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Masquerading as the so-called human ego, the "carnal mind"1 
struggles mightily against Spirit.  In its futile quest for legitimacy, 
this parody of genuine selfhood concocts a fraudulent bodily 
image of man with which to unite, convinced that doing so will lend 
validity to its delusions of autonomy.  With predictable, self-
absorbed arrogance, it wages an imaginary and vain warfare 
against the relentless onslaught of spirituality, an onslaught 
which has already exposed its nothingness, and an onslaught 
against which it is incapable of mounting a defense.

The poems in this collection were written specifically to focus
the light of scrutiny on this imaginary conflict and its clear-
cut objective: to perpetuate the lie in human thought that man 
has somehow become separated from God and stripped of his divine 
Sonship.  Actually, nothing could be farther from the truth! 
Each of these poems was prepared as food for thought on this topic. 
They were written especially with those thinkers in mind who value 
and appreciate the chewing process, and who relish the challenge of 
a little mental roughage.

I realize that Mind, or Spirit, is the primary source of all true 
ideas.  Nevertheless, gratitude compels me to acknowledge other 
tangible sources of inspiration from which I have drawn immeasurably 
in the preparation of this particular collection.  Foremost among 
these sources are The King James Version of the Bible; The 
Writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of 
Christian Science; and A Course In Miracles, published by the 
Foundation For A Course In Miracles.  For the continued availability of 
these great treasures, I am forever grateful.

Kenneth J. Bennet
Irvine, CA 1997

                            

1. Rom. 8:7

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