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ethome
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0 posted 2012-07-17 12:43 PM


From the cortex chambers ventriliquists speak
with their distant voices probing
the soul's quiet palace.
They demand necessities: Amen -
and forgiveness; they repair despair,
teaching lessons from straw to sticks to bricks.

Yet what sad reality, the acceptance of
the mediating value of lies,
when the truth was never better.
Why is it some disguise body and mind,
until they are forced into the open
exposed by their glib shallow rote?

While, all the voices in the palace,
ventriloquists of inner thought,
remain quantum reminders,
that from the heart, to the great light that fills the sky,
all accept the gift of consciousness - and in the end,
it comes down to the truth of the matter.

http://youtu.be/16K6m3Ua2nw


© Copyright 2012 Eric Lewis True - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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1 posted 2012-07-17 01:03 PM


I'm sitting here trembling. What a video.

To your poem . . .

"Yet what sad reality, the acceptance of
the mediating value of lies,
when the truth was never better."

Yesssss!

~*~ they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

ethome
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2 posted 2012-07-17 01:24 PM


Thank you Jerry.

The truth is hard to take sometimes.
Jeff just told it like it is even though it hurt him to do so.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

suthern
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3 posted 2012-07-17 02:23 PM


Two great truths in one post - the video and your poem. And truth sometimes hurts... but it's necessary!!

Thank you for this!

Startime1955
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Alberta, Canada
4 posted 2012-07-17 02:24 PM


WOW!!!! the truth hurts...What else is there to say...(((BIG HUGS)))

*may our dreams ever be magical*

ethome
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5 posted 2012-07-17 02:25 PM


Thank you for visiting and commenting suthern.
Yes, the truth always becomes necessary in the final analysis.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

ethome
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6 posted 2012-07-17 02:27 PM


Whoops.....you slipped in there Karen while I was replying to suthern.
Thanks for the visit and once again yes, the truth hurts.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

Startime1955
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7 posted 2012-07-17 02:35 PM


Thank you, Eric...I posted it on my face book...*BIG HUGS*It still breaks my heart

*may our dreams ever be magical*

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
8 posted 2012-07-17 04:02 PM


Most moving video and your words hit where it hurts.  Sometimes those outside America can see what Americans do not or will not see so the video was most gratifying.

I believe in the truth - always.

Helen

ethome
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9 posted 2012-07-18 03:15 AM


Thanks Karen for the return visit.

Eric

Helen
I too believe in the truth. However, Jeff makes some good points in this video especially about the past. Decline hurts everybody.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

ebonygirl
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10 posted 2012-07-18 11:50 AM


Enjoyed your poem, Eric.
Insightful!
Ms. E

ethome
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11 posted 2012-07-18 12:20 PM


Thank you Ms. e
I appreciate the comment and the visit.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
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Watertown, NY
12 posted 2012-07-19 09:12 AM


"all accept the gift of consciousness - and in the end,
it comes down to the truth of the matter."

Amen. Enjoyed.

-Trina
I'll keep these dreams hidden
inside these eyes of mine
until my tears fall
unto my tainted hear

ethome
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13 posted 2012-07-19 01:01 PM


Thank you Trina.
Good to see you back.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

Marchmadness
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So. El Monte, California
14 posted 2012-07-22 04:40 PM


Wow! Someone with enough guts to tell the truth at last and someone  (like you) to recognize it. Stunning video, great poem.
                                      Ida

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21
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Florida
15 posted 2012-07-22 06:16 PM


Again you come across.The truth is so hard to face and in our not facing it we lose.It has taken much too long for most of us to realize how far this country has moved off in to the wrong direction. Baby steps at first which were not thought much of so then larger and larger steps and wrong  choices led us to where we are today. Thank you for the video and the poem. jo
jwesley
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Spring, Texas
16 posted 2012-07-22 09:53 PM


Awesome video!

j.

Scooter
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17 posted 2012-07-23 09:13 PM


This is amazing. Truthful. Scary, because I don't know if we can turn it all around. I know we can't without blood in the streets (God I hope that doesn't happen) if Hussein gets another four years. All will be lost then. Thank you for posting this.

"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."-Vladimir Lenin

ethome
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18 posted 2012-07-24 10:30 PM


Yes, it took guts Ida but it also hurt to do it.
Thanks for the visit and the comment.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

ethome
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19 posted 2012-07-24 10:32 PM


Thanks for the visit and the comment Jo.
It's kind of like taking a brick out of a house one at a time. It takes a long time but finally the house falls down.

I appreciate the visit.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

ethome
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New Brunswick Canada
20 posted 2012-07-24 10:35 PM


Thanks for the visit and the comment on the video j.

Eric


It is scary Scooter and I too wouldn't want to see blood on the streets. I had to smile at your reference to your present president.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JamesMichael
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21 posted 2012-07-30 09:48 PM


Very nice...James
ethome
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22 posted 2012-07-31 01:05 PM


Thanks very much James.

true love never looks after it's own interests

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