05-08-2013, 12:48 AM
At five o' clock, Eastern Standard Time,
as he lay drunken and beaten
in a ditch
by the side of the road:
A grand, white dove came,
gulping at the pools of drool
he left as he unconsciously turned from side to side.
The dove spoke quietly in one of his ears:
"There is much nobility to be felt, and education
to be had from fasting..." The bird looked up,
the sun mercifully hording its abrasive heat;
"You have no responsibilities. Only to write the words
given you by the Purple Man."
He opened his eyes and saw the dove's head staring at his,
though the dove's head was much larger,
and its face had the character of a naive, but earnest man.
The bird spoke,
"They say the Old God was cruel and is
now outdated and no modern mind can take Him seriously,
but weren't the people that disobeyed Him extremely
stupid in their disobedience? Do modern minds allow
criminals the absurd rights to blaspheme the laws of man
with no appraisal, and without lifting an angry finger or
pronouncing an angry word? Was the holy Law of God
to be as laughably liberal, and defective as the imperfect strictures
laid down by mortal judges and chattered over by ignorant
jurors? It paused for breath; and the tired man closed
his eyes,
still listening for the dove's voice to begin again.
With his eyes closed and his mind dulled,
he seemed to remember a protruding spot beside the dove's beak
that looked in the shape of a spring;
and in his dark, hot framed vision,
he wondered if he was listening to a bird or a machine.
"Besides," the dove went on, "men don't understand
the Will of God. God gave men His Word; and
the Word is the realm of human consciousness, even
in its speechless nuances, and inexpressible feelings and
sensations and confusions. As to understanding: The Word
is the best men, with their intellects, are able to relate
to each other, and agree, or debate among themselves. That's
why only individuals can experience the true meanings
of God's Will.—Only individuals can experience
the loss of Soul."
After that, the rest of what the bird was saying trailed off
into background mumbles,
as the broken man opened wide his sober eyes,
and began debating with himself.
as he lay drunken and beaten
in a ditch
by the side of the road:
A grand, white dove came,
gulping at the pools of drool
he left as he unconsciously turned from side to side.
The dove spoke quietly in one of his ears:
"There is much nobility to be felt, and education
to be had from fasting..." The bird looked up,
the sun mercifully hording its abrasive heat;
"You have no responsibilities. Only to write the words
given you by the Purple Man."
He opened his eyes and saw the dove's head staring at his,
though the dove's head was much larger,
and its face had the character of a naive, but earnest man.
The bird spoke,
"They say the Old God was cruel and is
now outdated and no modern mind can take Him seriously,
but weren't the people that disobeyed Him extremely
stupid in their disobedience? Do modern minds allow
criminals the absurd rights to blaspheme the laws of man
with no appraisal, and without lifting an angry finger or
pronouncing an angry word? Was the holy Law of God
to be as laughably liberal, and defective as the imperfect strictures
laid down by mortal judges and chattered over by ignorant
jurors? It paused for breath; and the tired man closed
his eyes,
still listening for the dove's voice to begin again.
With his eyes closed and his mind dulled,
he seemed to remember a protruding spot beside the dove's beak
that looked in the shape of a spring;
and in his dark, hot framed vision,
he wondered if he was listening to a bird or a machine.
"Besides," the dove went on, "men don't understand
the Will of God. God gave men His Word; and
the Word is the realm of human consciousness, even
in its speechless nuances, and inexpressible feelings and
sensations and confusions. As to understanding: The Word
is the best men, with their intellects, are able to relate
to each other, and agree, or debate among themselves. That's
why only individuals can experience the true meanings
of God's Will.—Only individuals can experience
the loss of Soul."
After that, the rest of what the bird was saying trailed off
into background mumbles,
as the broken man opened wide his sober eyes,
and began debating with himself.
