1/5 The Preparation

Every session begins long before it begins.It starts in the quiet movement that draws you inward, in the subtle knowing that something in you has already said yes.

Preparation is not about doing. It is about clearing the space where what is real can reveal itself.It begins when the noise softens — not outside, but inside — when what you thought was “you” begins to loosen its hold, like mist fading under the first breath of dawn.

The body knows before the mind does.It senses the coming of the Fire. It begins to slow down, to listen, to settle into the rhythm of something older than time.There is no technique. Only attention, honest and bare.

You may feel fear, resistance, longing — all of these are signs of life returning to its source. Do not fight them. Watch them dissolve.This is how the Work opens: not through effort, but through surrender.

When you sit before the altar — whether it is a simple cushion, the forest floor, or the breath itself — you are already inside the rite.Nothing is missing. Nothing needs to be added.The session does not start when the substance enters, but when you no longer stand between yourself and what is true.

The preparation ends when you no longer know what it means to be prepared.Then the threshold stands open,and what you are begins to remember itself.