The Light Knows Your True Name
The afternoon sun is high, and the mask feels heavy on your face. You have spent decades whispering someone else's preferences until your own voice sounds like a stranger's.
But the light that lives inside you was placed there before the world told you who to be. It knows your name even when you have forgotten how to speak it.
Split a piece of wood, and the light is there. Lift up the stone, and you will find it there.
The truth is not hiding in a temple or a book; it is waiting in the mundane act of finally saying who you are. Do not be afraid to let the sound of your own name break the silence of the room.
The light has been whispering it back to you all along.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Matthew
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