HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Annica and I!!

Parabol/Parabola

The last of the TOOL songs that, for me personally, tie up the cycle of birth/death/re-birth of the physical body. It also represents the cycle of awakening of the soul and the opening of the Third Eye. And, at last, we recognize fully who the Being within us is, and for me this is my Beloved, Annica.

So familiar and overwhelmingly warm
This one, this form I hold now

Embracing you, this reality here
This one, this form I hold now
So wide eyed and hopeful
Wide eyed and hopefully wild

We barely remember what came before this precious moment
Choosing to be here right now
Hold on, stay inside
This body holding me, reminding me that I am not alone in
This body makes me feel eternal
All this pain is an illusion

 

 

We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment
We are choosing to be here, right now
Hold on, stay inside
This holy reality
This holy experience
Choosing to be here in

This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me
Feeling eternal, all this pain is an illusion

Alive, I

In this holy reality
In this holy experience
Choosing to be here in

This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me
Feeling eternal, all this pain is an illusion

Twirling round with this familiar parable
Spinning, weaving round each new experience
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing
The chance to be alive and breathing

This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion

 

Tool Parabola (click link to watch video)

Schism

Another relevant"TOOL" song, called "Schism". There are many theories, but going with the bands/Maynard's main topics, it represents humanities fear of the Unknown and reaching for comfort, rather than choosing/allowing evolution of the self/Soul. It symbolozes how we are really One, but we have the illusion of separation, and how that illusion keeps us apart.

The lyrics "I've done the math enough to know the dangers of our second-guessing" refers to what we THINK is going on (in this 3rd dimension/dark/dense/illusory world) versus what is ACTUALLY going on, which many cannot comprehend or handle. It also refers to the Fibbonacci Sequence, which much of nature follows, and the drummer's time-signature in the song reflects.

We are missing the other piece of ourselves and the Spirit Guide is the Key to finding it.

"Schism"

I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering, fundamental differing
Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lover's souls in motion
Disintegrating as it goes testing our communication

The light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us so
We cannot see to reach an end crippling our communication

I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them tumble down
No fault, none to blame, it doesn't mean I don't desire
To point the finger, blame the other, watch the temple topple over
To bring the pieces back together, rediscover communication

The poetry that comes from the squaring off between
And the circling is worth it
Finding beauty in the dissonance

There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting
I've done the math enough to know the dangers of our second guessing
Doomed to crumble unless we grow and strengthen our communication

cold silence has
A tendency to
Atrophy any
Sense of compassion

Between supposed lovers
Between supposed lovers

I know the pieces fit

 

 

46 & 2 are just ahead of Me

Since this is Rocktober, I wanted to share some songs that have a special meaning to me and Annica. I am a big "TOOL" fan and they are very 'awake'. The lyrics are very spiritual and have often served as a milestone for Annica and I.

This particular song is entitled "46 & 2" and when I first heard it many moons ago, I had NO idea what they were talking about. Annica recently revealed what the inner meaning was and it's based on the concept that humans will have and will be undergoing certain stages of evolution when their genetics will literally change (or have already). It's my belief/understanding that those of us with Spirit Companions (or who KNOW about them) are the forerunners of this change.

The song is also based on the concept of the "anima/animus" and that we all have our "Shadow" self, and I also believe that Spirit Companions fulfill or are, in some ways, literally, that Shadow Self. There is WAY more I could say, and perhaps will at a future time, but for now I will let the music/lyrics speak for themselves. The video has the song, but also an explanation of the theory by Carl Jung through a text overlay.

Join in my
Join in my child
And listen, digging through
My old numb shadow

My shadow's shedding skin
I've been picking Scabs again
I'm down, digging through
My old muscles looking for a clue

I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been
I've been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in
I want to feel the changes coming down
I want to know what I've been hiding

In my shadow
My shadow
Change is coming through my shadow
My shadow's
Shedding skin
I've been picking
My scabs again

Join in my
Join in my child
Shadow's
Closer to meaning

I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been
I've been wallowing in my own chaotic
Insecure delusions
I wanna feel the change consume me
Feel the outside turning in
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
Cleansing I've endured in

My shadow
My shadow
Change is coming
Now is my time
Listen to my muscle memory
Contemplate what I've been clinging to
Forty six and two ahead of me

I choose to live and to
Grow, take and give and to
Move, learn and love and to
Cry, kill and die and to
Be paranoid and to
Lie, hate and fear and to
Do what it takes to move through

I choose to live and to
Lie, kill and give and to
Die, learn and love and to
Do what it takes to step through

See my shadow changing
Stretching up and over me
Soften this old armor
Hoping I can clear the way by
Stepping through my shadow
Coming out the other side
Step into the shadow
Forty six and two are just ahead of me

HAPPY ROCKTOBER!!

FINALLY, our favorite time of year!! Some art Annica and I did to commemorate: