As Eternity remembers [1], 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 dyingLay 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 beingLove 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 believingBut listen to the colour of your dreams
Is it not living, is it not livingOr play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning
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[1] http://realneo.us/content/remembering-john-lennon-december-8-1940-december-8-1980