What emerged was a framework that I now call The 11 Steps to Heaven. Beneath its simple title lies a deeper teaching, which I also refer to as The Earthbound Cycle. It is a cycle of hope, wisdom, growth, transformation, and ultimately exploration. Darkness represents Wisdom. We are often taught that light is good and darkness is bad. Light contains potential, purity, fruitfulness, and vision. Darkness contains experience, understanding, maturity, and wisdom. One cannot exist fully without the other.