These lyrics to an unreleased song by  a favourite song-writer of mine really launched me in the direction of a big epiphany this last year:
"When I lost my way home
I was helpless like a small child.
No eyes of my own that could
Take me through the night time.
...
I slept through the daylight,
Woke up, it was midnight
<b>There in the dark I saw Sun Mountain.</b>

Here in my world I remember all the things I left behind
And if I need them they will be there a part of my mind."

My major epiphany of 2009 was that "darkness" doesn't equate "evil" "bad" "false" or any of the other scary things I was raised to think of it as. Darkness is simply <i>the unmanifested</i>, the void- that which we are all in this life to draw fruit out of.

The whitest, most pure, and noble horse is still white, pure, and noble whether light is shining on it or not, whether you or anyone else will ever see its hue. The truth that lies in the mere fact that darkness <i>exists</i> is just as much truth as the fact that <i>light</i> exists. The TRUTH of what IS is what matters.

This was very profound for me this year and has opened me up to all sorts of new experiences, friendships, and art-creating (I'm a musician, currently working on an entire concept album devoted to this theme of truth being true whether it is illuminated in light or simply out there waiting to be groped in the dark by the few who are brave enough to go where their eyes cannot see). I've become open in a way I wasn't before and have come to learn I'm wise enough to find value and truth in whatever comes my way, whether I (formerly) first would've labeled the experience/ person/ or thing as "good" or "evil." Therefore, for me I'm finding it's better to abandon those titles and judgments from the get-go. I will admit that experimenting with this isn't for the faint of heart, or those who don't trust themselves to make wise, moment-by-moment decisions of what is best for them.


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- G.