A Letter from Zaheer

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You’re not broken.
You’re being broken.

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There's a big difference.

You're being led to feel lack and need...
by an entire culture built to sell you back to yourself.

A better you. A happier you.
A more optimized, upgraded, more loveable version of you.
The idealized self.
Someday in the future.
With enough work.

And the cost?
Let's come back to that in a bit.

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You were taught to chase.
But never to ask who is doing the chasing.

You were told the next fix would settle the ache.
But never told that the ache was planted there first...
that it was good for business...
that dissatisfaction sells more than satisfaction ever will.

Scroll long enough, and the message becomes clear:
​“You’re not quite there yet.”

So yes, you’re being made to feel that way.
This isn't a conspiracy theory.
It's an observation of culture.
Examine it carefully.

A culture that cannot survive unless you forget who you are.
Unless you crave what you already have.
Unless you chase what you already are.

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But here’s what no one tells you:

You're not broken... you are being broken.
By a system that makes more money
when you feel less whole.

You no longer see yourself as you are.
You see a distorted reflection shaped by culture and conditioning.
And that distortion isn't just affecting your perception...
it's transforming your essence into a product.
Something to package, post, and sell.
Back to you.

Because you’re taught to seek wholeness in the reflection... not in the one who is looking.

So pause.

Not to reset.
Not to recalibrate.
Not even to heal.

Just to remember:

Peace is not the reward.
It’s the original state.

It can never be sold to you.

It can only be muffled by noise —
so you could be sold a voice.

But the voice isn’t yours.
And the noise isn’t real.

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Pause and reflect:

What part of you are you still trying to buy back…
that was never for sale?

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What next:

Stop searching.
Start subtracting.

Become less of what you've been told to be.
And be more of what’s never left you.

No fixing. No re-branding.
You don’t need another version of you.
That’s what’s being sold back to you, piece by piece.

You need silence. You need space.
You need total attention.
Let your quiet, earnest courage guide you.
And trust what remains.

Gather yourself fully in your silent embrace.
Feel the wholeness that subtraction grows.

Your presence.
Your quiet.
Your enough-ness.

With love,
Zaheer

P.S. If you missed my letter from last week, read it here: Hold the mirror. Not the ache.​