Speaking with Igjugarjuk

[Octafish]

1. The Suffering to Enlightenment

One doesn't have to understand the ancient and mystic ways to see: Suffering leads to Empathy. And that is what is required for strangers to care for one another, more than any law, mores or moral code. It is learned, usually first imparted by parents and family.

We all are tied together by the existence we share, by this universe we experience together. With that understanding of hunger and cold and infinite loss and unending pain comes pity. And the heart with pity is the person who effects good actions toward others.

When one has been through a lot, it shows. In the face, on the hands and from the scars, from what is spoken, but most from what is done. And one who knows that each human life has infinite value, also realizes that we are fortunate indeed -- blessed, actually -- to be part of that multiverse.

If love can conquer fear, what else can it do?