And now we'll kind of reinforce the imaginal parent,
Generically.
So,
Okay,
Go ahead and float back to childhood,
Imagining yourself around the age of five or younger.
And now create these perfect nurturers or perfect imaginal parents.
And then have them come to you.
Now notice the first thing is that you feel so safe and secure,
So able to settle.
Particularly,
Particularly,
Notice the intentional stance of the parents.
What is their intention towards you?
It's delight.
That's how they view you.
Delight and a desire to care for you.
See that clearly now.
And now notice how there's this attentiveness.
They really get what's going on for you.
They're very interested and curious about you.
They also want to know your mental states.
And it's also so clear that they're responsive to what's happening for you right now.
So,
So,
And now briefly just for a moment,
Bring up some sort of upset,
Some sort of suffering.
And now see how they respond.
This is compassion.
They see your suffering.
They understand it.
They attune to you and they move to console you in such a way to help you move through it.
That's right.
Really take that in.
You really get it.
And now we're going to work on experiencing sympathetic joy from the parents.
So bring up a quality of yours that you're proud of.
Something good about yourself.
And then have them see that.
Oh,
What a joy.
They see your good qualities and that just makes them smile so broadly.
Really take that in.
So,
That's right.
Keep going.
And now move on to an exploration and they're going to keep conveying sympathetic joy around your explorations in play.
These explorations in play can be childlike or adultlike,
But regardless you're a child and the mismatch doesn't matter.
What a joy you are.
And now see that clearly.
Good.
And now we're going to work on equanimous love or unconditional love.
So now bring up some part of yourself that you think is especially off-putting or some way that you behave or something that you feel is kind of bad about yourself.
Now have these imaginal parents see that.
They totally get it.
They totally see what this is and their response is totally,
Totally,
Total unconditional love.
And there's this quality of complete openness,
Expansiveness,
And receptivity.
It's like,
Oh yeah,
Of course there's this thing about you and that doesn't have any impact on how much they love you.
Really take that in.
That's right.
Okay.
Okay,
Good.
Now bring that to a close.
