Dialogue on Darkness, continuation: Thomas Moore (I)

"I turn to the Tao Te Ching to be reminded of what David Hinton translates as "the dark enigma". I know this phenomenon well in my life. I tire of hearing about the light from spiritual types, because it seems to me that the great mystery is darker than it is bright. You don't encounter in the light of pure hope and bliss. At times you have to approach the darkness and the puzzle of your life and through torments of self confrontation." 
Thomas Moore, A Religion of One's Own
Image, painting by Lu Cordaro, Dark side
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