🕊️ Just Breathe – Session 2: “The False Self Falls Away”

Welcome to Session 2 of our 12-part guided series inspired by Thomas Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation.

Today we reflect on identity and illusion, naming the masks we wear and gently letting them fall away to make room for our truest self.

Merton writes,

This poetic meditation is an invitation to release the names we’ve carried that are no longer ours, and return—breath by breath—to the deeper self that remains.

Come as you are.

No fixing. No striving.

Just breathe.

🧘‍♂️ Mode: Guided Reflection / Poetic Meditation

📖 Theme: Identity and Illusion

🎧 Best experienced with headphones and minimal distractions

⏱️ Timestamps

00:00 – Opening Bell & Welcome

00:22 – Breathwork and Settling

01:00 – Introduction to the False Self

01:43 – Naming the Masks We Wear

02:25 – Releasing Old Labels

03:28 – Spaciousness and Stillness

04:22 – Who Are You Without the Mask?

05:08 – Sacred Listening

05:50 – Benediction & Blessing

06:30 – Closing Bell

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💬 Let us know what name or mask you’re releasing in the comments below.

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“Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self.”