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From the top of my head, probably missed a few here and there. I'll update as I add new ones to my collection. Cheers and happy burning!
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A * denotes an album of exceptional quality, the "cream of the crop" of my collection.
I'll create a seperate list for my classical music cd's and soundtracks.
311 --- Music
311 ----- Grassroots *
311 ---- 311 (Blue)
311 ----- Transistor *
311 ----- Soundsystem
311 ---- From Chaos
311 ----- Evolver
311 ------ Don't Tread on Me
Afro-Celt Sound System --- Volume 1
Afro-Celt Sound System ---- Volume 2
Aerosmith -- Toys in the Attic *
Aerosmith -- Rocks
Air ------ Moon Safari *
The Allman Brothers Band --- Eat a Peach *
The Allman Brothers Band --- A Decade of Hits (1969-1979) *
Anthrax -------------------- Persistence of Time *
The Apex Theory ---------- Topsy-Turvy
Aphex Twin -------------- Classics
Arcade Fire ------------- Funeral
India.Arie ---------------- Voyage to India *
Bad Brains ---------------- I Against I
Beastie Boys -------------- Ill Communication
Beatles --- Rubber Soul *
Beatles --- Revolver ** (possibly my favorite record ever)
Beatles -- Sgt. Pepper's *
Beatles -- White Album *
Beatles -- Abbey Road
Blondie ------ Parallel Lines *
Blind Melon ----- Blind Melon
Bowie --- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars *
Bowie --- Station to Station *
Bowie -- Low *
Bowie -- Heroes
Bowie -- Stage
Bowie -- Lodger
Bowie ----- Two Disc (Best Of)
Buzzcocks --- Singles Going Steady *
Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds *
Bjork ------- Post
Bjork --------- Vespertine
Black Sabbath -- Master of Reality
Black Sabbath -- Vol IV
Black Sabbath -- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath -- Sabotage
Bad Company - 10 From 6
Beck --- Odelay
Beck --- Sea Change
Boston -- Boston *
Boston -- Don't Look Back
Blue Oyster Cult --- Tyranny and Mutation
Blue Oyster Cult -- Workshop of the Telescopes
The Band - The Band *
Jeff Buckley --- Grace *
Jeff Buckley -- Live at SinE
Jeff Buckley --- Sketches for my Sweetheart the Drunk
Kate Bush -- The Dreaming *
Kate Bush -- Hounds of Love*
Kate Bush -- The Sensual World
Kate Bush -- Aerial
Pat Benatar --- Best Shots (Greatest Hits)
The Breeders --- Last Splash
Can ------------- Tago Mago
The Cars -------- The Cars *
The Cars --------- Heartbeat City
The Cars ---------- Anthology
Johnny Cash --------- Live at San Quentin
The Church ------- Starfish
The Church ---- The Best of the Church*
John Coltrane --------- A :Love Supreme *
Elvis Costello ------- Anthology
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young --- Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ---- So Far
Sheryl Crow ----------------------- Sheryl Crow
The Cure -- Three Imaginary Boys
The Cure -- Seventeen Seconds
The Cure --- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
The Cure -- Staring at the Sea (The Singles) *
The Cure -- Disintegration *
The Cure --- Faith
The Cure ---- Mixed Up
The Cure ------ Galore
The Clash --- London Calling
The Clash --- The Story of the Clash
The Chameleons -- The Fan and the Bellows
The Chameleons -- Script of the Bridge *
The Chameleons -- What Does Anything Mean Basically? *
The Chameleons --- Strange Times *
Joe Cocker -------- Organic
Cocteau Twins --- Victorialand
Cocteau Twins -- Blue Bell Knoll
Cocteau Twins -- Heaven or Las Vegas *
Cocteau Twins -- BBC Sessions
The Cult --- Love
Sam Cooke ---- Portrait of a Legend *
Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Chronicle 1 and 2 *
Miles Davis -------------- A Kind of Blue *
Death Cab for Cutie ------ Plans
Depeche Mode -- Black Celebration
Depeche Mode -- Violator *
Depeche Mode -- Songs of Faith and Devotion
Depeche Mode -- Ultra
Depeche Mode --------- Best of 1981-1990
Def Leppard ---- On Through The Night
Def Leppard -- High and Dry
John Denver ---- The Country Roads Collection (4 disc anthology)
Neil Diamond ---- Hot August Night
The Doors -------- The Doors
The Doors ---- Anthology
Dream Theater ---- Images and Words
Dream Theater ---- Awake *
Derek and the Dominoes --- Layla and other Assorted Love Songs *
Bob Dylan ------- Blood on the Tracks *
Bob Dylan ------- Anthology (2 disc)
Nick Drake -- Five Leaves Left *
Nick Drake ---- Pink Moon *
Dead Can Dance ------ Aion
Dinosaur Jr. ------------ Ear Bleeding Country (best of)
Dredg ---------------- Leitmotif
Dredg -------------------- El Cielo
Dredg ------------------- Catch Without Arms
Echo and the Bunnymen --- Crocodiles
Echo and the Bunnymen --- Heaven up Here
Echo and the Bunnymen --- Porcupine *
Echo and the Bunnymen --- Ocean Rain *
Echo and the Bunnymen --- Echo and the Bunnymen *
Echo and the Bunnymne ---- Evergreen
Echo and the Bunnymen --- Flowers
Echo and the Bunnymen --- Siberia
Eagles --------------- Their Greatest Hits
Eels ------------------- Electro-Shock Blues
Brian Eno ---------- Another Green World *
Faith No More ----- The Real Thing
Faith No More ----- Angel Dust
Faith No More ------- King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime *
Fates Warning ---- Parallels *
Fight ---------------- A Small Deadly Space
Roberta Flack --------- First Take *
The Flaming Lips ------- Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
The Flaming Lips ---- The Soft Bulletin
Fleetwood Mac ------ Rumors *
Fleetwood Mac -------- Anthology
Foo Fighters ------------ The Colour and the Shape
Galaxie 500 ------ The Portable Galaxie 500
Gang of Four ----- Entertainment! *
Gorillaz ----- Demon Days
Peter Gabriel ----- So
Peter Gabriel ---- Us
Peter Gabriel ---- Plays Live
Peter Gabriel ------ Hit/Miss
Genesis --------- Genesis Live
Genesis ----- Selling England By The Pound
Genesis --------- Foxtrot
Genesis -------- A Trick of the Tail
Genesis -------- Wind and Wuthering
Genesis -------- Early years Box Set *
Gentle Giant ----- Octopus *
Grateful Dead --- American Beauty *
Grateful Dead --- 2003 Greatest Hits
Genesis -------- Duke *
Genesis -------- Genesis
Genesis -------- Invisible Touch
George Harrison -- Best Of
George Harrison ------ The Concert for Bangladesh
Godflesh ------- Selfless
Guns 'N Roses ----- Appetite For Destruction
Guns 'N Roses ---- Lies
Heart --------- Dreamboat Annie *
Heart ----------- Anthology
Hed pe ---------- Hed pe
Hootie & the Blowfish ----- Cracked Rear View
Hum ---------- You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Husker Du ----- Zen Arcade
Jimi Hendrix ----- Are you Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix ------- Axis (Bold as Love)
Incubus ------------- S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Incubus ---------- Make Yourself
Incubus ----------- Morning View
Iron Maiden ------ Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden ------- Killers *
Iron Maiden ------- The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden ------- Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden ------- Powerslave
Iron Maiden -------- Live after Death
Iron Maiden ------ Somewhere In Time *
Iron Maiden ----- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden ------ No Prayer for the Dying
Iron Maiden ------ Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden ------- Brave New World
Iron Maiden -------- A Matter of Life and Death
Iron + Wine --------- Our Endless Numbered Days
Michael Jackson ------ Off the Wall
Michael Jackson -------- Bad
Jane's Addiction --- Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction --- Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction --- Kettle Whistle
Jethro Tull ------ Stand Up *
Jethro Tull ------- Benefit *
Jethro Tull --------- Aqualung
Jethro Tull --------- Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull --------- A Passion Play
Jethro Tull ---------- War Child
Jethro Tull -------- Minstrel in the Gallery
Jethro Tull -------- Songs from the Wood *
Jethro Tull ------- Heavy Horses *
Jethro Tull ---- Bursting Out
Jethro Tull ------- Roots to Branches
Jesus and Mary Chain --- Psychocandy
Elton John ------------- Greatest Hits (3 disc set) *
Journey ------------ Greatest Hits
Joy Division --------- Closer
Joy Division -------- Substance
Joy Division -------- 4 disc box set
Judas Priest -------------- Rocka Rolla
Judas Priest ------------ Sad Wings of Destiny
Judas Priest ------------ Sin after Sin *
Judas Priest ------------- Stained Class
Judas Priest --------- Hell Bent for Leather
Judas Priest ---------- Unleashed in the East
Judas Priest --------- British Steel *
Judas Priest ------------ Point of Entry
Judas Priest ------------ Screaming for Vengeance
Kansas ---------- Leftoverture *
Kansas ---------- Point of Know Return
Kansas ------------- Always Never the Same
Kansas ---------- The Best of Kansas (2 disc anthology)
Killing Joke ------------ Fire Dances
King Crimson -------- Red
King Crimson -------- Discipline *
King Crimson --------- Cirkus (Anthology)
King's X ------------ Gretchen Goes to Nebraska *
King's X -------------- Faith Hope Love
King's X ------------- King's X
King's X ------------- Dogman
King's X --------------- Ear Candy *
King's X ---------------- The Best Of
King's X ------------- Tape Head
King's X ------------- Please Come Home Mr. Bulbous
King's X ------------ Manic Moonlight
King's X ------------- Live All Over The Place
The Kink's ------------- Greatest Hits 1 *
Kiss ------------------- Double Platinum
Led Zeppelin ----------- I
Led Zeppelin --------- II
Led Zeppelin ------------ III *
Led Zeppelin ------------- IV (ZOSO)
Led Zeppelin ------------- Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin --------------- Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin --------------- Presence *
Led Zeppelin --------------- In Through the Out Door
John Lennon -------------- The Plastic Ono Band *
Live ------------------------ Throwing Cooper
Live ------------------------ Secret Samadhi
Live -------------------------- The Distance to Here
Madonna -------------------- The Immaculate Collection *
Madonna ------------------- Erotica *
Magazine ------------------- Real Life *
Magazine ------------------- Secondhand Daylight *
Magazine ------------------- The Correct Use of Soap *
Marillion ------------------ The Best of Both Worlds
Bob Marley ------------- Rastaman Vibration
Bob Marley ----------- Exodus *
Bob Marley ------------ Uprising
Bob Marley ------------- 2 disc Anthology *
Massive Attack ------------ Blue Lines
Massive Attack -------------- Mezzanine
Paul McCartney -------- Band on the Run *
Paul McCartney -------- Live in the U.S.A.
Megadeth -------------------- Rust In Peace
Megadeth --------------------- Countdown to Extinction
John Cougar Mellencamp ------- Scarecrow *
John Cougar Mellecamp --------- The Best I Could (greatest hits)
Mercury Rev ------------------ The Secret Migration
Metallica ---------------------- Ride The Lightning
Metallica ---------------------- Master of Puppets *
Metallica ---------------------- And Justice For All
Metallica -------------------- Black Album
Metallica ---------------------- Load
Midnight Oil -------------------- Head Injuries *
Midnight Oil ---------------------- Place Without a Postcard
Midnight Oil -------------------- Species Deceases
Midnight Oil --------------------- Scream In Blue (Live) *
Midnight Oil -------------------- Greatest Hits
Joni Mitchell ------------------- Blue *
My Bloody Valentine ------ Loveless
The Moody Blues ----------- One the Threshold of a Dream
Moody Blues ------------ Anthology
New Order --------------- Substance
Willie Nelson ---------------- Anthology
Neutral Milk Hotel ------ In the Aeroplane Over the Sea *
New Order --------- Substance
Nirvana ---------- In Utero
Oingo Boingo ----------- Only a Lad
Oingo Boingo -------- Boingo Alive *
Oingo Boingo -------- Farewell
Mike Oldfield --------- Ommadawn
Joan Osbourne -------- Relish
Ozzy Osbourne --------- Blizzard of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne ---------- Diary of a Madman
Pearl Jam ------------- Ten *
Pearl Jam -------------- Vs.
Pearl Jam --------------- Vitalogy
Pearl Jam --------------- No Code *
Pearl Jam ------------- Yield *
Pearl Jam ------------ Binaural
Pearl Jam ------------ Riot Act
Pearl Jam ------------ Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam -------------- Live at Benaroya Hall
Pearl Jam -------------- Assorted Live Bootlegs
Pearl Jam ---------------- Lost Dogs
Pearl Jam --------------- Merkinball
A Perfect Circle ---------- Mer De Noms
A Perfect Circle ------------ Thirteenth Step
Lee "Scratch" Perry ---------- Best Of *
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers ------ Damn the Torpedoes *
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers --------- Greatest Hits *
Pink Floyd ---------------------------- Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd --------------------------- Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd --------------------------- Animals
Pink Floyd --------------------------- The Wall
Pink Floyd ---------------------------- The Final Cut
Pink Floyd ----------------------------- A Momentary Lapse of Reason
The Police ------------- Message in a Box (4 disc anthology)
The Police -------------- Ghost in the Machine
Portishead ----------------- Dummy *
Pixies ----------- Doolittle
Prince ------------------- Lovesexy
Prince -------------------- Sign O' The Times *
Prince -------------------- Greatest Hits
Public Enemy ----------- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back *
Public Image Ltd. ----- Metal Box *
Queen ----------------- Sheer Heart Attack
Queen --------------- A Night at the Opera
Queen ------------- News of the World
Queen ---------------- Greatest Hits
Queen ---------------- Innuendo
Queensryche ------------ Rage for Order *
Queensryche ------------ Operation: Mindcrime
Queensryche -------------- Empire
Queensryche ---------------- Promised Land
Radiohead ------------------ The Bends
Radiohead ------------------- O.K. Computer
Radiohead ------------------- Kid A
Rage Against the Machine --- Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine ---- Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine ----- The Battle of Los Angeles
Rainbow --------------------- Long Live Rock 'N Roll *
The Ramones --------------- Anthology (2 disc)
Red House Painters ---- Retrospective
The Replacements ------ Tim *
The Replacements ------- Let it Be
Ride ----------------- Nowhere
Red Hot Chili Peppers --- What Hits!?
Red Hot Chili Peppers ------ Greatest Hits
Red Hot Chili Peppers ------ Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers ------ By The Way *
Red Hot Chili Peppers ------ Stadium Arcadium
R.E.M. ------------------ Chronic Town
R.E.M. ------------------ Murmur *
R.E.M. ------------------ Reckoning *
R.E.M. ----------------- Fables of the Reconstruction
R.E.M. ------------------ Life's Rich Pageant *
R.E.M. ------------------ Dead Letter Office
R.E.M. ------------------- Document
R.E.M. ------------------- Green
R.E.M. --------------------- Out of Time *
R.E.M. --------------------- Automatic for the People
R.E.M. --------------------- New Adventures in Hi-Fi
R.E.M. -------------------- Reveal
R.E.M. ---------------------- Around The Sun
R.E.M. -------------------- In Time (Best of 1989-2001)
Lionel Richie --------------- Truly - The Love Songs
Roxy Music ------------------ For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music ---------------- Country Life *
Roxy Music ---------------- Concerto (Live)
Roxy Music ---------------- The Thrill of It All (4-disc box set)
Rush ---------------- Rush
Rush ---------------- Fly By Night
Rush ------------------- Caress of Steel *
Rush -------------------- 2112
Rush --------------------- A Farewell to Kings
Rush --------------------- Hemispheres
Rush --------------------- Permanent Waves *
Rush ------------------- Moving Pictures
Rush ----------------- Exit Stage Left
Rush ------------------ Signals *
Rush -------------------- Grace under Pressure
Rush --------------------- Power Windows
Rush --------------------- Hold Your Fire *
Rush --------------------- Presto *
Rush ------------------- Roll the Bones *
Rush ----------------- Counterparts
Rush -------------------- Test for Echo
Rush ------------------ Vapor Trails *
Rush ------------------- Snakes & Arrows
Sade -------------------- Lover's Rock
The Scorpions ------------- Love at First Sting
Simon and Garfunkel ----------- Anthology *
Simple Minds ------------- Reel to Reel Cacophony
Simple Minds ------------ Empires and Dance
Simple Minds ------------- Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call *
Simple Minds ------------ New Gold Dream '81,'82,'83,'84 *
Simple Minds ------------ 1981-1992 greatest hits
Simple Minds -------------- Good News from the Next World
Siouxsie and the Banshees -------- Juju *
Siouxsie and the Banshees ------ A Kiss in the Dreamhouse *
Skid Row ----------------------- Skid Row
Smashing Pumpkns ------ Rotten Apples (greatest hits)
The Smiths ------------------ Singles
Social Distortion ------------ Social Distortion
Sonic Youth ------------- Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth -------------- Goo
Sonic Youth ---------------- Dirty *
Sonic Youth ----------------- Rather Ripped
Soundgarden ----------- Ultramega O.K.
Soundgarden -------------- Louder Than Love
Soundgarden -------------- Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden ---------------- Superunknown *
Soundgarden -------------- Down on the Upside
Sleater-Kinney ----All Hands on the Bad One
Sleater-Kinney ------- The Hot Rock
Bruce Springsteen -------- Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen ----------- The Essential
Starsailor -------------------- Love is Here
Sterelab --------------- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Cat Stevens ------------- Tea for the Tillerman *
Cat Stevens -------------- Teazer and the Firecat *
The Stone Roses ----- The Stone Roses *
The Stone Roses ----- The Complete
The London Suede -------- The London Suede
Talk Talk ------------ It's My Life *
Talk Talk --------------- The Colour of Spring *
Talk Talk --------------- The Spirit of Eden *
Talk Talk --------------- Laughing Stock
Talking Heads ------------- Fear of Music *
Talking Heads --------- Remain In Light *
Talking Heads ---------- The Name of this Band is Talking Heads *
Talking Heads ------------ Stop Making Sense
Talking Heads ------------ Sand in the Vaseline (2-disc best of)
Television ----------------- Marquee Moon *
Tesla ------------------- Time's Makin' Changes - Best Of *
Thin Lizzy ----------------- Vagabonds of the Western World
Thin Lizzy ------------------ Jailbreak
Thin Lizzy ---------------- Johnny The Fox *
Thin Lizzy ----------------- Live and Dangerous
Thin Lizzy ------------------ Black Rose (A Rock Legend)
Toad the Wet Sprocket- Dulcinea
Tomahawk -------------------- Mit Ga
Tool ------------------------- Undertow *
Tool --------------------------- Aenima
Tool ----------------------------- Lateralus
U2 ------------------------ Boy *
U2 ------------------------- October
U2 ------------------------ War
U2 ------------------------ Live Under a Blood Red Sky
U2 -------------------------- The Unforgettabe Fire
U2 ------------------------- The Joshua Tree *
U2 ------------------------- Rattle and Hum
U2 -------------------------- Achtung Baby *
Van Halen ------------------- Van Halen
Van Halen -------------------- Van Halen II *
Van Halen ---------------------- Women and Children First
Van Halen ---------------------- Fair Warning *
Van Halen ----------------------- Diver Down
Van Halen -------------------- 1984
Van Halen -------------------- 5150
Van Halen ----------------------- OU812
Van Halen -------------------- For Unlawful Carnal Knowlege
Van Halen --------------------- Balance
The Velvet Undergrond ---- The Velvet Underground and Nico *
The Verlaines ------------ Ready to Fly
Warrior Soul --------------- Drugs, God and the New Republic *
The Waterboys -------------- This is the Sea *
Weezer -------------------- The Blue Album *
Weezer ------------------- Pinkerton
Whitensnake -------------- Whitesnake
White Lion --------------- The Best Of
The Who ----------------- The Who Sell Out
The Who ---------------- Tommy *
The Who ------------------- Live at Leeds *
The Who ------------------- Who's Next *
The Who --------------------- Quadrophenia *
The Who -------------------- Who Are You
The Who ------------------- The Kids Are Alright
The Who ---------------------- 30 Years of Maximum R&B (4-disc box set)
Steve Winwood --------------- Back in the High Life
Wire ------------------------- Pink Flag
Wire --------------------------- Chairs Missing
Wishbone Ash ------------- Argus
Stevie Wonder --------------- Music of My Mind *
Stevie Wonder ---------------- Talking Book *
Stevie Wonder ---------------- Innervisions *
Stevie Wonder --------------- Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder ---------------- In Square Circle
Stevie Wonder --------------- Greatest Hits
XTC ----------------------- Drums and Wires *
XTC ------------------------- Black Sea *
XTC -------------------------- English Settlement
XTC -------------------------- Skylarking *
XTC -------------------------- Oranges and Lemons
XTC ------------------------ Nonsuch
XTC ------------------------- The Compact XTC
XTC -------------------------- Transistor Blast (best of BBC recordings)
Yes ---------------------------- Yes
Yes ---------------------------- The Yes Album
Yes ----------------------------- Fragile *
Yes ------------------------------ Close to the Edge *
Yes ------------------------------ Yessongs
Yes ------------------------------ Tales from Topographic Oceans *
Yes ------------------------------ Relayer *
Yes ------------------------------- Going for the One *
Yes ------------------------------ Tormato *
Yes -------------------------------- Yesshows
Yes ---------------------------------- Drama *
Yes ---------------------------------- 90125 *
Yes ---------------------------------- The Ladder *
Yes -------------------------------- Keys to Ascension
Yes ------------------------------- Live at the House of Blues
Yes --------------------------------- In a Word (4 disc box set)
Neil Young ------------------------- Everybody Knows This is Nowhere *
Neil Young ------------------------- Harvest
Neil Young ------------------------ On the Beach *
Neil Young ------------------------- Tonight's the Night *
Neil Young -------------------------- Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young -------------------------- Decade
Neil Young --------------------------- Lucky Thirteen
Neil Young ---------------------------- Freedom
Neil Young -------------------------- Arc/Weld (Live) *
Frank Zappa ----------- Hot Rats
When we surrender our active, analytical minds and allow ourselves to take in all that is around us, seen and unseen -- we no longer control the electricity that is in the air around us, we are giving the unseen around us and within us the freedom that we normally take for our own controlling purposes, or simply take for granted. Our surrondings take on a new life, weavings magic and mystery, these things unseen and unknown yet still there -- and perhaps even more influential than things we can see and understand.
So often we are taught to control and define, but what if we were to let our surroundings define and present their magical world to us?
"We sometimes catch a window
A glimpse of what's beyond;
Was it just imagination
Stringing us along?
More things than I've dreamed about,
Unseen and unexplained
We suspend our disbelief
And we are entertained" -- Neil Peart "Mystic Rhythms"
Their have been a few moments when I've been under the sway of hallucinogens, and felt the transformational energies take hold of my conscious mind and send it to new and unexpected places. Having only indulged on a few occassions, they still seem mysterious to me. Things around appear different, sound different, feel different -- all the senses are formed into a new whole, or a new seperation of what was once whole.
Their are times also when a friendship or a mutual understanding between people can give flight to our imaginations; moments of harmony and a sharing of souls. These moments can perhaps be even more intense than moments under the spell of hallucinogens or mind altering substances, for so many variables exist in the realm of human interaction. Societal and self-imposed boundaries exist, yet when these boundaries and walls are allowed to crumble as sand beneath our feet, then a true insight and understanding can take place.
"From the moment I reached out to hold, I felt a sound,
And what touches our soul slowly moves as touch rebounds.
And to know that tempo will continue
Lost in trance of dances; as rhythm takes another turn.
As is my want, I only reach to look in your eyes." --- Jon Anderson "Relayer"
Chance encounters and new revelations brought to light between people can spark the fires of imagination, and our minds can take in experiences that have only been dreamed of; or experiences that have been felt before can be made fresh and new once more. We give of ourselves thereby allowing others to give of themselves, and the breath of life and creativity is shared.
And perhaps the unseen forces around us are delighted to witness the spectacle taking place, and give of themselves more freely as well.
s experiences and people move in and out of our lives, I reflect that to covet them and ask that they remain and always be there for us is a selfish response - a response that doesn't take into account the wishes of another.
In essence, they don’t need you, so why should you need them?
Yet the pain of losing someone can cut deep, and the fear of losing someone can lead one to drastic measures in a vain attempt to keep someone that doesn’t desire to be kept. But if we know that we have given of ourselves to the best of our ability - without regrets or hard feelings, than we can move on and keep the good memories while discarding the not-so-good ones.
Our bodies are temporary, the actions and works and words that we leave behind will live on even after our bodies turn to bone dust, as our stories are told and retold, and our creations are passed down through generations.
It’s common for people to question unconditional love, to advise those who practice it that they are opening themselves up for a world of hurt, and that others will take advantage of the kindness and generosity of a person who loves unconditionally.
But I reflect that this isn't true.
Returning to the first idea that I proposed in this journal, we can only open ourselves up to a long-term pain of loss if we covet and attempt to require those who wish to leave us to remain, even if it would be against their wishes to do so.
In the short term, pain will be felt - but in the long term, the pain will disappear as we realize that we've allowed the other person the freedom to be happy. And if we don't allow others the freedom to be happy, how can we ever say that we truly loved them?
Once we let go of our desire to hold on to something or someone that wishes to leave us, we can look forward to new experiences, and take the best of what we’ve learned in the past. For we’ve given someone else the freedom to move on, and have thus proven our unconditional love for them in the process.
describe yourself:
Just a simple guy, live
from day to day. A ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues
away. There’s nothing more that I can say - but on a day like today
I’ll pass the time away and walk a quiet mile with you".
-- Led Zeppelin
What do you like about yourself?
"I’ve got 1,2, 3, 4, 5 - senses working overtime!"
-- XTC
What don’t you like about yourself?
"Don’t ask me, I’m just improvising my illusion of careless flight.
Can’t you see my temperature’s rising? I radiate more heat than light" -- Rush
What mood are you in?
"Hey, you’re not getting any younger
The wild west has already been won
Northern lights are growing colder
And the old eastern ways are gone
So tonight after sundown
I’m going to pack my case
Without a word, without a sound
Disappear without a trace
I’m going Southbound" --- Thin Lizzy
What are you doing?
"Speeding through the universe - thinking is the best way to travel"
-The Moody Blues
What do you want to be doing?
"Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing,
It don’t worry ’bout where it’s going, no, no.
Don’t fly, mister blue bird, I’m just walking down the road,
Early morning sunshine tell me all I need to know
You’re my blue sky, you’re my sunny day.
Lord, you know it makes me high when you turn your love my way,
Turn your love my way, yeah."
-- The Allman Brothers Band
Where do you want to be doing it?
"Anyway,Anyhow,Anywhere" -The Who
How was today?
"Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you"
-- The Smashing Pumpkins
How has the last year been?
"Why must I be a man in a suitcase?" -- The Police
Something you want to say to a friend :
"Lovely to see you again my friend, walk along with me to the next bend"
An enemy :
"You are forgiven"-The Who
A crush:
"I prepared the room tonight with Christmas lights, a city of candles, and fresh sheets".
-- Jane’s Addiction
Your view on Life:
"I’ve read confusing fiction.
And lived a contradiction.
And I’ve wondered where on earth I’ve been.
I’ve known a love forever.
A Truth I couldn’t sever.
A chord that flows a free as wind.
I’ve
stood on the mountain and drank from the fountain and poured it all out
on the floor. Turned my back to the glory and walked the tenth story
and came back to knock on your door.
On...my life going by .... my life going on ... my life going by."
-- King’s X
Love
"Love’s not a product you can hoard or pack a suitcase with,
It’s more a way you have to give."
--- XTC
Friendship
"So
anytime somebody needs you, don’t let them down, although it grieves
you, .Some day you’ll need someone like they do, looking for what you
knew."
Mmm, I’m telling you now, The greatest thing you ever can do now,
Is trade a smile with someone who’s blue now, It’s very easy just..."
-- Led Zeppelin
War
"Listen,
should we fight forever? Knowing as we do know fear destroys?Listen,
should we leave our children? Listen, our lives stare in silence; Help
us now.
--Yes
Death:
"Seasons don’t fear the reaper,nor do the wind or the sun or the rain,we can be like they are"
-Blue Oyster Cult
God :
Large fingers pushing paint.
You’re God and you’ve got big hands.
Colors blend; The challenges you give man.
Seek my part, devote myself.
My small self. Like a book amongst the many on a shelf.
Sometimes I know, sometimes I rise.
Sometimes I fall, sometimes I don’t.
Sometimes I cringe, sometimes I live
Sometimes I walk, sometimes I kneel
Sometimes I speak of nothing at all.
Sometimes I reach to myself, dear God.
-- Pearl Jam
Pain:
"The welts of your scorn, my love give me more.
Send whips of opinion down my back, give me more!" -- Jeff Buckley
The world:
"Well by and by, way after many years have gone,
And all the war freaks die off, leavin’ us alone.
We’ll raise our children in the peaceful way we can,
It’s up to you and me brother
To try and try again.
" --- the Allman Brothers Band
Your last words?
"Sleep with the sun, with the ocean washing over me"
-The Moody Blues
