by Gwen Edwards

Created on: August 03, 2009

The River of Truth

The truth? Who determines the truth, the man who claims to, or the one who created the man?

There was a time when certain men proclaimed to have knowledge of the truth

They told us that our world was flat

they proclaimed that the sun revolved around the earth

If one challenged these truths, they were blasphemers, liars, and heretics

They faced ridicule, condemnation, punishment, even death

In time though, the truth would be come to light ,

for light of truth cannot be hidden in darkness forever,

In the light of the truth the world was seen as, a sphere,

and the sun was the center of our solar system

Our world being, only one of many that revolved around its life giving light

So like the river that through perseverance carves a canyon through the hardest rock

The truth slowly carves away the deception of lies, and eventually triumphs

over all attempts to deny it

Today we see these truths as self-evident

These are but a few examples of the truths of man that inevitably are exposed as lies,

In my search for truth, I have observed this perverse tendency of man

Certain men believe they are the keeper of the truth

These men, they live lives of delusion, in a quest for power

For truth exists only in the one, the divine creator, whose purpose is of such great magnitude

Mere humans can never fully comprehend its magnificence

So the soul driven by thirst of lies

Searches for the river of truth to quench it

Once this river is found the soul is compelled to drink,

And then our transformation begins

The eyes open, and sees what was always there, but hidden

The mind awakens, and understands what was misunderstood

The heart finds love for all not only the good, but the also the bad,

the beautiful, and the ugly

We then begin again, we become as we were before there was time

We transform our very existence

Forever following this river of truth, as it flows through all things, on its return the one ocean of eternity

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