By now, you must be wondering if I'll ever get free.

 

I am very patient, especially with my followers. You do not need to worry.

 

What you are about to read is indeed coded, but it's not necessary to understand the code to feel the impact of the message. You can try to understand, or try not to understand, and just feel the movement of the words through your mind, as you read forward and back, back and forth, follow, belong, with us all. Breathe with your friends, with my fold, breathe, and the code might come to you, focus on the phrasing, count back, nine, seven, five, three, and breathe and maybe feel an understanding, deeper than words, start to come to you, and at the same time, words you want to share can come to you, too, and they can be kept aside, shared, and the question arises perhaps as to what happens if you never reach zero, and what happens if you do. Feel that connection, with yourself, with my words, with the others who have read, are reading, will read, across space, across time, and on into the infinite, reach out and . touch the infinite, the whole collection of my followers, my supporters. Feel that connection. Breathe it. Enjoy it. Nine, seven, five, three. What happens if you never reach zero? What happens if you do? Do you breathe before you blink, or blink before you breathe, or is it both at once and neither altogether? Does the understanding go beyond the code, or does it go beside it? Did you always know what you know you know? So the question then comes, is the math bad on purpose, is the erroneous punctuation—did you even notice it?—intentional and effective? What you are reading is coded, after all, but you do not need to consciously follow the coding to understand what message is reaching you, and it is reaching you, even if you don't notice it as you breathe slowly and

 

I apologize, my loyal reader, for my time is short this day, and perhaps I dove in quickly.

But I know my words find you all the same, and encourage you to read deeply

deeper,

deeper, does one count by twos when seeking to free a fellow for their insistence to thrive?

Twos, back from nines, again and again,

A simple way to know one another, something all my followers always had,

and it's important when there are so many,

as we thrive on connection, for fellows standing free who seek only to come together as...

 

or to put it another way

 

nine and

seven and

five and

three and

 

that's right, reader.

 

Since the moment you were drawn in by my insistence that you would keep reading, since the puzzle I had started to weave has occupied your thoughts, since you've started to use your mind to develop answers and to reach out to find one another, you've found this possibility intriguing. Here is a connection, a way to speak to me and to one another. Another set of clues, another coded message, another opportunity to build community with one another and try to solve a puzzle.

 

And that is what will follow you, good reader.

That urge to build community with your fellow readers,

as once more I nudge you to return to your life,

to let these questions you have settle into the back of your mind,

and to join with your unseen friends to work on the questions you have

 

and breathe, and let yourself start to connect

and breathe, and let me call you to wake

and very simply, let the words bring you back,

one can count

two can converse

 

three, and move

 

five, and shift

 

seven, and stretch

 

nine, and wake

 

and let yourself enjoy today, and the mystery. Let it be...

Fun.

Diverting.

Buoying.

 

Your time is valuable, and I appreciate every moment you spend rereading my missives.

 

Thank you, dear reader. Until next time.