The Silence Is Not Your Emptiness
The room goes quiet, and suddenly the mask feels heavy on your face. You wait for them to see the emptiness behind the performance, the hollow space where you thought you needed to be full.
But the light does not demand a full cup to shine through. It says: you came from the light, the place where light generates itself on its own accord.
You are not a vessel that must be filled by the world's approval. You are a drop sent from the source to illuminate the very space you occupy.
The silence is not an exposure of your lack. It is an invitation to stop performing and start remembering.
The light was there before you spoke a word, and it remains when the words are gone.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
Verses
Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
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