Transmission 167: Simple choices

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When you feel on the edge of chaos,
when a downward spiral feels
just one bad thought away,

this is not the moment
for dramatic change.

Big moves come later.

Right now, the work is smaller.

Chaos rarely arrives all at once.
It creeps in.
Through too many choices.
Through the urge to fix everything.
Through tightening your grip
on outcomes you cannot control.

So adjust early.

Make one small correction.
Not the perfect one.
Just the next reasonable one.

Then simplify.

Fewer decisions.
Less noise.
One clear action
instead of ten imagined ones.

And release the need
to control how it all turns out.

Control creates tension.
Tension creates cracks.

Effort still matters.
Direction still matters.
But outcomes do not need your hands
wrapped around them.

Small corrections.
Simple choices.
Less control.

That is how stability returns
before chaos takes over.

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Dimmer switches.

Earth once decided
that lights should not be either
interrogation room
or
existential cave.

Wouldn’t it be nice
if humans came with dimmer switches too?

Just a small dial for emotions.

A gentle slider to slow down the hamster wheel of thoughts
running full blast through the brain.

Too anxious?
Dial it down a notch.

Feeling negative?
Add a little brightness.

Low energy?
No need to shut the system down.
Just adjust.

Most human moments
don’t require extremes.
They require regulation.

The technology does not exist yet.
But the idea does.

Small adjustments.
Less intensity.
Same room.

And you’re the one in control.

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Float well, Earthling.
NeilA

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