Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they’re tumbling down
And they didn’t even put up a fight
They didn’t even make up a sound

I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now

It’s like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin’
It’s the risk that I’m takin’
I ain’t never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace

You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You’re the only one that I want
Think I’m addicted to your light

I swore I’d never fall again
But this don’t even feel like falling
Gravity can’t forget
To pull me back to the ground again

Feels like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin’
The risk that I’m takin’
I’m never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace

You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Halo, halo

Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace

You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-NBMY6HYCw

Link on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S38-mjy5NtA

Do you dream, that the world will know your name?
So tell me your name (tell me your name)
Do you care, about all the little things or anything at all? (or anything at all)
I wanna feel, all the chemicals inside I wanna feel (I wanna feel)
I want a sunburn, just to know that I’m alive
To know I’m alive (to know I’m alive)

Don’t tell me if I’m dying, ’cause I don’t wanna know
If I can’t see the sun, maybe I should go
Don’t wake me ’cause I’m dreaming, of angels on the moon
Where everyone you know, never leaves too soon

Do you believe, in the day that you were born?
Tell me, do you believe? (do you believe)
And do you know, that every day’s
The first of the rest of your life?

Don’t tell me if I’m dying, ’cause I don’t wanna know
If I can’t see the sun, maybe I should go
Don’t wake me ’cause I’m dreaming, of angels on the moon
Where everyone you know, never leaves too soon

This is to one last day in the shadows
And to know a brother’s love
This is to New York City angels
And the rivers of our blood
This is to all of us, to all of us

So don’t tell me if I’m dying, ’cause I don’t wanna know
If I can’t see the sun, maybe I should go
Don’t wake me cause I’m dreaming, of angels on the moon
Where everyone you know, never leaves too soon

Yeah, you can tell me all your thoughts
‘Bout the stars that fill polluted skies
And show me where you run to
When no one’s left to take your side
But don’t tell me where the road ends
‘Cause I just don’t wanna know,
No I don’t wanna know

Don’t tell me if I’m dying
Don’t tell me if I’m dying

Link on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtqwL-ZPhAA

Read the lyrics from the Dixie Chicks “The Long Way Around” from a spiritual perspective.

My friends from high school
Married their high school boyfriends
Moved into houses
In the same ZIP codes where their parents lived

But I
I could never follow
No I
I could never follow

I hit the highway
In a pink RV with stars on the ceiling
Lived like a gypsy
Six strong hands on the steering wheel

I’ve been a long time gone now
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
But I’ve always found my way somehow

By takin’ the long way
Takin’ the long way around
Takin’ the long way
Takin’ the long way around

I met the queen of whatever
Drank with the Irish and smoked with the hippies
Moved with the shakers
Wouldn’t kiss all the asses that they told me to

No I
I could never follow
No I
I could never follow

It’s been two long years now
Since the top of the world came crashing down
And I’m gettin’ it back on the road now

But I’m takin’ the long way
Takin’ the long way around
I’m takin’ the long way
Takin’ the long way around

Oh, I just take my time I won’t lay down
And take the long way ’round

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I hurt myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I
I could never follow
No I
I could never follow

Well I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Takin’ the long way
Takin’ the long way around
Takin’ the long way
Takin’ the long way around

Sometimes the things that are done to us are so brutal we have to fight back.

Also from the Dixie Chicks, also from the Album “Taking the Long Way Around” is the song “Not Ready to Make Nice.”

Although I don’t think we should get mad.  That doesn’t help the evolution of our soul.  They can’t help who they are.  But remember, we forgive but we don’t forget.

Link on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dblAC5uLb8

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting

I’m through with doubt
There’s nothing left for me to figure out
I’ve paid a price
And I’ll keep paying

I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
‘Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I know you said
Can’t you just get over it
It turned my whole world around
And I kind of like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’
It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
‘Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
‘Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
“Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!”

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Catholic choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn’t believe what I’d become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Catholic choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Catholic choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

All of our lives, as spiritual people, we have been outsiders.  Or we have been asleep, or following other spirtual schools.  Now we are finding our own answers.  We are finding the teachings of Higher Balance in greater and greater numbers.  We are starting to awaken in greater and greater numbers.  We are starting to flex our wings.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

We are learning to use our sixth sense.  We are litterly and figuratively learning to see.

Blackbird fly   Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

The dark side surrounds us but we will not be kept down.  We will learn to access that which is deep inside.  We will become a force for positive change.

Blackbird fly    Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

See part II: Loving The Beatles Part II

Eric talked about his interpretation of The Beatles’ song “Across the Universe” in Hawaii at the 2006 retreat.  Here is an exerpt:

The lyrics are John Lennon.  The comments are Eric Pepin.

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,

“Words are flowing to me is teaching and trying to vocalize knowledge into human format.  The paper cup are minds trying to hold what they are hearing from me. Paper cups are small and disposable and tossed away once used. How many of my words will remain within them? How much of my efforts will be appreciated? I have no regrets.”

They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe

“Words. They slither because the words are alive that I am speaking, transforming rapidly. They are hard to hold or to catch, and for many they slip through the mental finger tips back across the universe.”

Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind, Possessing and caressing me.

“Bitter-sweet is this dimension. I move myself through memories that I have so far experienced in this world, both good and bad.  Without them I am not who I am now.“

Jai guru deva om

“It is about God, the one… OM I am in the presence of God, all I have to do is think on it and it is so. I am humbled and overjoyed.”

Nothing’s gonna change my world,
Nothing’s gonna change my world.

…

For those of you that are members of the HBI Navigator web site forum, you can read the rest of Eric’s words at a blog titled “Eric’s Deep Song Reflections“.

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Jai guru deva om

Why are song lyrics (and movies) sometimes important?  My teacher teaches and I believe that the collective consciousness of the Earth, also known as Gaia, seeks ways of reaching out to people and teaching them.  Teaching people ideas that increases their understand of the universe and how it works, so the level of their consciousness is raised.  Songs and movies can reach a large number of people world-wide and can affect how they think.  Which, in turn, affects how the collective thinks.  Hopefully creating an every spirially upward increase in knowledge and understanding.

The last 15 songs in the 23 song mix:

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Beatles [the White Album]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps

According to Harrison, inspiration for the song came from reading the I Ching, which, as he put it, “seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else, as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental.”

Rocky Raccoon, The Beatles [the White Album]

Octopus’s Garden, The Beatles [the White Album]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus%27s_Garden

Harrison commented: “‘Octopus’s Garden’ is Ringo’s song. It’s only the second song Ringo has ever written, mind you, and it’s lovely.” Ringo’s first solo composition had been “Don’t Pass Me By” on The Beatles album. He added that the song gets very deep into your consciousness “because it’s so peaceful. I suppose Ringo is writing cosmic songs these days without even realizing it.”

Cry Baby Cry, The Beatles [the White Album]

Help!, Help!

Day Tripper, B side single

Blackbird, The Beatles [the White Album]

Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road

I’m So Tired, The Beatles [the White Album]

Carry That Weight, Abbey Road

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I’m_So_Tired

Lennon wrote the song at a Transcendental Meditation camp when he couldn’t sleep. The Beatles had gone on a retreat to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India. After three weeks of constant meditation and lectures, Lennon missed his soon-to-be wife, Yoko Ono, and wrote this song. The fact it was recorded at three in the morning enhances the sentiment.

Across the Universe, No One’s Gonna Change Our World

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_universe

The flavor of the song was heavily influenced by Lennon’s and The Beatles’ short-lived interest in Transcendental Meditation in late 1967–early 1968, when the song was composed.

In his 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, Lennon referred to the song as perhaps the best, most oetic lyric he ever wrote.

Glass Onion, The Beatles [the White Album]

Sexy Sadie, The Beatles [the White Album]

Hey Jude, single

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude

In 1968, John Lennon and his wife Cynthia Lennon separated due to his affair with Yoko Ono. Soon afterwards, Paul McCartney drove out to visit Cynthia and Julian, her son with Lennon. “We’d been very good friends for millions of years and I thought it was a bit much for them suddenly to be persona non gratae and out of my life,” McCartney said. Later, Cynthia Lennon recalled, “I was truly surprised when, one afternoon, Paul arrived on his own. I was touched by his obvious concern for our welfare…. On the journey down he composed ‘Hey Jude’ in the car. I will never forget Paul’s gesture of care and concern in coming to see us.”

The song’s original title was “Hey Jules”, and it was intended to comfort Julian Lennon from the stress of his parents’ divorce. McCartney said, “I started with the idea ‘Hey Jules’, which was Julian, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. Hey, try and deal with this terrible thing. I knew it was not going to be easy for him. I always feel sorry for kids in divorces …

A Day in the Life, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

After watching the movie, I remember a CD mix titled “The Beatles Mix” I got from the cabin in the summer of 2007 that I had never listened to.  I didn’t know the music, so I had to search the Internet with the lyrics to find the song titles.  I spent a few hours listening to lyrics, reading the back stories to the songs, and reading about the history. 

It not only dawned on me how brilliant John Lennon and The Beatles were, I also realized that each of the songs in this mix could be interpreted through a spiritual perspective.  I suspect that some one equally or even more brilliant chose the songs and placed them in this particular order.

The entire mix is 23 songs.  All songs are the version are performed by The Beatles.  I also attempted to list the album which I believe the track came from.  Here are the first 8 songs with some excerpts from Wikipedia:

Dear Prudence, The Beatles [the White Album]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Prudence

The song is about actress Mia Farrow’s sister, Prudence, who was present when the Beatles visited Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India. Prudence, focused on meditation, stayed in her room for the majority of their stay. Lennon, who was worried that she was depressed, wrote this song for her, inviting her to “come out to play“. While the Beatles left the course, Mia, Prudence, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, and others, stayed and became Transcendental Meditation teachers. Prudence now teaches elementary school along with her husband, and they both still practice TM and advanced versions of it.

The Fool on the Hill, Magical Mystery Tour

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_on_the_Hill

 McCartney said of the song:

 

‘Fool on the Hill’ was mine and I think I was writing about someone like Maharishi. His detractors called him a fool. Because of his giggle he wasn’t taken too seriously … I was sitting at the piano at my father’s house in Liverpool hitting a D 6th chord, and I made up ‘Fool on the Hill.’

 

Alistair Taylor, in the book Yesterday, reports a mysterious incident involving a man who inexplicably appeared near him and McCartney during a walk on Primrose Hill and then disappeared again, soon after McCartney and Taylor had conversed about the existence of God; this allegedly prompted the writing of the song.

With a Little Help from My Friends, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

You Never Give Me Your Money, Abbey Road

Polythene Pam, Abbey Road

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Abbey Road

Happiness is a Warm Gun,  The Beatles [the White Album]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_is_a_Warm_Gun

According to Lennon, the title came from the cover of a gun magazine that producer George Martin showed him: “I think he showed me a cover of a magazine that said ‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun.’ It was a gun magazine. I just thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say. A warm gun means you just shot something.”

Martha My Dear, The Beatles [the White Album]

Coming Soon: Part II

FIGHTER

By: Christina Aguilera

After all you put me through
You’d think I’d despise you
But in the end
I wanna thank you
Cause you made me that much stronger

Well I
Thought I knew you
Thinkin
That you were true
Guess I
I couldn’t trust called your bluff time is up
Cause I’ve had enough
You were there by my side,
Always down for the ride
But your joy ride just came down in flames cause your greed sold me out in shame

After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for you
But uh uh, oh no, you’re wrong
Cause if it wasn’t for all that you tried to do
I wouldn’t know just how capable
I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
Cause it

Chorus:
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for makin me a fighter

Never saw it coming
All of your backstabbing
Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I’d realize your game
I heard you’re goin around playin
The victim now
But don’t even begin feeling I’m the one to blame
Cause you dug your own grave
After all of the fights and the lies cause you’re wanting to haunt me
But that won’t work anymore, no more
It’s over
Cause if it wasn’t for all of your torture
I wouldn’t know how to be this way now and never back down
So I wanna say thank you
Cause it

Chorus

How could this man I thought I knew
Turn out to be unjust so cruel
Could only see the good in you
Pretended not to know the truth
You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself
Through living in denial
But in the end you’ll see
YOU-WON’T-STOP-ME

I am a fighter and I
I ain’t gonna stop
There is no turning back
I’ve had enough

Chorus x2

Artist: Peter Gabriel

On the Vanilla Sky sountrack, among other places.

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city lights
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing, stretching every nerve
I had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
Son, he said, grab your things I’ve come to take you home

To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Though my life was in a rut
Till I thought of what I’d say
And which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
Son, he said, grab your things I’ve come to take you home

yeaah, back home

When illusion spin her net
I’m never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
So I will show another me
Today I don’t need a replacement
I’ll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things they’ve come to take me home