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The Temple
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
On Stillness
Stillness is not passivity. It is attention without agenda.
Theme
Silence
The space where the real answer arrives.
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Writings in this theme
Midnight Note
On Quiet Rooms
A quiet room can be the loneliest place, or the most generous. Much of the difference is what you have decided the silence means. Let it mea...
Midnight Note
What Sleep Is Not
Sleep is not the enemy of your ambitions, and staying awake is not the same as working. Rest is how the work continues without you for a whi...
Reflection
The Work of Attention in a Distracted Age
Attention is the raw material of every meaningful thing: love, craft, thought, prayer. And it is precisely what the modern environment is en...
The Morning Oracle
The Quiet Part of Courage
Courage is loud on the battlefield and almost silent everywhere else. Most days it looks like staying, or apologising, or beginning again wi...
The Temple
Release
Putting down what was never yours to carry.
Midnight Note
Until Morning
Nothing more is required of you tonight. Put down the day. Put down the question. Until morning, you are allowed simply to rest.
The Morning Oracle
Before the World Wakes
The early hour belongs to no one, which is why it is the honest one. Whatever you think about before the noise begins is close to the truth...
Poetry