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Ruminations On Truth

Truth is as solid as stone, melting quickly with the application of heat, falling into whatever mold is left in place, trickling from container to container, searching for an empty vessel, draping over negative space, and so I drown in well meaning ambition, or perhaps pervasive confusion, the vague insinuations of men who claim understanding, yet do not give freely their true philosophy, for you must be careful when fighting against monsters, for fear of becoming abominable as well, for if you stare into the abyss long enough, they say it stares into you, and so I find myself chasing shadows. Soon calcification sets in, and I am left staring at a product of liquefaction, through the process of petrification, no words escape my lips, and truth falls on deaf ears, a lone statue in a forest of fictitious geometry. The fear is swallowed by the search, and in finding nothing there is peace, for the quiet breeds tranquility, rest is found in solidarity, in loneliness there is solace, for if God reveals himself in nature, his absence is revealed in human behavior.
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Nov 25, 2014
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A.P. Beckstead (2014)

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