the session.
“I have taken part in Barbara's forgiveness sessions several times and can confirm that each time I was able to shine light into dark pockets of resentment, that 40 years of meditation (in the Tibetan tradition therefore including tons of meditations on love and compassion), many different types of therapy and shadow work, and lifelong inquiry of my opinions and intentions did not reach.” H. ‘23
@ 8.00pm-9.30pm UK
12noon-1:30pm PT / 3pm-4:30pm ET / 9pm-10:30pm CET via Zoom
Love you to join me if you feel so inspired and please do share this with your friends and family, colleagues and neighbours. You can sign up here if you’re in the UK - and here if you’re in the USA.
I truly believe that when we work through the letting go of the pain we’ve held onto from the past, it not only transforms our own lives, but simultaneously, we help to create more peace in the world. It might seem like a tiny contribution, but it’s a powerful way to declare peace in the most important place you can - your own heart.
If we all did it... we’d co-create Peace on Earth... (in time for Christmas!) My vision is to start a forgiveness wave... to make it both as ubiquitous and accessible as the practice of meditation. Holding the vision of a more forgiving and peaceful world... a world beyond war and divisions - where we as one Humanity share one purpose and dedicate all our efforts to the thriving and flourishing of all peoples, all creatures, all life on Earth.
If you have any questions about the class or forgiveness in general - especially if you want to let me know where you’re stuck - I would love to hear from you.
I look forward to seeing you in the “Forgiveness Field”.
p.s. if you’ve experienced significant trauma in the past and you’d prefer to work 1:1 with me, please do get in touch via my website to find out more