There is a Silence

[mskied]

Beyond the Poets springboard
Beyond the Lovers ambition
Beyond the contemplation of Nothing
And beyond the pursuit of All

There is a silence.
Its depth is deeper than any Abyss, for an Abyss has no depth, just infinite falling.
In this silence lies emotion; the spiritual awareness of Chaos, and vastness of space
It begins with the Abyss, but it has ground
That ground is; absence.

And in this silence comes a rest, a submission
A silent recognition that All Is.

So go and hunt the God
Call on the spirits, raise the dead
Do what you can to contact the Divine
And fight those Demons.
Beg of those Angels
Swing thy sword

When the battle is over, the field will shine with crimson
and there will be nothing but the warmth of the Sun.

[blackswan]

^^Hope you are doing good mskied ♥

[mskied]

Youth got the best of me
I traveled far and wide
Looking for the rest of me
I didnt want to hide
And as I went through this world
taking it in stride
I found a love of life
I healed the love that died

As I chased my voice
thinking that Id find
something great and perfect
something undenied
I found a Truth that I already knew
in my heart
but not my mind

So here I am talking
a poet I could be
a Man that might go down
in the text of history
Instead I sit in silence
as I ponder on this Truth
However do we manage
to outlive our youth

[ashima]

The sound of silence

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence

[mskied]

With silence there is naught
and with naught there is no crime
except
that life is not naught
and so, we must do
and in doing, we become
and as we become, we are
and as we are, we will be
and in being, we interact
and in interacting, we do
and in doing, we do wrong, and right

What is right in our actions?
So much art has confused this process
As Plato warned

Where are the days that I could place my hand gently upon your shoulder or back without being accused of molesting you?

Where are the days that I could give you a gift and not be accused of wanting something in return?

Where are the days when I could trust my neighbor has my best intentions, and has the best intentions for me?

How did we fall victim to these fears, fear which are so easily conquered?
Oh Man, what has become of you?
You no longer concern yourself with understanding, or the desire to be understood. You fail the intelligence that was a gift from the Gods, and you bring shame upon your house.

[mskied]

Its so difficult to be a voice of "whats happening" because what is happening is everything. Right now everyone has a voice and one cannot really say what "we" are doing.

It looks like we are headed to a contractual environment, where we have to say exactly what we want and what we want in return, prior to any action. I think this will eventually lead to legalized prostitution. Everything will be a contract, and a trade- except perhaps for those services that will provide for the poor.

On a side note, my parents are Catholic, and as many of you can see from the names of hospitals and other places, this religion has provided services for us over the years, services that come with a standard- a standard that is more or less adopted by non religious doctors. The problem is people are now eligible for services that the church wont support, and religious doctors do not want to perform, and this is going to lead the church out of this industry. Eventually we will no longer stop people from wanting to take their lives, and we will legalize and normalize assisted suicide. This may or may not be dangerous- for the day might come when life has no value to those that cannot provide for themselves, and if that happens, then the govt might decide they have no value too. In a democracy, popular opinion and the voice of the educated AND ignorant have a say in our leaders, and with media so easy to own and control, without moral watchdogs, this world might be overrun by a majority that has lost its concern for human life and dignity. The church is indeed off center now, but something has to come to replace it- something logical and life affirming- and something that will be available to everyone from the simple mind to the complex. Philosophy and ethics cannot be reserved for the elite. Do we need God? God is a mystical tradition of finding hope and inspiration, and as such, we will always have some measure of inspiring this sensation, but without moral conscious, it is dangerous. Crowley thought he had the answer, but he is no moral compass- his tradition is about experience and innovation, and morality will restrain that. The day may yet come where we begin to fear each other and our institutions, in fact, its already happening. If the church doesn't change its doctrine, it will be destroyed, and so will the logic of the fallacy of ignorance and the need for tolerance and forgiveness.

[ashima]

Sitting in silence is meditative
It's amazing and happens daily for me.

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Oct 26, 2018 11:00:18 GMT -6 mskied said:

Beyond the Poets springboard
Beyond the Lovers ambition
Beyond the contemplation of Nothing
And beyond the pursuit of All

There is a silence.
Its depth is deeper than any Abyss, for an Abyss has no depth, just infinite falling.
In this silence lies emotion; the spiritual awareness of Chaos, and vastness of space
It begins with the Abyss, but it has ground
That ground is; absence.

And in this silence comes a rest, a submission
A silent recognition that All Is.

So go and hunt the God
Call on the spirits, raise the dead
Do what you can to contact the Divine
And fight those Demons.
Beg of those Angels
Swing thy sword

When the battle is over, the field will shine with crimson
and there will be nothing but the warmth of the Sun.

that is a masterpiece, mskied. a goddamn masterpiece!

[mskied]

Thank you