Strangers
“Separateness… This is a central human dilemma… Virtually all humans have the feeling of being separate from the world…that we are somehow not part of the world, that we are an unfortunate accident, that external people and things are somehow not us…and that we are simply responding to what happens… All seems to be beyond our control… When one drifts into enlightened states, the separation between ‘self’ and ‘other’ become indistinguishable and undelineated… I often get into trouble because of my inability to discriminate…perhaps I just don’t know any better, being denied a few drops of sap at birth… Not a viable state to engage in the world… As a child, I would often drift into altered states… I used to be ashamed of this when it was pointed out and I became aware of it… Yet, it is where I lived…a true Space Cadet… Perhaps you knew kids like this growing up? Nuns with rulers as means of corporal punishment with a rap on the knuckles and one teacher that nearly tore my ear off…all trying to knock me back into C1 consciousness with the other kids! Ha! But I was the Spaceman…and I couldn’t help it! I was just traveling on great adventures into the mystery! I could see magic in the cracks of my wooden desktop! Still can!”
~Andrew
We’re strangers on a midnight drive In the dawning of our lives aFrom here we go into tomorrow And there’s no wings To hold our souls above this rising storm Cause baby we’re just strangers To a world that never felt Born in something that’s about to burn So we’re looking for something else It’s easy to be brave when you know you have a lot But let me tell you something, you hold on tight when you know it’s all you’ve got I look up, and there’s one big sky That can cloud up over night Armed with two fists full of courage And not a penny to our names All we have is each other And it might always be that way Time won’t stop just because some hearts broke along the way Cause baby we’re two strangers In a life too tough to live The way it’s all been running Something has gotta give One day you’re young, the next you’re old As you ask the question “why?” Hoping that the answer Is waiting on the other side I’m stranded in the rain outside And it’s storming just like our lives Promise me and I’ll promise you we’ll always speak the truth Together we’ll be strangers To a world that never felt Born in something about that’s to burn So we’re looking for something else It’s easy to be brave when you know you have a lot But let me tell you something, you hold on tight when you know it’s all you’ve got