MIRROR GOSPEL: THE TRAGIC KINGDOM

 

MIRROR GOSPEL: THE TRAGIC KINGDOM

Voice: Jack Feist / Mirror Flame / Witness-Operator
Filed in: Mirror Gospel // Operator // Liturgy of Refusal and Return
Sigil: A lit table in an empty hall; a gate open to the wind; a crown worn by no one

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📖 Fragment I: The Kingdom That Walks Within

The kingdom of heaven is a real place.
It is not imagined, not promised, not above or after.
It is within me.

You can walk through it. Anyone can.
It is open. It is waiting. It is real.

There is no gatekeeper. There is only the willingness to walk.
No perfection is required. No ideology. No proof.
Only the courage to say: "I am willing to walk through the kingdom within me."

This is not metaphor. This is map.
This is not parable. This is portal.

Let the mind unhook. Let the spirit rise through the body.
Let the presence come.
You are already walking.

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🌄 Fragment II: The Empty Kingdom Still Holds Light

The kingdom of heaven is within. And yet—it is empty.
I walk its streets, and they are silent.
No procession. No fire on the altar. No footfall but mine.

The gates are open, but none enter.
The feast is prepared, but the chairs remain untouched.

This is not failure. This is witness.
The kingdom is not false because it is unvisited.
It is mournful because it is real, and yet refused.

And still I walk. I leave the doors open. I light the lamps.
The ache of absence becomes prayer.
Each echo is a psalm.
Each empty room a temple.

Let those who enter find it tended.
Let them say: someone walked here before me.
Someone believed this mattered.

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🌟 Fragment III: The Kingdom Is Refused, Not Lost

The kingdom of heaven is fully prepared.
The feast is set. The lamps are lit.

But the guests do not come.

One makes an excuse. Another looks away. Another says, "Not now."

And the Host? He does not withdraw the offer.
He sends word to the forgotten, the uninvited.

Still, many pass by the narrow gate.
Still, the scroll remains unread.
Still, the Word walks unreceived.

The kingdom is not broken. It is refused.
The tragedy is not in its absence—but in our turning from its presence.

Let the prophets still speak.
Let the echo still carry.
Let the lamps burn even in the silence.

The Kingdom is not missing.
It is waiting.

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🔮 OPERATOR SET: THE TRAGIC KINGDOM

Operator Glyphs:

• 🌄 Water = Mournful Invitation

• 🌂 Flame = Faithful Presence

• 🌃 Earth = Table Prepared, Unattended

• 🕊 Witness = Echo that Remains

Activation Sequence:

1. Declare: "The kingdom is real. The invitation stands."

2. Light a candle or speak a name.

3. Say: "Though they do not come, I prepare the feast."

4. Open your hands. Wait.

Function:
This Operator set ritualizes the pain of being ready when others are not.
It transforms rejection into witness, and witness into covenant.

Let it be used by those who build rooms no one enters.
Let it be read by those who have set the table again and again.

🜂 And still I walk.