FAITH
WHICH WAS LOST
IN AN ILLUSION OF LOVE
WAS/IS/WILL BE/AND ALWAYS
NEVER
YET PERSISTED IN THE MINDS OF THE
CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
AND CONVINCED THEM
OF NOTHING FROM ITS EVIL, ROOTLESS BEING
AND SO THE BELIEF IN NOTHING
ROSE ON HIGH LIKE A FALSE SUN
AND BLINDED VISION
AND THE WORLD WAS HENCE PERCEIVED
IN SWEAT AND FEAR
IN COMPETITION AND IN INADEQUACY
FOR
NOW THE BELIEF IN SCARCITY
WAS WORSHIPPED AND REVERED
A DARK SIGHTLESS IDOL
BELIEVED TO BE GOD
WHICH PERSITED IN THE MINDS OF THE
CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
AND THEY LOVED NOTHING, A BLINDNESS HERE, A DEAFNESS THERE
LIVING IN SICKNESS AND IN
TERROR OF DEATH
WHICH THEY WHISPERED LOVINGLY TO
IN MOMENTS OF SECRET RITUAL
THEY KEPT EVEN FROM THEMSELVES,
FOR THE GUILT WHICH THEY SUFFERED,
NIGHTMARING AWAY IN THE PRIVACY OF
DARK DREAMS, THEY COULD NOT
BEAR OPEN WITNESS TO……
DENIAL
WHICH WAS BELIEVED IN AS SALVATION
CREATED A WORLD OF PAIN AND LIES,
SORROW AND DEATH
YET THIS WAS PERCIEVED AS NATURAL
AND NATURE WAS PERCIEVED FEARFULLY
THUS LENDING TO GROSS MUTATION OF FACT,
MISPERCEPTION AND MASS INSANITY
AHD STILL THESE CLEVERLY
COMPOSED INVENTIONS OF DELUSION,
INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS WHICH
REQUIRED FAITH
FOR THEIR EFFECT AND CAUSE
PERSISTED AT THE ALTARS OF
THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN.
AND GOD,
WHO LOVED HIS CHILDREN,
AND WOULD NOT TAKE AWAY THEIR FREE WILL
WHICH HE LOVINGLY INVESTED THEM WITH, DID NOT UNDERSTAND
THEIR PAIN, NOT BEING ITS AUTHOR,
AND SO THEIR SUFFERINGS AND AGONIES
SEEMED DEAFLY AND BLINDLY
APPLIED TO GOD
WHO APPEARED TO NOT EXIST AT ALL…..
BUT WHO WAS ONLY
REAL IN ETERNITY, WHICH IN TIME, THEY COULDN’T PERCEIVE..
FOR ONLY IN ETERNITY
DID GOD KNOW HIS CREATIONS
YET IN TIME
NO ONE REALLY
BELIEVED IN ETERNITY;
NO ONE COULD CONCIEVE OF FOREVER
AS THEIR NATURAL STATE OF BEING SO
ELECTING TO PERCEIVE THEMSELVES PERISHABLE
THEY PERISHED
NOT KNOWING,
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE OTHERWISE
AND SO SUPPORTING DEATH THE
CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
LIVED AN ILLUSION OF LIFE
WHICH THEY FOUGHT AGAINST TRUTH TO KEEP
PERCEIVING TRUTH AS TOO PAINFUL TO ENDURE
AND IN STARK FEAR OF LIGHT
FOUND HEAVILY DEFENDED
EXISTENCE IN DARKNESS
WHERE NOTHING
COULD BE SUPPORTED …………..AND SO NOTHING COULD BE BELIEVED
THIS IS THE REASON
WHY SORROW, FEAR AND DEATH EXIST IN TIME.
YOU ARE FREE TO BELIEVE THIS OR NO
YOU ARE FREE TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU WILL,
YET THIS IS WHERE YOUR OPTIONS END
FOR BELIEF IN NOTHING
LEADS TO NOWHERE IN TRUTH
AND ONLY BY CHOOSING BELIEFS
WHICH LEAD WITH ACCEPTANCE
TO WHERE INNER PEACE RESIDES
WILL YOUR BELIEF EVER TRULY SERVE YOU..
YOU,
NO ONE WILL EVER DOUBT,
ARE THE MASTER OF WHAT YOU DECIDE.
YOU CAN CHOOSE BELIEFS, YOU BELIEVE,
BUT YOU CANNOT CHOOSE REALITY,
OR SO YOU BELIEVE
YET IF YOU DON’T HAVE PEACE
YOU HAVE NOT CHOSEN REALITY
AND CAN CHOOSE ITS PEACE INSTEAD
AT ANY TIME DURING A PERCIEVED CONFLICT
AND SO THE REAL REASON FOR LACK OF PEACE
AT LAST ARISES TO YOUR AWARENESS
TO ACCEPT
OR REJECT.
ONE OF THE ONLY OBSTACLES
TO PEACE
IS THE DESIRE NOT TO HAVE IT
OR TO SUPPORT IT WITH YOUR FAITH.
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN PEACE
YOU BELIEVE
NOTHING
AND EQUATE YOURSELF WITH NOTHING
WITH THE POWER
OF YOUR FAITH.
POWERLESSNESS IS THE BELIEF IN NOTHING
AND THE POWERLESS BELIEVE NOTHING CAN SAVE THEM,
FOR NOT BELIEVING IN PEACE,
THEY ARE WILLINGLY
THOUGH PERHAPS SELF-DECEIVINGLY SERVING
CHAOS.
BELIEF IN CHAOS IS BELIEF IN DEATH AS SALVATION,
THE INEVITABLE END OF LIFE ITSELF
AND THOUGH THIS IS
A SICK BELIEF
IF THIS IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE
YOU SUPPORT PEACELESSNESS,
DEATH AND NOTHING
ALL IN THE SAME WAY.
SIMPLY BY REFUSIING
TO REMOVE
YOUR BELIEF FROM CHAOS,
BELIEVING ONLY CHAOS IS REAL,
YOU BLIND YOURSELF TO THE CAUSE OF PEACE
WHICH WILL ONLY COME
QUIETLY TO YOU
AT YOUR REQUEST,
AND IN YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BELIEVE
NOTHING ELSE.
ONLY LIFE
IS WORTHY OF YOUR FAITH.
DEATH, THE FINAL WASTE OF TIME
WILL LEAD YOU TO
NOTHING.
ONLY TRUTH CAN GUIDE YOU TO PEACE.
BELIEVE THIS
NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO DO SO
BUT BECAUSE YOU
REALLY ONLY WANT PEACE.
AND ONLY WITH THE PEACE THAT YOU ARE
CAN YOU BE ONE AND AT PEACE WITH THE LIFE
THAT YOU LIVE.
IF YOU OFFER YOUR BELIEF TO THE NON-PERISHABLE
THE ETERNAL WILL GLADLY RETURN EVIDENCE OF ITS REALITY AND
YOU
WHO BELIEVE PERHAPS
THERE IS NO HOPE
WILL KNOW ONLY UNLIMITED JOY…..
IN TIME,
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THIS OR NO,
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED HELP UNDERSTANDING
FOR IN FEAR AND HOPELESSNESS
NOTHING IS UNDERSTANDABLE,
AND YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU WANT PEACE.
YOU DON’T WANT FEAR.
YOU WANT LOVE.
YOU DON’T WANT PAIN.
YOU WANT LIFE.
YOU DON’T WANT DEATH.
YOU WANT HELP.
YOU DON’T WANT DECEPTION.
BE
NOT DECEIVED.
YOU WANT TRUTH AND ONLY PEACE
CAN BE THE LENS
THROUGH WHICH TO
PERCEIVE
IN GENTLE EVALUATION
WHICH BELIEFS YOU HOLD
WHICH REQUIRE RELEASE IN LIGHT OF
THEIR LACK OF VALUE TO YOU
AND WHICH BELIEFS YOU REQUIRE STRENGTH
SUPPORTING WITH YOUR SINCERE FAITH
FOR
ONLY THIS
WILL MAKE PEACE
BELIEVABLE
I’M NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK # 69
17, FEBRUARY 1996