Farandolae must deepen

Charles Wallace is dying because of a problem in his mitochondria. His sister and friends are inside his cells trying to save his life.

"When Sporos deepens, it means it comes of age. It means that it grows up. The temptation for farandola or for man or for star is to stay an immature pleasure seeker. When we seek our own pleasure as the ultimate good we place ourselves as the center of the universe. A fara or a man or a star has his place in the universe, but nothing created is the center. . .

The balance of life within Yadah is precarious. If Sporos and the others of his generation do not Deepen, the balance will be altered. If the farandolae refuse to Deepen, the song will be stilled and Charles Wallace will die. The Echthroi (the evil) will have won.

But a child, why is one small child so important?

It is the pattern through-out creation. One child, one man can swing the balance of history."

I finally found the quote I was looking for from the book, "A Wind in the Door," by Madeline L'Engle. I think that a similar thing is happening to our society. Men who are looking for good wives can't find them, and women who are looking for good men are also having a rough time. Too many young people are refusing to deepen. In the book it talks about the farandolae whirling laughing mocking and playing instead of deepening. They are searching for happiness in all the wrong places, when deepening would bring them happiness. With some, they want more education, want more fun, want more freedom, while those who long to deepen, to grow and progress are searching among the wild dancers for someone who also wants to deepen. But they won't find them there. I see the news and we glorify the whirlers and pleasure seekers and denigrade the deep ones. Madeline L'Engle also wrote the book "A Wrinkle in Time." Both are interesting and very thought provoking. Her last book, well, I didn't like that as much, she seemed to have lost her spiritual sense. But these are really good.