Letters to The - #3

We don’t need to discuss the inauthenticity of labels at length with each other. We know that earthly institutions fall short of what you wanted to create. I found a word in Wikipedia a long time ago, “panentheist”, that came so close. I tried it out with a few strangers. It worked well enough, but “ists” and “isms” leave so much to be desired, and even more undiscovered. I felt defined, and that wasn’t acceptable because definitions leave little room for mistakes, uncertainty, and growth, so I mostly leave it on the shelf. It’s the kind of word one only breaks out in a particularly sophomoric sort of mood.

If someone asked what kind of believer I am, I would simply tell them “I believe.” I wouldn’t mean in the Bible literally, or in Christian creeds and missions. I would just mean that I believe in The Truth, that exists; in The Light, that it shines; and in The Way, that there is one.

I believe in The.

What does it mean to believe in The? Perhaps it means that I accept the heavy reality of my own existence, and in doing so, I also accept yours.