CD: Song Two Lyrics - "Let the Circle Expand"

CD "Songs for the Wind" available soon.
Song samples at http://www.richardschooping.com.
I am inspired to share the lyrics,
blog by blog. This is song two of 12.










This is a song of centering and empowerment.
This song is a potential World Movement and tour theme.

As we experience our lives and the world we become overwhelmed with the large "problems" and issues occurring. We feel small and helpless. We think "What can I do to help? I am just an average person in a small town just trying to pay my bills and survive." and we are overwhelmed. The problem arises when we are so overwhelmed by the larger and distant happenings of which we do not directly affect that we become imbalanced in our daily lives.

This song grounds the listener into the value of their own experience and places them in a space of gratitude. It shares that it is the little things that we do in our "individual" lives that affect and are a part of the whole movement of creation.

If one planet veers the Universe is affected.

This song is a visual analogy using circles to represent one's influence. When we observe a war we lose our center because our center has then "moved" from our life off to some distant fighting land. We become imbalanced by the stress and disconnection that we feel when observing something as big and this "seemingly' out of control. When we are worried about these larger issues and not grounded into our own immediate life we suffer, we are in fantasy.

But, when we realize that helping our family, our neighbors, and ourselves is integral to the whole we become centered and empowered. We realize the power in being present within our "ordinary" life. We find joy in being our circle; and when we balance and center, our circle naturally expands and joins with other balanced circles. These incremental steps of circles joining is how true momentum of life happens. This song shares that when we are grounded and thankful, the "seeming" separateness that we feel is "healed" as the circles join to consciously become one circle of being: GOD, so Let the Circle Expand.



As we walk through this world together or alone
We are continually shown what seeks GOD’s grace
And through our giving, our creations, or the smile on our face
Let our hearts radiate like the Sun

Feed our starving children
Teach those struggling with disease
that with God anything is possible
when we give our life to love

Peace is not complacency, it affords powerful clarity
That reveals the world and the majesty that IS

Let the circle expand forever
Shining our light eternally for every country, every nation
All of our creed throughout creation
We’ll resolve the conflict and heal the land
So let the circle expand

It’s not the trend or the scale of the action that we take
Let us follow our compassion where it leads
It may be prayer or meditation or assisting another’s needs
We are each a vital part of the ONE

Shine a light into the darkness
So that all may experience the joy
That with love anything is achievable
When we open to our possibility

Isolation is absolved, with the breath of GOD all is resolved
Then we see the glory shining in our eyes

Let the circle expand, forever
A beacon of truth that is calling out to every person, of every, color
No matter how they choose to love each other
The greater design we will understand
Let the Circle Expand

CD: Song One Lyrics - "One Deer, One Dove"

CD "Songs for the Wind" available soon. Song samples at http://www.richardschooping.com. I am inspired to share the lyrics,
blog by blog. This is song one of 12.






What is this song about? Well first, how do I write music? When I create, the closest semantic I can use is that the process is multidimensional. As I write songs I seem to become the space of that song. I can say this is similar to painting; but holographic, with sounds, colors, shapes, words, topics, people, etc. Cal says that I continually talk with "myself" when I am creating music, but I am not aware of this.

It is so interesting that while I am writing songs I am more than just me sitting playing a keyboard and programming instruments. I am every instrument and every musician, and each has their own personality and style. It is hard to explain, though I am sure many experience writing music this way. When I am for instance writing, within my "space" or head (not really visual) the scene IS, the song is. If I am writing a cello line I am somehow working directly with a cellist (though I am also that cellist), and "we" are in an environment (a studio, or on a stage) and working together. This is the case with every song. I am either working "with" the musicians directly or the song is a scene playing out in my head; like I am watching it happen and trying to keep up by taking (writing) notes like a reporter. Yes, it feels I am just observing and documenting the notes and colors as fast as I able because when I am deep in one song I still hear other songs "waiting" to "come in from some dimensional space within my head. And as I am writing choir members are coming and going, someone brings in taco bell, feedback screeches; I mean it is a full-on scene.

Another thing is that each phrase or melody also has a "world" within or of it. How do I explain this (though it is irrelevant but fun to attempt) so that one will know what I mean? Let us say I am writing the intro bars to a verse and it is comprised of piano, percussion, and violins. Well, as I am in that space of "creating" I may be flying (about 10' feet from the ground) above a rocky wave-lapped shoreline through the eye of a bird. Or, I am with the three musicians on an old rickety wooden stage in an opera house (crowd and all), or we are wind-caressed playing at a fog-engulfed edge of a cliff, etc. Every melody, phrase, or rest is like this. Each has an associated "thing" with it. There are worlds associated with each song like a movie. That was interesting to put into words.

So, concerning "One Deer, One Dove" I do not remember the movie or the exact process, but as you listen to the words you can imagine the scenes playing out and being woven. This song has a "personal" and experiential arc with a Universal theme. This song explains my experience of "feeling" more of myself and of being more than I had been. The personal arc of story is that there is a presence that becomes known when we "expand" that is more than a feeling, it is US. "Raining down through my soul..." is as clear as I can express it in this song. I am pointing to this presence that we are with the imagery. The second Universal theme is that we do not have to be ineffectual to be spiritual. We are the grace of the dove and the power, alertness, and agility of the deer. So many now are "thinking" spiritual, and not being whole. Wholeness contains All, and this includes the qualities of surrender and knowing.




I close my eyes, and I drift into silence
Through the doorway of the heart on an ocean of love

And there we are giving comfort and solace

Raining down through my soul unlike ever before

I had been suffering, wandering for so long (for so long)
Fearful of everything until we washed me in our song


We are one heart, we are one love (one love, one love)
We are one race, we are one joy (one joy, one joy)
We are one deer, we are one dove (one dove, a beautiful dove)
We are one world, we are one voice


And now I'm here experiencing glory
Celebrating these senses born of flesh as human
And still I grow amazed at how loving GOD is
I'm humbled by this gift of life, our divinity, our plan


I had been struggling, trying to fit into this place (trying to fit into this space)
Loosing the battle with my disease until we held me in our embrace

Chorus

Let us show kindness, be giving, and meek
But being holy isn't ineffectual or weak

We are the mightiest power and we are so much more
Let us not think about how to be spiritual and then we soar

And through the unity of the dear and the dove
We become a living symbol of GOD's love

We are one now
We are one now
We are one heart, one love

We are here Now

Demystifying Divine Intervention - Realizing the Magician

OK; what are these voices in our heads or within our minds? Why do we attribute and label them as other than our own? Is there a simple explanation for the divine guidance other than what we subscribe to?

As we can see, I enjoy and have a knack for demystifying and recognizing aspects of our being that are ripe for evolution, or expansion.

Concerning "Divine Intervention" let us use a simple "real world" example to clarify and illumine the mystical architecture of intervention. Let us bring what we deem as magic into a space of understanding and practicality.

Let us today realize the magician.

Envision ourselves standing on a street-corner. We are on a lunch break from work. While we are waiting for the sign to switch to "walk" we recall a certain movie we had recently seen about a magician. We loved magic as a child. We continue waiting and and as we look across the street at a section of stores we have not noticed we see that there is a "magic shop". Instead of staying in the moment and remaining whole, we think "This must be a sign." This is the beginning of the fragmentation of our psyche. We have gone from our one experience to now living in a fantasy of the mind. We have lost our power by giving it to some mysterious other "thing" which we cannot see. There is another way.

So, we are inspired, but the inspiration is now confused and distorted. Because we are now attributing our thought to some mysterious "thing" we cannot now simply walk to the store. We are now walking in dimensions of mythology and fantasy. We want to visit the shop but the simple path is now processed through our mind. This is simple to see right?

Here is what happens; here is how we do not follow our inspiration, or more plainly ourselves. We have already defined a part of ourselves as separate: a mysterious "something", and now we are on the next "step" to getting to our destination, the "magic shop". Here is where the confusion deepens. To achieve victory (to arrive at the shop) we only need to have an inspiration and simply follow through, but this is seldom the case.

Take the "magic shop" for example. As our person is standing and eying the shop, there is the environment that is integral to their success or failure. The person's consciousness will decide the outcome. Between the person and the store (or their destination) is more than pavement. Between them is their mind. Their fears, beliefs, limitations; everything is existing tangibly in the environment. We see who we currently are by our reaction to the world.
There is no "exterior" or "interior" to life, only oneness.

Let me further explain: Let us say that in order for our "example person" to reach the shop they need to cross a busy boulevard, pass a group of homeless people collected on the opposite corner, walk by a tall and rusty gate concealing rabid barking dogs, pass a busy restaurant with people sitting outside, and manage through a section of sidewalk construction. What will happen? Well, it depends on their consciousness, and the consciousness will determine if the "magic shop" is successfully entered, if the inspiration is honored.

The environment, which is revealing the person's consciousness to them is the "obstacle" to the original inspired thought or desire. Will they make it to the store is not a mysterious and illusive design. We have realize that what determines the outcome is the journey through the consciousness. It is simple; the environment (or the mind; for they are the same) will assist or hinder the journey. Our "example" person" may not make it to the shop due to being afraid of traffic, or of strangers, or of barking dogs, or of crowds, or of fear of construction, or any other myriad "things". There is more to life then demons or angels pulling invisible strings of which we do not control, shifting reality and changing and deciding things for us. There is more to know of our life and our journey. There is freedom in being all that we are.

It is our consciousness that is "creating" our environment in which we then react to that designs our experience. This is powerful. This is empowering. This is life. Let us realize that our consciousness is what affects the outcome - every outcome, including what we have labeled (through evolving consciousness and understanding) "Divine Intervention."

When we open up to this understanding we realize that we are the One.

We are the Magician.

We are creating our experience, and we can then through observation of ourself and our consciousness assist in our re-remembering of the more that we are.

A neat way to realize this is that every thought is inspired, or an opportunity to transcend relative to our presence. It is just that each thought is also a part of a matrix of thoughts reacting in energetic relationships. So, no matter the thought, it is a veiled doorway to more; this is how it is designed.

All roads do lead to GOD.

We could walk directly to the store with a clear conscious or we may never "make" it to the store or to any inspired destination due to the entanglement of limitations within our consciousness. There is no mystery. This is our life. We have and are the power. Let us stop the fragmentation and be here now, fully. To be who we are and to flow in inspiration we are to own our experience. Through owning it we harmonize the fragments and realize all that we are.

Plugging Observation "In" to Any Equation

No matter what the situation, be it depression or elation, current consciousness is a combination of existing states of consciousness. All states are inherently integral to a network of existing states of energy.

One does not become instantly any"thing", including depressed. Depression is a result of a certain combination and intensity of energies that when combined creates the result, or in this case depression. Seeing that it took a combination (or steps) of energetic conscious decisions we can state that a reversal (or transcendence through observation) of decisions will alleviate depression.

Observation will "carry" one out of any idiosyncratic energetic scenario.


As we are experiencing life we are either
A: Experiencing new and inspired energy (manifesting potentials)
or
B: Experiencing energy that we have already experienced (looping fantasies: Hell)

Depression is an energetic structure upon which we are adding more energetic "levels" or parts. When we become angry for example we are not experiencing a new and inspired energy. We have theoretically switched on the "angry machine" within our consciousness which then creates (pumps out) or resonates anger. And we as creative beings of GOD then "send" out the vibration of anger into creation, or into our immediate environment.

This is a simple process of complex pieces.

Life is simplified when we realize that it is an endless flowering of energies.

We can think of emotions as effects and affects. A distorted guitar is not the natural sound (or vibration) of a guitar string. The vibration has been processed through limiters, effects, amplifiers, compression, etc. to become the distorted sound experienced. This is a parallel to the "angry machine" within our consciousness. The angry reaction is not solely based on the current situation. Like the guitar string it has also been processed, amplified, and affected to then become the distorted (angry) vibration that it is.

Our anger is processed through the past, the possible future, or through our fantasies. The anger is integrated and a result of existing consciousness "machines", or energetic structures within our ways of thinking.

Our emotions are distorted due to being processed through distorted understandings of life.

So, the illumined way to address these structures in our consciousness is to first realize that they do exist. We know they exist by the way we are reacting and acting. They exist in that our current perception is supporting these angers, depression, impatience, etc., and our limited way of experiencing life.

When we realize that we have through evolving understandings created limited ideas of ourselves and limited emotional energetic consciousness structures we may then observe our consciousness freely from being the knowing. We are not enmeshed in the limited energies and we may now observe as the observer "and" the participant of life (as above so below, etc.). We open up to more through observing our lives and not feeding and supporting the delimiting consciousness machines.

As we observe we are then not a part of the energetic structures and through entropy the emotions (distorted processors) disassemble and return to the Energy Sea of GOD.

Surrendering the Stones - Guiltless and Free

What is guilt? What is guilt based, or built upon? From whence does guilt arrive?

What have we attached to in life that is then fueling and sustaining our guilt? Do we understand how guilt is fantasy?

There is no guilt in presence.

There is no guilt bubbling new into the Now. Guilt requires a foothold in the past; a foundation in the past that is then experienced today as illusion. Guilt may also reside in the future fantasies of things that have not occurred. We may feel guilty for what we have not even done, or what we had planned on doing that we did not do, and in this way we may never be present. Guilt is not now.

Guilt cannot exist in the now other than as a preexisting energetic consciousness machine that is creating the fantasy and is supported by artificiality. In order to feel guilty we are associating with either what has, or what may occur. These situations are based upon that that they themselves are supported by illusory time-lines.

When we say, "I feel guilty." what are we saying? We are saying that we are living in an awareness based on the unreal. We are living in what may have happened and what might. We are reacting to dream and not the moment.

Guilt is a dream, and not a fun dream right?

Guilt is a dream that we carry like stones in our pockets until one day we are so overburdened that we cannot move. We are weighed down in a mire of illusion; in our emotional attachments. What is interesting is that how freely we give our stones of guilt to others. We then have fantasies of guilt in ours and other people's lives that are perpetuated by the passing of guilt-stones. One person feels guilty about something that was not solely their fault, or never truly occurred. They then convincingly share this with another and another until soon this unreality has become a real issue.

We need to realize each stone and its origin within our consciousness to find freedom of guilt; of fantasy. Concerning this, it is not an easy situation. Guilt relies on preexisting energetic conditions for survival and power. Guilt is also integral to our ego: the limited idea we have of ourselves.

So, how do we become free of Guilt?

When we own all of the decisions we have made in our life we are then in a detached conscious space to observe the conscious structures upon which guilt depends. As we observe this "opened" interior space created through the acceptance of our past choices, the energies (or energetic modules) of guilt egress, and disconnection and dissolution occurs. We are then free. By accepting that we have created our life we taste the pure power that we are. This power knows more than the limited concept of guilt. There is no past or future in acceptance, only the moment. We do not need to ruminate over each aspect of guilt we are experiencing. We only need to open up to the possibility that guilt is not real. That guilt is not based in the Now. Then the GOD (or expanded oneness of love that we are) will be free to BE.

Guilt is near-sighted awareness.

The love that we are observes our entire life experience, and this includes the "fragment" of guilt we are limiting our awareness to. Because we have expanded into more of what we are by owning our choices we begin to "see" and know guilt as the fantasy-based reality it is. When we stop giving our power away, or stop claiming that "something" else is living for us, we begin to embody what we have been afraid of or presently worship. And what we revere or have revered has no guilt, only the ego (the limited concept we have of ourselves) has guilt. As we become conscious of this expanded aspect of our being we realize the construction of guilt. We observe from beyond guilt.

Own every decision so the energetic attachments to the past and future may resolve and you will then be here, now, in the present of presence, Guiltless and Free.

Being Beyond Sexuality

Life is energy. All is energy. Today, let us let the mystery go. We are here and we are opening to more of all that we are, and this includes new knowledge to eventually surrender.

At the “core” of what we experience as life is a pure consciousness beyond definition. We could also say a form of formlessness that we point to with countless words, including the word “energy.” All words are not it. No state is it, so let us not define them as so. Sexuality is not it, so can we let attachments to sexuality go and transcend into more?

We; “this” awareness in some manner springs forth (up and out) of pure consciousness, or God, and then we are who we are today, a limited transcending consciousness. Let me state a very simple observation that may free us of ancient and powerful energetic limitations.

There is no sexuality in pure consciousness. Pure consciousness is; it contains all.

There, that is all we need to know and we can move forward. Be who we are. Be who you are freely. There is only oneness. Sexuality is “created” here through our limited understandings as we learn and expand into the more that we are. There is no wrong or right, it just is. We are experiencing the journey. When we continually release definitions we have of ourselves including sexuality and gender we are disentangling and disassociating our energies, becoming the pure consciousness we are.

So, if the idea of sexuality is created through limited understanding, and we transcend limitation through this and future writings, then may we conclude that we transcend the idea of sexuality as well?

We cannot deny that concerning these physical bodies there are differences. There “is” sexuality here on Earth in these bodies. But we know and have known this, and now may transcend this limited idea to know the pure consciousness of which we are integral.

We are more than sexuality.

We are more than Heterosexual, Homosexual, or any of the gradient of human experiences. We are more than man or woman. These are vibratory creations of this Earth consciousness. The body is created by the environment. We have “entered” and morphed to be here. We require a certain “suit” to experience creation because we are more.

I do not claim to understand the why or the how. What I point to is the unlimited truth that we always are. I do not point to the details; for there are many proficient in this regard. What I offer is a light that eternally illumines the pure consciousness (GOD) that we are in all situations and all circumstances, and this light is now upon sexuality and gender.

Until life is Ungraspable

To know All That We Are,

find a safe place and shatter a glass and observe the shatter.

Meditate upon what is seen.

The one has become the many, yet still there is one.

This is it! That is that!



Deepen into this understanding, and at once the shatter is no more.

The pieces vanish. The wholeness that was, that shattered,

is known again; wholly, from the shard (soul) and as the whole (God).
All is one.

The shards are the one.
The stars are the one.
The one is the stars.
The one is the souls.
And still there is more.
Let this example point you beyond.

Shatter until there is no-thing left to shatter,
until life is ungraspable.

I am here and I am there

I write, and yet I don't
I speak, and yet I am silent
I walk, but yet I'm motionless

I don't pretend to understand
There are many mansions, doorways, and mirrors

And yet
there are none

How I know these two realities baffles
But today
Now
I don't care

For I am here
and I am there

Here We may BE

There is no you, only I
There is no they, he, or she, only Eye
We have evolved to discover the prism
The one refraction creating the dark/light
Eons have danced as waves on a sea
And now through revolution
Here We may BE

Ask until you feel

There are no locks or combinations needed,
No required lands to visit,
No pages need memorizing,

Just ask, "Who Am I?"
and ceaselessly until you hear.

No tongue,
No ear,
No body,
No mind,

Listen with your feelings;
the empty cup ready to receive

And like a butterfly I will land
and pollinate your soul,
and we will bloom
eternally.

Listen

Though we design the grandest of structures
ALL kneel in the presence of God;
In the eye of I AM.
Each is revealed as the dust of dream they are
in love's Xray.
No matter the genius of our shadow constructions
they only hint at who we truly are.

The echo does not reveal the canyon,
it points to the mystery
beyond the known.
Listen...

The Bottomless Well

There is a bottomless well
of which I drink.
Ocean-eyed.
Heart Ablaze.

And as this elated wind
I realized
I needed less,
not more.

Found in the Unloved

The splay of splendor
enraptures and entangles,thank God!
The perspective is what paints the scene
Out of whose eyes do you now gaze?
Follow your fear for I am so near
Just beyond the veil
I am found in what is unloved