in pursuit of illumination, one must ignore any sense of their own nature and commit to the diligent task of denying everything they would normally want or do.
in pursuit of what is only light and without any sort of darkness, you become incredibly lonely and afraid at times, realizing that in pursuing light, you are implicity existing in and out of darkness.
What does the light need?
If you ask the most trusted and reliable source of information (google), it will tell you that:
the light needs a source
the light needs polishing
the light needs to be switched on where people issues and attitudes cause organizations to stumble
the light needs a little work
But sometimes light needs to be slowed down so that signals can be routed in the right direction
It would seem that if you pursue illumination too quickly, your speed will extinguish what you are pursuing.
and so i am still.
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On a related note, on David Crowder's album "Illuminate," a reviewer comments from snippets of an interview with him about the theme and title of the album, "Taking the empirical facts about light and translating them into revelation about the nature of God and creation, Crowder realized that he was on to something, and light began to appear in everything he wrote. Illuminate is a journey on a darkened path. It acknowledges the darkness in which we live and celebrates the reality of Light coming toward us in the form of Christ."
May God be with you in your quest, my friend.
i can't believe you wrote here about light! i just emailed you about that very symbol! what the heck? ... thank you K for opening up your lips and shining your words here. :)
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