Enigma Inside a Riddle

Another new tune this week, this time for the DMT. Dan had sent some etheral looping via phone capture a few weeks ago. I layered on a nice rhythm guitar track and then a very cool bass part slathered in chorus with lots of harmonics. A week or so later I got Scott in and we added drums. Scott said we should redo it, that we could do better. So we re-recorded the guitars, bass and drums. Gary gave a listen and said he liked the feel of the first version better. The following week or two Gary was able to record his vocal. The ensuing track, after some alignment issues, came out incredible and the next tune up is “Of the Life Aligned”…

Here are the lyrics and “about this tune” bits:

Enigma Inside a Riddle Here we go sailing far away across the sea From the mountains through the valleys and places in between. From up high-we see everything….or so it seems. Come away from all the dreams and schemes Distorting what is seen. We turn away and turn inside instead Water to wine and breaking bread. CHORUS: To the Oracle-nine points within a circle The mystery unfolds. To the Oracle-nine points within a circle An enigma inside a riddle. Om Namah Shivaya (4 times) Step into this world of fantasy Dissolving long held beliefs. We step into this light so fantastic Revealing All…we finally see. CHORUS: To the Oracle-nine points within a circle The mystery unfolds. To the Oracle-nine points within a circle An enigma inside a riddle. Om Namah Shivaya (4 times)

Lyrics-GD Music-JM & DT (C) 2021 First speaking voice-JG Bennett taken from One Pair of Eyes, The Gurdjieff Work at Sherborne House, 1972-73. Second speaking voice-Ram Dass taken from lecture at JFK University in 1986 on the nature of the spiritual journey and letting go of attachments “Om Namah Shivaya” is often referred to as “the five-syllable-mantra”—evoking the five elements of existence: earth, water, fire, air, and space. It is a Vedic mantra said to be both purifying and a healing. This mantra is particularly potent given Shiva’s connection to death and destruction. A key element of yogic philosophy is coming to terms with our own mortality and the impermanence of existence. Om Namah Shivaya, then, is not only elevating in the sense that it brings the chanter closer to the divine, but also in its courageous affirmation: I take solace even in the unknowable and unimaginable path of destruction.