Let me explain.. no it is too much- let me sum up

The world resplendant, straining at the seams,
"stretching before uslike a landof dreams"
overflowing, turbulent with life,
with all of its pointless and animal strife,
with its gut twisting beauty
with its shocking variety-is still only a world
among infinite worlds
is only a place
insignificant, precious, in space.
Floating 3 trillion light years away from our galaxy
it all seems so trifling,it all seems so silly,
watching people like ants
worrying, scurrying
furiously fighting over bread crumbs
believing that existance consists of their experience.
Well I tell you, there is more than you can see, or perceive
I've been to places that you wouldn't believe
space is vast, but a mind can make matter
destroy energy, freeze time, utterly master
each aspect of living,
save the world, rule the universe..
and as we're barreling through this breathtaking epic, for better or worse
you're alive, you're involved, you must contribute a verse.
And it's you're choice entirely-
you can choose fantasty, tragedy,
senseless smiling hilarity,
you can choose to act
or you can choose to rehearse.
And each part is necessary-
every note builds the symphony.
The world rests in our hands, but it's only folly
to take yourself or the world too seriously.
We're dust, we're worm food, we're energy and matter
which for the blink of an eye has been stitched together
into a mobile volatile bundle of senses
which, while it still breathes
invariably believes it's the center of existance.
But I can only feel awed and grateful.
Life is real, is vibrant-
life is full.
And I intend to savor the taste while I still have a pulse.
There is simply no time to despair-
it's a crime to waste air
sullenly sulking over the sordid state of human affairs.
Well I tell you,
there will always be madmen, and hatred, and strife.
And each of us is born but to die-
such is life, such is life.
But it's your life, to use as you choose
you can systemize, materialize,
defend or destroy it.
And though some may not understand,
demand otherwise.
It's your life- and you can choose to enjoy it.

Stay with what has no explanation

if you have part of you that exists
and exists only
for no apparent reason
nothing proves this part of you should exist
you did not make it to satisfy a demand
not for its usefulness

but is
and continues to be a part of you
look at this
this is where the explanation of who you are
begins
where explanation leaves off

What to look for

it is usually from the out to the in

we are all creatures of input
5 senses
brain to interpret and control
then two hands, two feet, and a mouth
built for the purpose of control and personal survival
perpetuation of our biology

I propose
this is what we are

or are mostly

look for what goes in opposition

sometimes the in goes out
and beauty is released for no reason
and
sometimes we do things not directly useful to ourselves
like giving, like love

Quiet Good, Quiet Evil

knowledge
seems to define good and evil

but maybe a lot of good and evil exists
quietly
deceiving our knowledge

how then do we play this game
being limited?

Stomach

I used to think I would like to do without the material world

but I now think my stomach is the worst suspect

I can handle the material world

it is my stomach that is the difficult one

without it
I would need nothing

my entire life is built the the sustainability and perpetuation of my food supply

otherwise I could wander the earth with no possessions
no worries of where to go
how long to stay

I would be free

Benefit

Goodness may be without our benefit

is this good?
Is this intentional?

Josh Land

I think more people would search for goodness
if its rewards were more than personal
but visible
and you could tell what goodness a person has done
by looking at them
and realize you want to like that person
or that they are more valuable as a person

sounds crazy
but that is what we do
in the material world
we buy things to show what we are
so others will like us
or want to be like us

Would it all be better?

what if you remembered everything you learned,
made only each mistake once
and always thought things through carefully

growing
advancing

would it all be better?

Seems I am confused

seems I am confused

this mind following this body
I can't be two places at once
no
not really
I am where this body is
at all times
and that seems inescapable

except maybe when I live in another
or him in me
when I feel his pain or joy
and him mine

then things get blurry
and what we are seems less tied to this body

Again

doing something twice
means either

we didn't get it the first time

or

maybe we did get it
and wish it upon ourselves again

The truth we started with

every question asked of me
I answer

even if the right answer
I don't know

my answers are great
and I spend my precious time
proving them

but I must accept
maybe some times i am wrong

it is a hazard of life
we are always learning

consistently learning
therefor consistently wrong
or there would be no growth
the movement from really wrong to kinda wrong
this personal advancement

now I have learned to question the questions
maybe not only are my answers flawed
but maybe
maybe

all answers are wrong
maybe the real questions were never asked
and the ones we hear
mainly voices in our heads
striving to understand it all
self medication from our minds

maybe there are no questions
maybe life is not a lesson learned

question the question
and things become clearer

maybe our lessons are a detriment
the more we focus on learning the world
the more we are entangled in it
trapped in our own quest
away from ourselves
and into the endless existence
we are trying to come to
the end of

waiting to arrive
at the final destination

deeper
and deeper
in the world
using out intelligence to fight
win
win win

what if escaping
is not the answer?

maybe it is not truth we are in search of learning
maybe it is truth where we started
and this diving in the world
to learn the better truth
is really a running
running
running

from the truth we can't handle

the truth we started with

A Reminder

sometimes you just need to hear
the answers
even if you already know them

it is not much to be great
simply remind people what they are

there is nothing more to do
nothing

Make Waves

in this pond
there are those that make waves
and those that bob

you may not recognize the wave makers
they hide sometimes
not the delivery
but the message

you can recognize them though
they are the ones that gain strength

all opposing drifts away
or sinks

Everything Explained

Sometimes,
sometimes I think there is a reason for everything

fuck if I can figure out what that is
though

what if everything can be explained
by things I don't know
or comprehend

what exactly that is,

fuck me, I don't 'know

but sometimes I don't care
and I imagine all lack of understanding
being composed of love

and sometimes
sometimes
that is reason enough

Giving Up

giving up does not mean abandoning what we are
some times
giving up
is closer to what we are

Choice

goodness should not be a choice

Holds Truth

if there is no grade
then the answer does not matter
but the question still holds truth
regardless

The Now Armageddon

Is it wrong?

This generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.
—Matthew 24:34, Mark 13:30, Luke 21:32

Is it possible something we believe word for word could be wrong?

People have been reading the bible for almost two thousand years

Waiting for something
That was supposed to already happen

the end of the world
the second coming

but it didn't

maybe it is not a Armageddon experience

but now, always

this is it

you fight it

you see it,

you live it

Is all it means

Do to others as you wish them to do to you.

just be nice, I suppose
is all it means

till it got stretched
to

"love your neighbor as yourself"

just ultimate unity of all human beings, I suppose
is all it means

You are nothing like you say

my problem is that I have believed you
all those things you mentioned
all those things you mentioned about yourself
about what you are
what you want to be
how you are not your past
but are a bright future

I believed you
and i thought I had a understanding of you

you, in fact, are nothing like you say
nothing like you do

you are a mystery beyond all understanding
screaming to be known

and that mystery is not solved by action or knowledge

there is nothing really to prove
only something to believe in

Not found

I did not find what I was looking for

my desires my own creation

and still failure

how is that?

To my soul

as a baby
I slept constantly
it worked out just fine
not afraid of loosing the time

when I was little
I hated to go
and loose the day
edgar to live
to continue to be
afraid of loosing the time

As I got older
I loved to sleep
getting rid of that day
starting another
fresh drudgery
afraid of being tired of the time

to my soul
sleep calling
sleep calling
sleep calling

what am I to do?

enlightened Australian Hip Hop 4

this is a good warm up

the message is not the delivery

you never know how it will come, or from where

but it is all around

Enlightened Australian Hip Hop 3

sprinkle them and then find them
it is all in the game




Even your grandma and your grandad
Distant relatives you never knew you had, never kept tabs
To their far-fetched friends either ends of the map
Whatever goes, everybody knows that
And all the party crowd, every week they turn it out
They work their fingers to the bone, they deserve it now
And when the big tune drops hear the floor shout
When we get the call out, we all out

According to the people
The people that resemble
Disciples of the temple

We’re all going to hell
We’re all going to hell
We’re all going to hell
We’re all going to hell

We’ll be joined by agnostic and atheists
And loop cuckoo cults across the Earth’s radius
The brightest of the bright will be coupled with the shadiest
Workaholics condemned to pens with the laziest
The passive and the ropable, no hoper and the
Notable, forgettable and uh, the quotable
The centre of attention to barely audible
Not even any privileges for the laudable
What Ben Lee meant, with we’re all in this together
On the high road to hell we’re birds of a feather
Nothing can unite us like endeavours to the nether
Bureaucrats lobbying Lucifer with a letter
I swear that satan will get sick of it quick
Leavin the evilest of evil even thinking to quite
To the tune of Kenny G playin saxophone licks
Thinking hell has really gone to ish

According to the people
The people that resemble
Disciples of the temple

We’re all going to hell
We’re all going to hell
We’re all going to hell
We’re all going to hell

The Gallagher brothers are hanging with the brothers Grimm
Church choir mingling with them that never sung a hymn
The pope and all the endlessly devoted under him, fellas
That lived to the fullest to them that died wondering
And all the underlings/ up to the chief
Execs, the celibates that never had great sex
Are getting cosy with the X X X, the devil accepts all
Creatures great and small (yes he will take your call)
Booking agent, label rep and manager
Professional promoters hard to pick from amateurs
They hard to pick from anarchists who’re hard to pick
From lawyers that are lining up for damages (isn’t it all fabulous!)
Whatever happened to happily ever after
Obama and Bin Laden, gathering clouds darken
It’s not the way it was supposed to be
“don’t stand so close to me”

Everybody c’mon
All in the fold
I see a bright
Future for all
Everybody c’mon
All in the fold
I see a bright
Future for all

We’re all goin to hell x 4

Enlightened Australian Hip Hop 2

direct connect

life is not so serious
come back to being free in spirit
if things are unclear
sometimes you just find yourself

Enlightened Australian Hip Hop 1

"yes yes, we are going to play it by ear
we are not going to leave, we are staying right here
going out to my people with the same idea,
moving up, moving up"

in the human condition
some people choose to give
till there is no more blindness

you will find them in all aspects of life
but they are there

Beautiful confusion

follow it
that beautiful confusion

Intimacy

It is not that I have offended God,
it is what I have done to him.

It is not that I have served God,
It is what I have done to him.

Taste

I take a bite and think,
"This is a waste"
I take another bite, and think,
"But my not eating does not feed the hungry"

Artistic LIscense

sit there
and say...

"fuck it"

because you are an artist

say

"fuck it"

you do what you want to do
when you doubt the success of what you do
just...

"fuck it"

do it anyway

because you are an artist

you can not tell the painter what color
or the musician the right note
or a poet the right word
or a priest the right prayer

fuck it
do what you want

you are an artist
but one of love

when doubt
dive in

fuck it

How to win

yes
there is a trinity
they say

but they spoke to the fourth entity

you

and you are inseparable from your brother and sister

all you have to do

is help to bring it to the level

"on earth as it is in heaven"

and when you do this, it is an impossible task

but no worries!

it is not about your success
only your effort

effort proves

effort proves

it is all real and worthy

the only victory

Rule #2

you are more than yourself

when you do or say
you affect others

you may perceive as you wish

but you are insane in that place

till you learn to use it

and to bring no harm

in mind or body

a truth is not a truth if it hurts another

there is no truth that hurts another

truth is only love

and love is not pain

be careful

Rules

You may take it, hold it, share it, honor and cherish it

but it is not yours

you may not keep it

it can not be hoarded

It may not be stored

It may not be yours

If you try to confine it
it withdraws or drives you insane

the insanity is the problem
it is not you
just remember it is not you
not you

but you would kill yourself to have it
you don't believe it is
not you

hold it, share it, let it go its way

do not go crazy

Might Understand I of Me

I will remain blind till there is no more blindness

Divine

its far too easy
to get lost in mess
but its just as simple
to reassess

then its far too easy
to loose the slack
almost as easy as it is
to turn your back

but there's a fine wind blowing
that will never touch
the span of your back
you love to show so much

there's nowhere to look
there's nowhere to be
there's nowhere to go
there's nothing to flee

its a feeling
an urge
a divine line
to be free

its beyond
it transcends
its aloof
its crazy

it doesn't matter
then it does
remarks like yuk
so what because

it changes pace
it shakes the wine
its lost in translation
its divine

its rambled nonsense
insistent pause
its cause for armor
unless it does

its unable to hear you
it only speaks
to the man in the mirror
when you're underneath

HI

the important thing to keep in mind here
is not what I am saying now
but instead to go with what you feel in the matter
because
truth is what you believe in

connection

there was a time
when the world was here for me
and a time
I pondered if I was here for the world

but live without this world
and only love remains

voiceless

without the voice of life
from this world

live
speak

How to Talk

you thought maybe God was not listening to you.
Your prayers fall flat
No answer
or else you would believe
for sure
you would believe

God is love
you don't talk to god with words
You talk in love

for example
when you smile at a stranger,
because it improves the world
you smile to advance love

In a sense, you are speaking to love

If you want to talk
talk love, not words

and when you talk love it talks back

after smiling on that stranger
it made you feel better

~Joshua

Life is no so complicated at is seems

there are only two things in the world

those things of compassion, speaking to the heart of God
and those things which detract from the human existence, namely selfishness

those are the only two things that exist
and everything can be categorized by them

there is no middle ground
there is no both

not to say this is easy to understand
no
no it is not

anything you thought other than this
is an illusion
a self created illusion

everything you thought you did for another purpose
was only judged in this manner

so analyze what you do in these two categories

1) those things of compassion, speaking to the heart of God
2) and those things which detract from the human existence, namely selfishness

"If I drift long enough I will be home"
~Jack Johnson


I drift,
I drift
lost
finding no way
other than
I am here
amidst the infinite

bobbing
all action useless
breath holding

sinking
always sinking

breath holding


~Joshua

Inherit Eternal Life

inherit:
to gain what is promised to you

eternal:
having no begging and no end, timeless

life:
the fruit of what we are

Do we live forever, or does forever live in us?
~Joshua

Think Clearly

it is not you looking at the world
waiting for the world to change
it is the world looking at you
and waiting for you to change

think clearly


~Joshua

circumstance

you can be happy in sad circumstances
and sad in happy circumstance


and yet we search for the circumstance?

Journey

it is the passage of communication
not the origin
or source
the journey begins at the source
but the journey is not the source