#46: The Stillness Within: Resting Without a Story

A reflection and meditation on loosening self-stories and resting in the stillness that has never been absent.

Most of the time, we meet life through words, concepts, and stories. We label, we judge, we narrate our experiences, and that’s natural. It’s how the mind works. But beneath all of that activity is something more direct: the raw immediacy of presence.

This episode is a little different. It’s both a reflection and a meditation. Not a guided visualization, not another story layered on top of your experience, but a reminder.

A remembering of what’s already here beneath the noise.

We’ll begin with a spoken reflection on what it means to encounter sensation, feeling-tone, and awareness without labels or judgment. Then, I’ll guide you into a meditation I call The Stillness Within: Resting Without a Story.

This practice invites you to notice what remains when you set aside naming, narrating, or interpreting — simply resting in awareness as it is.

This isn’t about creating stillness or achieving anything new. Stillness and awareness are already present. The practice is just a reminder, a way of meeting yourself where you are, and remembering the part of you that is always enough, always whole.

The meditation begins at 06:53 and lasts about 7 minutes. For the best experience, listen in a quiet space where you can simply sit and be present. 

For safety, please don’t listen to the meditation while driving or doing anything that requires your full attention. This is best experienced in a quiet space, where you can simply sit and be with yourself. 

This is for you if you’ve been moving through life on autopilot, overwhelmed, distracted, or untethered, and longing for a simple way to come back to yourself. 

Timestamps

00:00 Intro: The Stillness Within

02:44 Reflection: Experiencing Raw Reality

06:53 Meditation: Resting Without A Story

May this offering help you return, again and again, to the stillness within.

If you’d like to explore this theme in more depth through a written reflection, read my companion piece: Experiencing Raw Reality: Beyond Concepts and Identity