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Underpinnings

In darkness
we protect the light

In blindness
we perfect our sight

In battle
we secure the truce

In doubting
—we ensure our truth

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)

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Date: 1/13/2023 3:55:00 PM
Last line concludes there is no truth. "In doubting one interprets truth."
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Chris Conn
Date: 1/14/2023 12:41:00 AM
"Belief in the truth commences with the doubting of all those "truths" we once believed." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Kurt Philip Behm
Date: 1/13/2023 5:37:00 PM
Think some more...

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