Malevolence reduces everything to nothing.
Benevolence elevates all things in importance.

This is a difference that exists not only in others.
This is a difference that exists not only in big ways.

This is a difference at the start that determines the end,
a difference in what we seek that determines what we find.

There Is A Light ... from Amidst Publishing

Encouraging and inspiring. Penetrating and insightful. Spare and to the point. There Is A Light marries the transcendent
and the practical in very personal and human ways. The wisdom found in this book is not wisdom in the abstract.
It is wisdom in the commonplace and everyday.

Fresh, original, and authentic, its clarity, its immediacy, and its captivating stories shift the reader out of routine ways
of seeing and habitual ways of being. The magic of this book is in how it opens doors, where there were no doors before,
and presents new thresholds to you.

Fifteen years in the writing, There Is A Light is the creation of author Kim Shaffer. His writing could be characterized
as an expression of Christian mysticism, without reference to dogma or theology. Unique in many ways, this jewel of a book
is a resource you will draw from over and over.

Organized Into Ninety-Nine Passages

In print, these Passages average about one page in length. The first thirteen are provided for reading here. See links below. The ninety-nine Passages are all related, of course, but each is free-standing. They can be read one at a time and in any order.

Available As A Book In Print & As An eBook

There Is A Light is available as a book in print and as a Kindle ebook. With currently available apps, Kindle books can be read on almost any device or computer. An Apple ebook version will be available soon. A link to our Amazon listings is provided below.

Passage One: Foundations

The foundation upon which all else is built is caring. All else is secondary. Our understandings will change. Our conceptions will evolve. All manifestations and all creations will pass away in time. What sustains and what affirms, what gives depth and substance to, is caring.

There is no other motivation that is so divine. There is no other state of being that makes anything meaningful. That one thing, caring, gives rise to all other things wonderful, inspires creativity and endeavor. Without that one thing, there is no purpose or meaning to anything.

Caring is often painful and difficult, and it is priceless. Where there is caring, there is life. Where there is no caring, there is no life. Without caring, existence can be no more than empty pleasures and pain. Without caring, there can be no joy, no appreciation, no gifts given, and none received.

Whenever I become confused about what is what, I come back to this. It does not matter what I think I do or do not understand. What matters is if I am caring. If I am, then I have a firm foundation.

All may be imaginary. All may be an illusion. I may not know or understand anything with certainty. It does not matter. I will know each tree by the fruit it bears, and if I am caring, my words and actions, my creations and endeavors, will be fruit that is born of a good tree.

Passageway photograph copyright Robin Smith.

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