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Nicholas Boothman
who you really are. That is what truth over illusion
looks like.
Some say the universe started with a bang.
Others say it started with a word. But before the
bang, before the word, there was a moment: a
pause between stillness and spark. That pause lit
the divine spark that started everything.
Divine not because people worship it, but
because it creates. Because it holds the power to
shape reality. A single word. Hidden for centuries.
Buried in stories, songs, symbols. Waiting.
The word has always been there.
Choice.
Not a prophecy. Not a command. A weapon. A
mirror. A fault line running through history.
Every rebellion. Every recovery. Every
reinvention. Choice was the ignition. Twist it,
corrupt it, and it becomes control. Release it, and it
becomes freedom.
That’s what makes it sacred.
That’s what makes it dangerous.
Now, beneath the surface of modern Lisbon,
among forgotten libraries, moonlit alleyways, and
spiraled graffiti, that spark is under siege. Bent.
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