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XOx Uriah xOX
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since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403
Virginia

0 posted 2006-04-17 05:15 PM




I have heard it said
that inorder to truly say
that something is TRUTH...
You must have personal
knowledge of it.
Personal experience

Anything other than
Personal knowledge
through experience
cannot be called TRUTH.

You may hear
another's Truth
You may embrace it...
Claim it as your
"personal truth"...
However, it is only
accepted hearsay.

I will share my truth with you.
It is truth based
on experience.
In fact...
It is my First experience
My First thought.
My oldest memory.
I should say it is..." Larry's "
First experience,
thought and memory.
Because it goes back
to the very beginning
of  ( I )  "living" as that
which is  "Larry "

In the beginning...
( I )  looked upon a "form"
An "object" that had appeared.
There had been only void
and darkness upon the deep...
And now...  This "object"
in the midst of the void.
The "object" had the appearance
of that which is physically
writing these words.
The "object" was  THIS  body
as an  "image" and not yet
in the form of matter.
It floated within the void.

That was my first "experience"

( I )  said to myself...
"I guess that will be me."

That was my first "thought"

After that...     ( I )  became  "me"
No longer was there the perspective
of the  ( I )  looking upon "me".
Now, there was only the "me"
looking out from this form

As "i" floated alone within
the midst of the void...
"i" said to myself,  "This is me."

The ( I ) that had  SEEN  this "me"
also had been  SEEING  the void,
but now, as  "me"...   "i" was able
to experience it.

There "i" floated...
Peaceful...    Content...
In total Bliss
Nothing was lacking
Nothing was in excess.
There was only  "me"

"i" cannot say how long
i remained in that state.
Time did not exist.
But...
There came a  "time"
When an "object" appeared...
It was a faint gray light.
i watched it...
and as i did...  it drew closer
"What is this?", i asked myself
and immediately it disappeared.

There "i" was again...
alone...  floating in Bliss.

Then...
There came a "time"
When the gray light appeared again.
i watched it.     It drew closer.
i said to myself...  "i remember this !"
It was then that  "i"  realized
that it was my attention being focused
upon it that was drawing me nearer.
It was occuring  "within"  me.
Within my consciousness.

Here is where I shall stop.
I won't go into the experiences
and memories of  "becoming"
"physical"     "tangible"
Of deciding to enter this  "world".

To share my "Life" story
is not the purpose of this writing.
Nor will I go into any  "meaning"
or  "philosophies" concerning
these events.
I only wished to share the memories
of the "experience" of beginning
to "exist" as an  "object"

What I have related to you
is my  TRUTH.
Based upon personal knowledge and experience.
These are not memories that have been  "recalled"
from introspection or retrospection.
These are things that have been remembered
ever since their moment of occurring
and have been with me every moment
of my existence since.
This was  "my"  beginning.
The origin of that which would later be called  "Larry"
Which existed in  "image"  
prior to physical form,
And it is the rememberence of the  ( I )
having existed
prior to the  "image"

This is "my" TRUTH

Now...
I will bring up two possibilities...

Either this is  "my"  beginning
and  "i"  have come to   "be here"
through an entirely different manner than  "you"
or....
Whether you remember or not...
It is  "your" beginning also.

Am "i" THAT much different than  "you"?

I'll let "you" decide this...
I can only speak of  "my"   TRUTH.

© Copyright 2006 Larry F. Leake - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049
California
1 posted 2006-04-17 05:27 PM


Words to think on, Larry...thank you.
terasinas
Member
since 2006-03-24
Posts 91
Michigan ... The Great Lakes
2 posted 2006-04-18 12:57 PM


Personal experience ... so true brother, I agree. Also ... what a wonderful rememberance to have ... and I am glad you have shared.

Either this is  "my"  beginning
and  "i"  have come to   "be here"
through an entirely different manner than  "you"
or....
Whether you remember or not...
It is  "your" beginning also.

Am "i" THAT much different than  "you"?

I'll let "you" decide this...
I can only speak of  "my"   TRUTH.

Good ending with these words
We are all the same ((hugs))

The Lady
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634
The Southwest
3 posted 2006-04-18 02:33 PM




Good write and I really like this line...
"Am "i" THAT much different than  "you"?"

Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
    - Kahil Gibran

You are in good company Uriah.

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