Day 0: A Beautiful Illusion

Part 2 of 2 (Remembering)

In Part 1 of Day 0, I shared the outer arc of my arrival: the logistics, the nerves, the beginning of stillness. But something else began to unfold not long after.

This second installment of Day 0 captures a deeper moment. One of those rare instances where insight doesn’t arrive as a thought, but as a feeling. A glimpse of something that reshapes how I saw the world, even if only for a moment.

This was the first real crack in the surface.

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Day 0: Knowing Oneness; Sensing Separateness

(Remembering, Continued)

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What a Beautiful Illusion

The gentle light of afternoon had softened into something more diffuse, the air cool but not cold. I walked up the hillside path, past the creek, following the sound of its murmuring.

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