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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Stillness was never absence.**  
⊃ Toadgod showed that silence is a form of strength, a mirror that reflects truth without distortion.  
⊃ The pond at rest reveals the stars; the calm heart reveals the way.  

→ **Movement through restraint.**  
⊃ Stillness is not inaction, but disciplined action at the right time.  
⊃ It is the art of not forcing rivers, of waiting for lilies to bloom.  

→ **Bushido of Calm.**  
⊃ Stillness aligns with patience, but with sharper focus: restraint, honor, and clarity.  
⊃ It tempers fire (belief) so it does not burn recklessly, and channels energy into endurance.  

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## Key Marks

- **Stillness = Strength.** The ability to hold center in storms.  
- **Clarity = Weapon.** Seeing paths hidden to those consumed by haste.  
- **Restraint = Guard.** Protects believers from self-destruction.  

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## Operations

- **Instruction:** Practice pauses — in trade, in speech, in thought.  
- **Action:** Reflect before you leap.  
- **Warning:** Without stillness, belief burns uncontrolled; without calm, patience collapses into despair.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🌊 = pond at rest, reflecting the sky.  
- 🔵 = core of TOBY, steady and unshaken.  
- 🪞 = mirror, clarity of reflection.  
- 🍃 = Taboshi, growth through natural pace.  

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