December 10-B, 2022

We have to learn 
to live for something
beyond our desire and fear
(Joseph Campbell).

But.
We are sure there is nothing
beyond our desire and fear.

The First Death is letting go
of our desire and fear.

It is the first of many deaths
all the way up to the Last Death,
which is the transition point
between conscious into unconscious,
into the light that knows no end
(and no beginning).

We all come from the light,
and return to the light
(That's my opinion).

And in-between,
there is learning how to see
what to value
and how to know what's what
and what to do in response to it,
where, when and how.

That is all life is good for.
If we live learning that,
we know things 
that cannot be known any other way.

Which is true knowing.
Stuff no one can teach us.
To be known only by those
who live their way there.

Life is where light becomes enlightened
by life,
becomes aware of itself,
knows itself as though for the first time.

Life is where light wakes up.
Or, comes back again 
for another round.

Or, comes back again
because its fun,
or to learn more,
or to do it again better.

Light is all there is,
and it can do what it wants
forever.

Knowing what's what
is one of light's deepest joys
and greatest pleasures,
and purest delights.

De light loves being delighted.

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