Between Breath and Reply

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Let the body speak first.
Do not ask it for meaning.

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Feel the rise.
Feel the fall.
Only that.

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When a thought reaches for the moment,
come back to what moves by itself.

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Inhale: a door opens.
Exhale: the room widens.

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If the mind rushes,
return to the hinge of breath.
Feel the inhale arrive.
Let the exhale soften the grip.

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Pause before the cup meets your lips.
Notice the hand.

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Pause in the doorway.
Sense the choice.

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Pause when your name is praised or pierced.
Feel the shift in the chest.

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Pause between message and reply.
Let the first wave pass.

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At the crest of the breath, rest.
In the hollow below, remain.

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You do not have to count.
You do not have to hold.
Honesty is enough.

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If forgetting happens, come back through breath.
If remembering happens, remain with breath.
Both steps use the same floor.

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Let attention stand beside what appears –
warmth or tightening –
without a story to feed it.

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From this ground, what needs you stays;
what doesn’t falls away on its own.

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When movement asks for action,
act after the pause;
it will land clean.

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