The Dawning

Let us imagine there is a darkness that is teaming with life. Within this darkness dwell those who find refuge there, and those who simply wander in. For those who take refuge in the darkness, they are agitated continually, they are fearful and combative. For those who wander in by their own carelessness, they are the victims those that have mistakenly found refuge there. For the darkness, although it is comforting to some, exacerbates the agitation of its residents. Further, because of their fear of separation, and incredible pain, those who find refuge in the darkness become more combative when they are faced with resistance. Here we find a condition filled with anguish where all its residents, perpetrators as well as innocents are victimized continually.

If we are prudent we will avoid entering in to the darkness. We cannot combat the sheer number and ferocity of its residents; for to try will simply increase their strength. However in prudence we will have abandoned our brothers and sisters in the darkness. If we are compassionate caring individuals simply avoiding the darkness is not enough. We may conclude being prudent is insufficient. Yet, we cannot combat the terror and agony without facing certain defeat. However, there is a way to prevail, to bring peace and goodness in to an overwhelmingly painful situation.

Let us now imagine we live in the light.  When simple kindness and devotion to goodness have become our way of life we are filled with this light. The light of love will saturate our consciousness, shine forth from us, and illuminate the world wherever we find ourselves. Only then dare we enter the darkness, protected by the light of loving-kindness. Acting as beacons of grace, our reflected light will bring about the dawning of a new day, mercifully ending the long night of horror. In this way those who wish to leave the darkness may remain enveloped by the light of tenderness, and those who do not are free to make their own darkness elsewhere.

We may find it is not what we do that dispels the darkness but what we have become. No kindness is ever lost or wasted and has a reach we can scarce imagine.