In this episode, JP returns to the community meditation center expecting silence—and finds someone sitting in his exact spot. What could’ve sparked annoyance instead opens a doorway into something deeper. That night, upstairs in the cold, echoing hall, he begins a meditation unlike any before. Memories, regrets, even visions of the Buddha arise—and one by one, burn away under the light of a silent inner torch. Later, in conversation with Kai, the fire metaphor deepens: what if liberation isn’t about escape, but about cooling? About burning clean through every illusion until nothing’s left to cling to—not even the self. The episode ends not in insight, but in stillness. And maybe that’s the real awakening.