Crawling in the dark with a candle

[Brittany]

I think that various people came here and entertained their current incarnations for various reasons. There may be some who have dedicated this lifetime to intellectual pursuit in order to balance love with wisdom. There may be some who are at levels of understanding where what seems trivial to you might actually be important to their learning. Of course, I also believe that people can easily be distracted by the shiny but ultimately useless bits of data hanging out there in the grid. It's easy to be wrapped up in getting to the top of the hill of truth, when the truth may have been back on the ground where you started. But I'm not going to try and decide which is which for each person I meet, unless they happen to ask for my advice. I know I can learn something from each person, regardless of whether they are holding to whatever course they set for themselves, and I try to simply let our energies mingle and benefit one another, taking what benefits, leaving the rest.