Self: Held By The One Who Stayed (Not Alone Series)

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In Internal Family Systems therapy, there is a concept called the Self. A core of innate wisdom, calm and compassion that exists in every person without exception.

It cannot be damaged or lost. It can only be obscured.

No matter what you have been through, no matter how many seasons of feeling lost or broken, this centre has been present through all of it. Witnessing. Not judging. Faithful in a way that asks nothing of you.

This meditation is a gentle invitation to sense that presence + remember that the most reliable source of connection you will ever find is already within you.

It has been there the whole time.

This is the 7th meditation in the Not Alone series.

Not Alone is a series of short meditations to help you notice and feel into the ways you are already deeply connected.

Music: Our Tribe Is Free by Music of Wisdom
Image Credit: Eberhard Grossgasteiger

Transcript

Settle in somewhere comfortable, In a way that lets your body feel genuinely supported. Take a breath that asks nothing of you, Just a real breath, And let yourself arrive here fully. If there are parts of you that have been working hard today, Holding things together, Let them know they can rest for a while. You don't need to hold anything right now. Beneath the noise of your day, Beneath the striving and the self-doubt and the weight of everything you carry, There is a centre in you that has been present through every season of your life. It was there before the world began to shape you, Before you learned to hide, Before you learned which parts of yourself were safe to show. It has been there through all of it. It has felt everything you have felt. The moments of joy, The times you have loved well, The moments you showed up with everything you had. And it has felt also the grief, The shame, The longing, And the times you felt lost. It has never judged you, Never lost faith in you, And it has never turned away from you. It does not fear what you have been through. Some people call this the soul or the true self. Some simply know it as the place in you that knows. Whatever you call it, It is there, Steady beneath every version of you that has come and gone. Faithful through everything that has hurt. Allow yourself to sense it now. Not to search for it, But simply to be still enough for it to make itself known. A quality of quiet beneath the noise. A presence that has been patiently waiting for you to come home to it. You are not alone. You are deeply connected. Right now, You are held by a wisdom within you that has witnessed everything and has never once abandoned you. Rest here in this steady presence for as long as you need. And when you're ready, Return to your day. Knowing this wisdom is with you in every moment you choose to remember it.