Moderation. Something that I find so incredibly important. When I encountered my first bout of enlightenment I felt like it was a shotgun burst...but in reality is was more of a burst of light. In this burst of light I understood everything there was to know. But in reality the burst of light was just that, a burst of light. The darkness follows soon after. There is nothing wrong with this.

We are all subjects of our own culture. We see our everyday world through a lens crafted by our enculturation. I am not saying this is a bad thing. American culture has it's low points, as does New England culture, as does rural town culture (all categories I would place myself in). All of these cultural identities also have wonderful, and often times, beautifully quaint aspects.

I'm new to this whole spiritual growth thing, as of a few months ago. I had always been interested in spirituality, and I was always an accepting, relatively kind person. Although up until earlier this Fall, I was very cynical, depressed, and doggedly agnostic; and I was pretty OK with it.