... the lie you believe...
... is masquerading as the truth?
Would you...
... reject such lie...
... if...
... you faced the truth?
... you faced the truth?
Or...
... would you abide your conviction 'fore the lie you believe...
... and...
... make believe the lie is the truth?
... and...
... make believe the lie is the truth?
Willing
... on any given sunday...
... 'fore any given mecca...
... 'hind any given sunset...
*
... face the truth...
... or...
... abide the lie...
*
... is...
... the question...
... and...
... test of faith...
*
... the lie...
... enthralls not...
... the willing whose mettle steads fast 'fore the truth...
*
... the willing who sway... on any given day, 'fore any given where, 'hind any given when...
... abide pretenses of eternal conviction...
... and...
... make believe the lie is the truth...
... abide pretenses of eternal conviction...
... and...
... make believe the lie is the truth...
Postface
What if...
... the question is...
... do you trust the truth...?
... for is faith... not trust...?
... alac...
... how faithful are the faithful who... trust not the truth...?
... who renounce the truth to... avow the lie made believe is the truth...?
... who renounce the truth to... avow the lie made believe is the truth...?
*
What if...
... test of faith is...
... what you will...?
... and...
... when the faithful will... make believe... what is believe that is make but... lie made for belief...?
... when the faithful will... will without willing... what is willing without -ing... but will without action...?
... as if made belief is true belief...
... as if will without action is willing...
... when the faithful will... make believe... what is believe that is make but... lie made for belief...?
... when the faithful will... will without willing... what is willing without -ing... but will without action...?
... as if made belief is true belief...
... as if will without action is willing...
*
... on any given sunday...
... 'fore any given mecca...
... 'hind any given sunset...
... what if...
... that which is willed by pretense of willing...
... is...
... make believe masquerading as the truth...?
... will without willing pretending to willing...?
... is...
... make believe masquerading as the truth...?
... will without willing pretending to willing...?
M
*
More I
What if... the truth is the truth...
... whilst...
... lies...
... make believe...
... will without willing...
... is pretense of willing...?
*
What if...
... Choice...
... Why...
... Willing...
... is the truth 'fore you...?
... Choice...
... Why...
... Willing...
... is the truth 'fore you...?
M
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More II
When willing is...
... not putting money where the mouth is...
When able is...
... not walking the walk...
When ready is...
... not committing writ to stone...
... how willing, how able, how ready... are the willing who don pretenses of willing...
... 'fore W.A.R...
... 'fore the truth...
... on any given day, 'fore any given where, 'hind any given when...?
... how willing, how able, how ready... are the willing who don pretenses of willing...
... 'fore W.A.R...
... 'fore the truth...
... on any given day, 'fore any given where, 'hind any given when...?
*
... therewhere and herewhere (tvfs)...
see also... in God we trust and inshallah versus Willing and Why and Choice...
see also... cogito ergo sum versus sum ergo jus and inshallah karma moirai...
etc.
God always seems to be willing to do things but when humans are unwilling to see the truth, to act on the truth, or pass the test of truth then God becomes nothing more than unwilling participant in human efforts to brush God into the corner with the rest of the dust.
ReplyDeleteI am student of the study of the Human Condition. What I have discovered is that so few pass a test of faith because they are so busy creating endless streams of propaganda to promote their make believe that they have no incentive or desire for the truth to come forward. It's that one in a million who puts their efforts into bringing the truth forward rather than spending idle hands on lies. Of course, no one has ever made money off the truth, the opportunity lies with the make believe.
ReplyDelete"Granting Sincerity." to "Doing the Right Thing." as part of "Servant Leadership," has become the buzz words of corporate make believe to justify and rationalize a willingness to will lies and falsities in order to quietly advance the organization known as PEW - Power, Evil, and Wealth.
ReplyDeleteHow else can one justify eliminating truth seekers and those who have passed the real tests of faith for those who make believe and utterly fail tests of faith?
All humans should be required to sail the open ocean in a dingy - with no food and no water. They will quickly realize that make believe isn't worth anything when their lives hang on a thread. That is the ultimate challenge to reality.
ReplyDeleteThere would be... so few humans... left...
DeleteNice solution to overpopulation - make the humans accountable for their own survival. I call dibs on all of the mansions that will be vacant!
DeleteTo reject the truth is a War on faith. To reject the lie is to embrace W.A.R and faith.
ReplyDeleteWhat would our world be if we all had to check off on everything we did to see if we were willing able and ready? Probably no different as humans would just like like they do with all tests of faith and integrity...
ReplyDeleteLying is part of the human condition but issuing shock pads in each humans rectum would help condition them for the truth or provide endless hours of entertainment! :)
DeletePeople's pious pretense that deception, lies, and false convictions do not exist are perhaps one of the the most corrosive things to the real truth as it allows for lies to become accepted as truths; and that has made lies even more enormous and menacing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this wonderful piece - it reminds me that the step from misguided to zealotry to barbarism is indeed a short step when we allow ourselves to refuse to see the truth that is right in front of us, instead opting to see the truth that is convenient or that conforms to our faith in the false idols of this world. It leads one to wonder how long it will be before the race for the truth becomes nothing more than another reality show where it purports itself to be "real" and many believe that it is even though it is so obviously fake.
ReplyDeleteThe distortion of faith, truth, and even of W.A.R would be amusing if it was not so dangerous. Even more dangerous is the tendency of the faithless to claim that God or Science supports the distortion of these noble truths - despite the obvious attempt to make God and Science an ally for partisan values and views that neither would support based on all that we know today. In the end this distortion to make them conform to partisan values is nothing more than zealotry and fanaticism labeled as the truth.
ReplyDeleteTruth is truth. It cannot be distorted. It cannot have partisan values or view.
DeleteI fear that you sir have injured yourself beyond all repair with that deeply held conviction as a famous person once said that one does more injury to their self by telling lies than those that hear the lie. Of course, I disagree with the latter part as lies hurt everyone especially when spoken with agenda and malice.
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