Crowned by the Living God

A Reflection on Awakening and Remembrance Through the Sacred lands of Egypt

By Dehyana

“I was crowned by my God, my crown is living . . .”
“I received the face and the fashion of a new person . . .”
“And the thought of truth led me on.
I walked after it and did not wander.
… Nothing appeared closed to me, because I was the door of everything.”
— Odes of Solomon

The Living Crown – A Spiritual Awakening in Egypt

There’s a passage from the Odes of Solomon that has been speaking to my heart since returning from my spiritual tour to Egypt. Something about that journey — the temples, the silence of the Nile, the way the desert light danced on the waters — awakened something so beautiful inside me. I felt reborn and strangely familiar to myself, as if I had stepped into the life that had been waiting for me all along.

After more than twenty-five years of guiding spiritual tours to Egypt, I’ve come to know that this sacred land has a way of revealing the truth of who we are. Each temple is a mirror, each sunrise a quiet initiation. Egypt itself is a living scripture — it doesn’t just teach; it transforms.

One evening after returning home, I was reading the Odes of Solomon when a line leapt from the page:
“I was crowned by my God, my crown is living.”

The words went straight to my heart. I realised this wasn’t a metaphor — it was a state of being. The crown isn’t bestowed after enlightenment; it appears when you remember your divine origin.

Since Egypt, I’ve felt this awareness anchoring more deeply — a gentle, unwavering knowing that I am already crowned by something eternal, and so are you.

Each morning now, before I rise, I place my hand over my heart and whisper, “My crown is living.” It’s my way of remembering that the Presence within — the same Presence that guided the ancients — is alive and unfolding through every breath.

The Face of the True Self

“I received the face and fashion of a new person.”

There was a time when I looked in the mirror and saw only pain — the woman who had endured loss and tried to hold everything together. But Egypt changes you. Or perhaps, it simply unveils what has always been hidden.

In lifting the veils of illusion, I remembered the one who was always beneath the sorrow — whole, perfect, and complete.

I’ve watched this same remembrance unfold in hundreds of initiates over the years during our Egypt pilgrimages. There’s a moment when they, too, see their reflection differently — not as a personality, but as the eternal Self looking back.

Now, when I meet my reflection, I whisper, “I see the face of truth — the one God created.” It’s such a simple act, yet it draws me back into presence every time.

Led by the Thought of Truth

“The thought of truth led me on. I walked after it and did not wander.”

Egypt brought a deeper clarity to what I’ve always known — but this time, it feels embodied. When you walk the same sacred path once trodden by initiates of light, something ancient stirs. The thought of truth begins to lead rather than follow.

When I pause and ask, “What is true here?” the answer arises quietly. Truth doesn’t argue; it simply reveals. And when I follow it, life moves in harmony again. Doors open. Peace returns.

This is what Egypt teaches us again and again — to walk after truth and not wander.

The Gift of Feeling Different

“And all that have seen me were amazed, and I was regarded by them as a strange person.”

When your energy changes, people notice. You see life through softer eyes, and not everyone will understand your peace. Bless that.

Over the years, I’ve witnessed many travellers return from Egypt feeling “different.” They’re not who they were before — something within them has awakened. And while the world may not always recognise your transformation, heaven does.

That difference is grace announcing itself. It means you’re living from the soul instead of survival. Don’t be afraid to stand out — it’s the quiet proof of the living crown upon your head.

The Melting of the Bars

“I broke in pieces the bars of iron; but my iron melted and dissolved before me.”

There was a season I call my tomb time — a sacred year when Spirit guided me into stillness. I was asked to step back, to write, to be silent. It wasn’t easy. I was stripped of every familiar identity until all that remained was awareness itself.

In that stillness, I learned that love doesn’t fix or resist — it transforms. Awareness became the light that melted every wall around my heart.

Now, the tomb time has passed. The stone has been rolled away. Life moves with clarity and grace. God is everything. And love — love is the utmost.

Becoming the Door of Everything

“Nothing appeared closed to me, because I was the door of everything.”

When I read these words, I smiled in recognition. I am an extension of God — a sunbeam to the Sun, a thought in the Mind of the Divine.

This is the realisation we are all moving toward: we are not outside of creation, waiting for the miracle to come — we are the miracle. We are the living doors through which love enters the world.

Whenever I feel blocked or uncertain, I close my eyes and affirm: “I am the door through which love enters this moment.” And somehow, the way always opens.

Living the Ode

The Odes of Solomon describe what happens when the soul surrenders to God and is restored to its original radiance.

For me, Egypt is where that surrender deepens each time I return — both for myself and for those who travel with me. Every temple, every sunrise initiation reminds us that we, too, are crowned by the living God.

So as you walk your own path of remembrance, may you feel your living crown and wear it with dignity. May you sense the breath of God rising through you, steady and sure. And may you remember, with every heartbeat, that you are the door through which Love enters the world.

Sometimes, we don’t recognise our own resurrection until we’ve lived it. Egypt reminded me that transformation doesn’t arrive with trumpets — it comes quietly, in the willingness to be still and let God reshape you from within.

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