{"id":100,"date":"2025-10-14T20:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/substratebooks.org\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:31:35","slug":"nothing-becomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/substratebooks.org\/index.php\/nothing-becomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Becomes &#8211; A Quiet Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><b>Nothing Becomes<\/b><\/em> is a quiet meditation on the architecture of existence, where physics, Taoist philosophy, and metaphysical humility converge. 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