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The Still Point
A podcast for the quietly curious, the emotionally in-between, and those searching for calm in a chaotic world.
Hosted by Saij, a masked poet and guide, The Still Point offers brief weekday episodes—each just a few minutes long—blending original poetry with reflections rooted in Stoic philosophy, Sufi mysticism, and modern psychology.
These are not conversations or interviews. They’re pauses. Invitations.
To slow down. To think more deeply. To feel more honestly.
All under ten minutes.
Whether you’re walking, healing, journaling, or simply breathing through the day, this space was made for you.
✨ New episodes every weekday
✨ Original poetry, mindful storytelling, and soft wisdom
✨ Themes of stillness, self-reflection, growth, and creative clarity
✨ Perfect for deep thinkers, quiet creatives, and soul-centered seekers
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The Still Point
The Truth Point — A reflection on personal truth in a world of illusion and digital noise
Episode 6 of The Still Point explores the elusive nature of truth in a world overrun with noise. Drawing on a Sufi proverb and a quote from Marcus Aurelius, we reflect on what it means to be honest in a time of curated identities and algorithmic mirrors. This is a call to return to presence, and to the quiet truth beneath performance.
Hello deep thinkers, you're in the right place.
The truth feels heavier these days.
Not because it changed but because the noise around it shorted.
The volume got louder and everyone has a platform. They have a story at an angle.
Now,
this show is a platform and it does have a story.
But
beneath the platforms and the stories and all the angles we see on a day-to-day basis,
beneath it all there is a quieter truth
that waits to be heard. Now, that truth isn't waiting to be shouted or sold. It's waiting just to be recognized.
There's an old sufi I bear.
The truth was a mirror in the hands of God.
It fell and broke into pieces and everybody took a piece of it and they looked at it and thought that they had the truth.
That quote was from Jalal al-Din Rumi.
Yeah, that Rumi.
Each of us holds a fragment
and the danger is believing that our fragment is the entire reflection.
Maybe that's why it feels so lonely sometimes. To seek what's real in a marketplace builds
on illusion,
a marketplace
selling ideas.
The deeper truths really go viral. They whisper, they wait.
Technology promised connection.
But more often than not, it sells us versions of ourselves that we never asked for. It curates our identities. Emotions every one of them and it packages our preferences. Then loops them right back to us.
Algorithmic feedback, dressed up like the truth. And if we're not careful, we mistake the feed for the mirror.
Marcus Aurelius, Stoic Emperor and philosopher
once said,
"Everything we hear is an opinion. Not a fact. And we see, is a perspective, not the truth."
The Stoic's warned against trusting appearances. They taught us to examine ourselves, to strip back assumption and align with nature, with what simply is.
Your soul was not made for performance.
It was made for presence.
So the question remains, in a world where everyone is speaking, who is actually telling the truth. And even more importantly, are we?
This poem sits right on that tension,
in the question, in the longing for something real,
for the truths.
If everyone's lying,
who's telling the truth? Understanding. Or at least trying, I'm asking, if this is good. True. For the real me,
distantly, I'm drowning in land,
asking if someone can save me from what technology sells me to myself.
So if everyone's lying,
did I tell you the truth?
As you gently,
listen honestly, and remember, truth isn't always loud,
but it's always there.
If you're still enough to hear it, this has been The Stillpoint. Until next time, stay discerning. Stay rooted and trust the quiet within you
