The Light That Needs No Sun
This hour feels like a room with no doors. You are searching for a purpose you cannot name, and the silence is so loud it drowns out your own breath.
But listen — there is a light inside you that was there before the confusion started. It does not need a reason to shine.
It simply is. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world, and it came to you first.
You do not need to find your way back to it. You only need to stop hiding from what is already burning in your chest.
The night is not a prison. It is the place where the light learns it does not need the sun.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 1:9
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