I was three years old when John's soul was completely set free from the gravity of this world. He lit up the world with a fire and touched the deepness of our souls long before I even knew who he was. He was to become, and is, one of my heroes. When I think about John, I think about his courage, his openness and his perseverance to live the life he saw and the life he wanted for all humanity. I feel he wanted to empower the people of the world to see this life through the lens of love. He asked us to question what we saw in the media. He encouraged us to question the people that are so called, "in charge". One of my favorite interviews of John, something he said in an interview, (I have a lot of favorite things he said), but this I really feel, he said "the people that run the countries are crazy and I'm likely to be called crazy for saying they are crazy and THAT is what is crazy." I SO feel that John!!, and I dig you so much for having said that on TV! (Watch the U.S. vs John Lennon) He said when he and Yoko got together, he had his music, she had her art, but they wanted to have something between them they could both do together. This thinking has inspired me in my life to perhaps seek a soul mate that might be up for the same sorta thing! ;) Anyway, John and Yoko were to become peace activists. He said that was something they could both do together...perhaps that's where the quote "A dream you dream alone is only a dream, a dream you dream together is reality" came from. This quote leads me to think about the world today, and to think about my world. Because well, whether you know it and believe it or not, we all create our own worlds. John was creating the world he and Yoko saw, a world where WAR IS OVER if you want it, which to me means: we have to WANT the wars to end. We have to want the craziness to stop. What is really crazy and I came up with this not too long ago, we are all made of love, yes...our spiritual essence is one of love, one of giving, sharing, openness, expansiveness and heart. Which is what our earth is constantly doing for us, giving us water, food, sunshine, shade, moonlight, stars; if we aren't operating from this level of heart, we are freaks of nature. Seriously, I mean it. Think about it... If you aren't coming from a place of love, you are a freak of nature. Get it. When will we stop accepting that it's ok to treat each other with anything less than what the beauty of our true nature is. Do you know we are the only species that kills it's own kind? Animals kill other animals but that is because that is how they eat, but we have killed our own for things as small as what someone else has said about someone, or because of our different beliefs... Really??? That seems so bizarre to me. This kind of thought process is what is most bizarre, and I encourage us all to get right... Get right.
Yoko issued a statement the day after John was shot, saying "There is no funeral for John," she ended it with the words, "John loved and prayed for the human race. Please pray the same for him." John was so young when he passed on. He was just 40 years old. That to me is so very young, but he was able to accomplish so much in that time. When we come together, give peace a chance in our hearts, after all, peace on earth will come from the peace we choose to seek inside of ourselves, and imagine what we can do together, indeed we can accomplish so very much.
MIND GAMES is one of my favorite John songs...this seems to be what I'm going through these days, so I wanted to share his lyrics with you.
Yes John, LOVE IS THE ANSWER and I know that for sure. Thank you for being one of my guides... I love you.
MIND GAMES - 1973
We're playing those mind games together,
Pushing barriers, planting seeds,
Playing the mind guerilla,
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth,
We all been playing those mind games forever,
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil.
Doing the mind guerilla,
Some call it magic the search for the grail,
Love is the answer and you know that for sure,
Love is the flower, you got to let it, you got to let it grow,
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Faith in the future outta the now,
You just can't beat on those mind guerillas,
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind,
Yeah we're playing those mind games forever,
Projecting our images in space and in time,
Yes is the answer and you know that for sure,
Yes is the surrender you gotta let it, you gotta let it go,
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Doing the ritual dance in the sun,
Millions of mind guerrillas,
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel,
Keep on playing those mind games forever,
Raising the spirit of peace and love, loooove,
I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before
