RE: First
04-15-2016, 11:24 PM
"Me."
The point was made again, and again, and again.
"I am first. I am the first one here. There is none other."
By this definition was this one solely named - "The prime self, which presides in order."
It was the first thing you became aware of, the first thought you had, the first thing you knew to be true. You were, and you were the only. That primal moment of clarity seemed to stretch infinitely in every direction, to be the one and only truth that could be.
But it wasn't.
At the edges of infinity you found time, and as soon as you found time, others came. Many others, of many different kinds; few stayed long, and few caught your attention for more than a tiny fragment of the time you had found. By their otherness, they both challenged and reinforced that you were the First, and for that you sometimes cherished and sometimes reviled them.
Eventually you came to realize that not all the others had awareness. You came to realize, though it was difficult for you, the difference between thing and place. You even realize that there are other categories of things they call themselves, but it all seems a little immaterial to you.
Where are you?
The point was made again, and again, and again.
"I am first. I am the first one here. There is none other."
By this definition was this one solely named - "The prime self, which presides in order."
It was the first thing you became aware of, the first thought you had, the first thing you knew to be true. You were, and you were the only. That primal moment of clarity seemed to stretch infinitely in every direction, to be the one and only truth that could be.
But it wasn't.
At the edges of infinity you found time, and as soon as you found time, others came. Many others, of many different kinds; few stayed long, and few caught your attention for more than a tiny fragment of the time you had found. By their otherness, they both challenged and reinforced that you were the First, and for that you sometimes cherished and sometimes reviled them.
Eventually you came to realize that not all the others had awareness. You came to realize, though it was difficult for you, the difference between thing and place. You even realize that there are other categories of things they call themselves, but it all seems a little immaterial to you.
Where are you?