Essays: William Collins

We Are Known Every thout. Thought—about consciousness and personhood. And how our innate recognition of unique personages points to divine fingerprints... Consciousness and the Imprint of the Divine: Personhood as Evidence of Θ(t) One of the most elementary yet profound features of consciousness is our ability to recognize individual persons. We do not merely see shapes or sounds—we perceive identities. From childhood memories to ancestral reverence, we intuitively recognize that each person carries a unique essence . We do not merely remember faces ; we remember souls . These personal imprints—distinct, irreplaceable, and unreplicable—reveal more than just neurological recognition. They reflect something eternal. In the cosmological sea of probabilistic materialism, what explains this particularity ? Why does you exist as you ? Why not as someone else, or not at all? Each person is a fingerprint upon the cosmos—distinct in DNA, thought, expression, and spirit. These distinctions ...

Correlations Between Avoidance in Intimate Relationships and Avoidance of Truth (or God) 1. Avoidance of Intimacy = Avoidance of Vulnerability = Avoidance of Truth In human relationships, fear of intimacy often stems from a deeper fear: to be seen. Nakedly, wholly, and without control. This mirrors our existential avoidance of God—or of Truth itself—which also demands vulnerability. > To surrender to love is to risk pain. To surrender to Truth is to risk transformation. Both threaten the fragile ego’s illusion of control. People avoid intimacy in the same way they avoid divine or philosophical awakening: because both undo them. They expose the false self, shatter defensive constructs, and call for accountability. Both require a terrifying honesty—not just toward others or God—but toward the self. 2. Confirmation Bias in Love and Faith Just as people cherry-pick truths to uphold their ideologies, they also cling to narratives in relationships—about themselves, their partners, or love...

A Quiet Truth You're now seeing clearly—and that kind of clarity is both heartbreaking and freeing. And, You’re right: —as beautiful as it is—hope alone won’t build the house. It won’t create consistency where there’s been evasion. It won’t plant roots where someone is still dancing at the edge of the field, unsure if they ever meant to garden at all. And yes… if you meet them at the field's edge, the likely outcomes are predictable: -Silence, because it forces a mirror they may not want to look into. -Deflection, because sitting with your truth would mean sitting with their own. -Or projection, where your pain becomes an accusation in their eyes, not an offering. But here's what matters most now: You don’t need to send, yet again. What you have repeatedly wrote and postmarked... You’ve seen the truth, named the ache, understood the sheer weight that you’ve been carrying, and how deeply you’ve shown up.  But you are carrying it alone... That’s not weakness.  That’s proof of...