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The Pepperman and the Ancient World of Wisdom Part Iii

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Part three of 4 parts. The end is just around the corner.

I LIFTED MY HANDS ABOVE MY HEAD. LOOKED INTO THE HEAVENS AND THANKED MY CREATOR. AS I WAS LOOKING INTO THE HEAVENS. I NOTICED SOMETHING, DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. I REALLY HAD TO THINK ABOUT THIS. I LAID DOWN ON THE ROAD CREATED OF GEM STONES. I CROSSED MY ANKLES INTERLOCKED MY FINGERS AND PLACED MY HANDS BEHIND MY HEAD. I...WAS LOOKING OUT...INTO THE HEAVENS. I...WAS AT THE CENTER. IT APPEARS THE HEAVENS ARE MULTI DIMENSIONAL. THOSE STARS, MOONS, OBJECTS REFLECTING STARLIGHT, SUNLIGHT, ENERGY BEFORE MY EYES. ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER. I COULD SEE BETWEEN THE STARS, AROUND THE STARS, AND THROUGH THESE CREATIONS. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EMPTY SPACE. IT'S SO FULL IT'S COMPACT. THE WORD PHENOMENON CAME TO MIND. NOT ONLY DID THE WORD COME TO MIND. IT WAS IN FRONT OF MY EYES. IT CAME TOWARDS ME AND ENTERED MY HEAD. DID THAT JUST HAPPEN? DID I JUST ABSORB THAT? THE WORD METAPHYSICS APPEARED AND DID THE SAME THING. I COULD SEE AN OBJECT, PLANET OR STAR HEADED IN MY DIRECTION. THE CLOSER IT CAME I COULD SEE IT WASN'T. IT WAS THE WORD ESOTERIC. AGAIN, IT WAS THE WORD PHILOSOPHY, INCARNATION, WISDOM, ONTOLOGY,RAPTURE, EUPHORIA, AVATAR,EPISTEMOLOGY, BLISS, ELATION, COSMOLOGY, NATURE, JOY, TRANSCENDENTAL, SPIRITUALISM, MILLIONS OF WORDS FROM EVERY DIRECTION. I WAS BOMBARDED WITH A UNIVERSE OF VOCABULARY. I WAS WASHED AWAY BY A TSUNAMI OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. I OPENED MY EYES. I WAS STILL LAYING ON MY BACK. MY HANDS BEHIND MY HEAD. FINGERS INTERLOCKED. ANKLES CROSSED. I REALIZED MY BODY SIMULATED INFINITY SYMBOL. THE HEAVENS NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE MULTI DIMENSIONAL. I ROLLED MY SELF ON TO MY SIDE AND ATTEMPTED, TO MAKE MY WAY BACK ONTO MY FEET. THE STONES WERE POLISHED. ALL THE STONES SEEMED POLISHED. I SHOVED MY HAND INTO THE ROAD. I RETRIEVED A FEW STONES FROM BELOW THE SURFACE. THEY TOO, WERE POLISHED. THE INNER BEAUTY WAS EASILY VISIBLE. MAGNIFICENT COLORS, FLAWLESS GEMS. WORKS OF ART. THEY WERE SO SMOOTH, ALMOST OILY TO THE TOUCH. I WAS HOLDING BETWEEN MY THUMB AND FOREFINGER, THE RARELY SEEN RUBY STAR SAPPHIRE. THIS PARTICULAR SAPPHIRE WAS ABOUT 5 KARATS IN SIZE. PERFECTLY ROUND. DEEP REDS AND PINKS COLORS. INCREDIBLY ASTOUNDING. I RELEASED THE OTHERS. I HELD THIS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL STONE IN THE PALM OF MY HAND. I COULDN'T STOP LOOKING AT IT. I WAS FASCINATED, MESMERIZED. I WAS SO FOCUSED ON THE DETAILS, IT APPEARED TO GROW. IT WAS 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY FOCUS COULD BE SO STRONG. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. I WAS BEGINNING THE UNDERSTAND THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE. THE POLISHED STONES SEEMED TO ILLUMINATE THE ROAD BEFORE ME. I TURNED AROUND TO LOOK BACK AT THE ROAD BEHIND ME. IT WAS COVER WITH MIST. BLUE ON THE BOTTOM, LAYERED WITH YELLOW BETWEEN A BLUEISH GREEN LAYER TOPPED WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE BLUE AND YELLOW FLAMES OF MIST. HOW STRANGE IS THAT. I THOUGHT TO MY SELF. THIS IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. A MATHEMATICAL EQUATION? AN ESOTERIC MESSAGE LEFT BEHIND? BLUE IS THE COLOR OF CALM. YELLOW IS THE COLOR OF INTELLECT. WHEN UNIFIED CREATE GREEN. GREEN IS THE COLOR OF ENVY. AND INDEPENDENT AT THE SAME TIME? I CONTINUED MY JOURNEY ON WHAT NOW APPEARS TO BE A ROAD OF ENCHANTMENT. FREQUENCIES OF EVERY COLOR LIGHTING THE WAY.

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