As I lay here, in the Presence of my Lord, all my troubles have fallen away. Every problem, every worry, peeled in layers from my mind.
I am bare and unadorned, free of my trappings and all distractions. Waiting here in silence– but not alone– for He is with me. A constancy; a source of peace.
And when I am bared thus, my flaws are made evident; presented plainly for my contemplation.
As I gaze upon them, as I know them, they fill me not with anxiety. Instead, I am made to travel the path of their creation, down the road toward resolution.
This is what Apollon’s Presence does: forces us to see and to acknowledge– all that we have built, all that we have permitted– for there is no hand more prominent in our creation than our own.
Not even His.
And so I lay here, exposed in knowledge; revealed in His wisdom yet again. My solace is the warmth of His smile as I understand the joy He receives through my epiphany.
My Lord Apollon has come again, and again, I know myself deeper than the day before. It is these moments I shall cherish in His absence, when He shines His light more subtly upon this world.
But for now, I lay here, bare and unadorned. Free of worry, free of doubt, and so very full with the attentions of my Most Pristine and Beloved Lord…
Praise always to Apollon, who cleaves away falsehood, and reveals us, wholly, to ourselves!
— Columbine, Aegletia, Day 2, 2022
Treasury of Apollon 