Purple Rain and the ends of Time.
Prince said of his epic song Purple Rain “when there is blood in the sky — red and blue- purple… Purple Rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/God guide you through the purple rain. “ he said that.
Prince like Hendrix like Christ, like Krishna appeared on earth for a very short time and gave, in their various very different forms the heart blessings of the cosmic domain.
May I suggest we listen to Purple Rain again, loud with new ears. And know that you are in good hands in this universe.
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Purple Rain
“Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing
It’s time we all reach out for something new
That means you too
You say you want a leader
But you can’t seem to make up your mind
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the purple rain”
Prince
Please don’t underestimate the reality realizers who have lived among us and live among us.
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Significantly Prince put a song titled God on the B side of Purple Rain.
“God made you
God made me
He made us all equally.”
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The thing is that the song’s performance communicates directly. It directly. transmits actuality of the meaning of the song. Like mantra or asana transmits the realization of Yoga.
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God is another song worthy of hearing loud with new ears. “Who screamed.” Was it you?!”
God
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(Starts with Prince screaming, which alone communicates everything in the tight rhythms, bluesy transmission of ancient indigenous wisdom culture coming through him.)
In the beginning
There was God
He made the earth
And the heavens
He gave us light
To rule the day
And another light
To rule the night
The Lord, thy God
Made, He made the seas
He made the fruit upon the trees
When He saw
When He saw that it was good
He made a man
He made a man, only He could, only He could
God made you
God made me, too
He made us all
Made us all equally
Now you say
God made you
God made me
He made us all equally
Aah!
Aah!
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Wake up, children
Dance the dance electric
There isn’t much time
Who screamed?
Was it you?
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Some have died young and tragically like Prince or Christ or Jimi or Michael. I wish they had been given the Yogas to ease the pain of their fiery task.
Mark Whitwell
