148: Patricia Dennison, Guest Explorer

In this episode, our guest, Patricia Dennison, offers something different. Five songs about nonduality, along with our discussion of putting nondual lyrics within the heart opening sound of simple guitar music and vocal harmony. To learn more about Patricia Dennison, please visit: dennison-music.com LYRICS TO THE SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: THERE IS NO END There is no end to who I am. I must manage 'till the end. To make a story once again,  With a me I must defend. This self creation keeps me safe. This is just how I know my place. Even if there is the pain,  At least I know just who I am. Sometimes I feel the flow  Of something I can't know. It takes a simple thing. A miracle it brings;  A unity,  But then it fades, you see. In this world I can see,  This clever mind deceiving me. With each story I renew,  I push away from life and you. The more I try, the less I see. A way to change this mind made me. If I could stop, then I would not,  And something else might come to be. Sometimes I feel the flow  Of something I can't know. It takes a simple thing. A miracle it brings;  A unity, But then it fades, you see. ℗ 2010 Patricia Dennison   WHO'S WATCHING Am I here?  In this moment All alone?  Wishing to disown  What I've become  There are so many voices. They all imprison me. And I can't seem to see  Who's watching?  If you think you know  The mind and its desires. Think again and know  The consciousness required  Even though my love seems true  There's claiming and possession too  True love can never find me  Who's watching?  If you wish to live  A life of sinless virtue  There is no one here  Who can begin to teach you  Virtue makes abundance flow  Then desire begins to grow  Then peace can never reach you  Who's watching? ℗ 2010 Patricia Dennison   SARVE PRAYER Sarve bhavantu sukhinah  Sarve santu niramayah  Sarve bhandrani pasyantu  ma kascid duhkhabhagbhavet  (Translation)  All be Happy  All be free  All be free of disease  All creatures have well being  All creatures have no misery ℗ 2010 Patricia Dennison   SHADOW (Instrumental) ℗ 2010 Patricia Dennison   I BELIEVE I Believe for every drop of rain that falls,  A flower grows;  As life must flow.  I believe that somewhere in the darkest night,  A candle glows;  And we all know. I believe for everyone who goes astray,  Someone will come To show the way.  I believe, I believe.  I believe above the storm, the smallest prayer  Will still be heard;  By us all  I believe that someone in the great somewhere,  Hears every word;  We all can hear  Every time I hear a newborn baby cry,  Or touch a leaf,  Or see the sky The I know why;  We need to flow  With life we know  We know... ℗ 2010 Patricia Dennison   I AM I Am...  I Am Light  I Am All  I Am One ℗ 2010 Patricia Dennison   Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #3 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart #5 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart #32 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian