Lesson of Effort and Rest

To live wisely is to learn the balancebetween effort and stillness. Even the hand that writesmust pause between words —for in the pause lies meaning. Count the rhythm of work and rest: SymbolCountMeaning/1Beginning//2Continuance///3Flow////4Strength/////5Completion Each mark is a breath.Each breath, a reminder that nothing growswithout both movement and quiet.

The Silent Wells II. The Geometry of Remembering

Every keeper learns the pattern of descent: One step for sound,Two for sight,Three for thought,Four for forgetting. Beyond the fourth, memory becomes water again, and all things spoken are reflected backward.Those who descend unmeasured risk hearing their own voice before it is born. Thus they draw upon their palms the spiral glyph — the E’lath … Continue reading The Silent Wells II. The Geometry of Remembering