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Narasimha – The Awakening of Light
Look at Narasimha.
In his gaze there is no anger. No desire to defeat anyone.
There is a calm, sure strength within it.
We often believe that the most important changes happen when a person learns something new.
Yet that happens far more rarely.
True change begins in the moment when a person can no longer betray what they once understood about themselves.
Perhaps that is exactly what is happening to you right now.
In the course of this path you have already seen yourself. Heard yourself. Let go of what no longer belonged to you. Lingered in the stillness. Remembered your strength. Recognised the meaning of your path.
But now the hardest question arises:
What comes now?
For knowledge alone changes nothing.
It changes only a life that is lived in accordance with that knowledge.
Fear has a peculiarity.
It almost never disappears completely.
It only stops ruling the person.
Look at the light around Narasimha.
It does not defeat the darkness.
It renders it powerless.
So it is in life as well.
One day a person understands …
The fear is still there.
Yet for the first time it no longer makes the decisions in their place.
It is in this very moment that freedom is born.
Perhaps nothing will change after today's encounter.
You return home. You wake tomorrow. You go about your usual activities.
Yet sometimes true change does not begin with outward events.
It begins with a very quiet decision.
To betray oneself no longer.
Not because it is the right thing to do.
But because it is no longer possible any other way.
If one day you meet this image again …
Do not ask yourself how far you have come.
Ask differently:
Do I live today a little closer to the person I once remembered myself to be?
And if the answer is "yes" …
Then this path goes on.
Not here. Not in the exhibition.
But in your own life.
Do not try to change your life today.
Only do not forget what you once remembered about yourself.
Everything else comes of its own accord, when a person finds the courage to live in harmony with themselves.
In his gaze there is no anger. No desire to defeat anyone.
There is a calm, sure strength within it.
We often believe that the most important changes happen when a person learns something new.
Yet that happens far more rarely.
True change begins in the moment when a person can no longer betray what they once understood about themselves.
Perhaps that is exactly what is happening to you right now.
In the course of this path you have already seen yourself. Heard yourself. Let go of what no longer belonged to you. Lingered in the stillness. Remembered your strength. Recognised the meaning of your path.
But now the hardest question arises:
What comes now?
For knowledge alone changes nothing.
It changes only a life that is lived in accordance with that knowledge.
Fear has a peculiarity.
It almost never disappears completely.
It only stops ruling the person.
Look at the light around Narasimha.
It does not defeat the darkness.
It renders it powerless.
So it is in life as well.
One day a person understands …
The fear is still there.
Yet for the first time it no longer makes the decisions in their place.
It is in this very moment that freedom is born.
Perhaps nothing will change after today's encounter.
You return home. You wake tomorrow. You go about your usual activities.
Yet sometimes true change does not begin with outward events.
It begins with a very quiet decision.
To betray oneself no longer.
Not because it is the right thing to do.
But because it is no longer possible any other way.
If one day you meet this image again …
Do not ask yourself how far you have come.
Ask differently:
Do I live today a little closer to the person I once remembered myself to be?
And if the answer is "yes" …
Then this path goes on.
Not here. Not in the exhibition.
But in your own life.
Do not try to change your life today.
Only do not forget what you once remembered about yourself.
Everything else comes of its own accord, when a person finds the courage to live in harmony with themselves.