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why your brain does that/The index/The mechanism/043

you keep watching the flame

The mechanism. What is actually happening in there, one step at a time, in order.

In the queue4 spoken lines32 wordsThe mechanism
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it moves, but it asks nothing of you.

02so your attention finally has somewhere soft to rest.

03you're not zoning out. you're setting your mind down, slowly.

a moving thing that needs nothing back

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