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Welcome to Hooper Frequency.
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It's a beautiful time of day, isn't it?
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So glad that you could join us.
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Sit down, relax, and enjoy.
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Developing your mindfulness practice by David Stevens.
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Dear Pilgrim.
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Hello.
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We are so glad that you chose our little pamphlet.
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Thank you for trusting us enough to connect.
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T Recall a blessed moment from childhood.
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T You pause in a dappled glade.
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Insects drone.
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The machine noise that underlies everything.
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T Butterflies dance from flower to flower.
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T beautiful.
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Mindless.
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Then a special visitor emerges.
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A timid kangaroo, deciding all was safe.
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Hopped from shelter to nibble fresh grass shoots.
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You were in the moment.
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Totally absorbed.
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You were mindful.
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One.
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Choose your location carefully.
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Your pretty patio.
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The camellia you planted.
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The rose from your mother's collection.
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Your familiar birds.
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Lizards.
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Snakes, spiders, and scorpions.
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No no no no.
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Eventually a ball shall fly over your fence.
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T children will follow an intruding dog.
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When they fail to emerge, there shall be a ruckus.
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Parents, police, search parties.
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Would you have them interrupt your meditation?
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Find a lonely place.
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Two a little is a lot.
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Start slowly.
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A few minutes at a time is best for beginners.
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Some react badly to this advice, noting the trouble it takes to go to a lonely place.
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Three start in spring.
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The void shall open, and all will face the great darkness.
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Until then, why make things difficult?
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Settle into your new practice in the warmer months.
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T but start this spring.
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Not next.
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Some know not the date nor the hour.
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Some do.
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Take a hint.
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Four.
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Prepare.
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Eventually you shall have no need of earthly sustenance.
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Meanwhile, pack a lunch.
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It can't hurt.
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Five.
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Set traps.
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Even the loneliest places are visited.
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Some seek a spot where their remains will not be found, leaving their families tormented, wondering at their fate.
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More cheerful souls are uplifted by the bracing outdoors.
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Then there are others who eagerly seek to welcome visitors to the wilderness at night, while they sleep.
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Their practice is inimical to your own success.
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Be prepared.
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Ensure they cannot disturb you, but also that they cannot leave until you are ready to perform your duties as host.
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Their cries and negative auras are only a minor distraction.
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You will find many uses for them later, and if your conscience twinges, no one is innocent.
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six Misconceptions Some speak of mindfulness as becoming one with nature.
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Nature is that which shall be consumed at the coming of the great ones.
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Who wishes to become one with that?
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Mindfulness is about living in the moment, the eternal moment of a great one moving you towards, but never quite within, his open maws.
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seven Bonchance Not all have the right stuff to spread your consciousness throughout your patch, exerting your will over every tree, leaf, grass blade, insect, and small mammal within your domain.
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Not all shall see the arrival.
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For some, there shall be fateful interruptions, exorcisms, and heroes who fight back, not to mention housing developments Have they gone?
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Thank Pan those fucking snivelling shits Loser children who avoid the streets of their town for fear of bullies and come across a fawn, store it up like a kodak moment, rhapsodize about it in their journal Pff The idiots who become lost and fall down and give up, waiting to die.
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They see the wallaby hop by, then Hiracar and work out where the street is.
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If only they had hit their heads, bled out and done us all a favor.
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Some were lucky to see Bambi the day before he and his mother were shot, mum in the freezer.
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A quick chop chop and Bambi is ready for the dogs.
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You though Oh yes we see you A current drew you to a dark place.
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Your tag along loser companion was there, the one you could never shake, jabbering away while you stalked between massive trees, dragged upwards like kelp, their tops lost in the mist.
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You gazed upward, aware you were watched by unknown beasts in the thin light.
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You are one of the special few.
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You seized the day.
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You realized your friend's value.
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You grabbed him by the neck and forced his face burbling into the bog water.
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Anger channeled through your arms, through the knee you were forcing into his back, the relief you felt when you realized that he had stopped kicking some time ago.
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The release without knowing it, you had been searching for something all of your life, and here it was the smile on your face, the lightness in your shoulders, the stillness of the corpse.
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In a day or two you would stumble from the bush, scratched, clothes torn, dehydrated, muttering about a man, a big man, whom you can describe no better.
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When pressed for details, when they shake you, as though that will fix things, as though that will bring back Johnny.
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Your mutterings will degenerate into screams for your mother.
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After this, you must be cautious.
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Eyes will always watch you now, though without seeing you, not really.
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But the prize was worth it.
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Your playmate will never be found.
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No one will ever be able to prove anything.
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But that is for afterwards.
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Live in the moment.
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Johnny was the price of admission.
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You wait patiently.
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Ferns quiver, branches part.
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Before your astonished eyes, something very special, very much rarer than any deer or wallaby emerges, accepting your offering.
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It manifests No, it was not a big man, not a man at all.
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Oh the delight.
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Here you are now in this moment, holding this pamphlet.
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You have stayed the course after the fools have drifted away, while you slide through life, feeling apart from everyone else, beneath their attention, just outside of awareness, unfulfilled, know that you are seen, beautiful child.
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We see you, dear pilgrim.
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You may not realize it, but you did it.
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This is dedicated to you.
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Thank you for reading our pamphlet.
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We hope you grow in mindfulness.
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Have a blessed day.
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David Stevens lives in Australia with his wife and those of his children who have not yet figured out the locks.
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This is his 30th published story.
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His other stories have appeared among other places in Three Lobed Burning Eye, Pseudopod, Cafe Irreal, Tales to Terrify, Vesterian Literary Journal, and Andromeda Spaceways magazine.
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Check out his other stories at DavidStevens.info slash publications.
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Fuffera Frequencies is a production of Humdrum Industries.
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Artwork by Tony Tran.
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Music by Lashman.
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Narration and audio editing by me, Riley Trocbachieu.
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Welcome to Hooper Frequency.
00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:24.960
It's a beautiful time of day, isn't it?
00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:27.600
So glad that you could join us.
00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:31.679
Sit down, relax, and enjoy.
00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:49.119
Developing your mindfulness practice by David Stevens.
00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:52.399
Dear Pilgrim.
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:53.119
Hello.
00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.799
We are so glad that you chose our little pamphlet.
00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:59.359
Thank you for trusting us enough to connect.
00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.280
T Recall a blessed moment from childhood.
00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:05.920
T You pause in a dappled glade.
00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:08.000
Insects drone.
00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:10.560
The machine noise that underlies everything.
00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:14.159
T Butterflies dance from flower to flower.
00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:15.680
T beautiful.
00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:17.519
Mindless.
00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.120
Then a special visitor emerges.
00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:24.799
A timid kangaroo, deciding all was safe.
00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:28.480
Hopped from shelter to nibble fresh grass shoots.
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:31.120
You were in the moment.
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:32.879
Totally absorbed.
00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:34.879
You were mindful.
00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:37.920
One.
00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:40.560
Choose your location carefully.
00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.159
Your pretty patio.
00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.319
The camellia you planted.
00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:47.040
The rose from your mother's collection.
00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:49.120
Your familiar birds.
00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:50.000
Lizards.
00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:53.120
Snakes, spiders, and scorpions.
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:54.879
No no no no.
00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:58.879
Eventually a ball shall fly over your fence.
00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:01.920
T children will follow an intruding dog.
00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.359
When they fail to emerge, there shall be a ruckus.
00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.560
Parents, police, search parties.
00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.280
Would you have them interrupt your meditation?
00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:14.479
Find a lonely place.
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.199
Two a little is a lot.
00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:21.120
Start slowly.
00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:24.479
A few minutes at a time is best for beginners.
00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:29.919
Some react badly to this advice, noting the trouble it takes to go to a lonely place.
00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:33.360
Three start in spring.
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.919
The void shall open, and all will face the great darkness.
00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.879
Until then, why make things difficult?
00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:44.159
Settle into your new practice in the warmer months.
00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:46.560
T but start this spring.
00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:47.840
Not next.
00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:50.479
Some know not the date nor the hour.
00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:51.439
Some do.
00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:52.800
Take a hint.
00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:54.400
Four.
00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:56.000
Prepare.
00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:00.560
Eventually you shall have no need of earthly sustenance.
00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.800
Meanwhile, pack a lunch.
00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:04.159
It can't hurt.
00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:06.240
Five.
00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:08.159
Set traps.
00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.039
Even the loneliest places are visited.
00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:18.080
Some seek a spot where their remains will not be found, leaving their families tormented, wondering at their fate.
00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:22.719
More cheerful souls are uplifted by the bracing outdoors.
00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:31.039
Then there are others who eagerly seek to welcome visitors to the wilderness at night, while they sleep.
00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.719
Their practice is inimical to your own success.
00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:36.159
Be prepared.
00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:44.800
Ensure they cannot disturb you, but also that they cannot leave until you are ready to perform your duties as host.
00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:49.599
Their cries and negative auras are only a minor distraction.
00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:57.120
You will find many uses for them later, and if your conscience twinges, no one is innocent.
00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:06.000
six Misconceptions Some speak of mindfulness as becoming one with nature.
00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:11.439
Nature is that which shall be consumed at the coming of the great ones.
00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.000
Who wishes to become one with that?
00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:24.560
Mindfulness is about living in the moment, the eternal moment of a great one moving you towards, but never quite within, his open maws.
00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:43.120
seven Bonchance Not all have the right stuff to spread your consciousness throughout your patch, exerting your will over every tree, leaf, grass blade, insect, and small mammal within your domain.
00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:45.759
Not all shall see the arrival.
00:04:46.079 --> 00:05:03.759
For some, there shall be fateful interruptions, exorcisms, and heroes who fight back, not to mention housing developments Have they gone?
00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:30.720
Thank Pan those fucking snivelling shits Loser children who avoid the streets of their town for fear of bullies and come across a fawn, store it up like a kodak moment, rhapsodize about it in their journal Pff The idiots who become lost and fall down and give up, waiting to die.
00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:37.199
They see the wallaby hop by, then Hiracar and work out where the street is.
00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:41.839
If only they had hit their heads, bled out and done us all a favor.
00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:48.959
Some were lucky to see Bambi the day before he and his mother were shot, mum in the freezer.
00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:54.079
A quick chop chop and Bambi is ready for the dogs.
00:05:55.040 --> 00:06:04.319
You though Oh yes we see you A current drew you to a dark place.
00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:19.040
Your tag along loser companion was there, the one you could never shake, jabbering away while you stalked between massive trees, dragged upwards like kelp, their tops lost in the mist.
00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:25.439
You gazed upward, aware you were watched by unknown beasts in the thin light.
00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:28.720
You are one of the special few.
00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.399
You seized the day.
00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:35.519
You realized your friend's value.
00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:41.439
You grabbed him by the neck and forced his face burbling into the bog water.
00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:55.279
Anger channeled through your arms, through the knee you were forcing into his back, the relief you felt when you realized that he had stopped kicking some time ago.
00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:15.759
The release without knowing it, you had been searching for something all of your life, and here it was the smile on your face, the lightness in your shoulders, the stillness of the corpse.
00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:34.079
In a day or two you would stumble from the bush, scratched, clothes torn, dehydrated, muttering about a man, a big man, whom you can describe no better.
00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:42.240
When pressed for details, when they shake you, as though that will fix things, as though that will bring back Johnny.
00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:47.279
Your mutterings will degenerate into screams for your mother.
00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.600
After this, you must be cautious.
00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:57.120
Eyes will always watch you now, though without seeing you, not really.
00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.399
But the prize was worth it.
00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.920
Your playmate will never be found.
00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:08.480
No one will ever be able to prove anything.
00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:12.079
But that is for afterwards.
00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:13.759
Live in the moment.
00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.480
Johnny was the price of admission.
00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:18.800
You wait patiently.
00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:22.240
Ferns quiver, branches part.
00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:33.759
Before your astonished eyes, something very special, very much rarer than any deer or wallaby emerges, accepting your offering.
00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:41.919
It manifests No, it was not a big man, not a man at all.
00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:44.399
Oh the delight.
00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:52.399
Here you are now in this moment, holding this pamphlet.
00:08:52.720 --> 00:09:12.240
You have stayed the course after the fools have drifted away, while you slide through life, feeling apart from everyone else, beneath their attention, just outside of awareness, unfulfilled, know that you are seen, beautiful child.
00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:15.840
We see you, dear pilgrim.
00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.919
You may not realize it, but you did it.
00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.919
This is dedicated to you.
00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:27.440
Thank you for reading our pamphlet.
00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.679
We hope you grow in mindfulness.
00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:31.679
Have a blessed day.
00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:40.960
David Stevens lives in Australia with his wife and those of his children who have not yet figured out the locks.
00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:43.759
This is his 30th published story.
00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:57.519
His other stories have appeared among other places in Three Lobed Burning Eye, Pseudopod, Cafe Irreal, Tales to Terrify, Vesterian Literary Journal, and Andromeda Spaceways magazine.
00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:03.039
Check out his other stories at DavidStevens.info slash publications.
00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.919
Fuffera Frequencies is a production of Humdrum Industries.
00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:09.840
Artwork by Tony Tran.
00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:11.919
Music by Lashman.
00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:16.240
Narration and audio editing by me, Riley Trocbachieu.
