Soulful Sadhak

We should never lose hope, even in the face of the worst possible adversity. The is a remake of Eddy Grant's anti-apartheid classic, sadly, i did not have to change much of the lyrics to make it up to date. History repeating itself. However,  as MLK famously said: 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.'  So l et's continue to speak up, to sing and to hope that the course of Bibi is changed, and that peace and justice will prevail. Free Palestine.     Lyrics Well Bibi he runs a country In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem He makes a few of his people happy oh He don't care about the rest of them  He’s got a system we call Apartheid It keeps a brother in subjection But maybe pressure will make ol’ Bibi see  How everybody could live as one  [CHORUS]  Gimme hope o Bibi,  Hope o Bibi  Gimme hope o Bibi  'Fore the morning come  Gimme hope o Bibi,  Hope o Bibi  Hope before the morning come  His ...

  A song for Palestine [repost from 2024] From the river to the sea Lord, someone hear our plea Sometimes it feels like we will drown The tides keep pulling us down We are awash in a flood of pain That keeps falling down like rain Is there no ship, to sail away Towards the dawn of a new day? From the river to the sea One day we will be free We will walk hand in hand Return to our motherland From the river to the sea Wallah, this land is holy When we’re made whole as one A new day will have begun For this river is made of tears shed over 76 years Flowing into a dead sea Can we stay afloat in this misery? Oh water, wash over these lands And wipe the bloodstains of our hands We’ll sleep peacefully in the lion’s den The olive tree will grow again From the river to the sea We still hold the key To break free from these chains We will rise again From the river to the sea Lord have mercy on me When love will reign There’ll be an end to all our pain From the river to the sea Wallah, liste...

 [Reposting this song from 2022. I'm reorganizing my blog] This is a song that came to me a while ago, and that i worked out while being bed-ridden after my accident. I wanted to write a song for Jeff Bezos, because he was (at the time) the richest man on the planet. I was thinking about Amazon and how, taken from a distance, Jeff Bezos has acquired near God-like powers: ability to go to space, hear all our wishes and to deliver almost anything any time. This made me wonder: What does life look like from his perspective? And what does that make us? And of course, some thoughts on consumerism and equality. I don't have any personal issues with Jeff Bezos, but yeah, if you're the richest man on the planet, you must bear with people writing songs about you i suppose!

Here's a little song i wrote. I heard someone singing 'Sweet Home Alabama', and though the melody is catchy, i couldn't really resonate with the lyrics. My spiritual teacher taught me that our true home is the present moment, so i decided to change the lyrics. So this is my blues rock tribute to Thay and Plum Village. It was fun to try and combine the language of these two traditions. Here is how it goes, hope you like it.   Sweet Home Present Moment Melody: Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd I was feeling down and out in life Without a place to call my own Wanted to let go of my struggle and strife And find my way back home I heard about a teacher they called Thay Wanted to go and ask him how To find that pie up in the sky But he said: ‘It’s here and now’ CHORUS Sweet home present moment Where the skies are clear and true Sweet home present moment Oh, i'm coming home to you On i went to Plum Village for retreat To go and lay my burden down Time to rest my weary fe...

 This is a new song i wrote, inspired by Plum Village and the mystical poetry of old. In Plum Village, we have this saying: 'to be a drop in the Sangha (community) river' and to 'flow with the Sangha'. This led me to writing this song:       Lyrics   Into You i want to flow and of my self to let go To be one with the waves Any peril i can brave    I will stand through the storm Here i will die and be reborn Won’t you join hands with me as we dive into the sea        CHORUS Sea of love, take me Sea of love, wake me Sea of love   To be a drop in Your ocean Letting go of every notion Swaying only with Your motion Is the most profound emotion   To find the greatest love Far below is high above In these waters i will drown Deeper deeper i go down        CHORUS   To go beyond birth and death from my first to my last breath Sea you are my womb and sea you’ll be my tomb        CHORUS ...

A man sits alone at the piano and stares into the void all he notes is silence Where did the sound come from and where does it go after the final key lands? Waves of undulating melodies spill over into an ocean of emptiness When do they reach the shore? In this cosmic dance, who is the instrument and who is the player?

 Here's a little song i wrote about oneness and non-duality. I am the sky, I am the wind I am its sweet soft whispering I am the Earth I am the moon This is her song this is her tune That has no beginning and no end I hope one day you understand All the answers are within That’s why I am singin’ CHORUS We are one, we are one We are one, we are one I am the light, I am the dark This is the calling of the lark In the dawn before we rise To see a new sun rise With all our joy and all our pain Nothing to lose nothing to gain So break free from these bars And sing with open hearts CHORUS Let us walk hand in hand And together we will stand We’re emotion, we are love A higher force from up above A new song in a new key To take these chains and set us free I am you and you are me Let us sing in harmony CHORUS A new day now will come Where we will all live as one This is the voice deep inside That no longer wants to hide So let’s stop to pretend I am your brother,* I am your fri...

I have started playing the piano again, only this time I am unlearning instead of learning the piano. When I was a child, I studied the piano, but it was always quite stressful for me, as I was always afraid of making mistakes and never fully content with the way I played. Could I approach the piano in a totally different way? This had to be through improvisation, where there are no prescribed notes to follow, so it is also not possible to make mistakes. My goal in playing is not to create anything, rather to let go of all expectations and patterns while playing, and just play what comes up intuitively in the moment. The goal is not to perform well or write a nice piece of music, but to be fully present in the moment, with my own emotions and state of being, and play notes that resonate and interact with that and see where that leads me. The question is not: does this sound good? But rather: does this note that I play truly, honestly reflect how I feel in this moment? What is the note ...