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spectaculism

when your ears cannot hear the waves and the feelings wash over you like, 'am I alone and is there a home and where do I come from?' and your eyes refuse to see anywhere beyond the glare of nowhere which is the essence of your existence. brothers, sisters, mothers fathers all despairing and not realising and reliving a nightmare - knights, horses, dames and serfs all... drowning in the waves, a walking, talking recluse does exclaim... 'then we're all in this together?' Yes, being smashed by the frequency of our own misdemeanours and extravagances lost in mountains and valleys on a journey no-one's prepared for with no supplies, surprise or enterprise... cost controlled, sold soul, told goal, unexpected shoal... the sounds then overflow and the ears hear, but they're not used to the sound particle - the ice cold sharp shock of insistence which comes from somewhere far out and deep within, a calling, to something never known and misunderstood - a heart...

Trials

Try. You try and often fail. You're on trial – a Just Judge awaits you. You live a trial – a test to find out what kind of person you are. You are trying, and as you try you will be tried. Do you think that you have been brought into existence merely to enjoy yourself with aspects of life such as clothes, food, drink, family, children, love, money or possessions? Can not each of these things be a trial too? What immense justice is it and how much praise can we laud upon the One who created this world as a trial for the souls? He said: 'Glorified is the One in whose hand is Dominion and He is in control of everything. [It is He] who created death and life to try you as to who is the best in deeds'. Ponder over these verses as much as you can. They are of incalculable value and weight in showing us the wisdom behind our creation and our relation to the Creator. They tell us simply the reason for our existence. They contain a vision of our Creator in His essence and es...