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The deep yes: committing wholly and flowing through every depth.
This is the deep yes, the power to commit into the unknown and persist through every depth. Its shadow is half-heartedness: saying yes everywhere and being nowhere. Its gift is commitment, the yes that reorganizes a life around itself.
The practice is discrimination before devotion: say no cleanly until the true yes appears, then hold it through the long dark stretches where feeling fades. Perseverance ripens into devotion, and devotion transforms experience into depth. The water of this gate always reaches the sea.
Half-Heartedness → Commitment → Devotion