Do not say: “My name is this or that.” Your true name lives beyond the reach of words. Do not say: “I was born on such a date.” Your birth did not begin in the womb, but in the light of eternity. Your ID card may dissolve in water, but...

Do not search for your name in papers, nor your worth in seals and stamps. Your true name was given before you ever spoke a word— in the moment your soul said “Yes!” long before the body, before the nation, before language. Your identity is not what the world sees—...