My love for music began at the tender age of four when I started learning classical piano. Meanwhile, my brother, two years my senior, was mastering the alto saxophone. Our home was almost always filled with music, and we all loved that (most of the time lol).
For a decade, I found myself seated at the grand piano in our living room, immersing myself in countless private lessons, and often composing pieces (ask me to play you a song called “Rain” I created at age seven. It is really an interesting piece that often makes people cry :P). Through the passing years, my love for piano never faltered. It ballooned into a deep love and appreciation for music.
Good music has an electrifying effect on me. Its enchanting irresistible embrace transports me to a realm filled with source-energy. There are certain songs that captivate me, holding my attention for weeks, months, and even years. One such recent song is "Ein Teil" by a German rapper called CRO. While most of the lyrics do not resonate deeply with me, it is the mesmerizing sound production that first drew me in.
A line from the song, "Du bist und bleibst für immer ein Teil von mir" meaning "you are and (will) remain a part of me forever" revealed its profound depths to me this week. My daily commute to work includes a short walk to the train. AirPods in and music on, I always wave at two shop owners on the way who are up and out preparing for the day. I smile and nod, and so do they. The ritual energy of this brief and silent interaction is good – the intentions are shared - the intentions are pure.
It suggests the concept of Ubuntu from South Africa, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of humanity. Ubuntu, to me, means genuinely wishing the best for others, relinquishing control, and allowing karma to guide our interactions. I am who I am because of you, and vice versa. Fragments and moments shape our identities. I am forever a part of you, and you are forever a part of me. We are one, and doing good brings us closer together.
As a society, we continue to grapple with the intricate distinction between good and evil, an ongoing quest that challenges our collective understanding and moral compass.
In the biblical account, when Eve and Adam partook of the fruit from the tree of life together, their actions incurred the wrath of God, resulting in a curse upon all of humanity. The innocence of these humans had been led astray by the Serpent.
“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil,”
said the Serpent to Eve.
With open eyes we can often discover it is so much easier to be kind, to be good, to be thoughtful, yet something often possesses us away from “the golden rule.” One of my dearest friends, Julia E., with a PhD in Jungian Psychology might agree when I say not acknowledging the shadow-self, and allowing the ego to control us, often possesses us away from the path of virtue. Was the biblical Serpent a metaphor for the ego? Did the ego of humans, fuelled by desire, lead us to despair even in a perfect place like Eden? Should the concept of perfection in fact be a concept of acceptance, since only God is perfect? Since we were made from God and the Earth, and we return to the Earth, are they both always a part of us, and vice versa? Are all creation theories one in the same, meaning most religions share similar roots?
While the story of the tree of life holds broad philosophical themes, it can certainly be relevant to parenting. Parenting involves the delicate balance of nurturing and protecting children while gradually exposing them to the realities and complexities of the world, including its inherent evils. Educating and guiding children as they grow, helping them develop the wisdom and resilience to discern good from evil in an imperfect world, is a duty as old as time – as old as Eden.
Eight months after hearing this song by CRO, who knew it would bring me such insight and inspiration? Well, I am so glad it did, and I am so happy to be vulnerable here with you another week.
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Here’s a poem meant to be published this year in Bauhaus Weimar’s Verlag – Magazine. I will also include it my upcoming self-published poetry book. Enjoy!
Where Are Your Wings?
Ashes to ashes and dust to soul,
We are all a part of
The Mother.
A shared fate and a radiant consciousness.
I hear whispers of a muted delight.
A curly, coil-y braid of time is always so refined.
I am a mesa, and the sun gods bless me.
Dear sun sister, shine sweet soliloquies proudly
Please.
The earth is my home and the fullness
Thereof.
Though, this constant othering
Is troubling.
Can’t you see the light?
Don’t you see the might in me, and we?
Ashes to ashes and dust to soul,
We are all a part of
One another.
A shared fate
And a radiant consciousness.
I hear voices of a shared plight.
I hear voices of a shared spite.
I hear voices of a shared fight.
A curly, coil-y braid of time is always so refined.
I am a mesa, and the sun gods bless me.
Dear sun brother, sing deep symphonies purely
Please.
Wings so white,
We alight on an adventure
To the Earth.
Fallen angel.
Fallen angel.
Now a devil.
Now a rebel.
Where are your
Wings?