THE ABIDING

Presence remains

^{_{This transition emerges from the Reclaim phase.}}

^{The Abiding begins when nothing rises to replace what has released.}

^{Effort has stepped aside.}
^{Neutrality holds.}

^{What remains does not need to justify itself.}
^{It stays because it is sufficient.}

^{This is not waiting.}
^{It is not suspension.}

^{It is the condition in which presence no longer negotiates its right to remain.}

^{The system stands without strain,}
^{untouched by urgency or absence.}

^{In The Abiding, energy stabilizes.}

^{Circulation neither expands nor contracts.}
^{It holds its place.}

^{Nothing reaches outward.}
^{Nothing withdraws further.}

^{Energy settles into a steady field}
^{that does not require direction.}

^{The system does not prepare for movement.}
^{It sustains itself as it is.}

^{The Abiding is held by constancy.}

^{Presence does not assert itself.}
^{It does not recede.}

^{The system recognizes}
^{that remaining is no longer effortful.}

^{What is true does not need reinforcement.}
^{What is complete does not require motion.}

^{Stability is not maintained.}
^{It simply persists.}

^{In The Abiding, the body stays.}

^{Posture holds without correction.}
^{Breath moves without regulation.}

^{There is no pull toward action}
^{and no drift toward collapse.}

^{The body senses continuity}
^{without needing to engage it.}

^{Stillness does not feel temporary.}
^{It feels inhabitable.}

^{Integration in The Abiding is residence.}

^{Presence remains intact}
^{without guarding or vigilance.}

^{Nothing signals the need to move on.}
^{Nothing signals return.}

^{The Abiding completes}
^{when remaining no longer feels like a pause}
^{and becomes the ground itself.}

^{What follows will not interrupt this.}
^{It will emerge from it.}