Friday 8 July 2011

Enchanting the dark forest

"In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?" ~ Gabrielle Roth

I love this!
The odd thing is that I am engaged with these sort of things and on a daily basis. I am lifted above my life then. But when I re-engage with my life it's all dark and depressed. This is the most odd phase ever of depression I have had.
A little of me did stop a while ago. I think on reflection though I was dancing and singing hyper actively. I am not really sure. I was enchanted entirely and utterly but I don't think there was any silence. And then it all came tumbling down. (Reminds me of a song - Traveling Wilburys).
Loved the Traveling Wilbury's -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8s9dmuAKvU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkFunXTcsoA&feature=related

and one of my favourites - pure fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA&feature=relmfu

But I can't find the one I am lookng for ..... typical
The Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were an English–American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, accompanied by drummer Jim Keltner. The band recorded two albums between 1988 and 1990, although Roy Orbison died before the second album was recorded.  (Wikipedia)
Always made me smile that they did Vol 1 and Vol 3 !!!!

I am enchanted anyway by the wonder of this planet, the awesom world within each and every organism. I dance and sing around it. And I find peace in the silence.
And in the moment I stop being in touch with the greater power - pow! Depressed, bleak and dark. Help me please

Found the song - Tweeter and the monkey man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQsRgQXgQY

Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the monkey man

Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to vietnam
And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom just across the jersey line
So they hopped into a stolen car took highway 99

(chorus)
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell

The undercover cop never liked the monkey man
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named bill
She made secret calls to the monkey man from a mansion on the hill

It was out on thunder road - tweeter at the wheel
They crashed into paradise - they could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and said everyone of yous a liar
If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire

(chorus)

An ambulance rolled up - a state trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory

Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
He was taking the whole thing personal
He didn't care about the loot
Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught
In jersey anythings legal as long as you don't get caught

(chorus)

Someplace by rahway prison they ran out of gas
The undercover cop had cornered them said boy, you didn't
Think that this could last
Jan jumped out of bed said there's someplace I gotta go
She took a gun out of the drawer and said it's best if you don't know

The undercover cop was found face down in a field
The monkey man was on the river bridge using tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the monkey man Im not fooled by tweeters curl
I knew him long before he ever became a jersey girl

(chorus)

Now the town of jersey city is quieting down again
Im sitting in a gambling club called the lions den
The tv set been blown up, every bit of it is gone
Ever since the nightly news show that the monkey man was on

I guess I'll to to florida and get myself some sun
There aint no more opportunity here, everythings been done
Sometime I think of tweeter, sometime I think of jan
Sometime I don't think about nothing but the monkey man


Bless
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