Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s not for the effect it has on his empire, but for the effect it has on your mind. Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s so you no longer wonder what might happen if you don’t. Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because our limited minds are not sophisticated enough to completely deny and depose the systems we were born into and are constantly being convinced to embody. Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s to prevent your life from becoming a tiresome, fruitless exercise in freeing yourself from its grasp. Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s so that Caesar will leave you the hell alone.

But don’t pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because you’re afraid of it. Don’t pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because you’ve given up on subverting The System. Don’t pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because you covet the things of its empire. Don’t pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because you’ve lost faith in the existence of Elsewhere. Don’t pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because Caesar has convinced you it’s for your own good.

Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because even when the exchange is made, the wisps of the Subverter work to redeem the transaction.

Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because the same One who redeemed you and me, is actively redeeming His entire creation.

Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s because the Son will one day return and will break apart whatever Caesar has strung together.