There has never been a time
when you and I have not existed...
There will never be a time
when we will cease to be.
~ from the BHAGAVAD GITA
And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year: "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." The reply: "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That will be to you better than light, and safer than a known way."