#nonduality — Public Fediverse posts

THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK

When harm appears, it should be named.

Sometimes a door must close.

Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.

Sometimes, consequences are necessary.

Forgiveness does not deny what happened.

It does not call harm love.

But condemnation is not clarity.

And worship is not love.

The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.

The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.

One is not a monster.

The other is not an idol.

The halo and the horns are both projections.

Harm can be stopped without hatred.

Goodness can be honoured without worship.

No one needs to be made more or less than human.

Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.

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THE END OF SOMEWHERE ELSE

There are lives built around striving, escape, improvement, and the hope that somewhere else will finally feel right.

And there are lives in which very little is required.

The work is simple.

Breathe.

Write.

Care for the house.

Care for the people and creatures who share it.

Let other adults live their own lives.

Keep warm in winter.

Pay attention to what is already enough.

“I need do nothing” does not mean neglect.

It means life no longer has to be forced.

Things are cared for.

Responsibilities are shared.

No one needs rescuing.

No future needs arranging.

And home is not a place to escape from.

It is the place where escape is no longer necessary.

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REMEMBERING REALITY

The mind comments on everything.

It names, judges, explains, defends, and turns each moment into a story.

The story keeps changing.

One moment fear.

The next certainty.

Then blame, hope, memory, or anticipation.

“NO COMMENT” ends that movement.

It does not argue with the mind.

It simply stops feeding it.

And when the shifting commentary is no longer covering everything up, what remains is:

REALITY.

Not created.

Not discovered.

REMEMBERED.

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A QUIET LIFE WITH TEETH

The creatures are changing.

Billy is pure Maltese, white as a little cloud, and has always been Pete’s dog.

Period.

He never came to me, and I accepted that. Some dogs choose one human, and that is that.

But nowadays, in the mornings, while I am doing my breathwork, he comes over for a back rub.

I can do both.

Breathe the universe in.

Rub the small creature’s back.

Billy does not mind sharing. He is well-adjusted.

Phryne, however, has to get everything Billy gets.

She is a Poodle cross with Maltese, also pure white and fluffy, and a rescue. We do not really know her past in any detail.

She is skittish, easily startled, and just as likely to nip me if I get the sacred back-rub technique wrong.

When Pete coughs or sneezes, she is terrified and jumps straight up on me, no matter what I am doing.

I never mind.

I am always up for a cuddle.

Maybe this is what a quiet life teaches.

Not how to be impressive.

Just how to be available when a small, frightened creature needs warmth.

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FULL-HOUSE #EXORCISM

Sunday cleaning is underway.

I have done the bathrooms and the kitchen, which means I have faced the main #demons directly.

Soap #scum

#Toothpaste #fossils.

#Kitchen crumbs.

#Coffee rings.

The mysterious sticky patch that no one admits creating.

Now Pete is doing the floors.

First the #vacuum.

Then the #steamer.

The steamer hisses like a serpent, so now it sounds as though Pete is chasing #Satan down the hallway with a #domestic appliance.

I am sitting here with coffee, looking #innocent, while the house undergoes #spiritual pressure-washing.

By the end of this, the #floorboards will have confessed, the grout will be forgiven, and whatever was living behind the #toaster will have packed a small bag and left quietly.

Not bad for a #Sunday morning.

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