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What is this Mystery? (ft. Joseph Campbell)
Many of you I’m sure
Have heard the saying that
Mythology is other people’s religions
Now I am going to ask you
To put yourself in other people’s shoes
And have a look at your own
As mythology
As mythology
[Chorus]
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
Nietzsche
Has said;
“This is the age of comparisons.”
It works on all levels
And in the realm of
What I’m calling “mythology“, which many people call “religions“
There are cross-influences
Operating today
That would have been thought
Impossible
A hundred years ago
Furthermore, it is good to recall
To remember
That our cultures
And our races
Are very, very late arrivals
In the history of the human species
And we already have
Very interesting
Evidence
Of religious, or mythological practices
In races long antedating
Ours
For instance
In the high Alps
There were discovered in the (19)20s
In
Very small caves
Right below
The ice level of the glaciers
Little shrines
Containing the skulls of cave bears
Now during the course of the last glaciation, the Würmglacial period
Those caves were covered with ice
No one could have gone there
And after The time of that glaciation, there were no cave bears in the world
So these little shrines
With these cave bear skulls
And little fires
And
Little
Instruments of
Showing that there had been worship practice there
Date from 200,000 years ago
200,000 years ago
[Chorus]
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
What is this mystery?
Each of us
Has been brought up
In some tradition
That has its imagery
Of that mystery
But the point I want to
Start out with
Is that in the human heart
And in the human mind
No matter what
The race
The culture
The language
The tradition
There is this
Sense
Or at least the possibility of experiencing the sense
Of a mystery
And an awesome mystery
And a very
Terrifying mystery
Inhabiting the whole
Universe
The very
Mystery
Of being
Itself
And here in these very early little signs
These very early shrines
We have the evidence
Of man 200,000 years ago
Bowing
And asking for something
And devoting themselves to something
In this way of religion which we continue
To know
In this aspect
That inflection
And that other
Throughout the world today
[Chorus]
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
What is this mystery?
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Have heard the saying that
Mythology is other people’s religions
Now I am going to ask you
To put yourself in other people’s shoes
And have a look at your own
As mythology
As mythology
[Chorus]
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
Nietzsche
Has said;
“This is the age of comparisons.”
It works on all levels
And in the realm of
What I’m calling “mythology“, which many people call “religions“
There are cross-influences
Operating today
That would have been thought
Impossible
A hundred years ago
Furthermore, it is good to recall
To remember
That our cultures
And our races
Are very, very late arrivals
In the history of the human species
And we already have
Very interesting
Evidence
Of religious, or mythological practices
In races long antedating
Ours
For instance
In the high Alps
There were discovered in the (19)20s
In
Very small caves
Right below
The ice level of the glaciers
Little shrines
Containing the skulls of cave bears
Now during the course of the last glaciation, the Würmglacial period
Those caves were covered with ice
No one could have gone there
And after The time of that glaciation, there were no cave bears in the world
So these little shrines
With these cave bear skulls
And little fires
And
Little
Instruments of
Showing that there had been worship practice there
Date from 200,000 years ago
200,000 years ago
[Chorus]
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
What is this mystery?
Each of us
Has been brought up
In some tradition
That has its imagery
Of that mystery
But the point I want to
Start out with
Is that in the human heart
And in the human mind
No matter what
The race
The culture
The language
The tradition
There is this
Sense
Or at least the possibility of experiencing the sense
Of a mystery
And an awesome mystery
And a very
Terrifying mystery
Inhabiting the whole
Universe
The very
Mystery
Of being
Itself
And here in these very early little signs
These very early shrines
We have the evidence
Of man 200,000 years ago
Bowing
And asking for something
And devoting themselves to something
In this way of religion which we continue
To know
In this aspect
That inflection
And that other
Throughout the world today
[Chorus]
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
That makes the
Human species bow
Before some sign of mystery?
What is this mystery?
What is this mystery?
The First Function of Mythology (ft. Joseph Campbell)
Consciousness
Has other notions
Of how things ought to be
What virtue is
And so on
And so on
One
Of the problems
That
Man has to face
Is reconciling himself to the foundations of his own existence
[Chorus]
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
That reconciliation
Of consciousness
With the mystery of being
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
Not
Criticizing it
Shakespeare
In his definition of art in Hamlet
Where he says;
“Art”
“Holds the mirror up to nature"
Is a perfect
Definition
I would say
Of the first
Function
Of mythology
When you hold the mirror
Up to your self
Your consciousness becomes aware
Of
Its
Support
What it is
What it is
That it is supporting it
You may be shocked
At what you see
You may be greatly pleased
But one way or another
You become aware
Of yourself
Your consciousness becomes aware of that darkness
That being
Which came into being
Out of darkness, and which is its own support
[Chorus]
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
That reconciliation
Of consciousness
With the mystery of being
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And the realization
Of their mystery
As something that consciousness
Is not going to be able to criticize
Not even going to be able to elucidate
Not even going to be able to name
It is something
Beyond naming
Beyond all definitions
That is the first point
And when that is lost
One loses
This sense of
Awe
Which Goethe calls, “The best thing in man.”
The sense
Of gratitude for one’s
Privilege
Of having
This
Center of consciousness aware of these things
[Chorus]
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
That reconciliation
Of consciousness
With the mystery of being
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
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Has other notions
Of how things ought to be
What virtue is
And so on
And so on
One
Of the problems
That
Man has to face
Is reconciling himself to the foundations of his own existence
[Chorus]
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
That reconciliation
Of consciousness
With the mystery of being
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
Not
Criticizing it
Shakespeare
In his definition of art in Hamlet
Where he says;
“Art”
“Holds the mirror up to nature"
Is a perfect
Definition
I would say
Of the first
Function
Of mythology
When you hold the mirror
Up to your self
Your consciousness becomes aware
Of
Its
Support
What it is
What it is
That it is supporting it
You may be shocked
At what you see
You may be greatly pleased
But one way or another
You become aware
Of yourself
Your consciousness becomes aware of that darkness
That being
Which came into being
Out of darkness, and which is its own support
[Chorus]
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
That reconciliation
Of consciousness
With the mystery of being
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And the realization
Of their mystery
As something that consciousness
Is not going to be able to criticize
Not even going to be able to elucidate
Not even going to be able to name
It is something
Beyond naming
Beyond all definitions
That is the first point
And when that is lost
One loses
This sense of
Awe
Which Goethe calls, “The best thing in man.”
The sense
Of gratitude for one’s
Privilege
Of having
This
Center of consciousness aware of these things
[Chorus]
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
That reconciliation
Of consciousness
With the mystery of being
And this
Is the first function
Of mythology
How Dark It Can Get ft. Jocko Willink
First I wanna thank you
Because I am a stage four cancer survivor
It is in my darkest hours
That a lot of people can’t comprehend
That you were there
You know
I’m going to live life
I’m going to live my days
How did you get from
I don’t know if I’m going to come out of this battle
I don’t know if I’m going to come home
How did you get from
The darkest places
To the brightest places?
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Because I am a stage four cancer survivor
It is in my darkest hours
That a lot of people can’t comprehend
That you were there
You know
I’m going to live life
I’m going to live my days
How did you get from
I don’t know if I’m going to come out of this battle
I don’t know if I’m going to come home
How did you get from
The darkest places
To the brightest places?
Any Dream You Wanted 2 ft. Alan Watts
I wonder, I wonder what you would if you had the power to dream any dream you wanted to
I wonder, I wonder what you would if you had the power to dream any dream you wanted to
And you would of course be able to alter your time sense
And slip say 75 years of subjective time into eight hours of sleep
You would I suppose start out by, fulfilling all your wishes
You could design for yourself what would be the most ecstatic life
Love affairs, banquets, dancing girls, wonderful journeys, love affairs
Banquets, dancing girls, wonderful journeys, garden, music beyond belief
Music beyond belief
Music beyond belief
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I wonder, I wonder what you would if you had the power to dream any dream you wanted to
And you would of course be able to alter your time sense
And slip say 75 years of subjective time into eight hours of sleep
You would I suppose start out by, fulfilling all your wishes
You could design for yourself what would be the most ecstatic life
Love affairs, banquets, dancing girls, wonderful journeys, love affairs
Banquets, dancing girls, wonderful journeys, garden, music beyond belief
Music beyond belief
Music beyond belief
Agrarian Society ft. Alan Watts
The Hindu divide life into certain stages what are called the Ashamas
The first is called Brahmacarya
The second Grehasta
And the third Vanaprastha
Brahmacarya means the stage of the stupid the apprenticeship
Grehasta the stage of the householder
And Vanaprastha the stage of the forest dweller
This is related to the cultural history of early India
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The first is called Brahmacarya
The second Grehasta
And the third Vanaprastha
Brahmacarya means the stage of the stupid the apprenticeship
Grehasta the stage of the householder
And Vanaprastha the stage of the forest dweller
This is related to the cultural history of early India
The Power Of Omnipotence ft. Alan Watts
When somebody in India suddenly announces that he's God
Nobody accuses him of blasphemy or being insane
They say simply congratulations at last you found out
They don't immediately request a miracle
As you see if we get across someone who says I'm God or I'm Jesus Christ
They say what they said to Jesus Christ in the first place
Come on look these stones be made bread
And you know he used to wangle out of it by saying a wicked and deceitful generation
Seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given
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Nobody accuses him of blasphemy or being insane
They say simply congratulations at last you found out
They don't immediately request a miracle
As you see if we get across someone who says I'm God or I'm Jesus Christ
They say what they said to Jesus Christ in the first place
Come on look these stones be made bread
And you know he used to wangle out of it by saying a wicked and deceitful generation
Seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given
Everybody Is God ft. Alan Watts
Of course, as I intimated earlier the Hindu is therefore saying everybody is God
And our theologians get rather worried about that
Because you see the two conceptions of God are different
Our conception is of the boss man
The king
Theirs is of the cosmic centipede with the many arms
Who does not have to think how to make the world
How to make the world
How to make the world
Or rather to act the world
How to make the world
How to make the world
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And our theologians get rather worried about that
Because you see the two conceptions of God are different
Our conception is of the boss man
The king
Theirs is of the cosmic centipede with the many arms
Who does not have to think how to make the world
How to make the world
How to make the world
Or rather to act the world
How to make the world
How to make the world
Playing At Being You ft. Alan Watts
This you see is not a pessimistic attitude
Therefore, at all to be able to realize that this world is simply a dream
A dancing play of smoke
Fascinating yes but don't lean on it
“Life is a bridge.” Says one of the Hindu sayings
“Pass over it but build no house upon it.”
And so immediately you see that
This is responsible for the enormous gaiety of certain Hindu sages
This a thing that often puzzles Westerners
They expected that anybody who's an ascetic or a sage or something to be rather miserable
With a glum face
But on the contrary you take this character who's going around these days that Maharshi Mahesh
He's always laughing because he looks on every side
And there is the face of the beloved
Of the divinity in everybody in every direction in everything
Playing at being you
Playing at being you
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Therefore, at all to be able to realize that this world is simply a dream
A dancing play of smoke
Fascinating yes but don't lean on it
“Life is a bridge.” Says one of the Hindu sayings
“Pass over it but build no house upon it.”
And so immediately you see that
This is responsible for the enormous gaiety of certain Hindu sages
This a thing that often puzzles Westerners
They expected that anybody who's an ascetic or a sage or something to be rather miserable
With a glum face
But on the contrary you take this character who's going around these days that Maharshi Mahesh
He's always laughing because he looks on every side
And there is the face of the beloved
Of the divinity in everybody in every direction in everything
Playing at being you
Playing at being you