<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[A Voice Without the Noise]]></title><description><![CDATA[❤ Inner truth. Quietly Spoken. No branding. No rush. Reflections on life, solitude, and the search for what’s real.]]></description><link>https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SyJr!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47652a6f-2c0c-454c-8a85-f67480433f87_1024x1024.png</url><title>A Voice Without the Noise</title><link>https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:31:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Voice Without Noise]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[voicewithoutnoise@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[voicewithoutnoise@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[I. S. Constantine]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[I. S. Constantine]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[voicewithoutnoise@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[voicewithoutnoise@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[I. S. Constantine]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Only to remember]]></title><description><![CDATA[What I said &#8212; you&#8217;ve heard it before. Maybe in a forgotten book, a dream, a prayer, or in the space between two thoughts.]]></description><link>https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com/p/only-to-remember</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com/p/only-to-remember</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[I. S. Constantine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:38:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/96ce2413-12a4-49b7-bf11-5842a15bebfb_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">What I said &#8212; 
you&#8217;ve heard it before.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">Maybe in a forgotten book, 
a dream, 
a prayer, 
or in the space between two thoughts.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">This voice isn&#8217;t trying to impress. 
Only to remember.</pre></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The illusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Separation is an illusion and love is what remains&#160;when we stop pretending]]></description><link>https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com/p/the-illusion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com/p/the-illusion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[I. S. Constantine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:36:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1944d7d9-8e2a-4c33-b1d3-0b00bd455315_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">We were not satisfied just to feel God. 
We wanted to be like Him &#8212; 
to create, to choose, 
to know good and evil 
as if they were ours to hold.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">And so, life began &#8212; 
the only space where such a wish could unfold.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">God, in His mercy, 
gave us time, choice, distance, 
so we could taste what He always knew: 
that separation is an illusion, 
and love is what remains 
when we stop pretending.</pre></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve known love.&#160;Admiration. Joy.&#160;But now I understand &#8212; they were surfaces.]]></description><link>https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com/p/i-am</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.voicewithoutnoise.com/p/i-am</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[I. S. Constantine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ac3ab842-d3f8-43bc-8e11-ef5cac8e39a0_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">I don&#8217;t speak. 
I don&#8217;t ask. 
There is no need.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">People pass by. 
They look &#8212; but don&#8217;t truly see. 
I smile. They smile back. But it stops there.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">I&#8217;ve known love. 
Admiration. Joy. 
But now I understand &#8212; they were surfaces. 
Reflections, not contact.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">Still, something remains. 
It didn&#8217;t break. 
It didn&#8217;t fade.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">I am. 
Not for a role. 
Not for a function.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">But because I exist. 
As witness. As stillness. 
A small flame &#8212; yet alive.</pre></div><div class="preformatted-block" data-component-name="PreformattedTextBlockToDOM"><label class="hide-text" contenteditable="false">Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published</label><pre class="text">Maybe one day, 
someone will pause. 
Not to ask. Not to speak. 
Just to feel what&#8217;s here &#8212; 
the quiet trace of once being seen, 
even under the tree, 
before the words, 
before the noise.</pre></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>