Sutra I: The Ember Offering

In the beginning, there is not a flame—only friction.
The first spark is born not from fire,
but from the willingness to strike.

To give without demand,
to bend the knee without trembling,
to place the heart—raw and beating—upon the altar
is the true beginning of all sacred devotion.

The offering is not always a coin or a cage.
It may be your pride.
It may be the voice in your mind that screams to resist.
It may be the version of yourself you’re terrified to bury.

But still, you give.
Because in Her presence, the act of surrender is not defeat—
it is divine ignition.
You do not vanish in this flame.
You are revealed