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A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" - Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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Part II: East Coker - T.S. Eliot, “Four Quartets”

III O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark, The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant, The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters, The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and the rulers, Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of many committees, Industrial lords and petty contractors, all go into the dark, And dark the Sun and Moon, and the Almanach de Gotha And the Stock Exchange Gazette, the Directory of Directors, And cold the sense and lost the motive of action. And we all go with them, into the silent funeral, Nobody's funeral, for there is no one to bury. I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you Which shall be the darkness of God. As, in a theatre, The lights are extinguished, for the scene to be changed With a hollow rumble of wings, with a movement of darkness on darkness, And we know that the hills and the trees, the distant panorama And the bold imposing façade are all being rolled away— Or as, when an underground train, in the tube, stops too long between stations And the conversation rises and slowly fades into silence And you see behind every face the mental emptiness deepen Leaving only the growing terror of nothing to think about; Or when, under ether, the mind is conscious but conscious of nothing

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing. Whisper of running streams, and winter lightning. The wild thyme unseen and the wild strawberry, The laughter in the garden, echoed ecstasy Not lost, but requiring, pointing to the agony Of death and birth.

You say I am repeating Something I have said before. I shall say it again. Shall I say it again? In order to arrive there, To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not, You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy. In order to arrive at what you do not know You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance. In order to possess what you do not possess You must go by the way of dispossession. In order to arrive at what you are not You must go through the way in which you are not. And what you do not know is the only thing you know And what you own is what you do not own And where you are is where you are not.

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Forever Young - Bob Dylan

May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you stay forever young May you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous May you grow up to be true May you always know the truth And see the light surrounding you May you always be courageous Stand upright and be strong May you stay forever young May you stay forever young

May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift May your heart always be joyful May your song always be sung And may you stay forever young May you stay forever young

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Untangling - Angie McMahon

I didn’t want to stay the same I didn’t want to hear the change walk in I didn’t want to hurt you and It’s always going to start and end With I didn’t want pain, with I was afraid With I didn’t want pain, with I was afraid

I needed rewiring And breaking this open meant starting a riot My least favourite feeling Is hurting someone 'cause I was slow at healing

I dropped out of my old shape And the moves that I made up to twist So I fit some place Now I lift weights, and I feel safe I’m not so afraid

I’ve got something I’m proud of Growing from something that I'm growing out of It was a joint misadventure I am untangling you from my centre I am untangling you from my centre

Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way I am untangling you from my centre (Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way) I am untangling you from my centre (Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way) I am untangling you from my centre (Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way) I am untangling you from my centre (Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way) I am untangling you from my centre (Go angel, it’s okay, sometimes things are gonna feel this way)

(I am untangling you from my centre) I am untangling you from my centre (I am untangling you from my centre) I am untangling you from my centre (I am untangling you from my centre) I am untangling you from my centre I am untangling you (From my centre) (I am untangling you from my centre) I am untangling you I am untangling you I am untangling you

I didn't want to stay the same (I am untangling you) I didn't want to hear the change walk in (I am untangling you)

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Evergreen - Omar Apollo

Evergreen, he controls me Was there something wrong with my body? Am I not what you wanted, babe? If I ever tried, if I ever tried, I would

Evergreen (oh, oh) He tears me to pieces (oh, oh) (Evergreen) (oh, oh) Doesn't even have to try (Evergreen) (oh, oh)

She don't know you like me She could never love you more, more than me But sometimes I pray that you fall in love I've cried, I've cried so much for you, baby

Evergreen (oh, oh) He tears me to pieces (oh, oh) (Evergreen) (oh, oh) Doesn't even have to try (Evergreen) (oh, oh)

You know you really made me hate myself Had to stop before I break myself Should've broke it off to date myself You didn't deserve me at all, at all, at all

One last time I see Ever, evergreen Please don't come home to me, oh Oh, sweet evergreen

He don't love me no more He don't love, he don't love me no more

Oh, oh Oh, oh

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Storm - Fleetwood Mac

Every night that goes between I feel a little less As you slowly go away from me This is only another test

Every night you do not come Your softness fades away Did I ever really care that much Is there anything left to say?

Every hour of fear I spend My body tries to cry Living through each empty night A deadly call inside

I haven't felt this way I feel Since many a years ago But in those years and the lifetimes past I did not deal with the road

And I did not deal with you, I know Though the love has always been So I search to find an answer there So I can truly win

Every hour of fear I spend My body tries to cry Living through each empty night A deadly call inside

So I try to say goodbye, my friend I'd like to leave you with something warm But never have I been a blue calm sea I have always been a storm

Always been a storm Ooh, always been a storm I have always been a storm

We were frail

She said, "Every night he will break your heart" (storm) I should have known from the first I'd be the broken hearted (storm)

I loved you from the start (storm) Save us And not all the prayers in the world (storm) Could save us (Storm)

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Open My Door - Phoebe Lou Alice

I used to open my door To pretty much anyone who was tryna look for A place to feel safe But I made my whole world safer for everyone but me

So, I took my bones and I called them my own And I found a place inside that's safe for me And now I wander the world alone but alive Smiling on the inside

I'm taking back all the pieces of me That were taken unwillingly I'm offering myself up to the heavens I'm ready to love what I've been given I'm getting back to my own rhythm It's such a new kind of living I'm picking myself up off the carpet I'm running my hands over my body I'm back on land, welcome to your life, Alice

I used to open my door To pretty much anyone who was tryna look for A place to feel safe But I made my whole world safer for everyone but me

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Into A World Not My Own.

I’m tired of being championed by your shallow intentions, Is there any depth?

Are you brave enough to swim into your own vulnerability, and return without silence. Can your bags carry words yet to be expressed, does their strength hold the weight of your emotions.

Would you then see my wonder? That all I wanted to do, was to create worlds with you bring them to life with you. Share in them and bloom together.

You invited me in, safe to fall I hit ground that was yours.

But threatened as I blossomed, My inner world could not thrive.

Can you feel it yet?

Those jelly beans have made me sick. So do not pass me the ball. This isn’t a game I want to play anymore.

Restore? Rebuild? I don't know if this waste should be transformed. But maybe, once it all settles, there will be magic in these bones.

1:45pm Wednesday 19, June 2024.

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Vienna - Billy Joel

Slow down you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart tell me Why are you still so afraid? (mmmmm)

Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? You better cool it off before you burn it out You got so much to do and only So many hours in a day (Ay)

But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want Or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (Oooh) When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight (tonight)

Too bad, but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need Though you can see when you're wrong You know you can't always see when you're right (you're right)

You got your passion, you got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true (Oooh) When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

Slow down you crazy child Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two (oooh) When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

And you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through (oooh) Why don't you realize, Vienna waits for you?

When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

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Letting Go - Angie McMahon

I might've spent six months lying on my living room floor I might've been sick, then well, then sick some more I might be prouder of me Than I ever have been

I've been learning 'bout letting go How to do it without my claws Scratching the surfaces I've been learning 'bout wasting time And closing some doors Hoping to open more, down the line

I knew from miles away that I would detonate I tried some magic tricks to skip my fate And then gave up the ball as a defender The trick was simply to surrender

I've been learning 'bout letting go How to do it without my claws Scratching the surfaces I've been learning 'bout wasting time And closing some doors Hoping to open more, down the line

It's okay, it's okay Make mistakes, make mistakes It's okay, it's okay Make mistakes, make mistakes It's okay, it's okay Make mistakes, make mistakes

It's okay, it's okay Make mistakes, make mistakes It's okay, it's okay Make mistakes, make mistakes It's okay, it's okay Make mistakes, make mistakes It's okay, it's okay Make mistakes, make mistakes Make mistakes, make mistakes

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Wait Without Hope

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing. Whisper of running streams, and winter lightning. The wild thyme unseen and the wild strawberry, The laughter in the garden, echoed ecstasy Not lost, but requiring, pointing to the agony Of death and birth.

T. S. Eliot, East Coker

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Divine Fault Line - Angie McMahon

I'm learning to love my skin, I'm learning to dive right in I think it's time to sweep the eggshells clean I'm starting to dance again, I'm using my hands again And out of the headwind, I'm hearing the sirens saying

Don't get cold feet once it gets steep (I've been slow and so trepidatious) don't keep (And not knowing if I could make it) waitin' (Cut my body off from itself, got no water left in the well) let it break in (I've been slow and so trepidatious) hurt, hurt (And not knowing if I could make it) hurt, free (Cut my body off from itself, got no water left in the well) hurt, hurt

You're on your own dark side of the border tonight And you're all fucked up, and you're wantin' to die And that's the place where the breaking out begins It's the divine fault-line opening

I'm tired of where I've been, out in the dark, looking in How do they move so easy, I keep on freezing Why can't I leap over the break? The way that animals behave when their life's at stake

(I've been slow and so trepidatious) don't keep (And not knowing if I could make it) waitin' (Cut my body off from itself, got no water left in the well) let it break in (I've been slow and so trepidatious) hurt, hurt (And not knowing if I could make it) hurt, free (Cut my body off from itself, got no water left in the well) hurt, hurt

You're on your own dark side of the border tonight And you're all fucked up, and you're wantin' to die And that's the place where the breaking out begins It's the divine fault-line opening

Don't get cold feet once it gets steep Hurt, hurt, hurt, free, hurt, hurt, hurt, free

Don't get cold feet once it gets steep (I've been slow and so trepidatious) don't keep (And not knowing if I could make it) waitin' (Cut my body off from itself, got no water left in the well) let it break in (I've been slow and so trepidatious) hurt, hurt (And not knowing if I could make it) hurt, free (Cut my body off from itself, got no water left in the well) hurt, hurt

You're on your own dark side of the border tonight And you're all fucked up, and you're wanting to die And that's the place where the breaking out begins It's the divine fault-line opening

And for the sake of not holding onto things, I'm going headlong in And for the sake of not holding onto things, for the sake of not holding onto things And for the sake of not holding onto things, I'm going headlong in And for the sake of not holding onto things, and for the sake of not holding onto things And for the sake of not holding onto things

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My Happiness - Powderfinger

I see your shadow on the street now I hear you push through the rusty gate Click of your heels on the concrete Waiting for a knock coming way too late

It seems an age since I've seen you Countdown as the weeks trickle into days

So you come in and put your bags down I know there's something in the air How can I do this to you right now If you're over there when I need you here

My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go

It seems an age since I've seen you Countdown as the weeks trickle into days I hope that time hasn't changed you All I really want is for you to stay

So you come in and put your bags down I know there's something in the air How can I do this to you right now If you're over there when I need you here

My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go

I know I know I know what is inside I know I know I know what is inside I know I know I know what is inside I know I know I know what is inside

You're over there when I need you here

My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go

My happiness is slowly creeping back Now you're at home If it ever starts sinking in It must be when you pack up and go

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Why Not- Hilary Duff

You act like you don't know me When you see me on the street You're actin' like I turn you off When I know you think I'm sweet It don't have to be like that I guess you're insecure If you say what's on your mind I might answer, "Sure"

So I walk a little slower And I try to catch your eye Sometimes it's so hard to see The good things passing by There may never be a sign No flashing neon light Telling you to make your move Or when the time is right

(So) why not (Why not) take a crazy chance? Why not (Why not) do a crazy dance? If you lose the moment, you might lose a lot So, why not? Why not?

Why not take a crazy chance? Why not take a crazy chance?

You always dress in yellow When you wanna dress in gold Instead of listening to your heart You do just what you're told You keep waiting where you are For what, you'll never know Let's just get into your car and go, baby, go

(So) why not (Why not) take a crazy chance? Why not (Why not) do a crazy dance? If you lose a moment, you might lose a lot So, why not? Why not?

Oh, I could be the one for you Oh, yeah, maybe yes, maybe no Oh, it could be the thing to do What I'm saying is, you gotta let me know

You'll never get to heaven, or even to L.A If you don't believe there's a way Why not (Why not) take a star from the sky? Why not (Why not) spread your wings and fly? Oh, it might take a little, and it might take a lot But why not? Why not? OW!

(Why not take a crazy chance?) Why not take a crazy chance? (Why not do a crazy dance?) Why not do a crazy dance? If you lose a moment, you might lose a lot So, why not? Why not?

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Not Strong Enough - Boygenius

Black hole opened in the kitchen Every clock's a different time It would only take the energy to fix it I don't know why I am

The way I am Not strong enough to be your man I tried, I can't Stop staring at the ceiling fan and Spinning out about things that haven't happened Breathing in and out

Drag racing through the canyon Singing "Boys Don't Cry" Do you see us getting scraped up off the pavement? I don't know why I am

The way I am Not strong enough to be your man I lied, I am Just lowering your expectations Half a mind that keeps the other second guessing Close my eyes and count

Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god Always an angel, never a god

I don't know why I am the way I am There's something in the static I think I've been having revelations Coming to in the front seat, nearly empty Skip the exit to our old street and go home Go home alone

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Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you It's strange what desire will make foolish people do I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't wanna fall in love (this world is only gonna break your heart) No, I don't wanna fall in love (this world is only gonna break your heart) With you With you (This world is only gonna break your heart)

What a wicked game you play, to make me feel this way What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you

And I don't wanna fall in love (this world is only gonna break your heart) No, I don't wanna fall in love (this world is only gonna break your heart) With you

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you Strange what desire will make foolish people do I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't wanna fall in love (this world is only gonna break your heart) No, I don't wanna fall in love (this world is only gonna break your heart) With you (this world is only gonna break your heart) With you (with you) (This world is only gonna break your heart)

No, I (this world is only gonna break your heart) (This world is only gonna break your heart)

Nobody loves no one