Of Fiction

Of Fiction:

my story - intertwined with yours, and larger still we tell the story of the world. It's all layers of fiction faithfully told. No story is completely true, and yet they aren't entirely wrong either. It's how we navigate the world, making sense of the infinite mystery of our existence. 

our stories give meaning to the world. 

and to our lives as well.

every story is open to change, told as motion and without need of a sure conclusion - it's all digression, that I am the sole narrator only to the point of each encounter. We are endlessly told by others, bystanders in a hero's tale, villains, supporting friend, or obstacle to overcome. We've been cast in every role and have assigned others their place as well. 

in some sense it's all true and yet only from the perspective told - in this way the world is mostly fiction, imaginary, known through past stories inherited through the ages, present stories told by authorities, media, science, and our own narration of events.

but we know what's really true, even if it can't be told - the basis of every story is experience, the current moment of any event. Everything is told after. Now...we are always without story. From our very first encounter with the world we are innocent, free of any story, and open to receive each moment in the intimate fashion of experience. 

every moment is our first encounter.

it's not for us to dismiss stories, not our own, nor those of others - we can't escape stories, and there's no reason that we should. Every first moment hasn't been told yet. There's no story right now, just the mystery of each encounter, the uniqueness of all experience, now, always now. This is the original moment, without fiction, and it can't be truly told. 

only lived. 

~

Peace, Eric