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The Inner World Collection · curated edition

The Vastness That Holds Us

A quiet reading

About 2 minutes · 8 stanzas

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There is a space beyond judgment, Beyond the stories of not enough. It waits for you, arms wide open, Asking only that you come as you are.

No masks, no false pretenses, Just the truth of your heart laid bare.

You, with your wildness, With your broken places, Are already enough. In the silence of this moment, Feel the divine whisper to you, “I have the space for all of you.”

You have tried so hard to fix, to change, To mold yourself into someone you think you should be. But what if you didn’t? What if, in your surrender, You found that the divine has been waiting all along, Not for your perfection, But for your truth?

Bring me your pain, your grief, your longing. Bring me your joy, your love, your fire. For all of it is holy. All of it belongs.

The world may ask you to shrink, To hide the parts of yourself that feel too intense, But here, in the heart of the divine, There is only room to expand. To take up space. To become the fullness of who you are.

In your surrender, you will realize That the divine was never asking for less of you, But for all of you. And in that offering, You will find the freedom you’ve been seeking, The knowing that you are already enough.

Already whole. Already free.

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“There is a space beyond judgment,
Beyond the stories of not enough.
It waits for you, arms wide open,
Asking only that you come as you are.”
The Vastness That Holds UsPoetry by Michael Yap
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This curated edition is shared as personal artistic expression, not medical, financial or relationship advice. Sacred names and traditions are approached with respectful poetic or devotional context.

Narration is off in this release.