“You have forgotten the meaning of sleep. And when you forgot sleep, you forgot everything. Not to understand sleep is like having words but no silence to speak into, like having a brush but no canvas to paint on, like having a life but no death to give it depth and meaning.
“Your world no longer sleeps. Truly, you no longer sleep. You wrap your arms around the day and clasp your fingers on the other side. You never let go. You never fall. You never experience release. Every leaf that flutters to the ground knows the meaning of sleep, and every drop of rain, every wave, and every waterfall.
“If you want to know what is coming, you have only to understand this single word ‘sleep’ and all that it portends. Your more optimistic poets and prophets speak of a ‘Great Awakening,’ but I tell you this will not happen until you have experienced a ‘Great Sleep.’
“Is not the night filled with stars to guide your steps from dusk to dawn? Is there not the moon to light your way through dreams? Your path through the dark has been provided for. When the moment comes for you to take that path, you need only take Me by the hand.”