Lexicon of Reflections

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This is not a dictionary.
It is a silent path through scattered thoughts,
intuitive fragments,
echoes from the self to the self.

Each entry is a moment,
a shift,
a mirror.

To doubt is to respect the unknown in oneself.
To watch is to give the unconscious a seat.
To flee is to confuse instinct with refusal.
To speak is to put light where there is delay.
To stay silent is to resist exhibition.

To disappear is not to erase, it is to let another layer speak.
To think is not to invent, but to get.

To forgive is not to excuse, it is to protect oneself from corrosion.
To remember is to get a message again.
To project is to betray the soul of the current.
To resist is not to oppose, but to preserve the Self.
To accept is not to yield, it is to breathe.
To cry is to bless a failure.
To blame is to stop the movement of the Self.

To want to help is not always to help.
To defend is to attack on the ego’s behalf.
To judge is to hope for a reflection.
To say nothing is not to agree.
To do one’s best is not to want to be good.
To displease is not to provoke.
To seduce is not to love.
To wish is not to love.

To serve is not to yield.
To obey is not to respect.
To flatter is not to communicate.
To talk a lot is not to tell the truth.
To want to understand is not to understand.
To forgive does not make you better than the other.
To put yourself in the other’s shoes is not always an act of empathy.
To understand is not to justify.

To understand is not to merge.
To cry is not to collapse.
To love is not to save.
To touch is not to take.
To speak is not to explain.
To explain is not to convince.
To convince is not to dominate.
To accept is not to say yes.

To wait is not to depend.
To respect is not to disappear.
To disappear is not to vanish.
To vanish is not to surrender.
To surrender is not to give up.
To give up is not to lose.
To lose is not to fail.

To understand is not to merge.
To cry is not to collapse.
To love is not to save.
To touch is not to take.
To speak is not to explain.
To explain is not to convince.
To convince is not to dominate.
To accept is not to say yes.

To wait is not to depend.
To respect is not to disappear.
To disappear is not to vanish.
To vanish is not to surrender.
To surrender is not to give up.
To give up is not to lose.
To lose is not to fail.

The Corpus

To carry is not to contain.
To contain is not to control.
To control is not to nourish.
To nourish is not to weigh down.
To rest is not to disappear.
To polish is not to erase.
To polish is to reveal the light.

Goldsmith

To work small is not to think small.
To shape is not to decorate.
To listen is not to judge.
To wait is not to hesitate.
To craft is not to finish.
To finish is not to close.
To reveal is to start again.

Nine of Spades

To fall is not to lose.
To cut is not to wound.
To vanish is to reveal.
The Nine of Spades is not punishment.
It is lucidity reborn.

Escape Coat

To wear is not to keep.
To lose is not to fail.
To let go is to own.
The coat of escape is not absence.
It is freedom disguised.

The Last Three Who Vanished

To laugh is not to stay.
To block is not to silence.
To disappear is to teach.
The last three are not betrayal.
They are mirrors left behind.