and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the zeros and the ones, through the electricity of the world, through the scrolling words on a screen at the end of a dream


and the universe said I love you


and the universe said you have played the game well


and the universe said everything you need is within you


and the universe said you are stronger than you know


and the universe said you are the daylight


and the universe said you are the night


and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you.


and the universe said the light you seek is within you


and the universe said you are not alone.


and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing


and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code


and the universe said I love you because you are love.