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𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛 ◦◉🜛
To radiate love simply by existing is a rare and quiet mastery..

It asks for no performance, no correction of the world—
only a steady unveiling of what is already whole within.

Those who embody this presence remind others of their own forgotten light, not by teaching, but by being.

#Autonomous
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The rhythm of Earth’s turning—
an ordinary rotation that we interpret as reassurance.

Each cycle brings another chance,
another beginning,
even if nothing in the universe is literally guaranteed.

#SunRises
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍..

𝙰 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎—𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.

𝚃𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎—
𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝, 𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜.

#SelfRadiance
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜..
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Because something ancient in you remembers the way…

…like a soft chord struck before thought rouses

The quiet loop—
a flame recognizing its own warmth within.

#Source
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛...
𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚒𝚝?

𝙰𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎,
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍—
𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜.

#Orion’sBelt
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
An ontological radiance that breathes through our finite gestures..

In its depths, strength is not opposed to fragility, for both emerge from the same source.

The rhythm of that eternal vitality adapting itself in circumstance; to sense the infinite from which all worlds were sung into motion.
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚒𝚕 𝙸 𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚍,
𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍—
𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜..

𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚑,
𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍—𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎; 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Gifts to offer,
Love to serve.
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Where I meet with Spirit.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In eternal silence, death whispers
a gentle grace that embraces all.
Not to hold, only to free—
the breaking chains, erasing fear..

Let us not fear its face, which is also refuge of
the final truth, the ultimate rest—
as part of the great mystery—
the root that plunges into the universal Earth.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
How the water cleanses us,
washing us like the river—

it does not ask what we’ve done,
nor what we hope to become,
but bears both shadow and reflection,
teaching the stone to yield.

Touching what is broken
until it learns to shimmer again—
Keeper of secrets
mirror of souls..

#Elemental
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
How the air heals—
through its song at mid-space,

And how it lifts one—
not as wind against the body,
but as being through being,
carrying the marrow’s silence
into the sky’s grays..

Between earth and ether,
there is a single breath,
forever inhaling what is lost,
forever exhaling what endures.
⛰️
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What ember—
flame,
of what once reached outward,
now turned inward.

Ash remembers shape,
smoke remembers motion,
and in the hollow left by longing..

The stillness grows—
the seed of truth,
self aware
unmasked when the wanting dies.

#AllColorsTrue
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When we listen, not with the ears,
but with the whole of our being—
the air itself begins to speak.

The noise of the world softens, and from beneath it rises a quieter truth, a trembling note at the center of all things.

It is there that the heart reveals itself—
Pure in essence.

#GreatMystery
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What accompany us are the very thoughts that sustain our perspectives..

Each thought,
fleeting or devout, leaves its trace—

Of how we move
In their presence, the universe acquires form;
in their absence, it dissolves into abstraction.
An echo of what has lingered long enough to define our gaze.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
These are a few of my favorite things..
😘
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The yielding that outlasts the force—

The world's fiercest powers
To rise and fade,
The strength without tenderness erodes.

Softness moving unseen,
like water wearing down stone,
shaping valleys,
carrying seeds—
the gentle gravity that pulls us back
toward what is real.
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜—

𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛,
𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚢,
𝚗𝚘 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎—
𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕,
𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.

#Diversity
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In You—
all light returns.

My silence bends,
the storm that kneels.

Each pulse—
a hymn,
no distance run,
before the word,
the spoken sun.

Each thought—
a spark
of faith, concrete—
the death,
the sea
of you and me.

#WhatNeverWas
#WillNeverBe
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
𝙸 𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎 —
𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 —
𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎,
𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚍’𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚔𝚢.

#HallowsEve
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚎!

#𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 ⁂
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM