“Revelations of a Sirius Love: Songs, Psalms & Poems” is the result of a boon* I was offered on the occasion of the rededication of my Life and my rebirth as Sahara, in February 1996. *a Divine Gift
(Thirty years before, at the age of nineteen, I had stepped onto the spiritual path, and after a lifetime dedicated to finding and knowing God, at the end of 1994 found myself living on the street in Sedona, Arizona. After one-and-a-half years of conditioning, during a personal ceremony conducted by a shaman in a canyon, I rededicated my Life to God. At the culmination of this life-changing event something extraordinary occurred: I was told that I was being given a boon. Feeling that I had already asked for everything I could imagine: a Heart filled with Love, the experience of Oneness and Service to the Planet, when it was insisted that I request something as a Gift I heard myself ask for the ability to sing. Thus was ‘Sahara’ born, and a tap was turned on that is flowing still.
Around the same time, an Indian Master began appearing in my Life, intruding himself into my daily experience in a not-at-all subtle way. Having heard of him in the 60’s, but having no real understanding of who or what he was, I told him that if I was meant to be with him, he’d have to prove himself to me.
At the end of summer 1998, when I was in an extreme state of desperation, after two full days of screaming at God, asking for direction, the Master called me to India, where he kept me for most of five years – burning in his fire.)
The songs in these volumes were inspired by the amazing Love that started pouring through me, stimulated by my incessant yearning for a merging with my own Self, and at times provoked by various men with whom I had Love affairs of diverse natures.
Some express a yearning for romantic love, others a longing for Divine Union. There are those that offer commentary on social consciousness, and others that express the infinite and eternal Love of the Creator, Itself. They all reflect Universal experience and are meant to inspire, support and encourage.
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The feeling of a song coming through is a wonderment:
exquisite sensations like a current of Love flow through my body,
while I am hearing lyric and melody come out of my mouth
and watching words appear on a page of my book,
written by my hand.
This precious Gift I am sharing here with you.
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Love Your Neighbor (The Potlatch Song)
A Rap
©2003 saharadevi
When I'm walkin' in the heat
and a cloud rolls by
I say "thank you"
I say "thank you"
And if I want something to eat
and there's money in my pocket
I say "thank you"
I say "thank you"
This world is like a movie
and we're each assigned a role
sometimes we're Cinderella
sometimes we're Old King Cole
We need to realize
that it's a roll of the dice
sometimes we get Beluga (Versace)
sometimes it's beans and rice (and sometimes we get lice)
But what we do with what we've got
is what reveals our nature -
are we kind and generous
or nasty and voracious?
To be livin' the good life
is not eating 'til you puke
stop yappin' on that cell phone
can't you see that you've been duped?
The American Dream
has turned into a nightmare -
humanity is in a trance
and no one is aware...
When I'm out on the street
and there's someone there who cares
I say "thank you"
I say "thank you"
And when I need a place to sleep
and I have a bed to lie on
I say "thank you"
I say "thank you"
This world is like a movie
and we're each assigned a part
sometimes we get the horse
sometimes we get the cart (sometimes we are the horse)
We have to understand
that there's something far greater
than crystal chandeliers
and shoes of alligator
What we do with what we have
will show us who we are
will we educate a child
or buy another car?
To be livin' the good life
is not eating 'til you puke
Mother Nature's in revolt
and we're being rebuked
The American Dream
has turned into a nightmare
we're like rats on a treadmill:
moving quickly — going nowhere
We've been brainwashed to believe
too much is not enough
we're consumed by our consumption
we are drowning in our 'stuff'
So open up your eyes
and open up your Heart
let the Love flow to your brother
it's time we made a start
We're the children of One Mother
Love your neighbor as your Self
what we give to each other
is our only true Wealth
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