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Show fry At what point does b e l i e f become dream, does dream become ayth and myth t r a n s l a t e , i t s e l f into realityT At what point did ike ape - whether In an explosion of light and constant remolding of the clay or through slow evolution •- become Adam, channels of thought traversing v e r t a l l y u n t i l erection is achieved and humankind t r a n s l a t e d into the image of God? At what point does a father sacrifice his son to f a i t h , or Adam did i t. himself to the promise of tomorrow?'* Abraham did i t . God Himself did i t . Joseph Smith did i t . And now, my f a t h e r . .. The Indians believe that each animal was dreamed up hy the Great S p i r i t before i t was given l i f e , and that a man was given responsibility for each of the animals -- dominion over fleshly beasts. So, too, perhaps, we were dreamed and then became Bality, and once r e a l were consigned to create for the Creator. 3o why not dream of resurrection and in justice merged with mercy, u n t i l r e s u r r e c t i o n is given - a g i f t unto those v/ho desire i t , and a plague unto those who hunger for oblivion. As l i g h t conquers darkness, so eternal wishes conquer temporal ones - something always becoming more than i t was. The dream is more than the. dreamless, the being more than non-being. Death then becomes only a fragment of time, a b u l l e t hole ripping the fabric of eternity, an i l l u s i o n of separation. In resurrection, me _ . ^ - ^ -o c and the continuous p a t t e r n of lives goes on, ever-expanding like the universe i t s e l f. , . .,_,„ . P , , , , ^ ! - ^ t da-, despite my renewed faith, I se-sed d-^^er. le d.i d, n,' t• aAiis~c~u~v".er>i -ra ~i r^--ifi l-• -l•*a t e r that my f a t h e r ' s death had been onl-y,, . „A ~-..o-q^-n^S to another's end. In ., . j-i.„-»- i?v«ri i ^ai wanted to h i ll the t r i a l s , witnesses would claim u^x - - *-, * r* r-> - •"• *a vt ^ ' r ^ r * ^-1^ p C/VL."1270I1 ]-, * r- '--ro^r^T Yarvlari i n ordar V.TOSX 3.-'2-J ^-^ ,.Jo""- |