The Door Was Never Locked
The sun is rising, but inside you, the silence has hardened into a wall so thick you can no longer find the door. You have been pacing the same small room for so long that the exit feels like a myth.
But listen — the kingdom is not a place you have to break out of to find. It is inside you right now, beneath the plaster and the paint.
You do not need to dismantle the wall to be free. You only need to remember that the light was there before the silence began.
What you are looking for has already come, even if you do not recognize it yet. The door was never locked; you just forgot you were holding the key.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 3, Gospel of Thomas 51
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