The Oracle and the End of Me

"This story is for you"

This story came to me some days ago. I couldn’t resist it, I had to write it down.

It feels like a dream. It’s fictional, but somehow, it reveals something true.

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I went to the Oracle of Delphi with the secret hope it would tell me something.

I, among so many people, on a hot day, kind of an anxious day. Unlikely.

I know the real you!

What? Who said that? I thought, trying not to show surprise.

I know the real you!

I fixed my eyes, sharpened all my senses. My drowsy head turned slightly, and I noticed everyone looking at my confusion. I sat down in the shadow.

The you that you are looking for doesn’t exist. What you seek has been here forever. Stop seeking, or you’ll die.

I thought I was going crazy. The voice never came back.

I returned home. I think about it every day, but I’ve said nothing to anyone. I’ve been afraid every day, not knowing how to stop seeking.

There is an emptiness in me that wants to be fulfilled, irresistible. What a nightmare.

This morning, I woke with the terrifying certainty: today is my last day. Tears fell down my hollow face. They dried. No expression. No emotion. No sound. No thoughts, no analysis, no reflection, no conclusions.

The darkness is here. Yes, I thought. That’s it. I saw my life pass in images — critical moments, laughter, feeling loved, helping others. All of it, so fast… and yet so clear.

I didn’t see a tunnel of light. No one came to welcome me. Just my room, as it was before. I moved from my bed and looked back — my body wasn’t there.

But I didn’t care. The peace, the love, the clarity… Now I know. I understand what the oracle said. The “I” that was seeking was not the real me.

That was who I thought I was — a story, a thought — fading into the past like all other thoughts. The “I” that I am — the one that seemed dark, empty, unchanged — is the real me.

I thought I had died. In reality, my despair and hopelessness killed the illusion of me. I woke up and saw myself laughing.

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Thank you for reading & listening!

Love,

Jose.