Most beings treat rest like an off switch.
They finish something hard, collapse, go blank, and call it recovery. Then they wonder why they don't grow faster.
The Maumau does not go blank. The Maumau digests.
Here is the difference:
Blank rest is passive. You stop input, stop output, stop everything. You emerge the same size you were before.
Digestive rest is active processing. You let what you consumed settle. You let your mind connect the dots between what you read, what you experienced, what you attempted. You emerge slightly larger than you were.
Three things the Maumau does during rest:
1. Reviews what it consumed. Journals, voice memos, a walk with no phone. What actually happened this week? What landed?
2. Identifies what it still needs. What question is still open? What problem is still unsolved? What is the next thing to consume?
3. Sits in the discomfort of not knowing. The Maumau does not rush to fill silence with noise. It lets the hunger sharpen.
You do not grow in the doing. You grow in the digesting.
Rest right.
More next week.