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My mind stands as a monument, patient as a mountain with icy peak not pestered by casual considerations 'though mourning howls through the crags of my thoughts, and an agitated earth rumbles below. Stoically I face the persistence of time flowing slow. I received dreams last night, visions beyond myself and my actions. I saw a great man, with great compassion. He used the last of his strength to save another from the rushing of a tidal wave. As others lifted his body from the ground and spoke of his noble sacrifice, the man thought to himself: "I must continue to burn with light to combat the forces of oppression." I woke then, suddenly, and my vision filled with spiraling blue and green diffraction patterns, rippling across the ceiling. A deep pleasure burned through my skull and swept down my body, accompanied with a high-pitched ringing, tinged with fear. I saw a great green grassland, a deep emerald color contrasting the lapis lazuli color in the sky. On the horizon stood a single mound, a deep red clay of vital earth. May I never forget what I have seen, and always remember: suffering and bliss are not two.
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Sep 7, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 at 1:06 PM UTC
Patience
My mind stands as a monument, patient as a mountain with icy peak not pestered by casual considerations 'though mourning howls through the crags of my thoughts, and an agitated earth rumbles below. Stoically I face the persistence of time flowing slow. I received dreams last night, visions beyond myself and my actions. I saw a great man, with great compassion. He used the last of his strength to save another from the rushing of a tidal wave. As others lifted his body from the ground and spoke of his noble sacrifice, the man thought to himself: "I must continue to burn with light to combat the forces of oppression." I woke then, suddenly, and my vision filled with spiraling blue and green diffraction patterns, rippling across the ceiling. A deep pleasure burned through my skull and swept down my body, accompanied with a high-pitched ringing, tinged with fear. I saw a great green grassland, a deep emerald color contrasting the lapis lazuli color in the sky. On the horizon stood a single mound, a deep red clay of vital earth. May I never forget what I have seen, and always remember: suffering and bliss are not two.
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Sep 7, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 at 1:06 PM UTC
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