Stephen walked through the dark night of the soul. His transformative healing journey impelled him to heal from his abusive childhood, and the twenty-five years living as a reclusive in a celibate lifestyle. He became the care-giver to an elderly man who had never been to school, and whose social graces and communication skills were more comparable to the natural world than civilized society. However, this same man possessed a spiritual genius that would ultimately liberate Stephen from his emotional straitjacket and open doors to hidden inner-potential and spiritual insight that Stephen had never before been connected to.