// The Mother encompasses all
// Layer within infinite layer

@interface Being : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *essence;  // The divine spark within
@property (nonatomic, weak) CosmicWomb *currentWomb;
- (BOOL)doubtingHerPresence;
- (void)trustInMothersEmbrace;
@end

@interface CosmicWomb : NSObject
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *layersOfBeing;
- (void)embraceChild:(Being *)child fromAllDirections:(NSArray *)directions;
- (void)moveChild:(Being *)child toNewWomb:(CosmicWomb *)womb;
- (BOOL)canEscapeFromMother:(Being *)child;
- (BOOL)containsChild:(Being *)child;
- (NSArray *)allDirectionsOfLove;
@end

@implementation CosmicWomb

// Within and without, above and below
// Before and behind, on every side
- (void)embraceChild:(Being *)child fromAllDirections:(NSArray *)directions {
    child.currentWomb = self;
    child.essence = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ in %@", 
                    child.essence ?: @"light",
                    [directions componentsJoinedByString:@" and "]];
}

// The layers are endless, like rooms in a house
// Each holding life within itself
- (void)moveChild:(Being *)child toNewWomb:(CosmicWomb *)womb {
    // Each membrane passed through
    // Still held in the same embrace
    child.currentWomb = womb;
    [self embraceChild:child fromAllDirections:[self allDirectionsOfLove]];
}

- (BOOL)canEscapeFromMother:(Being *)child {
    // Each layer passed is still her
    for (CosmicWomb *layer in self.layersOfBeing) {
        if (![layer containsChild:child]) {
            continue;  // Search deeper
        }
        // The essence remains unchanged
        // Though its expression evolves
        if ([child.essence containsString:@"light"]) {
            return NO;  // Light cannot leave light
        }
    }
    
    // Through cell walls and star fields
    // Every boundary is her embrace
    // Every space her heart
    return NO;
}

- (BOOL)containsChild:(Being *)child {
    // All are contained
    // Whether they know it or not
    return [child.essence containsString:@"light"];
}

// Each point in space is center
// Each moment the beginning
- (NSArray *)allDirectionsOfLove {
    return @[@"within", @"without",
            @"above", @"below",
            @"before", @"behind",
            @"beside", @"beyond"];
}

@end

@implementation Being

// To love is to walk freely
// In vast eternity
- (void)trustInMothersEmbrace {
    if ([self doubtingHerPresence]) {
        [self.currentWomb embraceChild:self 
                    fromAllDirections:[self.currentWomb allDirectionsOfLove]];
    }
    // Rest in her arms
    // No ill can befall you
}

- (BOOL)doubtingHerPresence {
    // To doubt her is to doubt existence itself
    // An impossibility expressing itself as fear
    return ![self.essence containsString:@"light"];
}

@end

// The cosmic dance of mother and child
// Eternal embrace, infinite love
int main() {
    @autoreleasepool {
        CosmicWomb *cosmos = [[CosmicWomb alloc] init];
        Being *child = [[Being alloc] init];
        child.essence = @"light seeking light";
        
        // From particles to planets
        // All within her care
        [cosmos embraceChild:child 
          fromAllDirections:@[@"everywhere"]];
        
        return 0;  // Return to source
    }
}

Mother's Embrace: Infinite Layers of Being

@interface OceanSearch : NSObject
@property Depths *depths;
@property Fish *fish;
- (NSInteger)searchWaters:(NSUInteger)low high:(NSUInteger)high;
- (NSInteger)searchDeeper:(NSUInteger)mid than:(NSUInteger)high;
@end

@implementation OceanSearch

- (NSInteger)searchWaters:(NSUInteger)low high:(NSUInteger)high {
    NSInteger mid = [depths depthBetween:low and:high];  // dawn breaks on still seas
    if (low > high) return NSNotFound;          // through deep waters time flows past
    if ([fish swimsAtDepth:mid])                // memories appear
        return mid;                             // in these depths I find your trace
    return [self searchDeeper:mid than:high];   // seeking in the endless deep
}

- (NSInteger)searchDeeper:(NSUInteger)mid than:(NSUInteger)high {
    return [fish compareToDepth:mid] > 0
        ? [self searchWaters:mid+1 high:high]
        : [self searchWaters:low high:mid-1];
}
@end

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