THE RETURN

     I had a vision once. I have lived with it for many years. In it, I see the human race moving towards the edge of a great abyss, inexorably, as if driven by a deep and fearful compulsion. There seems no stopping this insane rush to oblivion. Imagine all of humanity moving towards this fearsome edge. There would be only darkness and the blind beating of the funeral drums.

     With this dark vision, came another. In it, there suddenly appears a great Light, and all of humanity wakes as if from a deep sleep. We look at this edge together, now visible before us, and realize the great danger that we have faced and have now barely overcome, thanks only to the Light. It is the turning point, the Return. We gather ourselves now, turning away from that deep and dangerous edge, and follow instead the Light that will lead us home once again, as it did long ago - as it always has.


     We have been on the brink of nuclear holocaust for years. We are on the brink of environmental holocaust now. Our air is barely breathable. Our water is no longer pure. Everyday and everywhere we foul our nest! We have no direction to our lives, instead moving through them as if asleep. Violence and chaos are increasing everywhere.

     We are at that awesome edge right now. Even blind, we can feel it before us. And now a mystery occurs. Just as we are about to enter the great darkness, the Light appears. What is this Light?

     This Light comes from the depths of the human psyche, from that deepest place within each of us, that place of oneness where we connect to one another and to Mother Earth. We have long been absent from this place of refuge, from this inner source of wisdom. Our rational minds and our little individual and collective egos have been too busy, making too much noise being too self-important.

The message is clear - turn inwards, turn towards the Light that is within each of us. And as more and more of us do so, we will begin to realize just how insane we have been, denying the dangerous reality of our lives as we have been living them.

     Eugene Marks