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[SinfulEyes]

Tell me.

[FishOutaWater]

I have. Operation Spirit lyrics stated that Jesus meant nothing to Ed today. When that was no longer the case, Ed changed the lyrics. Lakini's Juice's lyrics are much more ambigious.

I have to disagree with your statement here. I don't think that the Operation Spirit lyrics state that Jesus means nothing to Ed today.

I get frustrated when people show only a superficial understanding of the lyrics on the early Live albums. The lyrics on those albums are much deeper than what many people understand.

Again, I think that the Operation Spirit lyrics did NOT state that Jesus meanth nothing to Ed today. What they stated was that what Jesus was 2,000 years ago means nothing to Ed today. The Jesus that is presented in mainstream religion is a Jesus that only lives inside a prayer. What he was all about 2,000 years ago may have been beautiful 2,000 years ago, but the pain and suffering in life is here and now.

This is a condemnation of the belief and adoration approach of mainstream Christianity. The whole album is an indictment of so-called teachers who tell you what to believe and so-called leaders who leave followers chained to fate. This limiting belief in Jesus that is forced on people does not reflect a concept of Jesus that is a meaningful spiritual inspiration for us today. That Jesus is only stuck in a prayer doesn't help us with our pain and suffering. I don't think that Ed necessarily said that Jesus meant nothing to him. It is the Jesus that only lives in a prayer and only relates to events that happened 2,000 years ago that means nothing to him today, in a present state of suffering. That does not necessarily forclose the possibility of finding a Jesus that is present, inspriational and transformative today, to help us with our suffering. So let go of the beliefs that were hoisted upon you by "leaders" - let it all go and let's get it back together again - from a place of pure, unconditioned consciousness, free from bias and belief and "teachings".



heard alot of talk about this Jesus
a man of love, a man of strength
but what a man was two thousand years ago
means nothing at all to me today

he could have been telling me about my higher self
but he only lives inside my prayer
so what he was may have been beautiful
but the pain is right now and right here


let it go!
let it go!
let it go, my friend
and let's get it back
let's get it back together

This post has been edited by FishOutaWater: Jul 6 2010, 10:41 am