shadow...

i use to walk among,

the shadow of the dead,

spinning more illusion,

from that i had been fed,

the songs sang oh so beautiful,

lulled conscious to deep sleep,

praying prayers of childhood,

a soul that god would keep.

thank god "i" was spiritual,

not like those deep in sin,

they suffered in their slumber,

god appointed "me" to call them in...

self-righteousness fell in the ditch,

got dirty with the rest,

swollen eyes, tear-filled days,

my god is this a test?

playing out the role i had,

such an actress i'd become,

i believed my own lies,

and claimed "god's will be done!"

when finally left with nothing,

was forced to look within...

no me, my soul, nor savior;

eternal truth begin...
tlcoriginals...

fire...

there is within me now a fire
that burns with passionate power,
eternal flames, mind insane,
madness prepared for the hour...
standing now with purpose,
to slay all that is fake,
innocence sleeps; awaiting truth's sword;
dreamer you must awake!
in darkness you are surrounded;
it becons you with illusions of love;
tells you of a paradise,
through gates of grace above.
truth is not a peaceful journey,
look at christ crucified on the cross,
now look again more closly...
only flesh and bone were lost...
oh holy spirit of fire and hell,
burn through all desire,
the only way to make gold,
is to put it through the fire.
burn in hell all ego,
or spend eternity,
living in your own head,
dead, instead of free...
tlc...

nirvana and dragons...

been fighting demons for eternity,
many have brought me to my knee,
preparing for a battle with the ultimate all,
dragon of dragons, am i up to the call?
the final armagheddon,
is the one within,
reflection, reflecting, time and again...
if i see it as you it's because it is me...
when i finally slay it...i will be free.
do you now understand why you learned how to hate?
what place anger has, in your destiny or fate?
some things must know the hatefulness of love,
they must taste death...to be free of...
once this dragon is dead and gone,
nirvana can sing it's victory song...
tlc...

heaven...

last night i died and went to heaven;
there were no gates of grace;
no streets of gold; no great white throne;
no judgement there to face.
no angels singing alleluia;
no peace to rest upon;
no mansions that were promised;
i was all alone...
there was no feast,
no wedding, no groom;
no bridal chamber waiting;
no marriage nor honeymoon.
there were no lights shining bright,
no glory; no joy; no love;
no spirit whisking me away to eternal bliss;
not even an enity called god...
as i waited in the darkness,
wondered if hell was now my home;
but the only demon present,
was the one that was my own.
mind insane; still in chains;
what needed to break through?
still alone in suffering,
what was i to do?
if mind is a barrier of itself,
what breaks through to the other side?
where is heaven? where is hell?
why and where does god hide?
no gold at the end of the rainbow;
no slippers to click me home;
no heaven, no hell, just nothingness;
no more me to roam...
wrapping my mind round Maya...
the sounds of a sweet lullaby;
go back to sleep, it is just a dream,
a dream that can never die...
what must die? what can live?
free of heaven and hell?
the answer is nothing...
nothing at all;
has locked you in it's cell...
tlcoriginals...

underneath all thought...

underneath all that i thought i was,
there lies this essence of being,
it's potential is beyond mind's knowing,
no comprehension of it's freeing...
stretching out over oceans of minds,
eternally, ever...ALL
to think i believed in my ability to conceive,
one potentially eternal god thought...
now it is known,there are oceans to know,
an eternity to explore the unknown,
no longer limited by thoughts of my mind,
consciousness opens up on it's own...
the kingdom of heaven is within and without,
and it goes on to find it's forever,
like a beautiful light, that obsorbs other light,
and a bliss that can leave itself never.
oh lord of all lords; king of all kings;
my singing has just begun,
the happiness is such that it's formed it's own wings,
and has stolen the brightness of it's sun.
what marvelous love, and infinite joy,
such blessing and awe's been bestowed,
such rest there is in the paradise of forever,
in always...in perfection...enfold...
follow your stream of thought dear one,
deny not what you feel,
from the path of truth, turn not away,
nor turn from what seems unreal...
from the aybss of nothing,
claw your way up...
up, up, and away...
you have no boundaries...only truth...
an eternity in which to play...
you are your truth...truth is unknown,
created in the now...
you danced with the universe...creation into being,
do you remember how...?
shed your fears...like a snake sheds it's skin,
and fall into all that is clear,
purity of intention and heart,
is all you need to be there...
tlc...

born of spirit...

oh to be born of spirit...
where ego does not exist...
thoughts and mind...left behind...
with no one to persist...
spiritually whole in being...
entering in God's peace...
where everything is nothing...
and ego ceases to be...
heart and soul united...
one in the spirit of love...
no more veil, nor shadow of death;
no below and no above...
oh to be born of spirit...
how could i be anything else?
wake up from your slumber...
wake up to yourself...
tlc...

emptiness...

where is it that emptiness is felt?
the heart? the soul? the being?
is emptiness created in the mind?
can we too create it's freeing?
can i feel sad without the thought?
feel empty without my mind?
what is it that feels empty?
a memory stuck in time?
can i change what i think?
change how i feel?
be empty of everything but peace?
when will my thoughts stop playing with me?
when will my feelings cease?
but i want to feel...happiness and joy...
is it within my control?
must i empty out all the old garbage?
just be one with the soul?
all this old garbage, is it not just illusion?
what the thought of my mind lets it be?
in realizing this, and facing the truth...
will what i am then be free?
the bars of the mind are invisible.
just know they are not really there.
the emptiness you feel is not really real...
and can disappear into thin air...
be filled with being...that which you are...
pure and perfect grace...
meditate on the peace that it is...
and emptiness goes away...
tlc...

stress...

stress is a dress that wears the mind,
can be unworn...at any time...
if the earrings are heavy, take them off;
shoes don't fit...fabric not soft?
belt to tight...hat to small?
let it go...let go of it all!
what is the worst that could happen to you?
your mind runs naked without all the to do?
stress is a killer...a killer of being,
stress traps the mind,
and keeps it from freeing...
look at the flower,
it gets what it needs;
wanting more and more
is where stress feeds...
gratitude of all that you have is a must,
letting go of ego's desires is a plus...
ever heard the saying "too blessed to be stressed!"?
everything is as is...mind undressed.
stress is a dress that wears the mind,
can be unworn...at any time...
tlc...

the mountain...

the mountain doesn't care whether snow has donned it's crown,
which flowers bloom or not from it's skin that is the ground.
which animals are roaming it,
is any mountain's guess;
which humans are climbing it;
mountains could care less.
whether gold is found within,
the mountain's not concerned,
their purpose is to not live...
no lessons they must learn.
are they content in being?
do they know what they are?
do they wish to climb themselves,
or sit under their stars?
if mountains had a heart,
where would their heart be?
wonder if, even for a moment,
they think that they aren't free?
the mountain doesn't care if dynamite blows it up,
wonder if the mountain knows it's not a buttercup?
can a mountain see? can a mountain feel?
does a mountain have eyes that cry?
does a mountain grow into itself?
can a mountain ever die?
the lesson of the mountain is to know what you are not;
be still in the stillness of all...and be what you forgot...
tlc...

Silent Time...

It was the silent time before the dawn.
I'd not yet fallen from what is unreal.
I lay imprisoned by noisy thoughts.
They awaited some peace to steal.
My spirit longed to be free in a dream;
If only time would hesitate,
Then I could escape.
Oh spirits of twlight work your magic,
Cast on me your spell;
Capture me with chains of space,
That disappear in air.
Let me dance from star to star,
And play chase with the moon;
Until the rays of sun become,
One with me, in tune.
When time has come for me again,
I promise to obey,
Please give to me the silent time,
Before the dawn today...
tlc...

Satori...

a collection of reflection
preserved by memory
what are we really missing?
echoes of reality...
mind is just a shadow
a shadow i call me...
mistaken for the essence of all...
that i've never been able to see...
overtaken by Satori...
seizing all that's real...
living inbetween tic toc...
no me to think or feel...
so this is it...i am that?
no wonder lazarus laughed!
i am is only Present...
no future or no past...
i am it...i always was...
and i...always will be...
there is no division...
inbetween is Satori...
tlc...

when the dust settles...

when the dust of the mind settles itself down,
wonders and mysteries are there to be found;
mountains spring forth, where nothing once was,
consciousness is infinite oceans of love.
no more of the old...everything is new,
playing in illusion...playing being you...
what fun it is now...to know what is known...
to really understand...the rollar coaster you're on...
happiness and joy...ALWAYS IS NOW...
no need to explain, the why or the how...
peace knows no time...space holds no love...
all becomes one...below and above...
the one has no form...potential for change?
only your unknowing seems to rearrange...
mystery unraveling before all eyes...
always has been there...it never dies...
no seeking, no searching, not even desire...
something unseen...just propels you higher...
what is it...what was that...what, what can it be...?
the I that I always was...without the me...
tlc...

the cat and the godfather...

where is my place in this world i'm not of?
what is this state of being?
what is its purpose...to live and to love?
will death ever take what is seeing?
day after day, just an actor in a play,
where is the peace that i seek?
rest from thinking of mind is bliss...
to be or not to be...
in my head i know that i am not,
what do i do with that?
seems like the me that is not has nine lives...
just like that darn cat!
i am much like the godfather...
must it always be lose or win?
just when i thought i was out...
they pull me back in again...
but who is they? the cats in the hat!
will thought ever leave me be?
wake up silly one...remember what you are!
acceptance sets it all free...
there is no waker...there is no dreamer...
who in the world could it be?
there is only waking and dreaming...
of ONE reality...
tlc...

beyond all thought...

beyond all thought...forever lost...
free in the ABSOLUTE...
no longer a wave...no longer a slave...
in the ocean of ETERNAL TRUTH...
truly awake...truly aware
truly in touch with BEING...
truly becoming that which you are...
ONE with the SOURCE of ALL SEEING...
no longer a concept...an idea or thing...
free from the you that's not real...
lost in the love that saturates being...
when there's no more a you to feel...
inbetween the raindrops...
before the thought takes hold...
inbetween the beams of sun....
is the ONE ETERNAL SOUL...
be still and PEACE will take you...
be still and become the air...
float across the sky on a cloud...
you are already there...
beyond all thought...ONE with GOD...
you can't be anything else...
come out of the valley of the shadow of death...
wake up to the ONE TRUE SELF...
tlcoriginals...

chase your tail...

chase your tail...round and round...
and when you're finally done...
look and see just where you are...
right where you started from!
laugh at yourself...laugh outloud...
you silly little cat...
the godfather has a contract...
but the cat's keep coming back!
the cats must die...must really die...
before one can be free...
nothing in the ABSOLUTE...
is all cats'll ever be...
but what about the godfather?
who and what she be?
just another concept...
keeping mind from free...
go deeper than the concepts...
deeper than the cats...
deeper than godfather...
there! you are THAT!
tlc...

Wake Up...Wake Up...

Looked at the world...thru watchers eyes...
I woke up...became the sky...
The wind blew gently...became the breeze...
I woke up...it blew thru me...
I spied the clouds...floating about...
I woke up...inside a cloud...
Sat in the sun...who's dark is bright...
I woke up...became the light...
I saw you yellow butterfly..
I woke up...heard you say HI...
The trees, the leaves, we heard a crow...
Birds sang to me...and star was free...
Felt fingers playing with my hair...
I woke up...and you were there...
I smelled perfume...nothing...but flowers...
I'll be home soon...in a few hours...
Love picked me up...we flew so high...
Became the sun...was filled with light...
The sky was glassy...became the sea...
We are the ONE...come fly with me...
Through the moon...and back again...
I'm still here...just take my hand...
Wake up, wake up...become my night...
And share the stardust...of starlight...
Cannot explain...music in my head...
Wake up, wake up...nothing is dead...
Became the ocean...there is no time...
Come play with me...dance in my rhyme...
There is no you...there is no me...
We all are ONE...inlove you see...?
Colors, colors...we paint the sky...
Over the rainbow...let's play...let's fly...
Within...without...I flow about...
No longer asleep...I am complete...
Dreamweaver...dream...my dream with me...
Went out to play...in the rain...
Laid in the grass...no longer asked...
Every thing, is shiny--new...
Wake up, wake, up...I Am YOU...
Saw you in the garden...you silly rabbit...
Don't slip back in to our old habit...
Illuminati, is light and love...
To every ONE...time to wake up...
My heart is full...my spirit light...
My mind is free...no wrong--no right...
Let the whole world melt away...
Wake up sleeping beauty...
to wonder...every day...
Beauty is an ugly toad...
on the pathless path...
No ONE grows old...
If I could sing this song complete...
Where circles join...they always meet...
No begin; no end...in infinity...
Wake up...wake up...and you will see...
The stars came down to play with me...
Played in a brook...and I was free...
Danced within the number seven...
I woke up...I was in heaven...
Now with a smile all over me...
My soul it sang...I am free...
Old habits die so easily...
When I see you...and you see me...
the mind, the spirit, body, heart and soul...
Wake up, wake up...in ONE let go...
When the sun's going down...it's really going up...
Twinkle...twinkle...wake up...wake up...
So full in love...so full in peace...
Wake up...wake up...therein lies release...
Look here; look there...look down...look above...
We are the ONE...ONE found INLOVE...
Wake up...wake up...no fear...no care...
Wake up...wake up...become the air...
Wake up in heaven...you're already there.
I am falling...into your love...
Come fall with me...wake up...wake up...
Starlight is busy...sprinkling her dust...
Twinkle...twinkle...wake up...wake up...
Wake up...wake up...our journey just begun...
Wake up...wake up...wake up in the ONE.

tlcoriginals

pi...

an eternal ocean of stars,
upon an endless midnight sky,
an apparant falling into,
where imaginations die,
everything is free,
and yet it is unknown,
an awakening of sorts,
to the absolute alone...
an enveloping of bliss,
that cannot be explained,
questioning what can't be known,
can make the mind insane.
the thought of fear catapults you back,
where was it that you were?
nowhere and yet everywhere...
all is just a blur...
realizing that all you know is dream,
and yet there is no dream...
knowing you are dreamer,
of only what life seems...
there is no experience,
because there is no you,
out of the ocean of consciousness...
the dreamer is imagined too.
so what is left? what's really real?
who or what am I?
beyond the trinity of the all...
is formless, uncreated pi...
tlcoriginals...

Sophia...another story of creation...

sophia, firstborn of the mighty god,
one day was in the kingdom playing,
she wondered off towards a light she saw,
thought it was her father contemplating,
she chased the light, which was a star,
just a twinkle of her father's eye,
she thought she was lost, and missed her mother,
and sophia began to cry...
the rain, it fell, farther and farther,
till it finally hit the ground,
little did the princess know,
that this was the first earth sound...
on her wings of love she flew to earth,
to see what was all that clatter,
little did she know her father god,
had been experiementing with his matter.
what beauty she beheld, when she arrived,
her tears had watered all of earth,
her mother's spirit, she could now hear it,
echoing and giving all birth...
in the midst of this paradise,
she fell humbly to her knees,
she thanked the father and mother of all,
then went to climb the trees...
she spied a bird, and what she heard,
was beauty in earths first song,
there was no time in her mind,
there was no right or wrong...
she had probably been there forever,
she'd forgotten how to use her wings,
she'd forgotten the light of her father,
and song's a mother's heart sings...
suddenly sophia was overwhelmed...
at the memory of her home,
she called out for her parents,
she now felt all alone...
her brother christ was hunting,
outside the kingdom's walls,
rode his horse home, to his father's throne,
excitedly relayed sophia's calls...
may i please go father?
mother, i wont stay long;
i promise i will find sophia,
she's forgotten her way home...
go god said...go in grace,
ride the spirit of your mother,
find sophia and bring her home,
remind her there is no other...
tlc...

Dancer Of The Dream...

you can change your world,
one moment at a time;
you can weave your dream,
tapestry divine;
you must be the change you want to see...
the dreaming of the weave...
dancer of the dream...

lost inside the trappings of your mind;
you can run...but you cannot hide;
run away through games you play,
the truth is what you are;
look inside and see,
dancer of the dream...

dancing the dream...
being all you were meant to be;
you are everything...
everything you are is free...
dream weaver weave...
dancer of the dream...

free at last awake inside your dream;
where you rule and you are king and queen;
dreaming laughter while you play,
the truth is all you are;
with your heart you see,
dancer of the dream...

dancing the dream...
being all you were meant to be;
you are everything...
everything you are is free...
dream weaver weave...
dancer of the dream...

you can change your world,
one moment at a time;
you can weave your dream,
tapestry divine;
you must be the change you wish to see...
the dreaming of the weave...
dancer of the dream...

tlcoriginals...