{"id":5894,"date":"2011-11-29T21:04:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T21:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2011-11-29T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T21:07:22","slug":"the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other ~"},"content":{"rendered":"

the other<\/a><\/h2>\n

– an inspirational and deep introspective poem by multi-instrumentalist and composer – Chris Spheeris –<\/p>\n

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I can never really know you
\nI can only know my experience of you
\nmy experience occurs completely within myself
\nmy experience is how I experience myself
\nknowing this, I can only experience you within myself
\nmy experience of you will always be a way that I experience myself
\nI will never be able to experience you as something outside of myself
\nbecause my experience will always occur within myself<\/p>\n

I can never really know myself
\nI can only know my experience of myself
\nmy experience points everywhere
\nmy experience of the entire universe is occurring within me
\nin this way, I contain the entire universe
\nI extend to the limits of the universe
\nand the universe has no limits
\nI have no limits<\/p>\n

I experience you the same way I experience myself
\nyou are an aspect of my experience of myself
\nyou are without limits<\/p>\n

my experience seems to be a combination of what is given and what I choose
\nhow I choose to work with what is given is how I give meaning to my experience
\nI seem to be responsible for how I give meaning to my experience
\nwhen the experience of you is given to me, I am responsible for how I give meaning to my experience of you
\nyou are not responsible for giving meaning to my experience of you
\nmy experience of you is all about me
\nif I experience you in truth and love, my experience of you will be truthful and loving
\nyou will be a reflection of truth and love in my life
\nif 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
\nyou are not responsible nor required to be anything for me
\nI am empowered by my ability to take responsibility for my experience of you
\nwhat you choose to do has nothing to do with me
\nwhat I choose to do has everything to do with me
\nwhat I choose to do with what you choose to do has everything to do with me<\/p>\n

I create you, you do not create me
\nI create myself, you do not create me
\nwe are united within my experience,
\nmy experience is my reflection of me
\nyou are a reflection of me
\nwe are united within my experience
\nwe are united
\nwithin my experience<\/p>\n

we are united
\nwe are me
\nunited
\nwe are united
\nwe are me
\nwe are me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

the other – 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 \u2026<\/p>\n

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