The Summit of Truth
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....Inch by inch and hand over hand, the knight climbed, his fingers bleeding from holding onto the sharp rocks. When he was almost to the top, his path was blocked by a huge boulder. Not surprisingly, it had an inscription chiseled on it:
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.... ....Though this universe I own,
.... .... ....I possess not a thing,
.... ....for I cannot know the unknown
.... .... ....if to the known I cling.
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....The knight felt entirely too exhausted to overcome this final hurdle. It seemed impossible to decipher the inscription while clinging to the side of the mountain at the same time, but he knew he had to try.
....Squirrel and Rebecca were tempted to offer sympathy, but quickly stopped themselves, knowing that sympathy can weaken a human being.
....The knight took a deep breath, which somewhat cleared his head. Then he read the last part of the inscription aloud: "for I cannot know the unknown if to the known I cling."
....The knight considered some of the "knowns" to which he had been clinging to all his life. There was his idenity - who he thought he was and who he thought he wasn't. There were his beliefs - those things he thought were true and those things he thought were false. And there were his judgements - the things he held as good and those he held as bad.
....The knight looked up at the rock, and a horrifying thought entered his mind: The rock to which he was clinging for dear life was also known to him. Did the inscription mean that he would have to let go and fall into the abyss of the unknown?
...."You've got it right, Knight," said Sam. "You have to let go."
...."What are you trying to do - kill both of us?" the knight screamed.
...."Actually, we're dying right now," said Sam. "Take a look at yourself. You're so thin you could be slipped under a door, and you're full of stress and fear."
...."I'm not nearly as afraid as I used to be," said the knight.
...."If that's the case, then let go - and trust," said Sam.
...."Trust whom?" the knight retorted hotly. He wanted no more of Sam's philosophy.
...."Not whom," Sam replied. "It's not a who but an it!"
...."It?" asked the knight.
...."Yes," said Sam. "It - life, the force, the universe, God - whatever you want to call it."
....The knight peered over his shoulder into the apparently bottomless chasm below.
...."Let go," Sam whispered urgently.
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