darkness

Some interesting thoughts about perspective in the book “The World I Live In” by Helen Keller. The most important, I think, is that she said her world was no less than anyone's who can see and hear. She described a very broad, wonderful experience based in the senses of touch, smell and taste.

The thought that lingers with me is that darkness was not something negative for her. While so many of us, especially when we are young, fear the dark, Ms. Keller grew to be very happy there. She wrote a poem called "Chant of Darkness." Throughout the poem she repeats these lines:

"Out of the uncharted, unthinkable dark we came,

and in a little time we shall return again

into the vast, unanswering dark." Helen Keller

I've always imagined heaven/ where God lives to be a bright, sunny place. This gives me a different picture. It sort of fits with the idea that our universe is dark. When we look out above our planet, space is dark except for the objects in it. If God created our universe, perhaps he meant darkness to be comforting. Perhaps heaven is dark except for the spirits in it.

I'm not sure where I'm going with these thoughts. Curiosity is a wonderful thing that leads to learning. And there is so much in life to learn!