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XOx Uriah xOX
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0 posted 2006-05-30 02:36 PM



YOU  bathed
and millions of
unseen lifeforms
were destroyed.

Some may be suffering.

Where is the mourning?

How was YOU affected?

YOU walked
across a field,
crushing lives
seen and unseen
beneath the fall
of each foot.

Where is the gasp?

How was YOU affected?

YOU worked
cutting down trees.
Bringing death to them.
Clearing and pushing
back the earth.
Wiping out innumerable lives.

No gasp
No mourning
Unaffected

Houses were built
"others" moved in.
Forms that  YOU
can identify with.
For it is the form
in which the YOU
identifies himself.

The earth shakes
or winds blow
or waters rise...
or...  whatever...
And that which sees
itself as seperate
and "important"
sees  "tragedy".

Now,
there is mourning.

But only the ego suffers.

Because that which  IS
and is  ALL
is unaffected.
There is no suffering.
And it is within that
which  IS
that the "you" exist.

The future that
"you" hope for...
is a dream.
The past that
"you" cling to...
is the recollection
of a dream,
that creates a
historical identity
that seems seperate
from all else that   IS.

This concept of
"separateness"
is what causes
"suffering".
But, what has ever
been...  seperate?

The "you" that sees
itself as being seperate
from all else that  IS...
sees "others" as being
seperate from itself.

Without the  "you"
there can be no
"other-than-you".

Beyond the false "you"
that mind clings to...
There is only that
which    I S
and you are that.

Oneness

No  "other"

You cannot attain this
Oneness with  A L L .

It   I S  

With or without

"you"

Get over yourself.

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1 posted 2006-05-30 09:37 PM


you made my head spin...


Rainbowdust
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2 posted 2006-05-31 06:18 AM


Thanks for the reality check Larry.

The soul would have no rainbows, had the eyes no tears.

LeeJ
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3 posted 2006-05-31 07:09 AM


ok, now I'm in a brain freeze???

this was a very interesting write and read...enjoyed

Seymour Tabin
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4 posted 2006-05-31 12:58 PM


Uriah,
And the answer is, "get over yourself."
Enjoyed

XOx Uriah xOX
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since 2006-02-11
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5 posted 2006-05-31 01:07 PM


::smiles::

Yes, Sir Sy

Thats the fun part...

Nothing to get over.

LOL

And if the "me" tries to "get over myself"...
Then it is still "me" doing it.

Isn't it wonderful ?

LOL    Much fun had by ALL  

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
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Canada eh.
6 posted 2006-05-31 01:10 PM


WOW!!  Just...WOW!!  
Hugs~Nancy

~ Trace my body with your words,
  in doing so, you touch my heart ~

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