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rubbercok3000 · 03-26-2003, 09:57 PM

As I opened the church door, the light of the late - afternoon sun hit me like a blow, and I stepped foward into a world from whose pain I shrank. But something, something very odd, had transformed the scene before me. There was light, light in everything! A tree trunk was a great trickle of deep orange flame, rising from the ground, while its leaves were a shower of fluttering orange sparks. The grass was glimmering phosphorescent green. Before me a flock of sparrows fluttered upward, a half - dozen glowing cirlcles of yellow - green. The very earth itself gave off a deep, warm luminescence.

What about rocks? Are only living things light? And I looked carefully at a large stone and saw deep within it the dark, diffuse shining of orange - red.

What of things once living but now dead? I looked at a dead branch, and the palest shade of the orange of its parent tree still played along its length. A bone glowed with a soft, pale, and exquisite green light.

Everything is Light!! I was astonished. We are all light, we are all one!! Everyone and everything! A fierce joy took hold of my entire being.

I occupied myself, on the walk home, with looking at the transformed things, creatures and plants. I could see the insects hidden in the grass by there colored sparks. The road, the fields, the trees, were magical and fascinating.

Vienna · 03-26-2003, 10:30 PM

Very poetic...

But is that supposed to be a proof of the existence of God?

Koyaanisqatsi · 03-26-2003, 10:33 PM

Or an affirmation of the joys of dropping 'cid?

diana · 03-26-2003, 10:35 PM

Damn. Koy beat me to it.

BTW, cok. This isn't the poetry section. Off you go.

d

philechat · 03-26-2003, 11:00 PM

Mystical experience, my dear comrade? Give me your mushrooms.

I have the same experience reading the works of an atheist poet, or listening to the music of an atheist composer. I guess the Cosmic Atheist (tm) is giving me all these incredible empiphanies, don't you think so?

rubbercok3000 · 03-26-2003, 11:04 PM

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Mystical experience, my dear comrade? Give me your mushrooms.

The key to unlocking God from the mind is chemical I beleive yes. Or what we "label" God as.

Theli · 03-27-2003, 05:54 AM

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Everything is Light!! I was astonished. We are all light, we are all one!! Everyone and everything!

nuts.
Just nuts.
I once experienced something similar when I bumped my dead in the door.

Great post.

happyboy · 03-27-2003, 04:03 PM

wow, rubbercok, those must be pretty good 'shrooms, if they let you touch God.....

happyboy

03-26-2003, 09:57 PM	#1
rubbercok3000 Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 119	A Vision of Light As I opened the church door, the light of the late - afternoon sun hit me like a blow, and I stepped foward into a world from whose pain I shrank. But something, something very odd, had transformed the scene before me. There was light, light in everything! A tree trunk was a great trickle of deep orange flame, rising from the ground, while its leaves were a shower of fluttering orange sparks. The grass was glimmering phosphorescent green. Before me a flock of sparrows fluttered upward, a half - dozen glowing cirlcles of yellow - green. The very earth itself gave off a deep, warm luminescence. What about rocks? Are only living things light? And I looked carefully at a large stone and saw deep within it the dark, diffuse shining of orange - red. What of things once living but now dead? I looked at a dead branch, and the palest shade of the orange of its parent tree still played along its length. A bone glowed with a soft, pale, and exquisite green light. Everything is Light!! I was astonished. We are all light, we are all one!! Everyone and everything! A fierce joy took hold of my entire being. I occupied myself, on the walk home, with looking at the transformed things, creatures and plants. I could see the insects hidden in the grass by there colored sparks. The road, the fields, the trees, were magical and fascinating.

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03-26-2003, 10:30 PM	#2
Vienna Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 157	Very poetic... But is that supposed to be a proof of the existence of God?

03-26-2003, 10:33 PM	#3
Koyaanisqatsi Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Yes, I have dyslexia. Sue me. Posts: 6,508	Or an affirmation of the joys of dropping 'cid?

03-26-2003, 10:35 PM	#4
diana Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 6,471	Damn. Koy beat me to it. BTW, cok. This isn't the poetry section. Off you go. d

03-26-2003, 11:00 PM	#5
philechat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Mind of the Other Posts: 886	Mystical experience, my dear comrade? Give me your mushrooms. I have the same experience reading the works of an atheist poet, or listening to the music of an atheist composer. I guess the Cosmic Atheist (tm) is giving me all these incredible empiphanies, don't you think so?

03-27-2003, 04:03 PM	#8
happyboy Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: on the border between here and there, WV Posts: 373	wow, rubbercok, those must be pretty good 'shrooms, if they let you touch God..... happyboy

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