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THREE TRUTHS

3/24/2022

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I call “Bullshit.”
We are drowning in a sea of bullshit
Why do we insist on turning our lives into bullshit?
Most school is bullshit. Most work is bullshit.
The media is bullshit. The news we get is bullshit.
The powerful seek to divide us with bullshit.
The rich distract us from their crimes with bullshit.
Keeping all wealth in the hands of a few is bullshit.
Government is just powerful bullshit.
Politics is how the bullshit rises to the top.
Big business is big bullshit.
Free enterprise is the biggest bullshit of all.
Religion is “holier than thou” bullshit.
Glory to bullshit in the highest.
War is deadly bullshit. Fight and die for what?
Science is bullshit but at least it tries.
Ignorance is just undisciplined bullshit.
Corporations peddle bullshit,
They don’t care if we choke on it.
Their bottom line is bullshit.
They feed us bullshit and call it bliss.
They pay us in bullshit and tell us we’re rich.
Their promise of the future is such utter bullshit.
The only future they know is the next quarter’s bullshit.
Why are we helping them turn the world into bullshit?
They treat people like slaves, and that’s bullshit.
They don’t value life, and that’s bullshit.
They are indifferent to the future, and that’s bullshit.
They turn gold into garbage, and that’s bullshit.
They use the Earth as their toilet—the worst kind of bullshit.
Corporations alone are not to blame for this bullshit.
Institutions that try to control us are bullshit.
Strongmen pretending to be leaders. That’s bullshit.
Appealing to our lowest impulses. That’s bullshit.
Giving in to these impulses, we dive into bullshit.
Greed, hatred, aggression. All bullshit. 
Fear, jealousy, suspicion. All bullshit.
Dishonesty, cruelty, domination. All bullshit.
Helping those who wish us harm. That’s some self-destructive bullshit!
Let’s stop this bullshit.

Today, we declare: No more bullshit!
We will NOT turn our world into bullshit.
We will find an island of truth in this sea of bullshit,
And make a life for ourselves, our children, our planet,
Devoted to truth, and free of all bullshit.
We will build a sanctuary, a place of refuge,
Where people can go to escape all the bullshit.
Built on a bedrock of truth free of bullshit.
There are three truths that connect us all, no matter:
Who we or what we think we are,
Where we live or how old we are,
The content of our genes or the color of our skin.
These truths offer us a fresh start,
As all the bullshit falls away.
They will change you forever,
If you take them to heart.
Simple and pure, here they are:
I AM, I LOVE, I FLOW

The first truth, I AM, is an awesome wonder.
How did we get here? Where are we going?
We may not know, but there is no denying,
The astonishing truth that I AM.
Say it: I AM; feel it: I AM.
Awaken to the truth of I AM.
Then rejoice in this truth!
Don’t waste your chance
To come alive, as alive as you can be!
Bask in the power and glory:
I AM, I AM, I AM.
Say it, know it, feel it, live it.
Here and now, mind and body,
Head to toe, heart and soul.
Revere and adore anything or anyone
That awakens you to the truth of I AM.
Who or what I am always changes,
But the fact that I AM never does.

The second truth, I LOVE, is the only religion we need.
Everyone has the power to love.
Find who and what you love.
Then love with all your heart.
Let that be your most precious art.
Let your beloved become part of you,
Merging with you, one with you,
Until you don’t know where you begin,
And where your beloved ends.
Sing to your beloved with total devotion,
The words of this love chant, this magical potion:
Lover and beloved are one.
I love you.
You beloved you, there is only you.
I give myself to you completely beloved
And I receive you completely
I am in you beloved
As you are in me.
You and I are one.
And so it is.
By invoking the power of love,
You make your essence flow,
And take in the essence of your beloved,
Until you are in two places at once,
Living in two bodies at the exact same time.
Knowing that lover and beloved are one,
Is not just another idea,
Not just a string of empty words.
Feel it, taste it, smell it, touch it.
To love fully is to know, not just that I AM,
But that I AM as YOU ARE.


The third truth, I FLOW, 
Gives us the power to create,
The dream world we envision.
All that we are is a flow of essence,
Earth, water, fire and air,
Image, idea, sound, and gesture.
Become a stream of essence,
Flowing in and flowing out.
Take in only essence,
Only what nourishes and sustains you.
Give away only essence,
Nourish and sustain the world.
Make essence flow, let it flow,
Pure and inspiring,
Joyous and loving,
Beautiful, artful, blissful, delightful.
Here is where our dream world begins.
Here is how we leap to the next great stage,
And fulfill the promise of a bold “new age”:
Creating peace, sustainability, and balance.
We are only a stream of essence,
That is all we have ever been.
Let it flow purely and freely,
Embracing the truth that I FLOW.

Now you know the three truths,
That renew life in perpetuity,
And restore all hope for humanity.
So it is, and so it shall be.
The power of truth lives in you and in me.
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