Whole Beside the Broken Mask

Let the day end without turning its wounds into identity

Whole Beside the Broken Mask

An evening meditation for setting down the shame the day handed you — without pretending it didn't happen. A reckoning is not a trial. Here you look honestly at the day's wounds and missteps, and then decline to turn them into identity. What went wrong can be seen, felt, and released; it does not have to be carried into sleep or into tomorrow. Let the day end. Let the mechanism of shame quiet. Return to what in you was never actually broken. A gentle practice to close the day clean.

Awaken Beyond Limits — reflections and practices for seeing clearly and returning to what remains whole. Read more at blog.awakenbeyondlimits.com.