(Gate 12 — Benjamin: The Beloved of the Whole)
Eliah walked into a field of stars—not the night sky above, but stars blooming from the earth like flowers.
Each one shimmered with a different light—soft blues, joyful yellows, deep violets. As he stepped forward, he heard laughter, singing, and the quiet hum of many hearts beating as one.
Ahead stood a boy with eyes like twilight and a smile full of welcome.
“I am Benjamin,” he said. “This is the Gate of Belonging. You’ve come far.”
Eliah looked around. “Who are all these souls?”
“They are your family,” said Benjamin. “Not by blood, but by Light. They are the ones who, like you, chose the journey. Each of them carries a spark of the Great Flame.”
The stars around them pulsed gently, and Eliah felt a warmth he had never known—like being wrapped in a thousand arms of love. Some of the souls looked like animals, some like people, some like beams of color. Yet all of them felt familiar.
Benjamin placed a hand over Eliah’s heart.
“To belong is not to fit in,” he said. “It is to remember that you are already part of something vast and good. You don’t have to earn love. You are love.”
At that moment, Eliah saw every Gate he had passed through—every challenge, every joy—as threads of one great tapestry. He saw how he was never alone, even when he thought he was. Others had walked before him. Others walked beside him now.
A circle of stars formed a radiant doorway before him, etched with soft silver words:
“Gate 12 — Benjamin: You Are the Beloved.”
He stepped through.
And in the quiet after, the Light whispered:
“The path was never yours alone. You belong to the All.”
To be continued…
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