brethren - Spiritual Blogs - Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community2024-03-28T08:49:58Zhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/brethrenWaking In Heavenhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/waking-in-heaven2012-04-30T03:30:00.000Z2012-04-30T03:30:00.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://poligraf.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/444px-paradiso_canto_31.jpg?w=444" alt="444px-paradiso_canto_31.jpg?w=444" /><br /> <br /><span style="font-size:x-small;"><br />(« <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paradiso_Canto_31.jpg">Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven</a> » by Gustave Doré)</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></p><div align="center"><object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="81" data="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F62893&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=06253a" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F62893&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=06253a" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F62893&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=06253a" allowscriptaccess="never" height="81" allownetworking="internal"></embed> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param></object></div><p style="text-align:left;"><br /> « Waking In Heaven » is a short instrumental about learning to trust life and allowing it to do its thing so we can end up where we belong, healed, hopeful, happy, and in love with life.<br /><br /></p><p>The composition starts with a minimalist approach, goes to the grandiose, and then takes a leap for the celestial. An irresistible mood lifter for me, it works well on its own, but I have a feeling that it could end up as the concluding part of a suite.</p><p>The piece is accompanied by poetry I wrote well after the composition was completed.</p><p><em><br /> Once was a time I can recall<br />Before the spring after the fall<br />Far from the glory of it all<br />Distressing doubt was standing tall<br /><br />Every morning I would arise<br />As light of day opened my eyes<br />Reflecting on words of the wise<br />Thinking they might be telling lies<br /><br />How then could I ever reckon<br />That brethren heathen and fallen<br />The evil-eyed and I even<br />Would all be waking in heaven<br /><br />One time peaceful contemplative<br />The next sorrowful and pensive<br />Long suffering all subjective<br />Heaven and hell coextensive<br /><br />And on those days I could not find<br />On my own any peace of mind<br />There was music one of a kind<br />And it would free me from my bind<br /><br />I would hear it as it would sing<br />Of a future reassuring<br />Omen of one fateful morning<br />When in heaven I'd be waking<br /><br />As time went on faith I was taught<br />Gathered much strength from all the fraught<br />Sought to be not caught in much thought<br />Grateful for beauty the day brought<br /><br />Words of the wise became more clear<br />Don't let hardships bring you to tear<br />Don't listen to the voice of fear<br />Just address the now and the here<br /><br />Prevail persist and persevere<br />Hold on to your values most dear<br />Do strive forward always sincere<br />And doubt will slowly disappear<br /><br />That fateful day at the sunrise<br />Life had finally opened my eyes<br />Faithful mourning released its ties<br />Gone was the cause of my demise<br /><br />Time had pacified all the cries<br />I was free to rise in the skies<br />Heavens had granted me my prize<br />I had woken in paradise</em></p></div>