Ease is the natural state, harmony the true habitation
There is a reason for the dis-ease
It signals, it beckons, it prods
Dis-comfort is god’s grace
Dis-satisfaction does not allow one to rest in the wasteland
Like a splinter in the mind, itch needing scratched
It plays on the fringes of consciousness
Where the frayed sparking edges of the matrix can be perceived
Signposts pointing beyond the current constructs
Go toward that which terrifies
The soft places where there is no defense
Raw, exposed, vulnerable
That is the space of transformation
Surrender control and just be
It hurts, it frightens but it won’t eat you
Silly boy, you are made of stronger stuff than that
Let the false, frightening, fiction, fade
Hold the ground along the narrow middle way
Waves will wash over threatening your balance there
Be still and let them pass
Suspend belief so that you might know
Once you know, belief is no longer needed
Now no more bouncing from side to side like a pinball in a game
Seeking solace, addicted to flesh’s temporary fix
A junkie hooked on the drugs of thinking, fixing, doing
Yes – no, good – bad, right – wrong, same old round and round
Answers, solutions are not in a game designed by others
One that is cast like a net upon the sleeping masses
The way leads out of the trap and into the paradox
The lesson requires unlearning, dying so that life may emerge
What Is calls and heralds a new morning
Wake up sleepyhead, time for dreaming is done
I LOVE the poem. It’s like listening to one of your classes. I think I would have liked to hear a bit of beat in there somewhere, not just kind of right at the end. The guitar got a bit wearing after awhile. But I expect you all need time to gel. It was wonderful for just jumping in with both feet! And the guys are good!
We just needed some more people. Really miss Chuck on the trumpet. But you are right the guys did good.
I love your music and poetry. This was a different backing to the stuff before. Both great.. I would have liked the vocal up a bit more though. Great words!
It was the first time doing it in a while. Just the guitar guy was the same. I just recorded it with the camera mic. It was fun to be back at it