There are pockets of light in my life, things that seem clear, that I grasp and understand. What warm comfort I find here! But between the spaces of light lies an infinite darkness, in the uncertain depths of chaos waiting to be explored. ^49ea31 A brave soul might enter the labyrinth, in search of adventure and treasure. But once the abyss swallows, the light fades behind, and the peril of the frontier reveals itself. ## See also: > "The dangers which confront the 'adventure and circumnavigator of that inner world called human being'" [[Nietzsche]] Human All Too Human > "He enters a labyrinth, and multiplies a thousandfold the dangers that life in itself brings with it – of which not the least is that nobody can see how and where he loses his way, becomes solitary, and is torn to pieces by some cave-minotaur of conscience." [[Nietzsche]] Beyond Good and Evil %% ##### Scraps Such is the cost of seeking illumination. There are pockets of light in my life, things that seem clear, that I grasp and understand. What warm comfort I find here! But between these spaces of light exists an infinite darkness, in the uncertain depths of chaos waiting to be explored. A brave soul might enter the labyrinth, in search of adventure and treasure. But as one ventures into the abyss, the light fades behind, and the peril of the frontier reveals itself. No longer can one simply go home. And one can no longer return home. soon enough the abyss becomes all encompassing, swallows But as one ventures into the abyss, the light fades behind, and the peril of the frontier reveals itself. No longer can one simply go home. Related: "The dangers which confront the 'adventure and circumnavigator of that inner world called human being'" [[Nietzsche]] Human All Too Human "He enters a labyrinth, and multiplies a thousandfold the dangers that life in itself brings with it – of which not the least is that nobody can see how and where he loses his way, becomes solitary, and is torn to pieces by some cave-minotaur of conscience." [[Nietzsche]] Beyond Good and Evil [[My Deep Structure]] Source:: https://www.lauraevans.io/the-darkness/ %%