Thursday, April 8, 2010

I Believe (part II)

[Photo: Big Frank Dickinson]

Big Frank called his first posting on Belief a beginning and that presupposes that something else will follow just as surely as the fact that an ending will have something that precedes it. This is not an ending, or, for that matter, a beginning; it is a continuation of belief.

Big Frank believes that the eyes do not lie, that touch carries emotion, that the initial taste of another usually does not improve, and that how you taste to others will forever remain as much a mystery to you as your smell, for trying to take that in is like trying to smell your own breath. Big Frank believes that breath is the subtle spirit of control, the connection between you and everything else, and the much ignored secret key. He believes that the key to control is patience, delay, and releasing yourself from the belief that you can determine outcomes. He believes that the ultimate questions are of no relevance; that metaphysics is as irrelevant as astrology. He believes that the larger the question the less likely that its answer will ever be known, much less have any effect on your life. Big Frank believes that what you do tomorrow is of much greater significance to you than the answer to the question: what happens when I die?

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