Part IV — The Practice

Stay

The first movement. Staying is not delay: it is remaining in a situation long enough for it to show what it actually is, while resisting the relief of a premature answer.

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The question it turns on

What would become visible if you did not move yet?

Concepts in this chapter

  • Stay
  • Restraint
  • Premature closure
  • Presence

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Where the argument is contested

Staying is indistinguishable from paralysis to anyone watching from outside. The movement includes making the choice legible to others.

To sit with

  • Where are you being asked for certainty you do not have?
  • What is the cost of waiting one more day — and the cost of not?

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