ACIMness Lyrics
I Am Not Alone leo genereux 09Aug2015
All of the suffering
I've seen in my own time,
Seems to have meaning,
According to my suffering mind.
And judging from this point of view,
All pain is undenied.
I weep the tears that must have burned
The ancient martyrs' eyes.
But only so much sadness
Can this aching heart endure,
And in my darkest hour
My judgments aren't so sure.
Another day goes by,
Another sad refrain.
The conflict that I witness
Seems to prove the world's insane.
Am I certain that reality
Is what my body's eyes perceive,
Or am I unaware of how
My loneliness deceives me?
I feel abandoned, filled with fear,
My faithlessness has brought me here,
This place of isolation is more than I can bear....
Asking for a way,
I hear my own voice say:
I am not alone,
and I would not intrude
the past upon my Guest,
I have invited Him,
and He is here, He is here.
I need do nothing
except not interfere.
I am not alone.
Lyrics inspired by A Course in Miracles. *T-16.I.3:10-13.
Lessons leo genereux 22Aug2017
Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss.
Let me not see myself as limited.
I am in need of nothing but the truth.
The Son of God is my Identity.
Let me remember what my purpose is.
This day I choose to spend in perfect peace.
Let me remember that there is no sin.
My holy vision sees all things as pure.
Lessons, lessons
Ever so gently guiding me.
Lessons, lessons
Unlearning my dream of misery.
The stillness of the peace of God is mine.
Today belongs to love let me not fear.
Creation's freedom promises my own.
What limits can I lay upon God's Son.
I can be hurt my nothing but my thoughts.
I will not be afraid of love today.
I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.
My holiness shines bright and clear today.
Lessons, lessons
Reminding me of Love's embrace
Lessons, lessons
Finding the smile upon my face.
The past is over. It can touch me not.
My present happiness is all I see.
This is a day of stillness and peace.
All fear is past and only love is here.
Eternal holiness abides in me.
I will not fear to look within today.
All things I think I see reflect ideas.
Forgiveness ends the dream of conflict here.
Lessons, lessons
Teaching me a different way to see
Lessons, lessons
Ever so gently guiding me.
Verse sections are titles to Workbook Lessons in A Course In Miracles: 249, 250, 251, 252, 257, 255, 259, 263, 273, 274, 279, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 289, 290, 291, 293, 299, 309, 325, 333.
Eternally leo genereux 17Mar2016
Oh I,
I am not a body I am free
For I am still as God created me
I will be still an instant and go home
Escaping nightmares that I could be alone.
Recalling the ancient song so sadly missed
Each and every dreamer shares one wish
To sing again this endless song of bliss
Eternally.
Oh I,
I am not a body I am free
For I am still as Joy created me
I call upon Love's name and on my own
To wake me from my sleep of quiet desperation.
Beyond all cares is where my spirit dwells
Above the wars that egos would compel
Beginning to feel a wave of peace gently swell
Eternally.
Eternally
Eternally
Oh I,
I am not a body. I am free
For I am still as Love created me
Love's Name reminds me I am Her Son
Unbound to time, slave not to mad illusions.
Beyond beliefs my true Self dwells
Beyond beliefs in sin, guilt and hell
To every form of fear I bid farewell
Eternally.
Oh I,
I am not a body I am free
For I am still as Life created me
I'm ready now to leave all bitterness behind
Forgiveness heals the fears that made me so blind.
Allowing me to see all hearts intertwined
The cord of love beyond the dream of time
As Heaven dawns within my waking mind
Eternally.
Eternally
Eternally
Eternally
Eternally
Eternally
Eternally.
Taken from A Course in Miracles W-pI, Review VI.
Also W-pI.94; 201; 202.
Quietly leo genereux 03Sept2017
The stillness of eternal peace
Is here within my mind
Behind the clashing sounds.
I need but only give my self
The will to find that space
Beyond the battleground.
Quietly
Whispering so quietly
Only when my mind is still
Will I hear Him call to me,
Quietly.
Nightmares all pass away
When I choose to break my secret vow
to be the castaway.
Within each moment there resides
A place that would deny
this barren, desert isle.
Quietly.
Whispering so quietly
Only when my mind is still
Will I hear Him call to me,
Quietly.
With every teardrop wiped away
I can finally see
Forgiveness waits for me.
How gentle is His reverie
A soft remembering
A soothing touch of Spring.
Quietly
Whispering so quietly
Only when my mind is free
Do I hear His whispering.
Quietly.
Whispering so quietly
Only when my mind is still
Will I hear Him call to me
Quietly.
Quietly
Quietly
Quietly.
Lyrics inspired by the teachings of A Course In Miracles.
The Forgotten Song leo genereux 23May2017
Every world seen through the body's eyes
Is witness to the magic way of 'being'
The cruel and ugly things we despise
Are crucial to this magic way of seeing.
The blind become accustomed to their world
Learning through fear to be afraid
Unable to see the hazards they hurl
Tripping on the bitterness they made.
How does it go?
The ancient song that would fill me with joy,
How does that song go?
How does it go?
That ancient song of joy , how does that love song go?
The forgotten song.
The world we learn through deprivation we teach
For we've earned our right to be deprived
Unable to see past our limitations
Unaware of the treasure inside.
Wearing the sadness of our magical world
Bearing its load of tragic memories
Fearing to lose the chronic blues we have
Believing it's the only way to be.
Where did it go?
The ancient joy that would fill me with song,
Where did that feeling go?
How does it go?
That ancient song of joy , desperately I need to know.
The forgotten song.
But beyond the body, beyond the sun and stars
Yet to our hearts somehow familiar
An arc of golden light fills a circle stretching out
Until the edges of the circle disappear.
Soon everything is contained within this light
And every voice begins to sing as one.
For vision has returned to the Father's Son.
We remember the Forgotten Song.
That's how it goes!
The forgotten song
That's how it goes!
The forgotten song.
Inspiration, title and quotes from A Course in Miracles T-21.1.
Sweeping leo genereux 31Dec2017
Only with the Help that is beyond my world of fear
Could I hope of ever waking from the dark dreams I hold dear.
Beyond beliefs I hide behind that blur my way of seeing
The light of Life is sparkling bright, the strength of my true Being.
The Sweeper wakens gently all the children from their sleep
He sweeps away all sadness, all the thoughts that made us weep.
Wordless wonder is welcoming the strength of our true self
Sweeping away all notions
We could ever be something else.
Sweeping away, Sweeper sweeping away.
Sweeping away all notions we could ever be something else.
Sweeping away, Sweeper sweeping away.
Sweeping away all notions we could ever be something else.
We could never be something else
Creatures we were making begin to fade away
As vision dawns upon the eyes to see the light of day
And all the waking children share their joy with one big smile
Realizing it was just a bad dream all the while.
The Sweeper wakens gently all the children from our dread
Vanishing the phantoms that were underneath our bed
Wordless wonder is welcoming the strength of our true self
Sweeping away all notions we could ever be something else.
Sweeping away, Sweeper sweeping away.
Sweeping away all notions we could ever be something else.
Sweeping away, Sweeper sweeping away.
Sweeping away all notions we could ever be something else.
We could never be something else.
Sweeping away all notions, washin' away all notions, wipin' away all notions
We could ever be something else..
We could never be something else.
Sweeping away.
Inspired by A Course in Miracles T-19.5, W-pII.312.
Today I Defy leo genereux 31Jul2017
I seemed to trip, stumble and fall
Into a world of gateless walls
Lonely puppets of flesh and bone
Cold and hungry, lost and alone.
Today I'll defy this trance
This dark and desperate shadow dance
Deep within my mind there is a Voice
Telling me gently I have this choice.
Today I defy the ego's demand
To punch and punish the puppet man.
Demands to demean this make-believe I
By my choice for Love, today I defy.
Today I defy.
Sacrifice, suffering and shame
Hate and guilt, bitterness and blame
Sickness, sadness, anger and loss;
Heeding the ego at such a heavy cost.
Misery's surrounding me
When I believe what could never be;
An entity apart from Everything
Needing to self-punish for its 'sin' of being.
Today I defy the ego's demand
To judge and damn the puppet man.
Demands to condemn this make-believe I
By my choice for Love, today I defy.
Today I defy.
Today I find the strength to climb
The wall that separates us all
Miscreated by the mad idea
Seemingly substituting love with fear.
I remake this world with happy eyes
Where my true Self smiles and defies
The ego's demands to frown and despise
This mythical thing dangling from it's lies.
Today I defy the ego's demand
To crush and crucify the puppet man.
Demands to despise this make-believe l
By my choice for Love, today I defy
Today I defy.
Today I defy. (4X)
Lyrics inspired by A Course In Miracles. T-7.VIII; T-11.V.
Promise leo genereux
Inspired by A Course in Miracles.
Who Am I? leo genereux 26Mar2015
In a moment's time
The miracle can free my mind
The prison of sadness, the bondage of fear
Cease to be as they appeared.
All I thought I knew,
So certain that the world was cruel
Based on the eyes, that were made to tell lies
Replaced by a vision so true.
Seeing differently
Everyone is just the same
Lost in a labyrinth, looking for love
Trying to find our way home.
All my sorrows rely on my
Being so certain of who I am
But, who am I?
In a moment's time
The miracle can heal the blind
Terrible nightmares give way to the day
Forgiveness brings peace to my mind.
In the here and now
The dark fears finally disappear
My self and my brothers are one in the light
This is the end of all lonely endings
This is the end of our night.
All my sorrows rely on my
Being so certain of who I am
But, who am I?
Inspired by A Course in Miracles. W-pII.14.
Everything leo genereux 29Nov2016
With eyes that guarantee
My view is all I see
The world's so full of fear
Blinks of beauty disappear.
Love's echo tries to call
Down dark and dismal halls
But all I hear is murmuring
Nothing that hope would bring.
Today, perhaps, I'll find
A smiling face so kind
Together we can laugh about
The many things we go without.
But tomorrow's another day,
My special friend will slip away
Alone I'll listen to a lost love song
And sadly sing along.
Finally it dawns upon me
That my eyes have guaranteed
The bitterness and cruelty
My little mind believes in.
But certainty is above belief
Love knows not of pain and grief
Behind this sad self so small
I'm beginning to hear Love's call.
.
From everything, everywhere
Everyone, we all share
A sense of being joined by Love
Beyond our separate dreams.
Beliefs that caused my eyes to see
A world so filled with misery
Have been erased by certainty
That lights up everything.
"For the illusion of love
Will never satisfy
But its reality
That awaits on the other side
Will give you everything."
With a tiny spark of love
That comes from deep within
I release myself
From the darkness I was in
And light fills everything.
Inspired by A Course in Miracles.
Italicized parts are quoted from T16-IV.
Unaware leo genereux 11Nov2017
Lonely hearts, troubled minds
Plagued by suffering and pain
Where do all the feelings go
When they are unclaimed?
Do they wander 'round aimlessly
In the corridors of our dreams
Waiting for another dreamer
To choose their dark envelopings?
Within a moment's sigh. a lullaby
A wisp of a melody
Shimmers an instant and then disappears
Leaving the song's singer
Confused and unaware.
Into the stillness should I retreat
Where peace would mend all my fear?
Emptiness there would be complete
Eternity so near.
Enchanting voices singing light
Describing wordlessly
The golden circle glowing bright
Beyond what these eyes can see.
The many roads I've taken in desperation
That led me to nil and nowhere
How real seemed the journey jaded with cares
Yet, in truth, I remained safe
where only love is shared.
As I awaken from my mistakes
All my regrets fall away
All of my aching and my heart breaking
are now but a laughable cliche.
Tonight I span across the strand
Beyond my ocean of cares
Above the shores that restless tides score
Where I stood confused and unaware.
The clouds of uncertainty
Images of misery
The choice to feel I was betrayed
This relentless curse of my cruel universe
Endured but an instant then faded away.
And with the Guide with the smiling eyes
I let go all my sadness and fear
And say goodbye to each bitter tear cried
while dreaming my dream of despair
I say goodbye to that lost, little guy
Who was confused and unaware.
Inspired by A Course In Miracles. T-16.IV;T-22; In.4:9; T-28.I.15:5.