The
Abyss gapes wide. It is deeper and stranger than all our
understanding.

We dwell
on the edge of the precipice and it makes us uneasy. But as
long
as we busy ourselves with immediate concerns, we can ignore the
uncertainty
of our situation. We can go on living as we are
accustomed.
From time to time, however, the problems of living as we have been can
begin to seem overwhelming. Truth to tell, we don't really
know as
much or control as much as we've pretended. And most of our
actual
activity is no more than maintenance or busywork or self-distraction.

Now
the old answers that we've relied on to carry us through are beginning
to fail us. They raise more questions than they
settle.
It is at this point, almost without recognizing how, that we can find
ourselves
standing on the brink gazing into nothingness in search of that which
does
not presently exist.

The prospect of the Abyss is dangerous and frightening. We fear to
fall.
If we should lose our balance and topple in, like the fool in a deck of
Tarot cards, that might be the end of everything we know.

But
the Abyss is also alluring. It calls to us with a power
beyond all
reason. Creativity and newness are to be found here, and
riches beyond
measure. This is the home of wonder.

What we long
for is some way to surmount our present limits. What could we be that
we
aren't now? What is possible that presently appears
impossible?
What should we do next?

Marvelous
things that we can't quite discern beckon to us from the
depths.
If we wish to discover what they have in store for us, we must take an
imaginative leap into the unknown. Do we dare?