The human body is the house of stone and light in that we run from the very dense (bone) to the very light--literally--which can be compared to the spirit. Culture can be a very superficial influence, leading us to dwell not within but closer to the surface, the skin, where vanity and shallow concepts of beauty reign. We nurture the Ego instead of the spiritual side and end up identifying so strongly with the physical expression that we truly become mere(ly) mortal, of the flesh, incarnate. To unblock this suffocating rigidity, we need to ask our higher, forgotten self to--as the song pleads--"let me in beneath my skin." The depth of being is ever present but not necessarily the focus of daily life. We are tied to everything, and as powerful human beings, we are charged with the task of protecting everything--such would be the happy task of an enlightened human. But in our fallen state we recognize nothing as related to our disconnected selves--so much so that even a massive oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico causes less of a panic than the economic collapse of a few years ago when a panicky public gladly allowed the very market forces that caused the downfall to rob them and their progeny for the next umpteen generations of their economic lifeblood with massive bailouts for failing banks-casinos. This is truly the time when we must scratch beyond the surface and once again enter that Temple of Self that lies within this body, which, from bone to mind to spirit, can verily be called a "house of stone and light." Submitted by Ted Pandeva Zagar.