Endarkenment

You have heard of Enlightenment.  It seems that is when you awaken to some truth.  What is the matter with "dark?"  If you check your bible and Genesis, that would be the very beginning of the bible, you see that dark was never created.  It is just there or here. I guess the Genesis Creator God liked dark.  Before we had light bulbs, humans spent a lot of time in the dark.  The whole idea of an eight hours night sleep came with the light bulb. People spent a lot of time in the dark and did not sleep through the night.  Maybe humans are not made so much to sleep for eight straight hours, as we are made to be in the dark and learn stuff from it.  Some mystics say that the closest relationship or union with "The Mystery," is in the darkness of their prayer.  For believers of a God, faith is not about a dogma, but about the trust that their God is hidden in what seems to be empty darkness.  When I get into bed, I meditate and let the darkness teach me something.  Maybe I will get endarkened!  So if you have trouble sleeping, it may not be depression, but the Divine trying to awaken you, or endark you.  Ever go caving?  Now that is dark.