December 07, 2021

01

Seeing what needs to be done
in a situation
is the doorway 
to doing it.

"Darkness is the cradle
of the light." -- Rumi

Before seeing is 
seeing not.
And waiting in the darkness
for the light to come on.

The light comes on of itself.
It is a property of light
to be self-illuminating.
When the time is right
the light comes on.

We wait in the darkness
for the light to come on.

Darkness is not the enemy of light,
nor light of darkness.
They are extensions of the other,
and need each other
for their own optimal existence.

Light needs enough darkness to see by.
No darkness at all
means the light is too bright.
Darkness needs light to be seen by.
No light at all 
means the darkness too deep for life.
Even bats and owls would starve to death
without the creatures of the light
to feed upon.

We sit in the darkness
waiting for the light.

Emptiness.
Stillness.
Silence.
Clarity.

The formula for seeing in the darkness,
and doing what needs to be done. 

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