predatory will into the will of love." Staring
in his amazing eyes, I knew that this sky
dance was a pathway, a passage into just
such an endeavor.
"Governing things is not done by things, but
by harmony. Governing harmony is not
done by harmony, but by people. Governing
people is not done by people, but by rulers.
Governing rulers is not done by rulers, but
by desires. Governing desires is not done by
desires, but by virtue. Governing virtue is
not done by virtue, but by the Way."
Wen-Tzu, No. 134, Page 130, Paragraph 1,
(Buddhism, Taoism, Words of Lao Tsu)
And so it came to pass that the Old
Ones came and began to teach me of the
ways of altering darkness and evil. When
the time came for graduation, I began to hear
the soulful sounds of mourners crying in the
distance. Raising their hands as thunder
billowed in the mountain winds, the
grandmothers commanded the wind. "It is a
balance," one said, "when you move beyond
the predatory will to the will of love, it is
natural to no longer be comfortable with the
predatory nature of life in this realm. This
indicates that you are moving towards a