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Old 03-02-2004, 01:15 AM   #18 (permalink)
Lebell
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
That doesn't really do justice to the experience of being, does it?
It states the existential fact - but I wouldn't say it characterizes the actual experience of living.

I am not being a smart aleck when I say that you need to look at that again, Art.

Yes, it states a fact, but I think it states much more than that (even if I weren't religious).

For example, imagine a quiet coffee house where a poet stands up. The crowd is completely silent. Then, with a sure voice, full of power, the two words.

I AM.

Now, as an audience member, do you brush them off or do you explore, "Just WHAT did he mean by THAT??"
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