A Return to the Self
Opening Prayer
Beloved Presence,
You who are not separate from me,
You who dwell in the quiet center of all things—
Let me remember You now.
Let every breath bring me home to what never left.
May this moment be a doorway into the stillness
where only Truth remains.
Tathasthu – So be it.
Guided Meditation
Gently close your eyes.
Allow the body to settle.
Let your breath find its natural rhythm.
There is nothing to do.
Nothing to fix.
Nothing to become.
Simply notice.
Notice the breath—
not to control it, but to feel its presence
like a quiet tide rising and falling within you.
Feel the space around the breath.
The stillness between each inhale and exhale.
The pause that holds everything.
Let the mind be soft.
Thoughts may come. Let them.
They are clouds passing across the sky of your awareness.
You are not the thoughts—you are the sky.
Now, rest in what is here without effort.
No reaching.
No resisting.
Only this.
This still presence,
this sacred awareness,
this gentle unfolding
that needs no name.
And in this stillness,
if it arises, let the sense of “I” dissolve.
Not gone—just transparent.
Just a wave remembering it is the ocean.
Let there be only this: Silence.
Peace.
Being.
Remain here as long as you feel called.
Closing Affirmation of Truth
I am as I was created—
Whole,
Free,
Timeless.
In stillness, I remember:
There is only Love.
There is only the Self.
There is only God.
Tathasthu – So be it.