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ABOUT THIS SONG This an unusual song in its concept. I thought of the state of the world as we approached Christmas in 1992 and decided I start from the big picture and head back toward my own life on this 17th day of December. I would simply tie it together by singing Merry Christmas...this year. It was a fascinating process. I, and perhaps you, are familiar with a guided visualization that starts within you and, with each breath taken, expands out to engulf the world with pace, or love, or prosperity, or health, or whatever your intention, a little bit at a time. That is a process of expansion that feels like you are in the driver's seat. Coming from the out to the in was a completely different process. I started to focus on the state of the world, then on the United States, then California, then San Luis Obispo, then my house, then my family, and finally me. With each pulling in I began to sense and feel the impact of the conditions, the vibration, that I was noticing and bringing into the writing. I saw a whole lot that I had no control over...all I had was my response. And honestly, most of I it I did not even know was going on until I researched a bit. And, in another revelation, the closer I got to me the more centered I became. I was delighted that in spite of all that was going on in the world around me I was able to be in my own life, doing what I was doing with my family and as me. In the middle of it all my life was being lived as I saw it....it was a fascinating perspective. ...precious Earth spinning 'round, life death coming down, every person with a story, every moment worth exploring, every heart seeking home, every soul not alone...God is on our side...God is on our side.... When you reflect on all that is happening in this world while you do what you do in this moment it really opens up the inner and outer doors of wonder...it expands the sphere of living...and, at the same, time makes what you are currently doing a lot more relevant and important. In the new thoughts of these expanding times we hear that any act within the cosmos impacts everything else vibrationally. That thought of self love you just had expands out to impact all just as that moment of self condemnation does...we are given endless points of choice throughout the day to seed the immediate form and experience of the future, our own and the collective as well...yes, we are that impactful, that powerful. Nothing is as it seems in one of the emerging truths of these times. Start looking at the world through this postulate...and start to get increasing glimpses of the expanded life that has always been there. |
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SONG LYRICS: MERRY CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR US in Somalia Marines have hit the beach There’ll be food upon The table All the little ones can eat Yugoslavia is dying People call it genocide UN is playing cautious They will wait to choose a side In Russia there is chaos As Democracy takes hold Corporations loom like Vultures Salivating for the gold South America is quiet Is it calm before the storm? The global population’s Either too cold or too warm Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas this year Clinton picking cabinet His kingdom taking shape Fleetwood Mac will play The White House Rays of hope still radiate There’s a rainbow over Washington With Boomers flooding in People dance a little bit And pray to God he’s genuine Registers are ringing As the media keeps score Recession is it over? Can we spend a little more? Will this country come together in this Wintertime of Love? Or will hatred and confusion Kill the rising white dove? Merry Christmas… The Golden State Is tarnished In a legislative squeeze The Grinches and the Scrooges laugh And decorate their greed While the multicolored Masses wonder Where the water’s been Then cuddle up to Tinsletown At sunset once again SLO Town sleeps on slowly As Pinard et al take oath It’s honesty in office With the Peace of God Invoked While the rent still hugs a Thousand We squirm for what is fair And spin our wheels In Paradise With beauty everywhere Merry Christmas… Precious Earth Spinning ‘round life death coming down Every person with a story Every moment worth Exploring Every heart seeking home Every soul not alone God is on our side God is on our side On Murray Street we Cultivate a future day by day We slip into the past When we swallow too much strain The tapes are almost ready Erin needs more time Gabriela is precocious One would say she isn’t shy And me I’ve just turned 40 But I’m going on 15 I’m so frightened by these Challenges And yes I often scream But I can’t remember living Without Erin or the Gab And I’m happy With my family Life’s really not so bad Merry Christmas... © 2003.Music for Every Soul. All Rights Reserved. |
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