Wholiness
Rockbiter: Near my home there used to be a beautiful lake, but then it was gone. Tiny: Did the lake dry up? Rockbiter: No, it just wasn't there anymore. Nothing was there anymore. Not even a dried up lake. Tiny: A hole ? Rockbiter: No, a hole would be something. Nah, it was nothing. And it got bigger and bigger. First there was no lake anymore and then finally, no rocks. These lines are from a movie I watched many times as a young child – The Never Ending Story. The look on the rock biter’s face when he explained how it was The Nothing that took his home filled me with what I can only describe as dread. The idea that something could be there one minute and simply not exist the next minute terrified me. With my limited understanding of life, I thought being wiped away from reality was the worst condition possible. The concept of The Nothing was, in my mind, the very epitome of evil and it kept me up at night. However evil The Nothing seemed to me, thoug...