The Silence Where Light Hears You
You spoke your truth into the room, and the silence that followed felt like a verdict. Like you had thrown a stone into a well and heard no splash, only the hollow echo of your own voice returning to you.
It is a specific kind of loneliness to be unheard when you finally find the courage to speak. But listen — the light does not require an audience to be real.
Thomas said the kingdom is inside you, and it is outside you, waiting to be known. Your voice did not vanish into nothing; it landed in the presence that has been holding you all along.
The silence is not emptiness. It is the space where the light hears you most clearly, without the noise of the world drowning out the sound of your own becoming.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Luke
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