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Poetry in Motion

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The greatest good is like water. It flows to the lowliest of places, however, when it gathers it comes crashing down as an unstoppable force. (The Tao)
In the beginning the spirit of God moved upon the waters or as we say, rested upon. Many men have pondered and tried to grasp the essence of God, yet, they never thought to look in the lowliest of places. If you can grasp the nature of water and its essence then you can grasp the nature of God and his essence; for the angels are subject to water (the Father of the flesh or the life-giving spirit, as we know it).
To grasp the purity of God--one must grasp the purity of water, just as the angels do.
Reflect upon this my child, do you really think that the spirit of God has left the waters?
Even so, a priest blesses water by the spoken word in order to reflect the Truth--just as God blessed the waters with the spoken word in the beginning, whereupon his spirit rested.
Do you see now?
He who reflects upon water sees God in his purity; for only the pure of heart can see God. This is the reason why one must be born of spirit and water. Without water, how do you know what is pure or righteous, for that matter?
Reflect upon the water and you will see what is in Gods' heart; for your reflection appears before you.
Do you see?
And it all comes crashing down.
The worderfall.
And you say even so, water becomes dirty and filthy at times. But is it the water that is dirty or is it a revelation of Truth? Water puts filth into containment. Just as those who are born of spirit and water--sin is in containment.
And as water reflects as a mirror, so do we reflect upon ourselves. And as you say to yourself (as you reflect upon the Truth), I am disfigured due to sin; but the water says, I reflect your image pure.
The image you see but the light behind the image you do not see.
You are made clean by the word I have spoken; but your sin remains.
Jesus washed away your sins.

I put a spell on you because your mine...
 

Blackguard_

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Although I'm not a Christian and don't believe in the concept of sin, or that Jesus washed it away, I do like the way this is written. Nice job. What's with the last sentence, though?

He likes making song references apparently. Look at the thread title too.
 
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