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Kirtanman
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 Posted - May 15 2009 : 8:49:13 PM
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Kabbalah ... it's not just for old yogis with beards and broad-brimmed hats, any more!
Now ... it's for young yogis with beards and broad-brimmed hats.
And thanks to one of them .... it's a bit clearer for the rest of us:
Kabbalah is Yoga; Yoga is Kabbalah.
Two spiritual traditions older than most cultures in the entire world -- both non-dual -- both pointing the way with an open heart and incisive wisdom that quite literally takes my breath away at certain times.
And has been known to incite a little fist-pumping Savikalpa Samadhi from the second row, while singing along with about 40,000 of my closest friends. That night.
What the *heck* am I talking about?
MATISYAHU is who I'm talking about!
King Without A Crown Lyrics
Zee you're all that I have and you're all that I need
Each and every day I pray to get to know you please
I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry
You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
Without you there's no me
You're the air that I breathe
Say sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see
With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
I'll stand on my own two feet
Won't be brought down on one knee
Fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee
Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe
Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe
Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights
Crown Heights burnin' up all through till twilight
Said, thank you to my God, now I finally got it right
And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my might
[Chorus (2x):]
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
Givin' myself to you now from the essence of my being
And I sing to my God, songs of love and healing
I want Moshiach now, time it starts revealing
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
Givin' myself to you now from the essence of my being
And I sing to my God, songs of love and healing
I want Moshiach now. ya
Strip away the layers and reveal your soul
Got to give yourself up and then you become whole
You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
Want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low
You want God but you couldn't deflate your ego
If you're already there then there's nowhere to go
If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow
If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat
Ask Hashem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope
Looking for help from God you say he couldn't be found
Searching up to the sky and looking beneath the ground
Like a King without his Crown
Yes, you keep fallin' down
You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown
You try to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground
Given up your pride and the you heard a sound
Out of night comes day and out of day comes light
Said nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray,
Make room for his love and a fire gone blaze
Make room for his love and a fire gone blaze
[Chorus (2x):]
Yah yah, yah yah yo yah yah...
[guitar solo]
Yo [x13]
And see, I lift up my eyes where my help come from
And I seen it circling around from the mountain
Thunder!
You feel it in your chest
You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest
You're not vexed
When I look to the sky where my help come from
And I've seen it circling around from the mountain
Thunder!
You feel it in your chest
Ziggy-yiggy-yo viggy-yiggy-yo
Said Thunder!
You feel it in your, I feel it in your,
Thunder!
You feel it in your, I feel it in your,
Thunder!
You feel it in your, I feel it in your,
Yo ho ho..ah!
...
Woo!
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being
Sing to my God (wah, ha ha..)
Zee wah yo
Zee wah yo ho..
Ho yo..
Zyeh yo ho ho
Yah!
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Moshiach = Messiah = Union of Fire/Water = Enlightenment
Hashem = The Name = (The Name of God/Power of God)
Rip a Hole in the Ceiling = Open the Crown Chakra
ShalAUM,
Kirtanman |
Edited by - Kirtanman on May 16 2009 7:47:14 PM |
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2009 : 8:57:37 PM
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SPECIAL BONUS TRACK:
Matisyahu - Time of Your Song
I've heard this song at least a hundred times .... if I listen closely, I get tears in my eyes .... every time.
The chorus was the ringback tone on my phone for some time; it may well be, again.
"I'm the arrow, you're my bow, shoot me forth and I will go
And I know and I go and get up and go
Make me feel its for real tell me what you know."
Matisyahu - Time of Your Song
And Dude walks his talk ..... in an interview, he said (I'm paraphrasing a bit; going from Kirtanmanical memory, here ...  ) --
"I knew I had to turn it ALL over - I said, 'God, whatever you want me to do; if you don't want me to do music, I won't do music.' As soon as I said that -- the music started to flow."
ShalAUM,
Kirtanman
Time Of Your Song Lyrics
The world is moving to the song I hear,
Who's that singing, wind is rushing in my ear,
Mind gushing memories almost lost everything,
Felony and fellows running in my dream,
We were in the van where the hits were driving,
Saw myself In the highlands at age 13
And I'm asking questions to the present day me,
Moving backwards down the hill see we were posting.
[Chorus]
Moonlight illuminate my night and my days sunray make the people say
And a vision something's missing so they're screaming out loud
Keep my feet on ground and my head in the clouds.
I'm the arrow, you're my bow, shoot me forth and I will go
And I know and I go and I go get up and go
Make me feel its for real tell me what you know.
I don't need to glorify,
Ate the apple of the tree and tried to lie,
In the garden ill remember
That's when I started to sing
I said death brings life into uncertain things,
Cut some slack for me
Sun setting autumn breeze
Sound is moving like a chorus
Keep hearing that melody,
Check the radio but theres nothing playing,
Check the radio again but theres nothing playing.
[Chorus]
Rewind:
Dub-wise!
Swing low, sweet chariot of flames
Change my name, no!
It was always the same,
Till if only what you find when you climb,
Check the radio but of all that shines there's no time,
My life is making your mind work in overtime,
But along the line you'll have to pay for the crime.
Slow it down You turbo too soon,
Vroom vroom then you want to blast off unto the moon,
But you might get trapped in a temple of doom,
You might get trapped in a temple of doom.
**
PS- If it sounds like non-dual Kirtanman has gone dualistic bhakta ("not that there's anything wrong with that" ...) on you ... Nope ... though nothing is sweeter than genuine devotion - nor closer to reality - if you open your heart all the way - you find yourself falling in to the Heart of It All.
As Adyashanti says: "Non-Duality includes duality." Yes, the "you" in the song is God; and yes, God is true nature - clear awareness ... realizing is realizing that true nature is ALL of it .... as Jewel sings in Innocence Maintained from her Spirit album: "We are THAT to which we pray."
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Edited by - Kirtanman on May 15 2009 9:52:22 PM |
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2009 : 7:39:22 PM
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Matisyahu's "Ode to Meditation" (CLOSE MY EYES) --- LIVE in Jerusalem, Israel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2At4...ture=related br /
No matter where I am bless me with all your light,
I'm on the train brain vexed connect and the I feel blessed
Whether day or night I'm on the street midtown New York City
Let me stop praise your name I need room to breath
I want to feel your peace; I got to feel your ease
Screaming' down on my, because my insides bleed
My hearts on fire witnessed all the vampires
Yes I came here to inspire
[Chorus:]
Close my eyes and take a ride inside
Feel the breeze blow by yo I'm getting' you high
Bob Nesta said it best everything will be all right
Introspect connect the sex and let this music make you fly
I listened' to the wind whistle in a channel of sound
my ear like a vacuum begin to boom
glisten like the sun heats a drum,
cursing' all of them doomed rising' up from the ground
growing full like the moon
Said I'm planting like a seed yes sir
them get up and get up and grow and I'm firm like a tree,
well I know that's all I know,
that some their colors wonderful like it was a rainbow
Let me tell you one time if you didn't know
[Chorus]
Moonlight enlighten my way at twilight
from the heights of my roof I send praise then poof
I'm looking up at the night
and ask for help to get up and get up and get up and get up and get it right
Jerusalem you take me high make me fly like arrow in the sky
**
Jerusalem -- from the Hebrew - Yerushalayim: "In Awe of the Completion".
PS - Holy Cr .... My GOODNESS ... this is one Kick-As ... cending ... piece of Live Music ... Oh, Yeah! |
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cosmic
USA
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Posted - May 25 2009 : 02:10:27 AM
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I love Matisyahu! I once posted some of the lyrics to "Warrior" because I was reminded of meditation:
like an ancient memory
remember how it used to be
close your eyes and breathe in
the scent of freedom
ringing across the sea
land of milk and honey
one day we'll wake up from this dream
and we'll stop sleeping
then we'll see clearly
you're a warrior
fighting for your soul
taken from the heavens above
and brought down to this world below
I'm sure there were a bunch of "shiggy yiggy yo"s in the song as well...
With Love
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2009 : 8:25:18 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by cosmic
I love Matisyahu! I once posted some of the lyrics to "Warrior" because I was reminded of meditation:
Oh Yeah! (Most definitely; I agree Whole-Heartedly, etc. etc.)
I recently listened to WP (White Plains - New York, where Matisyahu's from, originally) after not hearing it for as year or so ... and was *quite* inspired by the depth of the song .... meditationally ... existentially ... enlightenmentally  ... Matisyahu-Gets-It-ically ... and so on!
WP
Slap me Da'at, we sat down in the back of the class
Z's knowledge we need
I forgot my late pass
But I'm early to a arrive
With beatbox
You got raps
Meet me on the football field, don't sleep
on field the quarterback
No one clapped when we locked in
it was removal of our class
But my flag got captured
and I fell between the cracks
My tool for inspiration
turned into a handicap
No matter how I tried
I just couldn't fill the gaps
Those whipper snappers
they got trapped old chap
They lost the way
they never had the right map
Needed a sneak attack
to slap the demons off my back
So I packed for the schddle*
dreamed big I wouldn't settle
Put the pedal to the metal
and returned to fundamentals
I'll never forget running through the hall
with all y'all rebels
Roaming through the high land
young bucks invincible
Echoes in my brain
of kids report to the principle
Substance dulls the mind
Traife wine clouds the heart
You can't sew a stitch with one hand
While you're taking it apart
Bright lights might look nice
But they sure won't make you sharp
You can't sew a stitch with one hand
While you're taking it apart
(2nd Person; Rapper)
Yeah, misty morning
and my mom's a mess
To make matters worse dog
my pops is stressed
Life is a test
make the grade or catch an F
Now death is all that's left
to ponder
I wander off
hoping to catch my breath
And hold it
Mold my memories from untold scripts
And roll up in a tornado twist
Now I'm certain
There's a pertinent reason
I'm on this earth
Seasons change in White Plains
but we remain alert
When new school years appear
Fools fear for a failure
And crawl away in tears
I play Popeye the Sailor
And stay with spinach
We walk the halls with a grimace
Yeah they gossip in groups
I try to mind my business and tell the truth
For instance
I listen
See it all with basketball court vision
Ignoring ignorance in fields of fiction
We lean back in the calmest position
And embrace the honesty
found within our tension
What's good?
{Matisyahu}
Substance dulls the mind
Traife wine clouds the heart
You can't sew a stitch with one hand
While you're taking it apart
Bright lights make you blind
But they sure don't leave you sharp
You can't sew a stitch with one hand
While you're taking it apart
{Matisyahu, Half-Spoken}
Trapped in the elevator of your mind
Is it real
what will you find
behind the door
Your imaginations
put you in a bind
Around you there's a cloud of gloom
Swallow the key
Lock yourself in a room
Can't see outside of your Universe
{Third Person; Older, Kindly-sounding man, speaking; Rabbi?}
No more war...
There won't be any more hunger...
No jealousy ...
Not even competition ...
{Matisyahu}
Let go, release
You hold the keys
Time we evaporate
Into the breeze
We are nothing
We are something
Let go, release
You hold the keys
It's time we evaporate
Into the breeze
We are nothing
We'll be something
Welcome to the desert of my soul
You can stay if you like
There's room for one more
There's room for one more
**
*Schddle = Chabad equivalent of an ashram.
I'm not kidding when I say Kabbalists are yogis .. Matisyahu, at the time he wrote all but his newest songs, was part of the Chabad group within Chassidic Judaism (you'll probably recognize the "look", when you see most pictures of Matisyahu ... long beard, "curly" sideburns, broad-brimmed dark hat, and so on .... which is basically the Chabad version of a traditional yogic sanyassin's saffron robes).
"Chabad" is an acronym referring to: Chochmah Binah Da'at
Which, without going into too much way-too-esoteric for most readers detail ... is basically identical to: Shiva Shakti Jnana in the yogic world.
It's an equation:
Emptiness + Form = Knowing/Enlightenment.
Yes ... the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York is named after *that* Crown ... and *those* Heights.
Shal-AUM,
Kirtanman
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