Freedom - what does it entail?

as the circle
its line unbroken
as my love
though unspoken

[sound]

Each portion of your consciousness,
your identity, is (using an analogy)
composed of an infinite number
of glittering points of consciousness
that come together to form your identity.
And you hold them and grip them tightly
and call them your own. Now your identity is your own.
It will not dissolve under any circumstances.
Yet you can have a much more adventurous kind of identity
if you hold yourselves in a less rigorous a grip.

~Seth-Jane Roberts~

[sound]

So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war
for a leading role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

~Pink Floyd~

[Gem]

Let's go and see the stars
The Milky Way or even Mars
Where they could just be ours

Let's fade into the sun
Let your spirit fly
For we are one
Just for a little fun

Kravitz

[sound]

Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
Give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
There's so much that we need to share
Send a smile and show you care
I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your time to me
See the man with the lonely eyes
Take his hand, you'll be surprised
Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit of my love for you
Now's the time that we need to share
So find yourself, we're on our way back home
Going home
Don't you need to feel at home?
Oh yeah, we gotta sing

~Supertramp~

[sound]

You were born with an in-built recognition
of your own goodness.
You were born with inner recognition
of your rightness in the universe.
You were born with a desire to fulfill your abilities,
to move and act in the world.
Those assumptions are the basis
of what I will call natural law.
You are born loving.
You are born compassionate.
You are born curious about yourself and your world.
Those attributes also belong to natural law.
You are born knowing that you possess
a unique, intimate sense of being that is itself,
and that seeks it's own fulfillment,
and the fulfillment of others.
You are born seeking the actualization of the ideal.
You are born seeking to add value to the quality of life,
to add characteristics, energies, abilities
to life that only you can individually contribute to the world,
and to attain a state of being that is uniquely yours,
while adding to the value and fulfillment of the world.

~Seth-Jane Roberts~

[sound]

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years
how man would marvel and adore.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Greetings..

Once a year the president of the United States honors a few very special Americans for their contributions to the example of what it is to 'BE' American.. i would like to take this opportunityto nominate Sound (the lovely Ms. Kate) for a Spiritual Forums recognition of what it is to be a true Ambassador of the Spiritual Life, a person that gives selflessly of her time and talents and excellent tastes in imagery and poetry, to create a sanctuary for those times when the battles on forum's cutting 'edges' are just a bit more than the soul wants to endure.. i can retreat to Kate's offerings, and find hope, and humor, and brilliant imagery that simply stirs the soul and rejuvenates the spirit.. mostly, though, there is a sense of what some all 'Love'.. not the word, the feeling.. Thank you Kate.. <humble bows>

Be well, Sister of the Soul..

[sound]

Tzu ... thank you sincerely for your wonderful words of encouragement and appreciation I wish I was able to use my own words with as much ease as you and others do here on the forums, however I just end up tripping over myself most of the time ... and the images ... well they speak for themselves hey xx

If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to,
no one with which to share the beauty of the stars,
to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life?
It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning.
This is harmony.
We must discover the joy of each other,
the joy of challenge,
the joy of growth.
-
~Mitsugi Saotome~

[hybrid]

Don't let your heart be hardened
Don't let your love grow cold
May it always stay so childlike
May it never grow too old

Don't let your heart be hardened
May you always know the cure
Keep it broken before Jesus
keep it thankful, meek, and pure

May it always feel compassion
May it be as one with God
May it never be contrary
May it never be at odds

May it always be forgiving
May it never know conceit
May it always be encouraged
May it never know defeat

May your heart be always open
Never satisfied with right
May your filled with courage
And be strengthened with all might

Let His love rain down upon you
Breaking up your fallow ground
Let it loosen all the binding
Till only tenderness is found

-Petra