[John Asherah]

Immersed, the fish does not recognize the water in which it lives.

To fully experience or appreciate anything requires periods of separation.

In wisdom, souls choose to relinquish unity for a time and experience the trials of mortal life to an exalted purpose.

This is why so many things are not fully appreciated until they are gone; and why life changes for those who have been touched by death.

We stand as one, shimmering in the twilight; our world in agony, together suffering wounds that have yet to heal, but shall.

As we ascend, our light shines out beyond ourselves, revealing a way for others.

Not by a curse, do we dispel the darkness.