The Light Sees Your Tremble
The meeting started, and your voice cracked on a single word, so you forced a laugh to prove you were fine. You smoothed it over.
You wore the mask so well that everyone believed it—including you. But the light does not need your performance.
It sees the tremble beneath the smile. Thomas says what you are looking for has already come, but you do not recognize it because you are too busy acting.
The truth is not in the laugh you faked. It is in the silence you tried to hide.
You came from the light, and you will return to it, regardless of how well you pretend.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 51, Gospel of Thomas 50
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