Sorry to intrude in such nice projection but John wrote the song when his wife Cynthea kept running her mouth BEFORE they went to Rishikesh.
Did you ever write a song Off? He wasn't thinking within the boundaries of philosophy you are trying to stuff him into. He was creating a word collage. Read what they guy wrote about his own songs and you will understand. Trying to turn his clever word salad into an advocacy piece for TM just shows how little you understand about his music. OTHO everything you say is true FOR YOU. That is the great thing about poetic songwriting. It was just the last part about > But then I thought that would have been obvious to you. > that smacked of "my projection is reality" that I object to. He was a better songwriter than that. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" <msilver1951@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > > > > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:31 AM > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Across the universe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In HYPERLINK > > > > "mailto:FairfieldLife% > > > 40yahoogroups.com"FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > > > off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > That song is about Maharishi, Guru Dev, and TM > > > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > And according to John Lennon his best song ever. > > > > > > > > He said that about "In My Life," calling everything he had > > written > > > before > > > > that "throw-away songs," but I hadn't heard what you said. Can > > you > > > find a > > > > quote? > > > > > > It's from an interview with the BBC. You would have to google it > > and > > > search which will keep you off the streets for a good while. :-) > > > Actually what he said was that "Across the Universe" was the song > > he > > > liked the best of all he ever made. He did not say "The Best". > > > > > What does the lyric mean in the song, "Jai Guru Deva, nothing's > gonna > > change my world" > > > > Does nothing's gonna change my world mean that even with the > practise > > of TM, nothing's gonna change my world?>> > > It means: I am That, thou art That, and Yhat does not change. The > thing which does not change is transcendental to the ever-changing > universe. It is pure (non-relative), and it can be achieved by that > form of meditation (meditation = turning the mind from the ever- > changing to the non-changing) which allows the mind to go beyond the > relative to the non-relative. Therefore, after having realised this > field fully, one feels that even in the midst of ever-changing > world....nothing is going to change My world. > > But then I thought that would have been obvious to you. > > OffWorld >
