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Wisdom, error and correction

Sophia's myth is used as a source-specific pattern of imbalance, consequence and reintegration: error can be faced without shame and answered through repair.

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  • metaphor only

    Mythic and healing language is used as metaphor, not medical, scientific or literal cosmology.

  • source specific

    Distinct texts remain distinct; comparison does not turn them into one hidden universal doctrine.

  • ground after practice

    The practice returns attention to body, place, relationship and an ordinary next action.

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The Apocryphon of John

Sophia, deficiency and correction

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Use as a myth of imbalance, consequence and reintegration. Do not present the demiurge or archons as beings targeting the user.

Source · The Apocryphon of John (Nag Hammadi Codex II)

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Sophia's source-specific myth becomes a bounded reflection on imbalance, consequence and reintegration without demonising error.

Error can become correction when I face consequence and welcome missing perspective.

Name one decision that became unbalanced, then identify a limit, relationship or fact that was missing and one repair you can attempt.

Care note · Sophia's myth is not evidence that cosmic rulers caused a personal problem, and correction must not become shame or self-punishment.

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