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rest in yourself

The quiet that moves

You think you need silence. A comfortable seat. A closed door. An hour no one will take from you.

The no

The pain arrives first. Then, before you have finished feeling it, the no.

The long ache

You keep checking to see if you have arrived. You haven’t noticed that the checking is the only road left.

Wanting to want nothing

The desire to want nothing wears the same shoes as the desire that started it.

The doorway in the ordinary

You spent years reaching for something magnificent. The dog was at your feet the whole time.

Wanting from fullness

You were told the goal was to stop wanting. The people who actually got there are not as warm as you'd hoped.

The emptiness that holds everything

You spent your life trying to be the coffee. The cup was the part that was always you.

The break is not coming

You kept swimming because the shore was just up ahead. Look closer at what you've been swimming toward.

When the mind stops running

You thought you were lost, but the place you were in just couldn't be reached by thinking.

When does an open mind become a closed one

You think the open mind keeps you free. Watch what happens the moment someone questions what you believe.

The gap that opens when you reach

The ache wasn't from not getting it, it started the moment your hand began to move.

Mistaking the noise for me

The thoughts haven't slowed, what changed is who I think I am inside them.

The headless field

Point at your hand and you see your hand. Point at your face and the finger arrives at the room.

What if the answer isn’t coming

You stayed up running the numbers, certain that one more pass would settle it. Some questions were never built to settle.

The resistance hidden in the question

Sometimes the question isn't looking for an answer, it's the shape avoidance takes when it learns to sound like searching.

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