Quicker Than The Wink Of An Eye

I have always loved the music of Jimi Hendrix.  There's something mystical and even ethereal with his songs that makes the Soul want to go out of the body and transcend all the limitations of this material plane.  

Last night while going home from a joyful celebration, P and I talked about my choice of songs for the night, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, and the 27 Club. I then mentioned Jimi Hendrix and some of the more popular "members" of that so-call club.  I told P about this poem and I believe this showed the mystical side of Jimi.  In the 2008 edition of "'Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child" by David Henderson revealed aspects of Jimi's life and death and I believe the theory that he may have been murdered. Nevertheless, I still love this last poem written by Jimi on 17 September 1970, a day before he passed away.

The Story of Life

by Jimi Hendrix

The story of Jesus

so easy to explain

After they crucified him,

a woman, she claimed his name

The story of Jesus

the whole bible knows

went all across the desert

and in the middle, he found a rose

There should be no questions

there should be no lies

He was married ever happily after

All the tears we cry

No use in arguing

all the use to the man that moans

When each man falls in battle

his soul it has to roam

Angels of heaven

flying saucers to some,

made Easter Sunday

the name of the rising sun

The story is written

by so many people who dared,

to lay down the truth

to so very many who cared

to carry the cross

of Jesus and beyond

We will guide the light

this time with a woman in our arms

We as men

can't explain the reason why

the woman's always mentioned

at the moment that we die

All we know

is God is by our side,

and he says the word

so easy yet so hard

I wish not to be alone,

so I must respect my other heart

Oh, the storyof Jesus is the story

of you and me

No use in feeling lonely,

I am searching to be free

The story of life

is quicker

than the wink of an eye

The story of love

is hello and goodbye

Until we meet again

Idasal Mo

IDASAL MO
by
PINIKPIKAN

walang hangganan ang lakbay ng diwa,
wag mo nalang piliting alamin pa.
tama na ang naka apak sa lupa,
isipan mo naman ang siyang gagala.

may gagawin pa tayo sa mundo.
pagmamahal ang sasagip sa'yo.

at kung sapat na ang pagibig,
ang mundo ay lilipad kasama tayo.


at makiramdam sa paglalakabay, ingat lang.
sakaling ikaw ay maligaw banggitin mo Siya.

idasal mo, idasal…
buhayin ang pagmamahal.

Idasal Mo is a Tagalog/Filipino phrase and I don't really know how to translate it.  It's something like "you put it in prayer" since dasal means pray.  

I have read somewhere that if you want to talk to God, you pray.  However, if you want to listen to God, you meditate.  I will do both.  There's so much going on in my life right now I am so overwhelmed I have never expected these things are happening....

Paradise Found

I love music and this video features the music of Aeoliah.  For over a year now, I love listening to the enchanting melodies he had composed for more than twenty-five years.  Aeoliah (Ay-oh-lee-yah) just makes wonderful music and this piece, Garden of Eternal Spring, is paradise found for me.

Here's more info on Aeoliah from his website:

For over 25 years, Aeoliah's music continues to have a wide appeal to many health professionals around the world. His healing music is known for its therapeutic qualities which has benefited many people throughout the world who work with his healing and meditation music privately, in hospitals, hospices and in-care centers. To date, Aeoliah has created over 30 musical recordings . He has also produced several self-help recordings consisting of guided imagery that is complemented by his meditation music.

Aeoliah's music is also well-known among many celebrities for his effective healing techniques.

His belief that sound and light are spiritually energized, allows Aeoliah to compose many diverse rich musical compositions that bring so much joy, comfort, healing, and inspiration to millions of his fans.

"For over 30 years, I have studied the effect that different sounds and music have on the nervous system and how these affect our emotions and state of well being. This allowed me to develop a special system of harmonic tones and sound frequencies that correspond to different parts of the body and brain, helping greatly to reduce stress and imbalances in the body and nervous system.

I was able to create and perfect a very specialized sonic therapy that is the quickest and most effective means not only to de-stress, but to revitalize, harmonize, and rebalance our energy system mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. I was starting to get letters from hospitals, clinics, chiropractors, yoga teachers, massage therapists, wellness centers, spas, and many people in general stating how much this music was helping them in ways they have never experienced music before. Not only did they love the music, but it also touched their inner core.

"Pure sound therapy at its best is music that helps us to refocus our attention on more positive thought forms by reducing high levels of stress and tension in our bodies and minds, harmonizing our emotions, and by increasing the universal life force essence, also known by the ancient Chinese as 'Chi'. This helps to enhance the function of our immune system by rebalancing our endocrine system. It also helps to enrich our lives by allowing us to experience healthier feelings and thoughts. It helps shift our attention from the mundane world of habits, addictions , and conditioned behavior which have become limited and constricted, to a world of inspiration, beauty, inner peace, harmony, love, and freedom." Aeoliah

Courtesy of Music For Healthy LivingTM

Infinite Sadness

Sitting still was NEVER enough... and if you're giving in, then you're giving up... cause in your sad machines... you'll forever stay...

Here Is No Why

-Smashing Pumpkins

Headlights

We're all gonna die tomorrow
Waiting around for your friends to come down and join you
They'll be knocking on their windows
They'll be turning off the lights in their living rooms

Don't you want to say goodbye?
Don't you want to say goodbye?
Don't you want to say goodbye to the ones you love?

People running round in circles
Telephones ring and they'll sing of no tomorrow
They'll be saying what they meant to
They'll be trying to forget what they didn't do

Don't you want to say you tried?
Don't you want to say you tried?
Don't you want to say you tried to the ones you love? 

-- Headlights, Love Song for Buddy

29 July 2010