Freedom From Jealousy

The moon gives your imagination a calm, faraway place to settle. You bounce in low gravity, listen to your breath inside your suit, and look back at a small, peaceful Earth. Relaxing your face, neck, back, arms and legs on the surface prepares you for the suggestions that follow.

From the hilltop you pick up a small rock and throw it. As Dr. Jones counts from ten to one, the rock rises, then drifts down toward the lunar surface. Each number is paired with a deeper wave of relaxation, so that when it lands at one you are fully at ease.

You are asked to see yourself as a large, powerful ship that stays stable whatever storms come and whatever other ships do. Because you stay steady and keep moving toward success, jealousy has no hold on you. You then watch jealousy bob in the water, sink, and settle on the ocean floor behind you.

On the beach you see the negative labels once used to describe you written in the sand, and you wipe them away with your foot. Then you take a hammer and chisel and carve positive words about yourself into a boulder, where they become permanent. It is a swap of old labels for ones you choose.

Several times Dr. Jones stops speaking and invites you to fill the quiet yourself. You think of a talent you haven't yet shared, congratulate yourself, let go of old stress, picture a familiar activity done calmly, and name three things that make you unique.

Near the end he points out how hard it is to recall what was said minutes ago, and invites you to stop trying. It lets your conscious mind rest. He then suggests that your subconscious keeps working while you sleep, and that each listen strengthens the suggestions.