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The Child and the Sage
Subrata
Adapted from Ramakrishna’s Vision of Vivekananda before they met
One day, my mind was soaring
Along a lighted path
‘Round me, the gods and angels
Smiled as I sailed past
Ascending higher-- and higher
And high----higher.
Reaching, a light-ed ceiling
Through which my mind did shoot
Bursting be-yond all limits
To the Absolute
Ascending higher and higher
(Instrumental Interlude)
Seven sages sat before me
Calm, pure, free
From the light a child rose softly
Love, bright, sweet
Climbing in the lap, of the sage above
With a tender voice the child sang out with love
Come with me
Down to Earth
(Instrumental Interlude)
Rising from meditation and
With the child in hand
Coming to earth and spreading
Light throughout the land
They lead us higher and higher
And high----higher.
Leading us higher and higher
And high----higher.
Leading us higher and higher
And high----higher.
Dance Shiva Dance
Subrata
As the planet rotates, the sun appears to rise
Warming up the Earth and lighting up the skies
As the plan-et rotates, the Sun appears to sink
Blue and green and purple, yellow red and pink
Dance Shiva dance, Dance Shiva dance
Dance, dance, Shiva dance
As the planet rotates, the sun appears to rise
Creatures that are dreaming, open up their eyes
Looking out the windows, of their eyes and ears
Chasing their desires, running from their fears
Dance Shiva dance, Dance Shiva dance
Dance, dance, Shiva dance
The crescent moon’s reflected, in a placid pond
Appearing in the water, being far be-yond
The beauty of the moment, captivates the mind
In this qui-et stillness there is no space or time
There is Shiva’s face, there is Shiva’s face
There is Shiva’s face
Coming out of no-where, blows a gentle breeze
Feel it on the cheek now, hear it in the trees
The moon is still reflected, the moon is still beyond
The moon is gold-en waves that shimmer on the pond
Dance Shiva dance, Dance Shiva dance
Dance, dance, Shiva dance
As the planet rotates, round and round we go
Live and death and life again, a never ending show
As the planet rotates, a hundred billion times
Creatures are evolving to destiny divine
Dance Shiva dance, Dance Shiva dance
Dance, dance, Shiva dance
Dance Shiva dance, Dance Shiva dance
Dance, dance, Shiva dance
Dance, dance, Shiva dance
The Golden Thread
Subrata
There’s a Golden Thread
That ties us all together
There’s nobody left out
And that, I’m sure of
There’s a Golden Thread
That ties us all together
Oh my mind knows it as truth
And my heart feels it as love
There’s a Lord above
Who’s looking down upon us
He’s known since ancient times
And called different names
He’s our Father all
And we are his dear children
And no matter what we call Him
He will answer just the same
I am thinking right now
Of my brothers and sisters
The smile on their faces
Reflects a light divine
Though their customs and clothes
And their language is different
The light in their eyes is the same
Light as mine
There’s a Golden Thread
That ties us all together
There’s nobody left out
And that, I’m sure of
There’s a Golden Thread
That ties us all together
Oh my mind knows it as truth
And my heart feels it as love
There’s a Golden Thread
That ties us all together
There’s nobody left out
And that, I’m sure of
There’s a Golden Thread
That ties us all together
Oh my mind knows it as truth
And my heart feels it as love
The Golden Thread of Love
Peace
Subrata
Inspired by the Peace Chant Of the Upanishads
There is peace in the heavens
Peace in the sky
There is peace in the waters
The mountains on high
There is peace in the forest
Peace in the rain
There is peace in the desert
The valleys and plains
There is peace in the sunrise
Red yellow blue
There is peace in the flowers
All sprinkled with dew
There is peace in the evening
Peace in the stars
There is peace in the moonlight
The quietude ours
There is peace in God’s creatures
Peace in all life
Peace ‘neath the surface of struggle and strife
There is peace like lost treasure hidden below
Peace like a river of unending flow
There is peace for the asking
Shining within
Permeating my being
Beyond my mind’s ken
I find peace everywhere now
As life unfolds
Naught but peace I discover way down in my soul
I find peace, peace, peace
Brahman Alone Is Real
The young boy asked of the holy-man
The Truth to be revealed
The Master answered with tenderness
That Brahman alone is real
Maya has cast her spell
Why none can tell
Know this He said with zeal
That Brahman alone is real
My boy your search is a noble one
Your earnestness I feel
The Truth I tell you comes down to this
That Brahman alone is real
God’s grace can loose your ties
Open your eyes
Pray that you know and feel
That Brahman alone is real
To hear and reflect and to meditate on
This Truth that to most is concealed
Will carry you forward until you can see
That Brahman alone is real
And now my child I encourage you
To follow this ideal
By day and night you should contemplate
That Brahman alone is real
Act think and feel
Live your whole life in this
That Brahman alone is real
Brahman alone is real
Act think and feel
Live your whole life in this
That Brahman alone is real
That Brahman alone is real
That Brahman alone is real
Refuge We Take At Your Feet
Subrata
Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi
Knowledge and love complete
Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi
Refuge we take at your feet.
Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi
Father and Mother so sweet
Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi
Refuge we take at your feet.
Throughout the years, laughter and tears
Let it be for you we smile or cry
Open our eyes, love of our lives
Let it be for you we live and die.
Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi
Father and Mother so sweet
Sri Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi
Refuge we take at your feet,
Refuge we take at your feet,
Refuge we take at your feet.
No One But Me To Blame
Subrata
Adapted from Vivekananda’s Poem
VERSE 1
The sun goes down, it’s crimson rays
Light up the dying day;
A startled glance I throw behind
And count my triumph’s shame;
Each day my life, I make or mar,
Each deed begets it’s kind,
Good, good, bad, bad, the arrows fly
Too late to change their aim;
No one but me to blame.
No one but me to blame.
VERSE 2
I am my own embodied past
The will, the thought, to that conform
To that the outer frame;
Love comes reflected back as love,
Hate only breeds more hate,
They patiently await their time
Through life and death their claim;
No one but me to blame.
No one but me to blame.
BRIDGE
One only man
One only God,
One ever perfect soul
And dared to show the goal
To go beyond
Both life and death
Nirvana, joy untold
VERSE 3
I cast off fear and vain remorse
I feel my Karma’s sway,
I face the ghosts my deeds have raised
Joy, sorrow, censure, fame;
I give up hate, I give up love,
My thirst for life is gone;
Eternal peace of mind and heart,
Is all that now remain;
No one is left to blame
No one is left to blame
ENDING
No one is left to blame
No one is left …
To Arise, To Awake
Subrata
To arise, To awake
To press on, Through karma we make
Give us love, Give us light
By your pow’r, Oh Lord give us might
Down through the ages all saints and sages
Shine with your light divine
Throughout the lands you reach out your hands
That none should be left behind
May we learn, How to give
How to love, Oh Lord, how to live
Without fear, Without greed
In our hearts, Our thoughts, or our deeds
Between the banks of pleasure and pain life flows
The current sweeps us to and fro
Through all the good times and amidst the blows
A witness unaffected
Observes the show
Short Instrumental
We’re not flesh, We’re not bone
We’re not mind, Or anything known
What we are , Is just this
We are the children of immortal bliss
Down through the ages all saints and sages
Shine with your light divine
Throughout the lands you reach out your hands
That none should be left behind
To arise , To awake
Give us love Give us light
To arise, To awake
For the world, And our sake
Oh children of immortal bliss…..
Awake!
Song Of The Free
Subrata
Adapted from Swami Vivekananda’s Poem
The beauteous Earth, the glorious Sun
The calm sweet Moon the spangled sky
Causation’s laws do make them run
They live in bonds in bonds they die
Now know these are the outer crust
All space and time effect and cause
I am beyond all sense, all thought
The wit-ness of the Universe
Before the Sun, the Moon the Earth
Before the stars or comets free
Be-fore e’en time has had its birth
I was I am and I will be
No Angel I, Nor man nor brute
Nor body, mind, nor he nor she
The books do stop in wonder mute
To tell my nature I am He
Let eyes grow dim and heart grow faint
And friendship fail and love betray
Let fate its hundred horrors send
And clotted darkness block the way
All nature wear one angry frown
To crush you out still know my soul
You are divine, March on and on
Nor right nor left but to the goal
The Beauteous Earth, the glorious Sun
The calm sweet Moon the spangled sky
Causation’s laws do make them run
They live in bonds in bonds they die
From dreams awake, from bonds be free
Be not afraid this mystery
My shadow can not frighten me
Know once for all that I am He
Know once for all that I am He