Today, you are invited to step out of all definitions, all roles, all attempts to become someone or something. This is not a day for self-improvement. It is a day to rest in the most simple, overlooked truth of all—that you exist. Before any story, before any label, there is just this silent, undeniable fact: I Am. Not “I am this” or “I am that,” but the presence of being itself.
Let this week be a return to that unchanging ground. You are not the thoughts that rise and fall. You are not your emotions, your past, your hopes, or your identity. You are the consciousness in which all of that appears and disappears. Let this day be a sacred retreat into the I Am
Benefits of the Challenge
- Inner Stillness
By resting in pure being, the mind no longer needs to chase thoughts or avoid emotions. A natural calm arises. - Freedom from Identity
When you rest in I Am without attaching roles, stories, or expectations, you experience the freedom of not having to be anything at all. - Emotional Clarity
Emotions are no longer resisted or exaggerated. They come and go within the space of awareness, without pulling you into identification or drama. - Deeper Self-Compassion
In the quiet of being, harsh self-judgment loses its grip. You start meeting yourself not as a critic, but as a presence itself—gentle, spacious, kind. - Reconnection with What’s Always Here
Beneath all change, you begin to feel the unchanging sense of existence. That simple I Am becomes a doorway to something vast and silent within. - A Break from Becoming
For one day, you stop trying to get anywhere. In that pause, you discover that what you were seeking has never been elsewhere.
Structure of the Practice
- Duration: 7 days
- Frequency: 3 sittings per day (morning, mid-day, evening)
Length: Each sitting is a minimum of 10 minutes - Total: 21 sittings over the course of the week
Choose times where you are undistracted and can sit in silence. As this is a deeper practice, it is recommended to do this when you are not engaged and can have 10 minutes to yourself.
Preparation Before Each Sitting
Begin by finding a quiet space where you can sit undisturbed. Let the body settle into stillness. There is no posture to perfect—only a willingness to be here. As you sit, close your eyes gently. Let your breath slow down. Feel the body resting on the earth. Exhale fully. Allow the noise of the day to fall away. You are not here to manage or fix anything. Whisper inwardly, I release the story. I just am.
The Practice: Resting in I Am
Step 1: Recognise That You Are
Let the practice begin by simply recognising that you are. You don’t need to affirm it with words or explain it with thoughts. Just rest in the silent fact of being. You are here. That is enough. Everything else—sensations, thoughts, emotions—will continue to rise and fall, but something in you remains constant. Feel into that quiet presence, the one that doesn’t change when the content does.
Step 2: Let All Appear Within You
Remind yourself that you have been working through life to the best you can, given the situation you are in. You have carried enough. For these ten minutes, there is nothing more to figure out, no part of yourself left to fix or perfect. You are not required to be better, wiser, or calmer than you are at this moment. You do not need to arrive anywhere.Just a quiet invitation to rest in the I am
Anchor Phrases
These are not mantras to repeat mechanically. They are reminders and soft whispers to bring you back. Use them when you drift or forget.
- I have done all I could to the best of my ability. Now I can simply rest for these 10 minutes in the I Am
- I don’t have to arrive anywhere. Instead I will just be
- I will just gently surrender to the presence.
Completion of Each Sitting
As the 10 minutes end (or longer if you wish), don’t rush out. Let the stillness linger. Let the transition be slow. Open your eyes gently. Let the world return without leaving the presence.
Collective Movement
As a group, we create a field of presence. When you do a sitting, others are inspired to do the same. Please share your reflections, challenges, and experiences in the group:
- 🌿 If you have accepted the challenge
- ✅ If you completed a sitting
Let your practice encourage someone else to pause
13 Responses
The idea of immersing in ‘I am feels like a flight towards inward peace.
Sometimes resting in just “I am” feels like stepping out of a storm into absolute quiet, no matter how much noise is spinning in the head. There’s a subtle relief hidden in not chasing after stories, like taking off a tight shoe after walking miles. I don’t always find it easy. Actually, most days everything in me wants to keep reaching, fidgeting, thinking. But there’s something gentle that arrives when I stop searching, almost like a memory from childhood where just existing was enough and the world hadn’t gotten so heavy with roles. That’s rare, but that moment lingers, even while struggle returns again and again.
It’s weird, just remembering my first meditation retreat… there was this constant effort to find the “right” silence, the proper stillness, as if I was separate from it and needed to reach it by trying. Over time it hit me, the being itself, what these words call I am, isn’t something to locate at the end of concentration or effort. It’s felt not as some grand revelation but in those moments when struggling drops away and there’s just the quiet simple sense of aliveness, before thought names it. Oddly humbling, how close it sits—always overlooked. I still slide back into my old habits of searching and missing what’s right here. There’s a comfort too, in knowing the resting’s possible, available even when the mind insists otherwise.
It keeps surprising me how often the mind craves something grand, some clear outcome, while the simple invitation to rest as “I Am” gets ignored. Almost like I’m standing on my own doorstep, knocking to enter, forgetting I’m already home. I can still remember sitting in silence, the ache for answers stronger than the trust in this simplicity. Even now, there’s a tug-of-war inside, wanting to dissolve fully into just being, but then habits and stories sneak back in. There’s a kind of relief, though, every time I notice the ever-present quietness breathing through all my confusion. Maybe it’s not about trying to become anything after all—just this mysterious beingness touching everything, gently asking me to relax for one moment, and then maybe another.
I remember as a child, everything felt obvious and wordless, not wrapped in stories or striving. There’s such a subtle ache when I look for something more or try to build up an image of myself and it only makes the silence heavier. Resting in just being, I almost want to cry because there’s relief there right in the heart, but my mind keeps wandering back to old noise and expectation. Still, again and again, I notice this quiet alive presence underneath. Not perfect, not dramatic, just quietly waiting for my return.
Stillness can feel so unfamiliar. I remember walking by the lake at dusk, trying to just let things be instead of chasing another idea of myself. Oddly, there was a gentle relief in not trying. “I am,” without adding anything, has a real quiet power. Curious to see where it leads next time I feel restless.
There’s something oddly peaceful about simply resting in the “I Am.” I sometimes find that early morning quiet helps me notice that presence underneath all the thought-noise. It felt like the world opened up in that silent awareness. That gentle sense of existence is easy to forget, but it has a kind of quiet joy all its own.
Stillness isn’t easy for me, though I wish it was! There’s a gentle safety in just being, but my busy mind keeps darting off. This challenge reminded me of quiet mornings on my porch, wrapped in a blanket, listening for nothing in particular. Sometimes I catch a moment when everything stops and peace slips in. I hope to remember that more often.
On the third day exercise I noticed something odd: when I repeated “I Am” softly, my mind kept offering new labels.
I noticed how my mind kept trying to add noise or make meaning, but if I stayed longer, there was this quiet presence that didn’t need any meaning. It reminded me of standing in an empty field at night where the sky feels huge, just a steady awareness that is simple
The exercise feels less like a practice and more like remembering something I forgot a long time ago. There’s a relief in noticing you don’t have to perform or prove anything, that simply being is already enough.
I sat in silence three times today and felt real calm. No need to chase thoughts. Just rest in being and watch them fade.
I sat three times today. I felt my mind quiet. I Am is all I need. No roles. No labels. Pure presence.