knifequiet

/ˈnaɪfˌkwaɪət/nounVerified New

The meditative state entered while working with edge tools.

Whittling, planing, sharpening: attention narrows to a blade's width, and the practitioner reports the quiet directly, without metaphysics.

Etym. — *knife* + *quiet*.

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