You go on. You just go on. There's nothing more to it, and there's no trick to make it easier. You just go on. - Lois McMaster Bujold

Are we not all called on to yield our children back to the world, in the end?

In mysticism, knowledge cannot be separated from a certain way of life which becomes its living manifestation. To acquire mystical knowledge means to undergo a transformation; one could even say that the knowledge is the transformation. Scientific knowledge, on the other hand, can often stay abstract and theoretical. Thus most of today’s physicists do not seem to realize the philosophical, cultural and spiritual implications of their theories.

Oh, fine new friends you have—until They betray you. If the gods toy with you, cousin, it is for Their ends, not yours.