Where The True Self Waits

Step into a gentle journey back to yourself, where the quiet spaces within are waiting to be noticed. This meditation invites you to honor both the self you were in your youth and the self you became to fit in, allowing a soft mourning for what was lost. Through flowing imagery and reflective pauses, you will release old patterns, expectations, and masks that no longer serve you. Here, you are invited to rest in your true presence, embracing the steady, patient essence that has always been yours. Allow yourself to return fully, gently, and without judgment to the self who has quietly waited all along.

Transcript

Okay,

Settle in.

Settle in.

Let your body be still.

And let the noise drift just far enough away that you can hear what's underneath it.

If it feels right,

Close your eyes.

Let yourself breathe,

Not deeper,

Not slower,

Just how you are,

Just how it is.

There's something simple we often forget.

That every breath you take is shared.

Right now,

You're breathing in what someone else let go.

Maybe it's the person in the room beside you.

Maybe a tree three streets over.

Or maybe even a stranger that you'll never meet.

You breathe in and someone else breathes out.

You breathe out and it becomes someone else's inhale.

A rhythm.

Passed along.

A quiet weaving.

The trees are making the air you take in.

And in return,

You give them what they need.

This is not a metaphor.

This is not magic.

It is just how it works.

You are a part of the exchange.

You are in the pattern.

Now bring your attention to your skin.

It may seem like a boundary.

But it's porous.

It's listening.

You are constantly in conversation with the air.

With the temperature.

With the invisible life all around you.

The space around your body is not empty.

It is filled with signals.

It is filled with movement.

Energy.

Story.

Connection.

When you speak,

Your voice enters someone else's body.

When you touch something,

You leave fingerprints behind.

Even your silence changes the room you're in.

You do not end where your body ends.

You are carried.

You are felt.

You are needed.

You are absorbed.

Now think of all the hands that have touched what you use every day.

The water that passed through rivers and clouds and pipes before it ever touched your lips.

The food that was touched by sun,

Soil,

And unseen labor to arrive on your plate.

You are supported by so many lives you'll never see.

And in return,

You are holding up others without knowing it.

There's no way to be separate from it,

From this,

The whole living system.

The breath and exchange and interdependence of it all.

You are in the weave.

You are the weave.

Just rest in the knowing that even here in stillness,

You are a part of it.

You are contributing.

You are connected.

You are needed.

And you are loved.

Breathe in,

Breathe out,

And know somewhere,

Someone else is doing the same.

Now when you're ready,

You can begin to move again.

Your fingers,

Your toes,

And slowly open your eyes.

Nothing has changed.

And yet everything has,

Because now,

You remember.

You are never separate from the world.

You are the world.

Namaste.

Reviews

Thank you wonderful reminder we are all connected intertwined