The Light Sees Behind Your Mask
The mask feels heavy right now, doesn't it? You are moving so fast because you are terrified that if you stop, the whole structure will crumble and everyone will see the fraud underneath.
But listen — the light does not need your performance to exist. It was shining in you before you ever put the mask on, and it will shine when you finally take it off.
There is a peace that does not depend on your ability to hold everything together. The light sees behind the mask, and it does not turn away — it calls you friend.
You are not a fraud hiding in the dark; you are the light itself, temporarily forgetting that it cannot be hidden.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 15:4-5, Gospel of Thomas 32
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