REALNEO Song of the Day: Tomorrow Never Knows, by John Lennon, RIP
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 19:01.
As Eternity remembers, John Lennon passed away 29 years and a few days ago. I remember exactly where I was when the news hit me he died... I was walking down Broadway, in New Orleans, on the way to class and I saw a sheet hanging across a shotgun porch with RIP John Lennon painted in large letters - a pre-Internet shout-out of outrage, remembrance and sorrow.
That was a moment when I realized, Tomorrow Never Knows... best ever, from the Beatles... Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream...
Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream, It is not dying, it is not dying
Lay down all thought, surrender to the void, Is it shining? Is it shining?
That you may see the meaning of within It is being, it is being
Love is all and love is everyone Is it knowing? Is it knowing?
That ignorance and hate may mourn the dead It is believing, it is believing
But listen to the colour of your dreams Is it not living, is it not living
Or play the game "Existence" to the end Of the beginning, of the beginning
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 19:52.
We were talking-about the space between us all And the people-who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion Never glimpse the truth-then it's far too late-when they pass away. We were talking-about the love we all could share-when we find it To try our best to hold it there-with our love With our love-we could save the world-if they only knew. Try to realize it's all within yourself No-one else can make you change And to see you're really only very small, And life flows ON within you and without you. We were talking-about the love that's gone so cold and the people, Who gain the world and lose their soul- They don't know-they can't see-are you one of them? When you've seen beyond yourself-then you may find, peace of mind, Is waiting there- And the time will come when you see we're all one, and life flows on within you and without you.
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 12:01.
From the NY Times, today:
Blackwater Guards Tied To Covert Raids by the C.I.A.
Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.'s most sensitive activities -- clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and intelligence officials.
The raids against suspects occurred on an almost nightly basis during the height of the Iraqi insurgency between 2004 and 2006, with Blackwater personnel playing central roles in what company insiders called "snatch and grab" operations, the former employees and current and former intelligence officers said.
And these psychos are running around free in the world today... and are not "registered" like sex offenders
It's really disturbing...this lates news about Blackwater. And with so many of the Bush-era secrets still just now reaching the surface, having been hidden and suppressed for so long, the horror of the "Bush Doctrine" continues to bubble up like a never-ending flow of toxic, nuclear lava.
And of course with Obama willingly embracing so many of Bush's police state policies, is it even reasonable to expect this cycle of dysfunction to end during his term(s) as President?
What are our options?
Too, compared to 30 years ago, how do we define America today? Is it really honest to continue to try and posture ourselves as a nation any better than other less honorable government like the ones in China, Russia, England and Israel, for instance?
America has definitely changed, but has it been for the better? That indeed is a challenging--difficult--question to answer.
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life flows on within you and without you
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It's brilliant...a great video and message
Holy cow! What a great video and message.
This is what true Progressive enlightenment is all about.
It's brilliant...simply incredible ;-)
Eternity
Truths about truth and terrorism in America
From the NY Times, today:
And these psychos are running around free in the world today... and are not "registered" like sex offenders
Disrupt IT
What are our options?
Norm,
It's really disturbing...this lates news about Blackwater. And with so many of the Bush-era secrets still just now reaching the surface, having been hidden and suppressed for so long, the horror of the "Bush Doctrine" continues to bubble up like a never-ending flow of toxic, nuclear lava.
And of course with Obama willingly embracing so many of Bush's police state policies, is it even reasonable to expect this cycle of dysfunction to end during his term(s) as President?
What are our options?
Too, compared to 30 years ago, how do we define America today? Is it really honest to continue to try and posture ourselves as a nation any better than other less honorable government like the ones in China, Russia, England and Israel, for instance?
America has definitely changed, but has it been for the better? That indeed is a challenging--difficult--question to answer.
Any ideas?
Eternity