a bit of kensho in sweat and music
I had a spark of satori tonight – just a tiny hint of that experience I had several years ago. I tried to ride it, but it was gone before I knew it—perhaps it could be better classified as kensho, but hardly that. No wave of ultimate awareness washed over me tonight, rather an almost incidental flash in the corner of my mind, giving me just enough information to recognize it for what is was.
I just got finished jogging—haven’t run in a while, so I was beat, probably more because I was feeling down-and-out as of late these days (which partially explains my hiatus from EA). I’ve got a lot of ugly things going on and haven’t been creative much at all, cept finding new ways of getting more angry about the struggle. Just finished watching Loose Change which incited more despair, had a string of corrupt files at deadline, all with my ongoing, run-down state of affairs looming like an ugly story arc. Still sorting out personal and work lives through all of this, but determined I was going to work out instead of pouring a whiskey tonight. So I pulled on my running shoes and the nano.
It was like needle-tipped fraction of light that hit near the end of “the W.A.N.D”, a new track from the Flaming Lips. I downloaded it earlier, but hadn’t really listened to it yet. Initially, the driving bass and distorted guitar grabbed my attention, but the whole meaning mixed with the song fit my angst and spirit soulfully. It’s a song about avatars. Us. The warriors—fighting the battle.
Here are the lyrics, but check out the song if you can.
THE W.A.N.D. by the Flaming Lips
(You've got the power in there,
waving your wand in the air..)
Time after time,
those fanatical minds
try to rule all the world
Tellin' us all it's them
who's in charge of it all
I got a trick, a
magic stick that will
make them all fall
We got the power now
This is where it belongs..
You got that RIGHT
(you got the power in there)
You know it IS
(waving your wand in the air)
They have their weapons
to solve all your questions,
they don't know what it's for
(they don't know what it's for)
Why can't they see it's our power
that streams in this wand
more and more?
(in this wand more and more..)
I got a plan, and it's
here in my hand-
the disarming device
We're the enforcers,
the sorceror's orphans
and we know how we fight
(and we know what we fight)
You've got that RIGHT
(you've got the power in there,
waving your wand in the air..)
I just got finished jogging—haven’t run in a while, so I was beat, probably more because I was feeling down-and-out as of late these days (which partially explains my hiatus from EA). I’ve got a lot of ugly things going on and haven’t been creative much at all, cept finding new ways of getting more angry about the struggle. Just finished watching Loose Change which incited more despair, had a string of corrupt files at deadline, all with my ongoing, run-down state of affairs looming like an ugly story arc. Still sorting out personal and work lives through all of this, but determined I was going to work out instead of pouring a whiskey tonight. So I pulled on my running shoes and the nano.
It was like needle-tipped fraction of light that hit near the end of “the W.A.N.D”, a new track from the Flaming Lips. I downloaded it earlier, but hadn’t really listened to it yet. Initially, the driving bass and distorted guitar grabbed my attention, but the whole meaning mixed with the song fit my angst and spirit soulfully. It’s a song about avatars. Us. The warriors—fighting the battle.
It gives me hope when I see others out there, making art in the shape of revolution and change, and I guess the song struck me and tapped me back to the spirit, sparking something. whatever happened, I am just excited to feel better and more positive about things right now. Damn.
Although I’m not even close to where I was when the original satori hit me years ago, it feels like—right now—tonight, it might have turned me around. Not sure yet past this day, but I feel pretty good. I thought I should post.
night.
(And just so you know, although I am confident of my experiences, I realize some people might not subscribe to them as stated, and some might call me naïve or nutjob. I’m always interpreting my experiences and am humbled by my personal pieces of illumination. I don’t know if I need that sort of disclaimer in this place, but I’ve found all too often, I’ve had to use it).Here are the lyrics, but check out the song if you can.
THE W.A.N.D. by the Flaming Lips
(You've got the power in there,
waving your wand in the air..)
Time after time,
those fanatical minds
try to rule all the world
Tellin' us all it's them
who's in charge of it all
I got a trick, a
magic stick that will
make them all fall
We got the power now
This is where it belongs..
You got that RIGHT
(you got the power in there)
You know it IS
(waving your wand in the air)
They have their weapons
to solve all your questions,
they don't know what it's for
(they don't know what it's for)
Why can't they see it's our power
that streams in this wand
more and more?
(in this wand more and more..)
I got a plan, and it's
here in my hand-
the disarming device
We're the enforcers,
the sorceror's orphans
and we know how we fight
(and we know what we fight)
You've got that RIGHT
(you've got the power in there,
waving your wand in the air..)
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