Shekinah

It is exactly ten years after graduation. It is 1978. Still full of idealism, two best friends reunite in a local U.C. Berkeley tavern. Still not too far of a walk for Dr. William Argent. He remained and became a professor. Simon did the complete opposite and blazed a wanderlust trail around the world since 1968. Both still had the dreamer’s disease and want to change the world.

They dreamt of one day finding the ‘’Axis Mundi’’. In ancient traditional Hindu teachings, it is the spiritual bellybutton of the world. It is said that if one were to make the pilgrimage, the reward would be enlightenment. A chance to meet the first mind, to meet God. Suffering would end.

Simon returns and invites Argent to a final quest. He believes he has found the Axis Mundi. Argent’s reoccurring childhood dream has recently revisited him, just prior to Simon’s arrival. He is also very much in love and engaged to Jordan, his garden goddess.

If one has a one-of-a-kind invitation to live an extraordinary life, and chooses to not, is this a sin? Sin means to miss your perfect mark. So does Argent stay, or does he go and meet God?