Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911) Quest of the Holy Grail (1895) Boston Public Library

THE VALLEY-LIGHT Is God best found on top of a hill? Many make pilgrimages there to find gurus who teach the art to be still so they will experience cosmic mind. If the kingdom of heaven is within why waste so much energy to climb up, up, and up from vale to mountain? Just relax right here and save your time. The river is lord of ten thousand mountain streams because it stays below them, so sages remain at the lowland drinking tea in a hut by the willows. Perceval knew this well and pierced the vale of darkness with white light and found the Grail.                     Peter Y. Chou                     Mountain View, 2-2-2011                     Feast of Candlemas Day