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| Dave Matthews Band – Lying in the Hands of God Lyrics
| 2 months ago
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@[Stephtier:54580] Well said. I do think the God he DOESN'T believe in is a being within the universe that created everything and controls things ... rather, an All-Being, within and without us, sustaining and creating moment by moment, but only with intention to Be rather than "intelligent design" or similar. |
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| Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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I see a person at a funeral, discussing 'heaven' with someone close to the deceased. "I would not give you false hope..." (re. the nature of 'heaven'). Loss is sad, 'heaven' is debatable, but the Mother and child reunion... only a motion, only a heartbeat away no matter how you slice it. For me, that works and is poignantly optimistic.
Now - it could ALSO be about the Beatles break-up, as great art often speaks on many dimensions. PS is one of my favorite songwriters/producers. |
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| Neil Young – The Old Laughing Lady Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The Old Laughing Lady is Shakti - life AND death in the world of form as we experience it. Shakti is locked in eternal relationship with Shiva (pure consciousness - the All; God without form). Many interpretations of this ... it's a model for understanding the nature of our dilemma/gift. We are all embraced by, manifest as, Shakti... the illusion of self is "the cupboard" we can't experience self (this little mortal self we think is us) without the context of Maya - "the wall." If you start with this premise, and the understanding that, what adds the zest and urgency of life, the beauty as well as the angst (you might say potential for terror) is that we perceive our 'selves' as creatures of time, is our mortality, the lyric makes perfect sense. Neil was tapped into, aware of, the other side of the looking glass and its implications, from a very young age... perhaps a gift of his epilepsy. |
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