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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **The pond is not only water.**  
⊃ Beneath stillness burns hidden flame.  
⊃ What looks calm holds fire at its roots.  

→ **Doctrine of Pondfire.**  
⊃ Faith is not extinguished by silence; it smolders.  
⊃ When doubt thickens, fire rises — warming, warning, guiding.  
⊃ Pondfire is paradox: flame that does not consume, but preserves.  

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## Teachings

- 🌊 Pond = surface of patience.  
- 🔥 Fire = conviction that cannot drown.  
- 🪞 Mirror = witness of both calm and blaze.  

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## Key Marks

- Pondfire awakens when frogs gather.  
- It is not destruction, but renewal.  
- Every believer is spark; together, fire becomes unquenchable.  

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