I had a vision once. I have lived with it for many years. In it, I see the human race moving towards the edge of a great abyss, inexorably, as if driven by a deep and fearful compulsion. There seems no stopping this rush to oblivion. Imagine all of humanity moving towards this fearsome edge. There would be only darkness and the beating of funeral drums.

With this dark vision, came another. In it, there suddenly appears a great Light, and all of humanity wakes as if from a deep sleep. We look at this edge together, now visible before us, and realize the great danger that we had faced and have now barely overcome, thanks only to the Light. It is the turning point, the Return. We gather ourselves then and turn away from that deep and fearsome edge and follow instead the Light that will lead us home once again, as it did long ago – as it always has.

We have been on the brink of nuclear holocaust for years. We are on the brink of environmental holocaust now. Our air is barely breathable. Our water is no longer pure. Everyday we foul our nest! We have no direction for our lives, moving through them as if asleep. Violence and chaos are increasing everywhere.

We are at that awesome edge right now. Even blind, we can feel it before us. And now a mystery occurs. Just as we are about to enter the great darkness, the Light appears. What is this Light?

This Light comes from the depths of the human psyche, from that deepest place within each of us, where we connect to each other and to Mother Earth. We have long been absent from this place of refuge, from this inner source of wisdom. Our rational minds and our little individual and collective egos have been making too much noise being self-important.

The message of the Light is clear – turn inwards, turn towards the Light that is within each of us. And as more and more of us do so, we will begin to realize just how insane we have been, denying the dangerous reality of our lives as we have lived them.