Point made

There is a parable in one of the four Vedas of the Hindu tradition that tells of a man entering a darkened room.  To his horror he sees a snake coiled in a corner.  Terrified at the prospect of a venomous snake ready to strike, he fights the urge to flee . . . but chooses to move toward the snake to examine it.  His choice not to flee finds a harmless coil of rope in the corner.  The point made is that knowledge of the truth about the environments in which we live spiritual and physically displays them as less hostile and as  a community that is life-giving.