Looking at the fireflies made me wonder what is light and what is darkness. While the firefly emits some light at night, it is not a streak of light, but a light that vanishes right in front of one's eyes, only to reappear at some entire different place. Looking for fireflies on a dark night means constant focussing because you blink and you never know what course that tiny creature has taken. It means that you have to extremely vigilant otherwise you will have to scan a wide area of darkness to capture that one moment of light.
Isn't all light the same. One second of failed attention and we fail to grasp what is happening in the world around us, requiring us to make special effort to get back on the track. One moment and the world moves ahead. The light of knowledge, the light of faith, it all requires a constant vigil. You cannot afford to relax if you want that one glimpse of perfection, one moment of truth. Because when there is no light, it is all dark, and you cannot move ahead without stumbling. For darkness has no existence for those who hold on to the light. But those who let go of it, they have to wander unaccompanied, unguided in an unknown territory.
Isn't all light the same. One second of failed attention and we fail to grasp what is happening in the world around us, requiring us to make special effort to get back on the track. One moment and the world moves ahead. The light of knowledge, the light of faith, it all requires a constant vigil. You cannot afford to relax if you want that one glimpse of perfection, one moment of truth. Because when there is no light, it is all dark, and you cannot move ahead without stumbling. For darkness has no existence for those who hold on to the light. But those who let go of it, they have to wander unaccompanied, unguided in an unknown territory.
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