akilimanjaro
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Lyrics to AKILIMANJARO: Streams of Consciousness recordings
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Entertain, Teach, And Have Fun
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Entertain, Teach, And Have Fun entertain teach and have fun how in the world can all of this be done by one well, since Ive begun I wont stop now I will proceed to show you how since you asked the question here comes your next lesson get out your notepads cause Im giving a test and I dont want you to be guessing or scratching your head asking me to repeat what Ive said instead listen close get the wax out of your ears no time for you to say you didnt hear it we must get moving come on wheres your spirit Im going to ignite the spark provoke you to think why are you here on this planet earth? where were you before your birth? entertain teach and have fun how in the world can all of this be done by one? entertain teach and have fun yes I will continue with this one the joy that this brings the pleasurable feelings that they do not last forever is of little matter even if only in passing I will keep passing it along the rhythm the song always seeking to advance the right and distance myself from the wrong I could go on this way as long as health allows I would never go astray if I maintained my vow to live and love life to give up all strife to walk this path is sometimes like riding the edge of a knife it can be dangerous so easily we can be lost entertain teach and have fun how in the world can all of this be done by one? ------------------------------------------------------- 2. We Experience Reality As We Imagine It To Be we experience reality as we imagine it to be we imagine life as we are conditioned to if we are to experience the truth of life we must bust and burst free from our preconceived thought implants and rather intuit the inner structure of all and acquire at least a small amount of sense uncommon beyond the norm the form in which we are housed may cause us to lose the awareness that all is one no more no less at best we blend into an amalgam of differences and emerge as a confluence of similarities and identities once held as separate now coalesce as inseparable it is inescapable and impossible to deny or defy that I and you and he and she and they and we are simply artificial barriers that keep us from trusting one another sisters brothers cousins and other relatives are only a relative way of speaking when we are seeking a way to immerse our self with the selves around us we experience reality as we imagine it to be our minds are capable of so much more than we are able to accept and Im sure that if we really truly expect to become anything other than an energized corpse we must force ourselves to emerge into our full potential I will only say this one time one mind one heart one love is where it all starts and the beginning is the foundation of the development we must build the thrill of life on the rise is all we need to entice us to feed our spirit now hear this the spirit is nothing else but a word for the self within when we begin to affirm our connection to the creative permanence the presence ever present then we will converge upon all former fragments of our fantastic existence we experience reality as we imagine it to be ------------------------------------------------------- breath by breath we come closer to death until there is nothing left dust comes from our flesh misery and remorse bliss and joy I react to the opposition that has no substance I interact with nonexistence regularly I speculate on the meaning of life constantly the conclusions I draw are simply sketches the illusions of what is are persistent in their call and so alluring that I am often found touring on paths leading nowhere the activity can be exhilarating but it can also be debilitating the chasing and constant pursuit is no longer cute or sweet I now look forward to a retreat from this maddening cycle let me decrease the radius towards zero so at the center I will reside and the spin is now manageable the turn is slowly stopped and what was not visible before in the blur is now quite obvious in dust we find oneness in this unified state we straightened all tangled ideas that were knotting our minds the twine now is a bind to the disparaging the rapidly diverging worlds within in the strangest and most abhorrent way I pray to a beast or to be honest through a beast these are no more than animal calls that make me an easy prey for the hunters of my game breath by breath we come closer to death until there is nothing left dust comes from our flesh I am the same as a target I announce my desire for dissolution as the ultimate solution yes when I am no more is when I will with certitude be sure of my place in space and energy that should be preserved according to physical laws inexplicably vanishes without transformation this is impossible so we deny our senses we find it unacceptable to all that we know or so we have thought or so we have been programmed to believe in a digital and binary age information is our code and we overload our circuits constantly our memory needs upgrading our processors also for too slowly we calculate I hate and abhor or at least find it annoying to see how we metaphorically have become the machines and our entire reason for being is now caught up with and inextricably bound with and to the global network of irrelevant intelligence know and acknowledge garbage in garbage out we and I are one in a language with a depth unfathomable instead we babble in tongues indecipherable we place in ciphers those words and phrases we wish to hide and make obscure breath by breath we come closer to death until there is nothing left dust comes from our flesh the more that wisdom went into withering frames the more that we go insane for sanity requires at least a lasting shelter in a wall that is hollow the sounds of distinction penetrate with no hesitation that which comes from afar is on par and in league with that which is near I fear that one day we will open into an aspiration that we knew nothing of having it is as if we arrive on another planet with no remembrance of traveling we have been there and here forever and yet and in spite of weather patterns which we do not recognize rain falling from clear skies heat rising from ice capped mountains the droughts that create and maintain deserts now flood the plains and I came to anticipate much of what was to be by retroactively connecting the dots of the grid and then I did something that now seems quite logical though it was once an innovation I began my presentation with apprehension and this tension was enough to produce the now reduced level of anxiety just by rising and raising then in an unrestrained and unrestricted way began praising actually worshipping placing all faith and trust in this conceptually void area what I had sought to avoid and avert my attention from to skirt about I now flirt with the outcast and unwanted I visit the haunted rooms in my lifes mansion and meddle in hopes of breaking this mystery my case is made with succinctness in less time than it would take a sleuth I have found the elementary truth so with my proof brought to completion I proceed to seed the garden of eden and I reenter paradise breath by breath we come closer to death until there is nothing left dust comes from our flesh ------------------------------------------------------- turning it around the wheel of my life was once stuck in the muck but now Ive got it spinning again keep turning non stop revolution fires burning no solution no salvation nothing worth saving nothing losing none winning the beginning simply spinning web weaving dead grieving non believing yet ever faithful and true who would have ever known where could we have gone the script was written in a mystical pen once deciphered all illusions come to an end turning it around the wheel of my life was once stuck in the muck but now Ive got it spinning again the pendulum swings forth and back its just a metronome keeping time the drum separates the measures of these lines all my life is a song one song with one verse the universe is the title the key is life the message is vital what we exist for is the chorus yes our reason is to provide harmony to this melody without harming anybody what does it mean though to cause no harm? can we only harm that which has form? or can we also harm the formless? yes what we do has an impact on the world without and within to spread joy I grin turning it around the wheel of my life was once stuck in the muck but now Ive got it spinning again ------------------------------------------------------- I dont know what you will think about what I do I am not sure if you will get the point of my actions will my intentions be clear or will I be misinterpreted I wont let these doubts paralyze me though as long as I know myself nothing else really matters to know myself is all that matters I climb ladders only to reach heights beyond and not to simply be above to look down on others I travel from here only to reach there and not because I cannot stand to be still just to live is all just to give my all and thus inner worlds that I seem to create actually come into being on their own I am an observer of these realms I do not control the helm I command none the interior is actually not superior to that which exists on the surface what is the beginning the first memory the primary impression there is no answer to these absurd questions just to be without being anything just to be with no desires to fill just to be where we are with no plans just to be no need to understand in breath inlets to our core grains of sand add and subtract from the shore candles grow in importance as they glow and yet they shrink in size as they shed light for our eyes that we only see a limited amount of what is needs to be constantly in our awareness confusion can easily occur when we infer that all that blurs by us is the total no the actual sum will never be reached infinity instantly collapses continuity constantly entraps us as we seek to connect the dots with lines that are arrows through our hearts just to be without being anything just to be with no desires to fill just to be where we are with no plans just to be no need to understand ------------------------------------------------------- to have and to lose or to have never had in the first place which is the worst case incomparable realities actually to possess a desire or to desire a possession a question of ones perspective the choice that is selected I suspect it was once directed and sent with intent but then it was bent and went astray thats when the sky became gray and as I gazed into the heavens trying to locate the lining of silver only to notice too late that a layer of tarnish concealed the shine I saw that you were never really mine and this brought me no grief believe it or not it was a relief this takes nothing away from what you are nor from what we were no I prefer to view this as a relinquishing of love freeing it from the imprisonment it suffered in my heart ------------------------------------------------------- time stands still after all else falls ceilings floors walls crumble about we stumble throughout the rubble of times gone by and wonder why yet here we are though the past now seems far only a moment ago it was here how could it have disappeared so fast no longer present but past ------------------------------------------------------- music is magical magical meaning it makes you move some say music has the power to soothe it also has the power to agitate it is energy it can destroy or create it can heal or kill whether you believe it or not its real it can send chills up your spine or heat to your feet music will make you want to sit still or make your hips want to gyrate when I hear music depending on the type of music that I hear I am taken somewhere cause music touches the emotions thats what brings you motion like the ocean the motion can be smooth or rough yes music can have gentle touch or be abrasive thats what makes it so mystical its invisible to the eyes but it can be seen by the soul can you feel it coming inside your spirit I wonder if you can feel it get inside your soul the source of sound is subtle beyond the realm of the mind where the spirits reside lets take a journey to the place where the bass vibrates and the treble resonates dont hesitate dont wait dont pause make haste quicken your pace come face to face with the force the source of course the source is the soul (you got it) yeah and if you got soul you got something better than gold more precious than the rarest stone yes the soul should be protected and treasured not neglected or wasted in pursuits of pleasure for all that feels good aint good no your feelings should not lead but rather water the seeds of reason planted in due season remember you reap what you sow what you sow you will reap so dont sow too shallow or too deep or your harvest will be weak sow just right and in time all fruits will be ripe can you feel it coming inside your spirit I wonder if you can feel it get inside your soul dont stop the feeling I wont stop it cause this feeling got me mellow relaxed I think Ill just kick back dont stop the feeling I wont stop it cause this feeling got me yeah it got me Ill tell no lie I couldnt stop it if I tried well dont I wont I wouldnt do that because this feeling is all that and then some how come? cause this feeling is wholesome it restores your balance like medicine it cures all ills from the fever to the chills yes the music heals as your heartbeat gets in synch with the rhythm your head arms leg and feet pick up momentum you find yourself in a trance as you dance youve got to move to this beat not in your seat but get up on your feet let your adrenaline flow sweat pour from head to toe immerse yourself in the sound quench your thirst and get down get down and feel it coming inside your spirit I wonder if you can feel it get inside your soul ------------------------------------------------------- certainty is all we cared for could there be anything more we used to settle for less never will we regain that apathy for now the world is so concrete and our attachment nearly total I have considered the remote possibility for freedom and examined the exertion that would be required I tired at the thought can you imagine that? I thought that I could not and yet and even in spite of my disbelief I have allowed this thief to raid my stock all that I possessed now gone silent alarms alert me to the activity and I become an accomplice ------------------------------------------------------- 10. Lasting And Lingering In Brightness remarkable spectacular and stellar the whereabouts of doubts form a query understandably ponderous in wonderless ways we wander mazes we venture aimlessly until apparently the boundaries back away and fade Ive made many observations and formed several conclusions yet no resolutions so it is amusing to sense the intense awareness that arises in so many guises the folly of deciding on a fixed and immobile crucible the feeble and subtle used to pull and attract me in a way that now sends me scurrying not really worrying but considering that pretending that the function of life is derived from that of death Ive left little to puzzle or riddle instead I keep it simple stupidity is the ability to appear intelligent though ignorant relevant yet insignificant and it applies to us all I voice the universal thought it ought to be in harmony with the mediating melodies things never have been that easy to envelop from an eagerness to cling the tightening can actually sting so release or at least loosen your hold and imagined control let me make a bold statement most of us are faking and taking ourselves for granted what seed can be planted with no room for growth we both know that no such exists so lets end this madness and reclaim a tiny semblance of balance lasting and lingering in brightness yes! ------------------------------------------------------- often I wonder about the point why and in those moments I never seem to find a reasonable answer to my query I just saw myself in duplicate the copy was imperfect and seemed to be lacking something I watched it seeking to discover its flaw its been some time but then again this moment is the only one worth being in constantly living in a memory is only an attempt to escape the present but that is really impossible what is more probable is that we may get stuck in the past what we need is a blast of fresh air something that will bring us back to here and now the whys and hows are questions unanswerable but the more I observed it to my astonishment first and then to my horror I saw what I did not want to admit what I could not acknowledge the copy was the real and I the fake it still aches to say that I am not authentic that we continue with our query is pardonable though we only do what we know and what we know is only a tiny fragment of all that there is to be known that we are grown in physical stature is not really a significant matter what matters more is the growth within that which cannot be seen only felt only known individually indivisibly what can be? what is there that cannot be split or divided? its been some time but then again this moments the only one worth being in this moments the only one worth being in is there an inseparable element anything that has never been and never will be less than it is even through the process of division how about infinity divide it by one two or three or any other value and it will resist the attempt it remains as it was as we remain as we are how far can we go how far before we know and acknowledge make the experience known yes before we share what we have become aware of in a way though in just a tiny way I am relieved for whereas before I used to grieve to actually feel remorse and sorrow over my inability to know what I should do on the morrow I now am at peace actually still within and I grin the love that we feel the feeling of connectedness cannot be forced of course we at times fake and act contrary to what is yes at times we make the mistake and break ourselves into tiny fragments we cannot piece the puzzle back together and if we ever thought that we could that we should then we realize now that the ugly the bad and the good are all the same yes the only thing that remains after all this is this yes this is all that there is its been some time but then again this moments the only one worth being in this moments the only one worth being in the page has been turned I have turned the page the lessons that I have learned have carried me beyond the stage that I once inhabited what was then is now the past and never again can it be the same a new frame I dwell within boundaries have changed yet boundaries still remain these borders I have placed myself yes I have placed barriers around myself now this is only a contrivance for my self cannot be trapped in reality no self do I have only fragmented ideas I attempt to grab and these will never add up to me no I and we are more than the sum of our parts the total amount will never be reached and still though we seek to know the truth about our lives its been some time but then again this moments the only one worth being in this moments the only one worth being in ------------------------------------------------------- |
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Bringing Joy Not Sorrow/
Higher Living
Songs
1. Flowing Like A River 2. Consciousness 3. From Imagination To Reality (Let's Pretend) 4. Constant Change 5. How Are You Living?
1. Flowing Like A River
I'm flowing like a river Started off as a stream of consciousness One thought connects to the next Light reflects from the surface I'm not shallow some say deep I'm flowing like a river not a creek Never weak strong Long like the Nile or the Amazon You can float on my quote with a boat Or a ship come take a trip a cruise Use your imagination Word association Rhyme and rhythm Come on in for a swim The water is fine The river a metaphor for your mind Not abstract not concrete I'm flowing like a river Started off as a stream I'm flowing like a river At one time just a trickle Only a few drops But I grew and never stopped Growing Gathering momentum Steadily increasing in size and depth Come on in dive hold your breath Now release it you won't drown The current won't pull you down But it'll take you for a spin a twist a turn a swirl As you whirl about in the water You ought to be dizzy but you're not Your equilibrium is maintained You and the water are the same And that is our aim Just as water flows and takes the form of all it touches So we must all adapt to our circumstances Adapt not adhere Am I making myself clear The water keeps flowing Although sometimes it may slow And go around or go through This is what we must do Take the situations we're in and keep flowing I'm flowing like a river Come and bathe you won't shiver The temperature is just right Let the waters wash away Anything you don't wish to stay Now the river is rising Many rivers flow into one great body of water The ocean consists of all waters of the earth Yet many have tried to divide it in their minds In an attempt to defy The lesson of the water The lesson that all is one no matter where it comes from The creek the lake the swamp the pond The brook the stream I could go on but I'm flowing 2. Consciousness Chorus Consciousness Is being aware Of why we're here Where we are going and How will we get there Let your mind recline as I relax into this rhyme Ease on back into your favorite chair Where all stress is relieved Take a load off your feet Sink deep into this beat Close your eyes and retreat I speak a universe into existence Put up no resistance With no hesitance step through the entrance And be entranced enchanted Seeds that were planted earlier now sprout And carry your thoughts way out Your cares and worries are erased Replaced with understanding and awareness There is nowhere no place with a trace of confusion This is no illusion It may sound amusing And if it does then laugh Giggle chuckle or just grin It's amazing a simple smile can relieve So much tension It's your decision the dimension I mention is more than a vision Come on in this is an invitation Chorus I socialize with the wise and verbalize Ideas that rise as we philosophize On the whats the whens the wheres The hows the whys Not the whos for we choose not to idolize Or worship any image Our thoughts and words scrimmage Deep in a village to which few pilgrimage Every land on which we trod Has been blessed by god So we're always on hajj no matter where we are The sun the planets the stars Satellites and meteors Comets and other components of interstellar space Surrounds our every thought In its web we are caught Escape is what is sought To find it some have fought The battle's never ending You lose once you start winning That sends some teeth to grinning But it's true I'm not kidding That's why those who possess the knowledge Simply forfeit their conscience to the omnipresent Omnipotent omniscient the everlasting All powerful all knowing lord of all existence Not a ruler external sitting on a throne But the purified essence out of which we are formed We refract the light like a crystal focus it like a lens Magnify the size then radiate in all directions Those prepared for the glow now wear a halo While those who did not prepare for the light Are blinded by its sight This is no prophecy of the impending doom of the earth It is simply my interpretation of life's worth I think life has more meaning than Being awake or dreaming Being victimized or scheming or Just breathing from dawn 'til evening The real meaning of life is for what we all search From our date of birth 'til were covered with dirt And if the answer is found before our last heart pound Before we're laid in the ground we should smile not frown For we have now passed the test with knowledge of self So truly in peace we can rest For we have now passed the test with knowledge of self So truly in peace we can rest Chorus 3. From Imagination To Reality (Let's Pretend) Chorus Let's pretend Use our imagination What you believe You will see I see peace and harmony Believe with me Let's make this vision A reality I have all that I need to succeed in life My greatest wealth is my health for without my life Nothing is possible with it I'm unstoppable It's no surprise that I rise as I place my eyes And my gaze on what pays and that's praise Of the source of our existence no force can resist this Power forever it's our hidden treasure It awaits discovery once we awaken from sleep We're bound to see that no boundaries can contain us No thing can restrain us we're totally free And yet we choose to limit our vision Of what we can become it's our decision I place my sight on infinite heights as I begin my flight With no trace of fright and in spite of Gravity or negativity around me I ascend and extend my capabilities Reality is no more than an illusion in which we believe And we deceive ourselves constantly Seeking permanency in what's temporary Life is a parade an ongoing game of charades We are made created formed we are born Into this world to unfurl the wings of our inner being Which is everlasting and which has been emerging Ever since our beginning The web of life keeps spinning Sometimes entangling us Until we realize that the weaver is no stranger to us It is us so trust the weaver and what is woven And you will have created the fabric of the all knowing Chorus Trying to express nothingness Through the use of words may be absurd Simply to speak of nonexistence Brings contradictions into fruition Can words and ideas be used to express That it's words and ideas we should lose Let's cruise on the waves of this ocean's oration Until we're out of sight of familiar places As our surroundings become synonymous to none That we have seen before we seek to explore through metaphor Trying to connect prior mental constructs With the reality around us Yet it's best to address what is currently present As it is not as it seems similar to be is to be Now is not then nor has it ever been The future's all pretend Once we comprehend we ascend but again Words can go but so far to show who we are To know and not think is what we're after Smell a flower take a shower build a tower Make an hour last ninety minutes Recalculate the distance of your life's existence Stretch time toss and fetch time Then forget time it's all in your mind Find your mind define your mind Refine your mind design your mind Then resign your mind Chorus 4. Constant Change You've heard of the sermon on the mount? Well this here is the sermon in the valley Well actually this sermon was delivered in an alley On a dark night I was taking a short cut home There were no lights on and I thought I was alone Until I walked past this one light and it lit up Then I saw the figure of an old woman get up I started to run yeah I started to break I don't know why I was scared but then she said wait It was simply a plea but it had the power of a command I stood still like I was in sinking sand Me a grown man running from an old lady I thought to myself I must really look crazy But then she calmed my nerves with just a few words She said I won't keep you long I just want you to hear this song Then she began to sing with a voice unlike any I'd ever heard There's no way I can describe it but these were the words Chorus She said I've been many places in my life Seen many things Through the years I have learned That the only constant is change Oh yes she said I've been many places in my life Seen many things Through the years I have learned That the only constant is change Now I thought that was strange The only constant is change I said what do you mean she said listen I'll explain Day goes to night right Then the dark returns to the light The year has its seasons what are the reasons The world changes everyday Sometimes the sky is clear blue Other times it's cloudy and gray listen to what I say You were once a child now you're an adult You now find easy what was once difficult Some things you used to think were bad You now think are good The more she spoke the better I understood I began to reflect on my life and on the past And on relationships I had That I thought would last The more I thought I was able to recall Watching something rise only to later see it fall Always changing yes change is always happening The woman smiled and started singing again Chorus I've been many places in my life and I've seen many things Constant change is the only guarantee I've been many places in my life and I've seen many things Constant change is the only guarantee The woman said now that you see That all in life must change There's no way that you can look at things And see them in the same way That you had seen them before I thought that I understood her but I wanted to be sure So I asked her to please say more She said sure When something pleases you You want to hold on to it forever But know that it will change too just like the weather Just as there is sunshine and clouds of rain You'll have fun times but also There will be times of pain She said look at me at one time I was young and beautiful But now I'm very old and to some I look pitiful I think about this now and laugh But there was a time when I would think about it and cry But that is life we're born we grow old We get sick and then we die And now I've said all that I need to say Then the woman turned and started walking away The lights in the alley went back out again And although I couldn't see her I could still hear her voice on the wind Chorus The only constant is change (8x) 5. How Are You Living? Chorus Life Are you living your life right Only you know what's inside From yourself you can't hide How are you living your life? Taking deep breaths reflecting on my life Inhaling all the positive exhaling the strife Let it go let it go I don't need it no more I'm rising realizing not fantasizing The world spins the world turns the world don't stop I live on the world so I know that I cannot stop either Or either everyday I'm wiser Than I was the day before And richer in areas in which I was once poor The door was once closed it's not closed anymore It's open I'm hoping more will cross the threshold And behold the beauty that I now see I speak constantly on the reality that can be On the possibility that can become an actuality Chorus How you handle life's affairs Determines what when why and where Your destiny will be no more a mystery When you learn that you reap What you sow not one bit more Plant good seeds and they will grow Plant bad seeds and they will rot Oops there's one thing I forgot Plant your seeds in fertile soil Or you'll waste your work and toil Waste too much and then you'll wither That's why many become bitter When the words they deliver Fall on ears that do not care Minds that are closed in Must be thawed cause they're frozen Warm them up with the truth The future awaits you It's up to you to do what must be done The sunrays shine for days Moonlight lights the night skies I see a world where ignorance and despair Are nowhere And visions we perceive can be achieved If we seize the opportunity to work in unity Although we are diverse So is the universe but which was here first Which set the tempo the momentum The universal rhythm it seems so simple But maximize your potential Chorus Expectancy of life Increases with decrease of strife Stress and strain should not remain To maintain a healthy brain The pleasure people seek without Is just a measure of their doubt Of themselves what's within And that's where all the stress begins Dependency upon external Deficiency of internal Evaluations devaluates your foundation Your center of control is lost When you resign as the boss Of your mind of your body of your soul And give control To someone outside of you When your true self resides in you We all have that voice within When that voice speaks listen And obey what is said you won't be misled The voice will guide you if you only abide by The message it gives for this voice Will teach you how to live It's called your conscience or your instinct Just don't let it become extinct I mean think No one knows you better than you know yourself So no one can judge you and you can judge no one else Chorus |
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