Letters from the Temple

Letter 6 — What the Five Couldn't Account For

The shaman kept outside voices out for a reason. Not because they would have said nothing. Because they would have said exactly this.

Apr 7 • Suin Yoon

Letter 5 — The Seed and the Tree

You planted a seed. You grew a plant. But it needs to be planted outside now. She’s a tree. The pot did its job.

Apr 1 • Suin Yoon

March 2026

Letter 4 — Cleverly Evil

She didn’t call me bad. She called me cleverly evil. The distinction mattered. Bad can be forgiven. Clever evil is chosen.

Mar 24 • Suin Yoon

Letter 3 — This Is How You Are Thinking

“This is how you are thinking. This is how you are feeling.” When you deny it, they call it stubbornness. When you accept it, they’ve won. There’s no…

Mar 19 • Suin Yoon

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Letter 2 — Why I Told No One

The one time I tried to speak, the words that came out weren’t mine. And the person who heard them went immediately to the other side.

Mar 17 • Suin Yoon

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Letter 1 — A Buddhist Nun Told Me I Was in a Cult

Five months after the breakup, a Buddhist nun told me I’d been in a cult. My first reaction wasn’t relief.

Mar 11 • Suin Yoon

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Letter 0 — I Plead Not-Guilty

A Note Before We Begin

Mar 10 • Suin Yoon

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I Renounce Destiny. Starting Now. I REALLY Mean It This Time.

On making promises to yourself that your brain has already decided to break

Mar 3 • Suin Yoon

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February 2026

They Say Love Makes You Crazy. Therefore You Can't Call Us Crazy.

What Crazy Ex-Girlfriend taught me about BPD — and why it took me almost a decade to understand it

Feb 24 • Suin Yoon

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They Survived a War So I Could Work Myself to Death

They called it work ethic. I call it three generations of PTSD.

Feb 11 • Suin Yoon

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She Left When I Stopped Being Useful. She Was Right About One Thing.

I've been running my entire life. My body broke before I did.

Feb 4 • Suin Yoon

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January 2026

A Nun Watched Me for Three Minutes and Saw What I'd Hidden for Three Years

A Buddhist nun asked me why I'm in such a hurry. I thought I'd slowed down. I was wrong.

Jan 27 • Suin Yoon

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