There are no words for the concepts we are working with. That is the ultimate truth. The only truth. Religion as a system has forgotten the stories that were their foundations, and have become obsessed with the vestments. The primal core the truths represent have been relocated and ignored. Christ, Buddha, and anyone else who have truly seen the face of god have been misquoted, supplanted, distorted. The challenge is not to look upon the shining face of deity that stares terrible and majestic upon you, but to even find much less see the hidden face of god, where paradoxes meet. Good and evil, yin and yang, dark and light; they may appear as opposites, but in reality they are the same. This basic seemingly immutable division is only the first and last of those that hold existence from the void. God alone sees things as they are, all one, even creation and negation. But it is the responsibility, nay the instinct, nay the purpose of all life to ultimately strive for this point of enlightened, penultimate, perfection. To be one and many, God and his worshiper simultaneously. We have forgotten. There are no words.

--Originally submitted as a review to the fanfiction Bleeding Through by Mattk after the submission of the initial opening of this story.


In the end, every story is a love story. The unity of all things is represented in every marriage ceremony in the world, from tribal custom to high ceremony. It is likewise true, that sooner or later life is all about sex and death. Life and Death. Oblivion isn't an end any more than conception a beginning.

--Revised summery for this story, composed at the completion of the above

A/N: Sorry to anyone reading about A) the major delays and B) the cop out interlude. If you know what the hell I am talking about it makes sense... but you have to see it from the end. If I do my job, then an entusiastic post-conclusion reread will have you smiling and nodding. As to the delay... well, I had a ton of research to dofor the future, layout work, characters to nail down, (there will be some new ones, and some that I've adapted) and abilites to understand. I'm trying to use as much of the afterlife in the traditions relating to buddism as I can, but Jainism is just confusing to me still. Beyond that, I have major issues woth finding the time to type.

All that said, I have material for the next chapter, and will ave it out ASAP.

Reposting to fix the title of the story for the above review, add the author and include the where-the-hell-I've-been report, on the off chance anyone cared.

Peace. Out.