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01Reality & Belief4 entries02Human Relations3 entries03The Writing Life1 entries04The Body: Lyra, Poses, Progressions, & Positions2 entries05Beauty & Material Life0 entries06Languages & Learning0 entries07Miscellany2 entries08Leaving John: 40 Days & 40 Nights6 entries
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2026-10-11 · observation · feeling 😌 Peaceful

Leaving John the Baptist (Day + Night 0)

I was entirely resurrected last night by Neville Goddard’s lecture titled “One Greater than John,” which I first read five years ago but has since taken on a new shade and, thus, a fresh meaning for me.

Reality & BeliefLeaving John: 40 Days & 40 Nights
2026-10-08 · fragment · feeling 😣 Restless

Everything is liquid

Reality & Belief
2026-10-08 · reflection · feeling 🥹 Tender

No. I’m not going to beat the character into submission to hold onto the assumption, I let her give up. And this is why…

It’s like the denseness of his situation eroded my ability to imagine well for him. No matter how much I wanted to. I was both seduced and consumed by the circumstance. I hated that I was so taken by it that, even though we’d become so close, I couldn’t imagine him free.

Reality & BeliefHuman Relations
2026-10-08 · fragment · feeling 😡 Pissed

Clean Redemption: One Last Thing

Testing

Reality & Belief