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MYSTIC ROAD
Copyright 2011
By
Dr. John Ivan Coby
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UNTANGLING
I feel
A need
To be
Freed
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GREETING
Hello there
We’ve found each other
It is my understandingThat you are my sister
Or my brother
I have journeyed far
To be here with youFrom beyond time and space
I’ve come to see you
Let’s sit together
And share some timeWhile I try to tell you about
This life of mine
The thoughts in me
That flow to thee
Have the energyTo set us free
Even heavy things
Will be all right
Just let them rest And share some light
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BEING RECEPTIVE
Reading meCan be like day or night
Depending onIf you’re feeling wrong or right
The time to drink This water I give
Is when you thirst And yearn to live
So if my wordsSeem out of synch
Just let it be
And forgo the drink
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SAMEOL SAMEOL
There is nothing newIn this book
Everything
Has been said before
Everything
Has been done before
EverythingThat can be known
Is already known
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DANCING
Take a chance
Open the door
And take a glanceStep on the floor
And have a dance
To hear you must listenTo see you must look
The things I can show you
Don’t come from no book
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THE BEGINNING
There once was a man
Who had a faithA faith based on a vision
In this visionThere was light
Will we see?
From this visionCame a song
Will we hear?
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FUTILITY
What good is light
To a blind person?
What good is music
To a deaf person?
What good is foodTo a dead person?
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SANCTUARY
There is a place
Very close to me
A place that I can goA place that I can be
There is a place
Not very far away
With a secret pathSo I may not stray
No sound is there
No walls aroundNot a breath of windThere peace abounds
I can come and goJust as I please
And when I’m thereI feel at ease
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SALVATION
I have never been bornAnd I will never die
And The Lord is my constant companion
Through Him
I am born into the flesh
And through HimI die from the flesh
But I am forever
Just as The Lord is forever
For I was made in His imageThis I know because
By His graceHe has shown it to me
He came in a burst of light And an explosion of salvation
And a shower of loving rain
As a Lion came HeAnd saved me from death
And He showed me His love
And he showed me His wisdom
And many thingsWonders beyond wonders
But above allHe said to me
Know that I Am
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THE BIRD
I was sitting in a basket On the back of a giant bird
Its wings were brilliant white
And their sound could well be heard
How I came to be thereI’ll never ever know
But the view that I was getting
Was a most remarkable show
We were flying over a giant canyon
Even bigger than The GrandThe whole place was on fire
There was no place to land
I could see boiling pools of lava
To this there seemed no endI heard the sound of crumbling rocks
This place wasn’t heaven sent
The canyon sides were red with heat There was a loud crack and hiss
It was a scary place indeed
For me a good place to miss
I got a little frightened
I could not bear this placeUntil I saw the bird my friend
And the smile upon his face
I knew that very moment
This place was not for meThe bird was flying over
This abyss and its boiling sea
The things I will remember
About this strange place
Is the sound of wings flappingAnd the smile on that bird’s face
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FRIENDS
I made some friends
In years I left behindThere was one thing different about them
I met them in my mind
They were very special people
Who came from up the track
They spent a little time with meAnd made sure I wouldn’t turn back
They had a way of speaking
Quite clever I would find
They used to tell me storiesWith pictures in my mind
I also have to mention
A thing you rarely seeIt was the power of their love
And they were loving me
They seemed to have a great concernThat I would be all right
Their smiles shone like the midday sunThey would help me through the night
For a time I was speechlessNot knowing what to say
Then I just loved them back And went happily on my way
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VESNA
I have a guardian angel
She has just a little face
She has these tiny little wingsAnd a dress of golden lace
She wears a white breastplateWith the cross of Christ thereon
That’s just so no one doubtsWhere she is coming from
She sometimes wields a lanceAnd helps to give me freedom
And the way she goes about it Is to run it through a demon
Well she’s very good at that Keeping me a free man
Because whenever I lose my way
She sticks it to that demon
She is a gift to meA gift from way above
A blessing full of grace
A little angel full of love
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THE TEACHER
Once I had a teacher
It was some time back He showed me something special
And put me on the narrow track
Silent and still
He came to meAnd gave me his eyes
With which to see
My life had changed
In a flash of light My eyes could tell
Between wrong and right
I truly am a lucky man
For fate to be so kind
His teaching was like a cool drink For a parched and thirsty mind
I’m older now
And still I do remember
When my teacher cameIn stillness one September
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THE IN‐BETWEEN TIME
I walk aloneNight after lonely night
Under the starry skyPondering my plight
And then one timeIt came to me
The realization that
The in‐between time it be
It is the timeWhen all is still
A strange phenomenon
Between heaven and hell
A time beforeThe time to come
A time just afterOld things are done
A kind of time
When things stand stillThe sort of time to have
When you’ve got time to kill
It’s kind of like a time
And kind of like a placeIt’s just the in‐between time
Time out in inner space
The in‐between time
A place which has me grinningBecause now I know
It’s the time before the new beginning
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TALKING TO GOD
Dearest Papa
I am sorry today
I am sorry for my angerI am sorry for my discontentment
I am sorry for my lust I am sorry for my selfishness
I am really sorry
These conditions are a heavy burden
On my shoulders and my mind LordRest and peace are a stranger to me
I cannot even imagineWhat life would be like
If I had the strength
To throw off these heavy burdens
I am sorry for them today Lord
And I was wonderingIf You could help me unload them
Please
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ANOTHER BEGINNING
It’s midday in the templeAlready half the day is done
I think I must have lost my wayCause I’m back where I started from
It’s a place I’ve been beforeIt’s somewhere that I know
There is no place quite like it
A good place from which to go
I have a lot of optionsCould do this or could do that
But I better forget about them
And give destiny a bat
The road I’ll walk is narrowNo more than just a track
There are not many on it And no one’s looking back
There is a man upon it
Who once hung upon a crossHe said it was the way to go
With no concern for gain or loss
He said not many people take it
This track of which I writeIt takes courage strength conviction
And the grace of a guiding light
The way is long and winding
A struggle all the wayBut He said that it was worth it
And that He’d help me if He may
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CENTERING
Getting back On the track
Is nothing more
Than a snack
I am sorryBut you don’t have to forgive me
I forgive youBut you don’t have to be sorry
I love youBut you don’t have to love me
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MAKIN IT
You gotta haveA strong commitment
To the Lord
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YOU
And as I saw YouI loved You
And in the end
It really didn’t matterTo be
To seeTo feel
To see You thereAnd You are real …
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DRINKING FROM THE SPRING
I am drawn to YouGently lovingly patiently
I am drawn to YouLike a thirsty man
Is drawn to the stream
And as I drink I see
And as I seeI know
And as I knowI thank Thee
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THE WATER
Love
IsLight
IsLife
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QUENCHED
This is what I drank
And that was what I sawAnd I was blown away
And felt mighty good
In my heart
And
It was very quiet all aroundAs this great thing happened
Thank You
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BEING
Love is beingNot behaving
Faith is beingNot speaking
Living is being
Not acting
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HOLDING ON
InnocenceIs a precious gift
PurityIs a virtue
Celibacy
Is freedom
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NEAR TO YOU
In you despairRemember
That I am with youThat I am near you
Right there
And rememberIn My universe
Anything is possibleSo keep believing
That I love youCause I do
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THINKING
It’s not necessaryTo think so much
Life will continue to unfoldThe young will surely become old
And tales will still be toldIf we don’t think so much
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ENLIGHTENMENT
In the old days
In the really really old daysThe old men of weathered skin
And rough clothingUsed to say
Maybe while sitting around a fire
Smoking and drinkingAnd laughing
They used to sayBefore enlightenment
We chopped wood and carried waterAfter enlightenment
We still chop wood and carry water
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SEEING
Happy are thoseWho see the light
When we are bornInto the physical body
We see the light Of the physical world
When we are bornInto the spiritual body
We see the light Of the spiritual world
For manyThis light is darkness
Happy are thoseWho see the light
For they have been given life
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DARK
Go ahead
Hate and cheat Swear and lie
Yell and scream
Sell and buy
Go aheadRip out your brother’s eye
For tomorrowWithout a doubt
You die
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THE DOORS
Lust
WrathGreed
These are
The three doorways
To hellThe three doorways
To darkness
Shun these like the plagueFor they lead to destruction
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STORMY WEATHER
Desire
I’m on fireHead is spinning
Mind is sinning
I’m losin traction
No satisfaction
Can’t keep it togetherIt’s stormy weather
But something tells me
You can’t get better
If you don’t sail throughSome stormy weather
And even though
I think I knowI’ve hurt You so
I won’t let go
Cause I’m really sorryFor my indiscretion
And not keeping it togetherIn the stormy weather
But I won’t let goOh no, no never
It’s on with the showI can only get better
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TRUTH
What is the price of truth?
Is it loss?Is it hate?
Is it isolation?
Is it uncertainty?Is it suffering?
And yet
I would not I could not
Have it any other way
So
I’ll take the pain
For what I lose
I gainFor truth
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HAVING
When all things are saidWhen all things are done
And it is timeTo leave this world
And enter another one
Might I take the libertyThis little thing to say
The only thingsWe get to keep
Are the thingsWe gave away
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DESIRELESSNESS
Today I feel happy light and free
There is nothing particularly different about today
Except perhapsThat today
I somehowMagically
Seem to be freeFrom any desires
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CONTENTMENT
It’s enough
To just Be
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DESPAIR
Don’t forget
Clouds don’t last foreverClouds don’t stay in the same place for long
Just hold on
Sure, cry a littleBut be sure
That the sunIs coming again
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BEING HUMAN
The inevitable
Sometimes comes soonerSometimes later
Sometimes unexpectedlySometimes we know about it
But it comes
It always comes
Being humanMeans facing the inevitable
With courage and dignity
That is what
Being human is
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TALKING TO GOD
Dearest Papa
Please lead me
Into the new dayPlease lead me
Into the new way
I’ll stand
On the rock On which You put me
I’ll not move
Until You tell me
It’s in my weaknessThat I feel frustration
It’s kindness and meeknessThat’s my obligation
I know one day
When You are readyYou’ll show the way
Gotta keep steady
Still and silent
At Your feet I’ll sit Silent and still
That’s it
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PURPOSE
If I can’t be anything elseAt least I can try to be useful
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HONESTY
I will not steal
No matter how hungry I am
No matter how thirsty I amNo matter how poor I am
I will not lie
No matter how much trouble it gets me into
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BUSINESS
In business
Be competent
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TRAVEL
A good travellerFinds a good balance
BetweenWhat he needs
And what he can carry
So
There is always
A little spaceIn his pack
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CAMPING
Time indeed is richly spent Away from trouble and strife
In a van
Or a tent Time out of a busy life
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STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN
The ground is firm
Here where I standErect and straight
At the edge of land
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JOY
Happy day todayThe I man
Him whale in sky today
Happy, happy day today
The I man’s baby
Swim with him today
Oh lucky manOh lucky man today
The I man whale
Swim with babyIn the sky today
Oh happy dayThe I man blessed today
He swimWith baby whale today
Oh happy day, oh happy dayThe I man swim
With baby whaleIn sky today
I man baby braveI man baby strong
I man energy she’s flowin free
Cause I man dream long time agoBout whale and baby
Swimming in the sky sea
I man dream
Come true for all to seeI man baby strong
I man baby braveI man baby free
I man happy, I man proudI man thankful, he laugh out loud
I man dance
I man grooveI man sing
He over moon
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THE RIVER
Sweet feelings
Surrounded by loveMy children
I man contemplate
Sweet timeSweet feelings
So far
More than I expected
So sorryBout all that I neglected
So full
But I can hold it I swear
There ain’t no end to it
Been given it
Had it taken awayRealized
You can’t hold onto it If you want to see
A brand new day
True love
Is like water in the desert
The children are it
HeyIt’s midnight
It’s a brand new year
People are screamingAnd I’m listening to Simon
We all travel thinking
That we do the doing
But we’re all just floatingIn the river
In the river of time
All heading downstream
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THE RIVER (Cont.)
HeyI man been livin
I man been lovinI man know
That life
And loveAnd light
Is givin
Happy New Year
Love your guts out man
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THE TORRENT
Man
Your violenceIs only against yourself
Your hateIs only at yourself
What you steal
You steal from yourself Who you hurt
Is only yourself
Who you hateYou hate yourself
All you doAll you feel
All you think
Is to yourself
So manIf you love
You love yourself If you give
You give to yourself
If you forgive
You forgive yourself
Man hear thisWe are before time
We are before space
We are forever
We can be in hellWe can be in heaven
We can be between
It’s up to us
We are alive forever
(Cont.)
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THE TORRENT (Cont.)
We only get
What we giveWe give pain
We get pain
We give loveWe get love
We give hell
We get hellWe take
We have it takenWe sow
We reap
We hateWe get hated
We loveWe get loved
We can’t runWe can’t hide
In the forever
In the never endingIn the beyond comprehension
There is nowhere to runThere is nowhere to hide
Our hearts are visible
To the whole universeAnd to everything
Beyond the whole universeAnd to everything
Beyond that
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THE TORRENT (Cont.)
So man
Keep your love
And throw everything else awayIt’s just unnecessary baggage
The love we get
Is equal to
The love we give
The peace we get
Is equal toThe peace we give
Amazing Grace
We will be brave
And walk out of the night And we shall dwell
In your everlovin light
ManI can’t stop now
Just wanna keep goin
I wanna tell ya
Bout a freedomFor your soul
Just wanna show yaHow to gather the pieces
And become whole
We once were empty
We will be fullWe’ll be overflowing
There’s plenty for all
Just throw it all away
And keep your love
And live your lifeFor the One above
(Cont.)
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THE TORRENT (Cont.)
I’m not a liar
I tell the truthAnd in the end
There is no end
And pain and sorrowIs just something
We’ve made
So man
Stop giving it And you’ll stop getting it
And it’ll be gone
All that bad luck Will be gone at last
Let me lift you
Throw it all awayAll the rotten hell away
And it will be gone
Gone at last
Power
LoveAnd strength
To you man
I love youMore than you can know
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ENEMIES
I think that I’m growin
Feel Your love overflowin
Feel strange peace around meMy enemies can’t confound me
I’m straight, I’m stillThen
Every now and thenThey come at me
I’m straight, I’m stillThey just seem to
Fling offa me
My enemiesThey get angry and mad
They want me to do
This and that
But they don’t seeThe person that’s me
And they come
And they go
Not much I can sayGotta go my own way
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THE MESSAGE
Life is, man
No excusesNo apologies
No explanations
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HEARTS
What a precious thing it isThat while on life’s journey
We should spend time
With hearts that love us
There cannot beJoy much sweeter
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PROBLEMS
Our problems
Are ripplesOn the surface
Of the riverOf life
Flowing onMajestically
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VIGILANCE
What is done is done
Forget it and insteadFocus your mind
On the path ahead
And stay vigilant That you may not stray
Off the pathOr
That you may not stumbleOver an obstacleYou did not see
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RELIGION
So he asked me
What is your religion anyway?It’s Catholic, isn’t it?
You were born a Catholic, weren’t you?
And I repliedYes, I was born a Catholic
And therefore I am a CatholicBut my religion?
My religion is …………… going Home
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HAVING A LOOK
And he said to me
If you climbA tree that is tall
The higher the tree
The bigger the fall
And I replied
If I climbA tree that is tall
The higher the tree
The more I can see
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NAMES
Does giving something a name
Take away its mystery?
Does changing the name of somethingChange it?
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DIVISIONS
Hindu Christian Muslim Buddhist and JewAnd all the rest of you
What’s in a name?What’s in a label?What’s in a line?
What is my side?
And what is your side?Who is right?
And who is wrong?Which way is right?
Consider thisHindu Christian Muslim Buddhist and Jew
And all the rest of you
If you love the ONE
From whom you comeYou’ll get back home
When your days are done
No matter what the way that you may travel
No matter what the words by which you goIf you are not each other’s brothers
You will never reach your goal
For you claim saviours
And saviours they are indeed
But your saviours can do nothing for youIf you are blind to your brother’s need
So listen to the Lord my friend
Hear what He has to say
And surely when time comes to an endHe’ll be there at end of way
Don’t be misled my friend
Thinking yours the only way
For many paths go up the mountainAnd the view from the top is always the same
There are many rooms in our Father’s houseAnd each religion takes up but one
So don’t criticise what you don’t knowBecause we all live under the same sun
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DIVISIONS (Cont.)
So
Follow your way and love the Lord
Hindu Christian Muslim Buddhist and Jew
And all the rest of youAnd rejoice in the truth
That salvation waits there for you
The key is righteousness and holiness
And a heart that is pureNot a name or a prayer or a doctrine
That’s for sure
Not even healing or bringing from the dead
Or any kind of magicIf you follow these paths
Your end will be mighty tragic
It’s love and love alone
That opens up the door aboveThere is no way to paradise
Except by the road of love
So
Go for it my manHold nothing back
Walk your walk Follow your way
Look straight ahead and know
The Lord I AMI AM The Lord
Love Me with all your heart Like a son loves a father
And a father loves a son
And you will seeYou’ll come to Me
No matter what
No matter what
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DIVISIONS (Cont.)
And I will share eternity
Of that you have no doubt For I am yours
And you are mine
And this will never change
I AM The LordThe Lord I AM
All things that you may know
I AM The Lord
The Lord I AMAll ways that you may go
I AM The LordThe Lord I AM
I AM love the best thing going
I AM The Lord
The Lord I AMThe only ONE worth knowing
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OUR STATE
We are all growing
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FALSE MORALITY
So
You think you can improve the worldI don’t think so
It’s sacredYou can’t improve it
If you try to change it You will wreck it
If you try to possess it You will lose it
As soon as we stopTrying to improve the world
It will start getting better
All by itself
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TALKING TO GOD
Lord
I am sorry for my transgressions
You dwell within me
I dwell within TheeSo close
So far
Being beingLike David’s star
May Thy will be done
Dear LordLord of my heart
Lord of my heaven
Thank You for being
May Thy will be done
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THE LAW
In the universeOf time and space
In the field of energy
A law of constancyIs taking place
For every action
In this magic place
There is a reactionIn each and every case
This law applies
On each and every levelAnd it affects
The way we travel
It is thus profitableWith no danger of illness
To take some timeAnd practise some stillness
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THE WILLOW
Be like a willow
Bend with the breeze
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THE GENTLE MASTER OF THE BODY
Flexibility and suppleness
Are the disciplines
Of life
Rigidity and stiffnessAre the disciplines
Of death
Whether in the body
Or in the mind
BendingIs the discipline
Of life
BreakingIs the discipline
Of death
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STILLING
For the moment
Let go of all thingsAnd come into My space
Stretch your muscles
Preparing yourself
For focus and silence and stillness
I am here with youAlways
We are never apart
So for the moment
Be here now
With Me
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CONCENTRATION
First discipline
Stillness
Second discipline
Breath
Third discipline
Thought
To sit
At the feet of the MasterSilent and still
FocussedSilent and still
At the feet of the Master
Back straight Mind focussed
Breathing stillNot wanting anything
Not expecting anythingNot thinking
Mindset to
I will not move
No matter what happensI will not lose my concentration
No matter what happens
I will practice non‐reactionNo matter what happens
Doing nothing
Thinking nothing
Not movingNot reacting
Just being
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THE PATH
You have your training
You have your line of teachersThere can only be one line of teachers
For anyone
So
Although there appear to be all types of truths around
Many pathsDo not stray from your own
Just as others mustn’t stray from theirs
You have a fine knowledge
Your teachers have been good
Rest easy in your spaceAnd let the world whirl around it
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SEPARATION
In the universe
Of pleasure and pain
In the midst Of loss and gain
In the worldOf ones and noughts
The question still remainsCan you separate yourself
From thoughts
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ORDER
Order in the mindOrder in the body
Order in the familyOrder in the country
Order in the world
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THE WALL
Everything extraordinaryExists
On the other sideOf the great wall
Of fear
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THE EFFORT
All the things
That are happening around me
That my senses can detect Do nothing but distract me
And lead me to neglect What’s happening inside me
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CLEANING MY KITCHEN
I’m on the edge
Of the abyss
A point near madnessI can’t go back
And I can’t go forward
Hmm …
I think I’ll do some Yoga
I think I’ll clean my kitchenI think I’ll take a week
Maybe twoI think I’ll do it perfect
It’s going to be so clean
When I’m on the edgeCleaning my kitchen
Is really good Yoga
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INITIATION
We need
Courage and faithTo let go of the bank
And float downstream
Life changing quickly now
Rapids waterfallsThen a calm lake
Then another waterfall
Then graduallyThings start to settle
The river of life
Is wide and majestic
Life settling down
Lots of space around
Getting a notion
Gonna end up in the oceanIn the great ocean
Of wonderful meditation
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PRIVACY
If I get the notion
To do some meditationI make sure
To sit on the floor
Behind the securityOf a locked door
That is because
I can more completely let goAnd focus my attentionKnowing with certainty
There can be no disruption
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POSING
Meditation in general
Requires a mind
Free of ego and pride
It is therefore important When aiming for Home
To do it alone
As well as and also
To get it more perfect It helps immeasurably
To keep it a secret
You cannot be natural
You cannot be free
If there is someone thereSomeone that can see
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THE LONG JOURNEY
The trip is the journey
There is a special way
It is the path of
Stillness in the storm
Silence in the dinDoing nothing
Thinking nothingWanting nothing
Expecting nothing
Hoping for nothingBreathing
In and out Full of faith
Fearing onlyOf becoming afraid
May Thy will be done
Try to take this way
Each and every day
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ACTION
No action
No reaction
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FORCE
Force always runs out of steam
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BARRELS
When my mind
Is like an ocean swellAnd the breath of life
Is like an offshore breezeThere is a harmony
And the barrel breaks
And there is peaceAnd I’m at ease
No abuse
No excuseCut loosePure juice
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AWARENESS
When you are eatingKnow you are eating
When you are walking
Know you are walkingWhen you are working
Know you are workingWhen you are thinking
Know you are thinkingWhen you are breathingKnow you are breathing
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LEARNING
There are two ways to learnThe easy way
And the hard way
The easy way
Is learning it From someone else
The hard way
Is to find out For yourself
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JUSTICE
There is no justice
There is no injusticeThere is only Karma
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WEALTH
You can be rich
But you can’t be richIn everything
You can be poorBut you can’t be poor
In everything
This isHaving and not having
Happening together
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ADVICE
Don’t give advice
Unless it’s asked for
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PUB WISDOM
It’s not the manWho knows the most
That always hasThe most to say
And
It’s not the manWho has the most
That always givesThe most away
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SUCCESS
Success
Is different thingsTo different folk
Mostly it seemsIt’s wealth and power
In the mind of
The average bloke
But there are someThat are made
Of different stuff For them success
Is knowing
When they have enough
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MISERY
Man
You feelin bad?
Some demon got ya?You wanna get better?
I think I knowThe simple answer
Just give some of your moneyAnd some of your property
And some of yourself
Give to the EarthThose things
Which are of the Earth
And keep those things
Which are of heaven
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EXPECTATIONS
Do you like the world
Having expectations on you?
If not
Why do you have expectations
On the world?
Don’t expect anythingAnd you’ll be happy
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IN IT
See the mystery
See the playSee the children
Getting olderBy the day
Rhythm and rhymeSpace and time
Feelins growin
River’s flowin
No use slowinMind is blowin
Cut it back
In it Jack On the track
Can’t look back
Whatcha lookin at?Whatcha thinkin of?
Sorry bout
My dispositionAin’t lookin for
No recognition
So baby
I might get to see yaMaybe someday
I’d like to know yaCrazy idea
Hey?
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GRABBIN IT
So littleSo many
Not much goin roundNobody’s got a penny
Few crumbsLyin round
People crawlin
On the ground
Get as muchAs you can
Walk all over
Your fellow man
Stack your goldMake a stand
Time is short Got a plan
Gotta go
Can not stopOn with the show
Till we drop
Everybody’s grabbin it
Everybody’s grabbin it Everybody’s grabbin it
Everybody’s grabbin it
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MEMORY
I remember
Standing in
The wave
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CLEVERNESS
Cleverness
Is the doorwayBy which
We depart The world
Of innocence
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FOR MY CHILDREN
Dearest kidsDon’t take life lightly
Don’t give up the precious things
Like truth and honesty
The right road is harderAnd very few take it
But it’s beautiful
Dear kids
In your livesLove a lot
And hate little
And alwaysGive more than you get
Don’t keep tallies
And forget
Debts owed to you
Keep your facesTo the sun
And walk every dayIn God’s light
And stay free of blame
You could do these thingsFor your daddy
Who loves you foreverBut that would be a mistake
Because I have the same Father in heaven
As you doSo do it for Him
And love Him all the time
You are truly
My little brotherAnd my little sisters
Love the Lord
Dad (the bonecrusher)
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LUST
Dear children
Innocent onesMy heart embraces you
As you grow
Dearest ones
And become men and womenThink of your hearts
As I doAnd
Never ever enterInto a lustful relationship
It is like
Shattering crystal
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RELATIONSHIPS
RelationshipsAre like whitecaps
On the surface of the ocean
They come and they goBut friendships
They are the oceanAnd they go on forever
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NATURAL LAW
In space and timeThe way things go
Are strictly dependant On natural law
So our degreeOf harmony
Is woven tight With our destiny
ImagineWe are floating in a pool
In a flimsy and unstable boat
The only thing that can sink usAre the waves we make ourselves
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CONSTANCY
Everything changes
And nothing changes
This is the constancy of nature
Everything changesThis never changes
This is nature
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YOGA
There are negative thoughtsThere are positive thoughts
And then
There are no thoughtsWhen I’m doing Yoga
There’s good thoughts
And there’s bad thoughtsAnd then
There’s no thoughts
When I’m doing Yoga
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TWO DANCERS
Pleasure and pain
Two sides of the same coinLet me tell you brother
You can’t have one
Without the other
In this power vortexWe call life
I think perchanceTwo dancers dance
Called harmony and strife
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TAPESTRY
Do nothing
Accept everything
And emergeFrom the tapestry
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ATTACHMENT
We suffer the painDue to the attachment
To the thingsWe’ve struggled to attain
So when someone borrows my carAnd they plan to take it far
You can take it with certaintyThat my Yoga will have more intensity
And I’d likeTo make it official
That this can be
Most beneficial
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INNER CALM
Can we be the sameBoth
In success
And in failureIn loss
And in gainIn praise
And in criticism
In pleasureAnd in pain
In victoryAnd in defeat
In honourAnd in disgrace
This is very difficult to accomplish
Keep tryingIt’s part of the great journey
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GITA
Even though
The average bloke’s preoccupationIs to live selfishly
And improve his situation
Let me work
For the good of others
And feel in my heart All men are brothers
Let me not
Upset the mind
Of the selfishAnd unkind
Let me be devoted
To the work I doAnd let its joy
Shine out on you
Let no manDisturb my peace
From angry thoughtsLet me be released
I wish these thingsFor me to be
Cause He once saidThis sort of bloke is dear to Me
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FOR YOU
For you PapaI’ll do it all for you
I’ll suffer the pain
I’ll forgo the gain
I’ll be everyone’s foolI’ll care for the cruel
I’ll work and I’ll give
I’ll help them to liveI’ll look in their eyes
I’ll ignore their disguiseI’ll shed all the tears
I’ll suffer the fears
I’ll do without gratitudeI’ll take the bad attitude
I’ll work and I’ll cryI’ll do it till I die
For You
Cause You showed me the way
You turned night into day
You quenched my thirst And You did it first
And for ever and everI’ll not leave You never
Cause You are my Father
And I am Your sonAnd my life has begun
I can’t imagine a minuteWithout You in it …
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FLASHING
Every now and then
I get an intrusion
Of a powerful visionThat it’s all an illusion
I’m overcome by this feeling
That I am a soul
There’s a gradual revealingThat I’m really whole
Could I see
A soul in motherlandCould I be
A soul in wonderland
Could there not be a soundCould love be all around
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BEING THERE
I am going into a period of standstill
I have nothing for the futureNo plans
Wishes
Or desires
StillnessIs my action
Contentment Is my state
TranquilityIs my experience
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COMING OUT OF THE DARKNESS
Living
IsGiving
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TALKING TO GOD
Dearest Papa
Sometimes I can’t put into words what I feel. And the feeling is so powerful.
Exploding from out of my heart. It can’t be contained, but I can’t put words to it.
What I did, I’d do the same again. I did it for You because You were true. Your gift is my most precious possession. It is more precious than family, friends or fame.
Your gift is so beautiful, it’s more precious than life itself. I’ll stand where You put me, on solid ground. I’ll not move till You tell me. This bugs them a lot. I can see
them and I can feel them scrambling to reach me. But the gulf is getting wider.
Their task is getting harder. They failed before and they’ll fail again. I’m stillstanding thanks to You and I’m still clutching Your gift, tight, shining inside of my
heart, where You put it.
There’s a distant horizon
Starting to appearAnd a new day is dawning
Without any fear
I’ll not take my eyes
Off that beautiful light I’ll keep to the track
With Your help if I might
The new day is dawning
I swear that it's true
Its light is explodingOn me and on you
The light that I see
That is shining bright
Is shining for thoseWho lived righteous and right
The rest of humanity
Who gave torment and pain
Will only see darknessOf storms and of rain
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TALKING TO GOD (Cont.)
Their pain will be doubled
By what they will seeAnd that is the joy
In you and in me
They’ll scream and they’ll shout
And they’ll end up weeping
They’ll know that their sowingIs what they’ll be reaping
But we mustn’t be troubled
Bout the destiny of others
Bout the distance between usAnd betrayals of brothers
The light of the new day
And the life that’s before usWill point to the new way
And this will restore us
Forever we’ll liveWith knowledge of love
Blessed by the graceOf His light from above
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WISDOM OF SAGES
Like waves through the ages
The most precious thingIs the wisdom of sages
That break on the beachesOf the shores
Of our mind
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SOMETHING CRAZY
You live and you learn
That fire’s gonna burn
That you get what you earnThat the world’s gonna turn
Who on Earth
Would ever believe
Something crazy likeYou get what you give
Man is spirit
Of that I have no doubt His destiny is to find out
What it’s all about
My love don’t depend onThe things that you do
It just depends onYou being you
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SPECULATION
Speculation is a product of our imagination
Our mind is filled with thoughts of possibilities of the futureAnd as a result
Amounts to no more than self tortureSpeculation is wasted time
It is a non‐productive
Activity of mind
So
There’s no point thinking about the futureCause you’ll never be a happy creature
Your life will be a lot more fun
If you focus your mind
On the work to be done
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PERFECTION
Imperfection
Is actuallyA part
Of perfection
So
The perfect creation
Has within it A measure of Imperfection
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THE ROPE
The Lord is the giver
And taker of all thingsAnd because
He gave you your life
Your life is HisAnd because
He gave you the worldThe world is His
And because
He wanted to seeHow you will live
And how you will beTo see
If you are smart or a dopeTo see
If you will give pain and grief
He gave you enough rope
To hang yourself with
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KARMA
I know I must accept my Karma. I also know I must accept the Karma of mymother and father, my wife and my children. I must also accept the Karma of
every person on Earth.To accept Karma is to accept God’s will. I do not know their sowing and I
must accept their reaping. As you sow, so shall you reap. Words spoken by the
Lord. That is the law. That is how God is just. We are judged by our own words,thoughts and deeds. As we judge, so will we be judged. That is the law.
We live by the law, of that we have no choice. This is so whether we choose
to believe it or not. The best thing is to accept it by gracefully accepting ourKarma. To react would be to create new Karma, to sow new seeds, the result of
which we would have to live through in some future time.
So
If you want your life
To stop being a bummerYou ought to learn
To accept your Karma
So stay in focus
And dodge distraction
And put your mind toThe practice of non‐reaction
So
If they take your coat Don’t raise a heap of hell
Go run after them you goat And give them your shirt as well
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THE REAL GAME
Only if we go
Can we ever get there
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THIS LIFE
This life
Is one blink
Of the eyeIn a day
In the lifeOf the man
On the long journey
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THIS WORLD
This worldIs one grain of sand
On one of the beachesOn one of the shores
Of one of the oceans
Of one of the worldsIn one of the universes
Which make up the nucleusOf one atom
Of a stepping stoneWhich I lay downBeneath your feet
For you to step upon
As you walk On your long journey
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HOLY LIFE
I think
SilenceIs a good way
To beBefore the Lord
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GOING WITH THE FLOW
The faster we run
The slower we go
The harder we pushThe stronger the resistance
Striving brings tiredness
Water does not flow uphill
The sun rises in the morningAnd sets in the evening
No one can breathe in forever
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SITUATIONS
We suffer painBecause of our attachment
To situations
The river flows
And nature goesThe way she’s gonna go
We struggle and strainTo keep things the same
And as a result We suffer the pain
Everything changesThis fact is true
And this is a lessonFor me and for you
It’s better to let goAnd watch nature at play
And go with the flow
It’s a much better way
To all things aroundThere’s a beginning and end
We’re on nature’s ground
Her rules we can’t bend
So as much as we tryTo make things last forever
They all crumble to dust
And get swept down the river
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MESSING ABOUT
Why did God make the universe?
Hmm …
There must be only one reason
For funJust messing about
Why would there be any other reason?
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MAKING AND BREAKING
There are two forces in the universe. They are the force of creation and theforce of destruction. Some interpret these as good and evil, but they don’t see the
mystery. These forces are dependant upon each other. There can be no creation
unless there is destruction and vice‐versa. This is nature. Also creation is not better than destruction and destruction is not worse than creation. They just are.
Also they are both fun. If they were not so, they would not exist. If it pains you toread this, if you are uncomfortable with this, you have not yet accepted nature.
You remain attached to your idea of good and bad. Letting go of ideas is difficult.
Achieving harmony with nature is difficult as well. Our ideas change nothinghowever. All things are created, exist, and finally are destroyed. This is how it is.
This is great. We are an integral part of nature. We were created, we exist, andfinally, we will be destroyed. This is also great and as well it is a heap of fun.
So
If you are offended by destruction
It is because you don’t believe in creation
Because
Imperfections only exist in ideas
Perfections only exist in realities
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POWER
Abuse it Lose it
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TALKING
The less we sayThe better the day
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THE TREASURE
ManWhat would you swap for heaven?
The way ahead is clearSo
Go for it
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ZINGING IT UP
What is realIs unreal
What is fantasy
Is realityWhat is the future
Is the present What is past
Is history
The time is now
The space is hereBehind us
The wind is blowingOur mind in focus
On where we are going
Can’t look back I would not lie
It’s power upOr die
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SINNERS
I don’t demand your loveI don’t expect your love
I won’t turn out the lightsIf you don’t love Me
Be free
But you knowIt would be nice
If you loved Me
This is My promise
The greatest sinner
If he truly loves Me
Will with certaintyCome to Me
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POMPOSITY
Generosity
Is better thanPomposity
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TEACHING
Use simple speechWhen you teach
Use simplicity
And repel pomposity
Your words will contain
A message that’s self‐evident Delivered in a language
Not suitable for the cultured gent
You’ll go out amongst them
And give them your word
To all but the chosenYou’ll sound quite absurd
The righteous and simple
Will soak up your teaching
The cultured and proudWill pass by your preaching
Don’t be dismayed
By the swarming forlornDon’t be afraid
You are the eye of the storm
Go out in the landAnd give them heaps
Go tell every manAs he sows so he reaps
And while you are at it You might want to mention
That love’s the only wayAnd there is no exception
You are My manWith Me in your heart
Live out My plan
It is time to start
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THE TRAIN STATION
There is a clear vision I’ve had in my mind for a long time now. It kind of summarises my position in life and my relation to others.
I’m standing on a train platform in a train station. I’m waiting for my train,which is going in the direction that I want to go. And as I’m waiting, I look up and
down the platform that I’m on and to my astonishment there is no one there. I
stand alone on my platform. Then I look across to the other side, the otherplatform. The train that stops there is going in exactly the opposite direction to
mine. And the opposite platform is packed with people. I mean packed likesardines. There are people backed up the stairways and people are spilling off
the platform down onto the railway line and desperately trying to scramble back up. And all these people are going the other way. And I’m standing there alone,on my platform, looking across at the scrambling congested crowd on the other
side of the lines. And every now and then some of them would stop pushing and
shoving and almost as if in a brief trance, would gaze at me, wondering.And I know, as I observe this scene, that there is a distance between all
these people and me. And when the trains come, the distance between us willbecome greater and greater.
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LIGHT AND DARKNESS
Ultimately
There are only two things in this universeLight and darkness
All the coloursAnd all the things that are
And all our dreamsAnd all our visions
And all that we can imagineAnd all that we can hope for our children
And everything that can possibly be
Comes from light
When light is absent
It is called darkness
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AWAKENINGS
We are all one
When one of usTouched the sky
We all touched the sky
When one of us
Touched the moonWe all touched the moon
When one of usWon the fight
We all won the fight
We are all one
This never ends
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THE MAN
I do believe
That our Heavenly Father
Was born as a manTo become our saviour
And the Heavenly Spirit
Which dwelt in Jesus
I do believe stronglyWill dwell within us
And I do believeThat this act of love
Was a Holy SacrificeMade by our Father above
Our Heavenly FatherJust wanted to visit
He came as JesusOK with you is it?
He wanted to show usHis power over nature
By bending some rules
And predicting the future
He kicked a few tablesAnd He caused a few scandals
As He wandered amongst us
In His sackcloth and sandals
And love is allThere is to be
To win your life
And come with Me
There’s more to reality
Than there is to seeHow long is forever
How far infinity
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THE MAN (Cont.)
The truth is hard
For man to swallow
A road that is narrowIs hard to follow
The Lord lived with us
Till the age of thirty three
His heart and His mindWere on you and on me
And He knew all the timeAnd he did heaps of praying
That He’d get hung to dieFor what He was saying
But his best trick of allTo demonstrate His freedom
Was to rise from His graveAnd bury that demon
And I do believeThat right from the start
His Spirit Supreme
Has dwelt in my heart
And years ago when only a boyMy adventure began to begin
He entered my heart and decided to stay
Because I asked Him in
So we’ve come full circleIn this book of mine
It is written for you
In this space and time
You can take it or leave it
It won’t fluster my feathersA man is as wise
As the things he remembers
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THE LION
There is no wayTo the Father
Except via the Son
There is no way
To heaven friend
Unless you are born again
There is a placeIn your heart
For the Lion to rest
And new life to start
Evil waysAre cast aside
And SatanMust be denied
A battle must rage
Within your heart The devil is cunning
Satan is smart
But the Lion is there
His power is greaterHe just needs your faith
For the storm to weather
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THE SHIELDS
When I chooseA Lion to be
And I chooseTo dwell within thee
The shields that I’ll carry
Will number three
One will be honestyAnother truth
And the thirdAs you will see
Will be no other
Than chastity
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THE EYE
Man
Don’t think that you can get away with it Man
Don’t think that you can run and hideI see right through your wall of pride
I’m hereI’m there
I’m everywhereI’m low
I’m highI am the eye
I see right through you
There’s nothing to youYou just can’t hide
Cause I see inside
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BRINGING IT BACK
In the end man
Go and climb that mountainAnd check the view from On High
And see the light that shines in heaven
And bring it back when you come downThen tell the people that it’s easy
Just love the Lord with all your heart And love each other
And be like brothers
And let that light Shine onto others
This is just about it
My work is nearly overNever fear the devil
He’s a mongrel
And his day is done
Hope you find that glorious mountain
Hope you climb it to the topHope you win your salvation
And become one of the crop
Love the Lord
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THE PROMISE
Love the Lord
And love each otherAnd live like brothers
And you will seeYou’ll come to Me
No matter what No matter what
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LOVE SONG
I will always be with you
And you will always be with Me
Together
Forever
There is nothing to fearEverything’s clear
We are freeTo live and to be
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HIGHWAY
Highway highwayTake me away
Give me the freedom
Of a brand new day
Magic carpet Rolling free
Take my soul
The world to see
Sunshine day
Starry night Freedom’s way
Spirit light
Mother Earth
Showing meWondrous things
There are to see
Mountain highValley deep
Beautiful world
Can make me weep
Rivers winding
Fields of goldSpirit’s finding
It won’t get old
Wheels are turning
Rolling freeHeart is burning
For the love of Thee
Beautiful world
Colours everywhere
Sunshine and rainLove being there
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POSTCARD
See you later mate
I’ve gone riding in the curlI still keep you in my mind
Here’s a postcard from my world
The sun is shining bright
The breeze is blowing sweet I swear I see a light
Got wings upon my feet
Up hill and down daleGreen grass is all around
I’m in the happy room
Trip out on sensurround
I had to go away
I had to say bye byeDarn left the bags behind
I’m on a natural hi
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THE MYSTERY
I have nothing
For the future
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MYSTIC ROAD
This book was originally published through Wild and Woolley, Australia.
The original title was ‘The Mystic Road of Vanja’ (Copyright 1998 Vanja)ISBN 0 646 35536 8
It is reproduced here, on free‐ebooks.net, with full permission from the
copyright owner.
I would like to dedicate this work to the child in us all.
P