The Stranger Who Brought Silence
Stillness Sharpening Awareness
A visitor entered a bustling marketplace and instantly, conversations softened. Not because he asked — but because he radiated a silence so pure that noise bowed before it. People began hearing things they’d ignored for years: their own heartbeat, their own breath, their own truth. When he left, the marketplace resumed its chaos, but those who met him kept a pocket of silence inside them as a reminder of their inner world.
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