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I am calm. I am self-reliant. I cannot be perturbed by the world, no matter how powerful the disturbance. I am as emptiness.<\/p>\n

I am a thunderstorm. I am torrential downpour. I am flash floods. I am merciless lightning strikes.<\/p>\n

Paranoia would have been better than this guessing. A promise was made.<\/p>\n

I know that it’s the nature of the universe to change. I know that it’s the nature of calm and understanding to be fleeting. This pendulum shit is ridiculous.<\/p>\n

I need to wrest hold of the pendulum and let go of it completely at the same time. How’s that for a Zen Koan?<\/p>\n

Release is good. Need communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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