"An_Other_Cup"

An Anthem for the Young: Power to the People v2

2007-06-24T15:59:00.000-07:00

Yoriyos on YouTube, Hurricane John

2007-06-24T15:57:00.000-07:00

Yoriyos on YouTube

2007-06-24T15:54:00.000-07:00

Check out Yoriyos on Youtube, the song is Hurricane John from his first and only album Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee:
Hurricane John by Yoriyos.

From Age of Reason--Paine

2007-05-05T15:21:00.000-07:00

As it is necessary to affix right ideas to words, I will, before I proceed further into the subject, offer some other observations on the word revelation. Revelation, when applied to religion, means something communicated immediately from God to man.

No one will deny or dispute the power of the Almighty to make such a communication, if he pleases. But admitting, for the sake of a case, that something has been revealed to a certain person, and not revealed to any other person, it is revelation to that person only. When he tells it to a second person, a second to a third, a third to a fourth, and so on, it ceases to be a revelation to all those persons. It is revelation to the first person only, and hearsay to every other, and consequently they are not obliged to believe it.

It is a contradiction in terms and ideas, to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second-hand, either verbally or in writing. Revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication — after this, it is only an account of something which that person says was a revelation made to him; and though he may find himself obliged to believe it, it cannot be incumbent on me to believe it in the same manner; for it was not a revelation made to me, and I have only his word for it that it was made to him.

When Moses told the children of Israel that he received the two tables of the commandments from the hands of God, they were not obliged to believe him, because they had no other authority for it than his telling them so; and I have no other authority for it than some historian telling me so. The commandments carry no internal evidence of divinity with them; they contain some good moral precepts, such as any man qualified to be a lawgiver, or a legislator, could produce himself, without having recourse to supernatural intervention.

What could qualify as "internal evidence of divinity?"

Kant (using others), sanguine, Dalai Lama, scrumping

2007-05-02T01:16:00.000-07:00

"Kant famously articulated the principle that a rational being should never be used as merely an unconsenting means to an end, even the end of benefiting others."

sanguine Meaning "cheerful, hopeful, confident" first attested 1509, since these qualities were thought in medieval physiology to spring from an excess of blood as one of the four humors.

"If it was possible to become free of negative emotions by a riskless
implementation of an electrode - without impairing intelligence and
the critical mind - I would be the first patient."
Dalai Lama (Society for Neuroscience Congress, Nov. 2005)

scrumping The act of stealing apples from a cider orchard.
Kind of silly when you think that our alleged original sin was merely an act of scrumping.

Ulysses and Faith

2007-05-02T01:13:00.001-07:00

You should approach Joyce's "Ulysses" as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.
-- William Faulkner

Koan of Spiritual Life, Jamais Vu

2007-05-02T01:10:00.000-07:00

"How to become just what we are? That is the conundrum, the koan of spiritual life."

"déjà vu or its opposite, jamais vu - the feeling, during a familiar routine, that we're doing it for the first time"

Motivation

2007-05-02T01:07:00.000-07:00

“Really what we mean … when we say that someone is ‘naturally gifted’ is that they practice a lot, that they want to practice a lot, that they like to practice a lot.”--Gladwell
Is motivation the greatest talent?

interconnected intersubjective mind field matrix

2007-05-02T00:08:00.000-07:00

"Its an interconnected intersubjective mind field matrix we live in"
"our brain is a match for the multiverse"
buddha saw through himself and realized that he was a "relational nexus, a presence within a world of interrelationships."
--Robert Thurman

A Different Perspective

2007-05-02T00:06:00.000-07:00

A different perspective: "The basic purpose of education, for instance, is to gain happiness and avoid misery".
Dalai Lama, Stages of Meditation pg 37

Sing Along

2007-05-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

Sing Along

2006-11-25T13:37:00.001-08:00

Deep inside the forest
Is a door into another land
Here is our life and home
We are staying, here forever
In the beauty of this place all alone
We keep on hopin'

Maybe
There's a world where we don't have to run
And maybe
There's a time we'll call our own
Livin' free in harmony and majesty
Take me home
Take me home

Walkin' through the land
Where every living thing is beautiful
Why does it have to end
We are calling, oh so sadly
On the whispers of the wind
As we send, a dying message

Maybe
There's a world where we don't have to run
Maybe
There's a time we'll call our own
Livin' free in harmony and majesty
Take me home
Take me home

(Maybe)
There's a world where we don't have to run
Maybe
There's a time we'll call our own
Livin' free in harmony and majesty
Take me ho.

Post-Secret Society

2006-11-23T07:27:00.000-08:00

PostSecret Blog .
Maybe we live in a post-secret society?
What are we hiding from?

Peace, pass it on.

2006-11-13T02:36:00.000-08:00

Peace, pass it on.

2006-11-13T02:22:00.001-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXeLIrdBhlo

One Day at a Time - Yusuf Islam

2006-11-12T03:19:00.001-08:00

one day at at time
we can learn to leave the past behind
one day at at time
we can look the future in the eye
one day at at time
we can learn to live
ouhou...
the gates of the garden are open
ouhou...
wide and entrusting (?-3:47)
ouhou...
seventy thousand will enter
ouhou...
of them without reckoning
one day at a time
we can learn to leave our fears behind
one day at a time
we can stare our hopes in the eye
one day at a time
we can learn to live
ouhou...
and if you meet the evening
don't wait for the sun to rise
one day at a time
we can leave all treasures behind
one day at a time
we can watch the clocks unwind
one day at a time
a child is born into this world
eyes bind
one day he will find
his sight
and glimpse another kind of light
to live by
one day
one day at a time
we can put machines behind
one day at a time
we can learn how birds survive
one day at a time
we can learn to fly

the day after disaster

2006-11-03T16:02:00.000-08:00

good things happen
(whether we see it or not):
half the perfect world was formed September 12
benjamin was born september 12
the day after disaster, september 11
911
912
911
In Ramadan, the ninth month, the Qur'an was given.

From Madeleine (Peyroux)

2006-11-03T15:52:00.000-08:00

on that fundamental ground
where love's
unwilled
unleashed
unbound
and half the perfect world
is found

Phrases

2006-11-03T15:22:00.000-08:00

Bismillah, (“Bis-mi-la”) means “In the name of God”.
Expression used to acknowledge God.

Alhamdulillah, Alhamdullah, ("Al-ham-do-la") means, “Thank God”
Expression used to praise God for everything that happens.

Allahu Akbar, ("Al-a-hoo-Akbar") means, “God is the greatest”
Expression used to say that God is the greatest thing there is.

Masha'Allah, ("Ma-sha-Ala") means, “God has willed it”.
Expression used to glorify God for anything with which one is pleased.

Insha'Allah, ("In-sha-Ala") means, “God willing”.
Expression used when you expect or promise to do something or hope something will happen.

From Mountain of Light

2006-11-01T16:58:00.000-08:00

My Peace Book:

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "You will not enter heaven until you believe; and you will not believe until you love one another. Should I not guide you to a thing that if you do it will increase love amongst you? Spread "As salam' (peace be with you)."
...
There is a prayer that the Prophet, peace be upon him, taught, "Oh Allah! Your are Peace, from You comes Peace, So help us to live in Peace, Oh owner of Majesty and Honour'.

It's 1971.

2006-11-01T15:01:00.002-08:00

My parents were both born in 1951.
I was born in 1986, I'm twenty.
The year is 1971.

The Return of Ziryab?

2006-11-01T15:01:00.001-08:00

Yusuf on Becoming

2006-10-29T11:07:00.000-08:00

"He's learned to lighten up, although he insists he has no regrets about abandoning music for so long. 'I had no choice. To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are,' he reasons."
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/review.cfm?id=1598032006

Wiki-Lyrics

2006-10-29T10:45:00.000-08:00

Why isn't there a wiki for lyrics?

The Pied Piper by Yoriyos

2006-10-28T16:39:00.000-07:00

Where do I go when all that I see
Are ficitious takes on reality
Who do I seek to paint my dream - or my life
Because I've tried real hard to seek out and find
An open heart, an open mind
Who will stand with me when I find
Wrong and Right?

Where will I end up on this winding road
Well nobody cares and nobody knows
But there are many of us and it just goes to show
You're not alone
When we reach there we hope to find
An open heart, an open mind
We'll stand together through Wrong and Right
Till the end of Time.

Endoscopises by Yoriyos

2006-10-28T16:31:00.000-07:00

I made my own way - a long long time ago
Packed a book and pen - to draw up my own road
It started with a line - and to the distance I went
But I never thought I'd ever end up where I have

Many souls I've met - and many a one have told
That the journey of life - will lead you to unfold
The secrets of existence - the reason for living
But I still haven't found the happiness I'm missing

It's so easy to talk it - but much harder to find
Wisdom doesn't come with age - it comes with an open mind
Now I've been searching hard - I've travelled many miles
But The Truth isn't something you grow up believing
it's something you have to find

I've been alone for so long - and a long long time ago
I left in search of Peace and Truth - I left to find a home
I still have faith and I hope - one day I will see
When I have found myself - that you'll come and find me.

Hurricane John by Yoriyos

2006-10-28T16:20:00.000-07:00

Hurricane John came flying down
Stole all the trees from the ground
Snatched all the clouds from the sky - I don't know why

The land's now bare with up torn earth
I've lost everything that was of any worth
It's real funny how everything's there - and then its gone

I guess that's how we lost our way
Let go of love and grew vain
But our individual lives are all the same
I guess we're not so unique anyway.

Hurricane John came flying down
Swept all the leaves off the ground
Caught the whole land by surprise - I don't know why

Everybody's crying for what they've lost
But shouldn't we be grateful for what we've got
Nothing ever lasts, ain't that the truth - just look at me and you

They said this would be how we'd lose our way
Let go of love and grow vain
But our individual lives are all the same
I guess we're not so unique anyway.

Sing: Peace Train

2006-10-23T14:02:00.000-07:00

Peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Ngise'Khaya, Ngise'Khaya*
Come on peace train

Peace Train on its way

Oh I've been happy lately,
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
Some day it's going to come
Oh I've been smiling lately,
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be,
Some day it's going to come

Some day it's going to come,
Come take me home again,
Mmm, come on peace train
Some day it's going to come,
Come on peace train,
Mmm, come take me home again,
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Mmm, come on peace train

Ngise'Khaya, Ngise'Khaya Ngise'Khaya, Ngise'Khaya, Ngise'Khaya

Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country,
Come take me home again
Oh I've been smiling lately,
Thinking about the world as one
And I believe it could be,
Some day it's going to come

Some day it's going to come,
Come take me home again,
Mmm, come on the peace train
Some day it's going to come,
Come on the peace train,
Mmm, come take me home again,
Some day it's going to come,
Some day it's going to come,
Some day - some day,
Some day it's going to come

I've been crying lately,
Thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating?
Why can't we live in bliss?

Ngise'Khaya, Ngise'Khaya Ngise'Khaya, Ngise'Khaya, Ngise'Khaya

Peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Mmm, come on peace train
Some day it's going to come,
Come take me home again,
Mmm, come on peace train
Some day it's going to come,
Come on peace train,
Mmm, come take me home again

Peace Train on its way
Come take me home again

Come take me home,
come take me home
Come take me home again,
Some day it's going to come,
Come take me home again,
Mmm, come on peace train

Some day it's going to come,
Come take me home again,
Mmm, come on peace train
Some day it's going to come,
Come take me home again,
Mmm, come on peace train
Some day it's going to come,
Come take me home again,
Mmm, come on peace train
Peace Train on its way
Peace Train on its way
Peace Train

Cause out on the edge of darkness
There rides a peace train,
Peace train take this country,
Come take me home again,
Come take me home again,
Come take me home...

* Zulu: "Take me home"

Listen to Yusuf/Cat Stevens:

2006-10-23T14:00:00.000-07:00

Journey
1. Blackness of the Night
2. Lovely City (When Do You Laugh)
3. Matthew and Son
4. The View From The Top
5. On The Road To Find Out
6. The Wind
7. Peace Train
8. Oh Very Young
9. Daytime
10. Changes IV
11. Majik of Majiks
12. God is the Light

Phrases

2006-10-23T12:44:00.001-07:00

"We can fight might with right."
"A politics of division and indecision."

Curtis Mayfield's "Power to the People"

2006-10-23T12:43:00.001-07:00

We want the Power for the People
that's all we ask in our country dear
the sick and the hungry are unable
protect them and those who may live in fear

We as the young wish to say in this song
God bless great America

We give thanks to the old
for acheiving their goal

It is now up to us
and we know we must
build up a trust

And we want the power for the people
that's all we ask in our country dear
the sick and the hungry are unable
protect them and those who may live in fear

Power for the People
Power for the People
Power for the People

Hardening crimes is a part of the times
and it's rough for some people to live

Disease can move fast
but it don't have to last

It is now the nation's turn
for all to be concerned

We can be freer still,
it is the people's will

and bring back the
Power for the People
that's all we ask in our country dear
the sick and the hungry are unable
protect them and those who may live in fear

Power for the People
Power for the People
Power for the People
Power for the People
Power for the People
Power...

Wisnce

2006-10-22T11:21:00.000-07:00

wisnce

An Other Cup

2006-10-21T23:30:00.000-07:00

An Other Cup
Another Cup

God is the Light

2006-10-20T16:44:00.000-07:00