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Date Posted: 01:01:21 11/09/99 Tue
Author: saint stephen
Author Host/IP: tspsl2-245.gate.net / 199.227.131.54
Subject: food for thought

The gosphel according to me:

: Hopefully this will spark some intresting debate. I have been promising this for sometime, but oh well, I hope the wait was worth it. Oh, and I have not really edited it yet, so just read it and bare with the errors in flow and grammer. PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT UNLESS YOU READ THE ENTIRE THING, and try to think about it a bit first also.

: The Gosphel According to Me,
: Book 1 of three:

: 1:1-Persecuted by the burden of reason in an unreasonable universe, I carried the weight of the world on my shoulders to Calvary for my crucifixion. I Gnashed my teeth and wailed in despair; my heart was broken, and my soul poured out of it to weep with me for many years. Finally my soul stop crying and spoke to me, saying, "You have searched the sky, scoured the sea, and wandered the lands in search of peace. Yet, it is written that thy father's kingdom is with in thee, so look no further. Piece back togther your shattered center, bring me home, and let your body become one with us. I promise you will find your peace then."

: 1:2-So, I fixed that in me which had been broken by the kingdom of man, and I invited my soul home from it's sojourn. Then, My mind body, and soul became one again in with in me, and my heart spoke to me. "He who follows his heart shall not stumble blindly through the night on the path to eternity, yet find everlasting clarity: Bathed in the divine light of Love."

: 1:3-And so my heart led me into an open field, and brought my vision to the sky, and the glory of the celestial garden of the universe. It revealed unto me many beautiful things, saying "I am the lamb, the son of God: I am your servant and lord; brother and sister; father and mother; son and daughter; Earth, wind, fire, and water; I am all things. As written in the law, my kingdom is within thee: a seed in the field of your hopes and dreams, waiting to nurtured. Fertilize this field with understanding, and till it with love, and I promise you a harvest of sweat strawberries forever. However, woe unto you if you should fertilize your soul with anger, and till it with hate, for it is written that thou shalt reap what thou sow."

: 1:4-My heart led me next to the highest mountaintop, and revealed unto me the world. I saw many beautiful and hideous things. Then my heart spoke to me, saying, "You are a man: You need too reflect to keep a focus on your being; you need a reflection to remain aware of yourself. They will offer you mirrors, do not except what you gaze upon these. For it is written that the world is a carcass, and he who know the world shall become a carcass. If you must gaze upon a mirror to reflect, I am your only choice. Reflect the light of love upon the world, and turn the world into a reflection of thine self. He who gazes upon the mirror of the world, and excepts his reflection as self will find himself lost in a wilderness of deceit. Do you wish to parish with this world, or for the world to live on with you for eternity in paradise?"

: 1:5 -I left the mountaintop after sometime, and traveled into the city. I was still very thirsty, and rather hungry, despite what my heart had offered me so far, and I saw a great many things that still seemed plausible to my pallet here. My heart spoke unto me, and said, "This place is a Desert, for that is the kingdom which your brothers and sisters wish to reflect. The sweltering oppression of the sun has left there fruit spoiled. Do not drink of their wine, or eat of their fruit, for it is desolate to the soul. If you are thirsty, I shall turn reason into wine, and your cup will runith over; if you are hungry, I shall turn enlightenment into bread, wisdom into fish, and break them into a plenty upon your table; all who chose to dine with you will go hungry no more ."

: 1:6-As I left the city, the sun was setting. I looked back and marveled at the wondrous halls of beauty and horror which my people had contrived, the current pinnacle of progress from stardust. My heart spoke unto me again, and it said, "Do not be snake charmed by the serpent of progress. Progress has handed us all the keys to the kingdom, but also the ticket to hell. What you see sparkling in the setting sun is currently the wall between mortality and divinity. Heavy are it's stones, but this you have already experienced. They where the weight of your persecution, the instrument of your crucifixion: The straw that broke me. Fear not, for they are indeed but straw, and like all things made of straw, they will blow away in their time. You have blown away your straw and fixed that which is broken. It is now your duty to reveal how to fix that which is broken to your brothers and sisters, as it will be their duty when they see the light within them to guide their passage threw life."

: How post modern new age, eh?
: Love,
: Saint Stephen
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