Saturday, November 18, 2006

Shine Your Own Mirror

Another beer;
Another chip;
Another day
Gone to shit.

Truth is a funny thing. Ask someone what "the Truth" is and they will (unwittingly) tell you their truth. Ask someone the truth of them and they give you the truth they wish you to believe. Example:

Man to married woman: "What do you think of men?"
Woman: "Men are uncommunicative, immature and fragile."
Man: "So tell me about your husband."
Woman: "Oh, he's wonderful. Just perfect!"

It is written that Satan is trying to do all the damage he can because "his window is short". (actually, his term ends in two years) These Short Timers are people who know "the Truth" but then twist it. A man tells me he "needs no water!" And, twit that I am, I awe him as a god, he needs no water like I do. The illusion of his "power" is in having chosen death. In time his folly is revealed, but how many die before then in following him?

Heroes and cowards,
Scarred by tears of battles that
Rape the souls of men.

I had an unspeakable dream of a world run amok with greed and power. Warlords buried people alive. Why? Because they lived in a world that believed in power. And those who gave them such power never believed it would be used against them, that they were safe in choosing death for others. But it's the belief in illusion that's fatal. Just give it time.

As I speak, our war machine is crushing skulls in another land. One day, it will turn on us. It needs no water. This is just one example among many. I read of a Short Timer who claims religion is God (which is certainly fatal), who said our desecration of the environment was OK because God would fix it. Somewhere Satan laughs - for a short time.

"From the fruit of his lips
A man enjoys good things;
But the unfaithful
Have a craving for violence."

- Proverbs 13:2

Assuming this is true, you can certainly see why so many of those who espouse violence so crave to be labeled "faithful". But with our lips we can change the world. No Short Timer wants to be exposed as the fraud he is! Truth will set us free. To choose otherwise is to lose. The price of speaking out will be high. But the reward is far greater.

Since the dawn of recorded history, man has run from the truth - as if that were possible. But the truth is life is a dream gifted and we are little specks of God scattered across the universe to be portals of Light and Joy. In the end, that can be our only fate - but not for those who run from it.

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