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I’m playing this tomorrow, along with a few other Beatles songs, for an event benefitting 2E (twice-exceptional) kids. Twice-exceptional means a person tests exceptionally high in intelligence, and also has something like ADD or autism that would traditionally be considered a “learning disability.” These kids sometimes get kicked aside and have their confidence shattered in school, because a “sit down, shut up and watch 6 hours of lectures a day” approach doesn’t work for them.
The narrative of historical figures like Einstein, who was kicked out of school because he couldn’t pay attention, suggests that more than a few of our civilization’s biggest contributors were 2E.
Anyway, I never really knew the lyrics to the song before now. Wow.
Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream
It is not dying
It is not dying
Lay down all thought, surrender to the void
It is shining
It is shining
That you may see the meaning of within
It is being
It is being
That love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing
It is knowing
That ignorance and hate may mourn the dead
It is believing
It is believing
But listen to the color of your dreams
It is not leaving
It is not leaving
So play the game “Existence” to the end
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning…
“Surrender to the void - it is shining”??
Sometimes the late 60s feel like the distant future.
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