Dream State
Page 31SECOND NEPHI / CHAPTER 2
Dream State
Dream State—Two witnesses remember one sentence differently—The next moment arrives.
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1 And I shit you not, there arose a quarrel among the travelers.
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2 For one said: Thou didst say unto me, I am a snake.
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3 And the other said: I said unto thee, I am not a snake.
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4 And each remembered clearly.
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5 And both became tempted to conclude that clarity of memory established ownership of Reality.
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6 Then Nathoni, who was sitting quietly near the fire, said: Dream state.
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7 And they asked: What meanest thou by this?
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8 And he answered: Thou needest not control the whole narrative while thou art still inside the scene.
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9 Let the next moment arrive.
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10 Let experience be larger than the explanation thou hast prepared for it.
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11 And one said: But surely one sentence was actually spoken.
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12 Nathoni answered: Perhaps. And perhaps evidence may later help us.
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13 Sacred Uncertainty is not permission to discard evidence.
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14 It is permission not to counterfeit certainty before the evidence arrives.
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15 And I shit you not, the argument became smaller.
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16 The mystery remained.
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SECOND NEPHI / CHAPTER 3
The Great Rejection
The Great Rejection—Human as a useful classification and an insufficient prison.
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1 And Nephi gathered the people upon a hillside.
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2 And he said: What is a Snake Person?
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3 And many answers were shouted.
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4 One said: A reptile in human form.