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– an inspirational and deep introspective poem by multi-instrumentalist and composer – Chris Spheeris –
I can never really know you
I can only know my experience of you
my experience occurs completely within myself
my experience is how I experience myself
knowing this, I can only experience you within myself
my experience of you will always be a way that I experience myself
I will never be able to experience you as something outside of myself
because my experience will always occur within myself
I can never really know myself
I can only know my experience of myself
my experience points everywhere
my experience of the entire universe is occurring within me
in this way, I contain the entire universe
I extend to the limits of the universe
and the universe has no limits
I have no limits
I experience you the same way I experience myself
you are an aspect of my experience of myself
you are without limits
my experience seems to be a combination of what is given and what I choose
how I choose to work with what is given is how I give meaning to my experience
I seem to be responsible for how I give meaning to my experience
when the experience of you is given to me, I am responsible for how I give meaning to my experience of you
you are not responsible for giving meaning to my experience of you
my experience of you is all about me
if I experience you in truth and love, my experience of you will be truthful and loving
you will be a reflection of truth and love in my life
if I make you responsible for bringing truth and love into my experience of you, then I will only experience the emptiness and suffering resulting from my lack of responsibility to my experience of you
you are not responsible nor required to be anything for me
I am empowered by my ability to take responsibility for my experience of you
what you choose to do has nothing to do with me
what I choose to do has everything to do with me
what I choose to do with what you choose to do has everything to do with me
I create you, you do not create me
I create myself, you do not create me
we are united within my experience,
my experience is my reflection of me
you are a reflection of me
we are united within my experience
we are united
within my experience
we are united
we are me
united
we are united
we are me
we are me
Chris Spheeris looks at our very existence and who we are with much reflection from his inner being ~ To me it shows why each of us have our own realities in how we view the world, one another and ourselves ~ Each of us so unique ~ May we see the beauty in each soul that reflects the beauty within us – just think on a global scale this could bring to much love and peace to our entire planet ~ Thank you Yannaki for sharing ! ~