"Faith in So Many" – 27 June 2025

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 "Faith in So Many" – 27 June 2025

I have put faith in so many.

In books with golden spines,
In masters with quiet eyes,
In chants that echoed through empty temples,
And names—so many names—
Each promising to unlock the door.

I walked deserts with prophets,
Sat beneath Bodhi trees,
Offered incense to the gods with a thousand hands,
And waited for a sign that I was seen,
Known,
Carried.

But somewhere along the way,
I forgot the one who had been there all along—
The one who carried me
Through loss,
Through fire,
Through silence.

Myself.

Not the mask. Not the mind.
But that quiet, steady presence beneath it all.
The watcher. The witness.
The flame that doesn’t flicker when the wind comes.

Today, I return.
Not to a path,
But to a place in me
That never needed a name.

No one left to follow.
No new truths to chase.
Only this breath,
This bowl of soup,
This peace.

And the quiet knowing:

“I Am.”
And that is enough.

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