When they came to this land
We gave our friendship
Gave them our hands
But it was never to be
Oh! You must bow down
They said, "Fall to your knees"
Oh! Diamond sun has to burn
Oh! Are we never to learn
CHORUS:
Love gives life and life is love
But what have we done
We have walked on this earth
Since the first star was shining
And the moon had its birth
But as with the shadows
Of lonely trees
We are in bondage
But are hearts are still free
Oh! Diamond sun has to burn
Oh! Are we never to learn
Still diamond sun has to burn
Oh! Are we never to learn
Still diamond sun has to burn
In my heart I believe
Someday the sun will shine
And you shall be free
And bless our children as they're
Put to the test
You'll hear the heartbeat
Of a nation's unrest
I wrote this list in April of 2009 republished in December of 2009 and it is still relevant right now. With 6 months of 2010 already passed I want to know what are your dreams for 2010 I was reminded our current thoughts represent our potential future. If we don’t change our thoughts, they become our future. If we change our thoughts, then those NEW thoughts become our future. Most of my friends are close to 50 years old or are 50 years old… So why are we playing small? Why are we letting our limiting beliefs get in our way? MY lover, my brothers and my sister…. The time is now! LET US DREAM!!! DREAM BIGGER THAN WE HAVE EVER DREAMED BEFORE!!!!!
I want:
To star in personal growth movie.
To be a multi-book national best seller.
I want to be booked solid for our retreats for 6 months out of every year.
I want to travel the world for 2 months of the year.
I want to workshops for thousands.
I want to do retreats for hundreds
I want to have a commanding presence on stage
I want to truly embody and live “LOVE” (our teachings)
I want to be surrounded by loving caring people
I want to LIVE
I want to BE
I want to be the one celebrities / world leaders turn to for advice
I want to share the stage with world and spiritual leaders
I want to have so much fun that my last act will be laughter … okay maybe it would be sex…. And at 104, we can laugh at my performance and then I can make the transition…
I want to be very well paid for my services and actions.
I want to create a philanthropic society to give stuff away, help those that need help.
I want change millions of peoples lives for the better.
I want to have fun..
I want to live in the tropics.
I want to live in the mountains.
I want to write.
I want to have a wonderful support network that helps me achieve and be more.
I want to empower people.
I want to have FUN. Did I say that before??
I want to do things that I haven’t even thought of yet!
I want to empower my brothers and sister to be more than they thought they could ever possibly be!
I want my friends and family to be ridiculously happy in life I want people to be all they can be and fulfill all their heartfelt dreams.
I want to be on deserted island with my lover away from everything for a month.
I took most of the fitness images in my friend Scott McDermotts book. If Your Body Were A Car, You Wouldn’t Treat It This way! The book is very well written and is all about taking care of your body (car). I think a must read for couch potatoes and high performance athletes alike. A great guide for looking after the body temple we have…
Lets jump into a little bit of controversy. But, before I continue on, this is intended to be a civilized discussion. It is not intended to flame people. I am merely offering a place for discussion
What is the relationship of sex and spirituality? A strange combination it seems but one that evokes huge responses. Is there something called Sacred sex! Or is celibacy the only path for the true seeker.
It is ultimately a personal choice that people must make, not forgetting that the spiritual practice of celibacy was and is considered to be a profound even crucial aspect of spiritual life by the Christians, Buddhist and Hindus alike.
For it is foolish to underestimate the overwhelming power that the sexual instinct possesses to create complex delusions and illusions! Understand and be aware of this power fully before accepting or rejecting it.
Historically, sex and spirituality have been uneasy bedfellows — while some ancient religions did include sexuality in their rites, others sought to control sexuality, either by suppressing it or by severely limiting its expression. Most of the dominant religions in the world today are sex-negative, preaching the suppression of the sexual urge or the channeling of that urge into socially-acceptable forms (marriage as reproductive arrangements).
What is the relationship between sexuality and spiritual freedom? Where does sex fit into the pursuit of enlightenment? Is it an integral—and therefore spiritual—part of who we are, or is it a blind biological drive that distracts us from realizing our highest potential? These challenging and complex questions are deeply relevant for the serious seeker of truth today. But in a world literally overflowing with divergent attitudes about sex and religion, the sacred and the profane, how are we to navigate?
In order to get our bearings, we went to the experts: as many and as diverse as we could find. Experts on tantric sex, experts on celibacy, rabbis, priests, swamis, Tibetan lamas, philosophers and gurus, whose inquiry and insight we hope will shed some much-needed light on the relationship between sex, religion, and spirituality.
Can sex be a path to spiritual attainment? Tantric experts, scholars, and gurus speak out on sex as a path to enlightenment.
Sacred act or primitive urge? What is the true essence of sexuality?
Celibate life or tantric sex? What is the right relationship to sexuality?
