No End In Sight

I have built my death bed; 

It is through years of effort. 

It is nothing simple to say the least; or profound. 

It simply is a matter of illusion in this illusory state like everything else.

I spent years in trying to have a deeper connection with this existence. 

Building naivity and connections to the self, 

without breaking off from the other. 

But all this yielded less than any use. 

The lesson became more pronounced, 

the more I tried to break away from it. 

Now on my death bed;

 I see everything which came a full circle. 

All knowledge and wisdom of little or no use, 

the love which was built upon with the beloved, destroyed -

 burnt down to ashes.

A Call To Awareness In Hip-Hop

Our generation has personally witnessed and experienced the birth, maturation, manipulation and degradation of Hip-Hop as a culture born out of injustice and adopted as the quintessential voice to those for whom justice and equality has turned a blind eye. 

Like government, religion and all other institutions, Hip-Hop is also a tool, and like all tools it can be used either to build or to destroy depending on who's hand wields it. 

Unfortunately, as we have clearly witnessed in both government and religion, Humanity has once again handed over yet another tool – the mighty hammer that is Hip-Hop — to those who wish to strike us down and remodel the culture we have slowly built from the ground up into an abomination that serves their material self-interests. 

Today, we see in Hip-Hop the results of a culture hijacked by a corporate machine engaged in a war against all of Humanity, bent on dividing us from other cultures, fueling our mistrust and hatred towards one another, and ultimately controlling us through fear. 

Hip-Hop as a tool is now a weapon of mass destruction aimed directly at the Hip-Hop culture, and all other cultures interwoven with Hip-Hop shall be considered collateral damage.

I Am Me

I'm me, I'm me, and that's all I can be

I'm me, I'm me, here's my vulnerability

I'm free and you can't stop me

I'm free and that's all I can be

Days pass, I'm tryna find who I really am

I've been lookin'

People don't like the way I dress, or where I am at

I've been lookin'

I dye my hair and it's not just vanity

I've been lookin'

Your validation is just not that important to me

I'm me, I'm me, and that's all I can be

I'm me, I'm me, here's my vulnerability

I'm free and you can't stop me

I'm free, I'm me, and that's all I can be

Night falls and I find it's here I am in peace

I've been lookin'

To Live In The Moment

To know love is to let go.

Letting go is necessary for the universe to continually evolve, for non-attachment is the essence of all growth. 

Non-attachment is to always live consciously in the moment; to not hold on to the past or to the future that is yet to come. 

To live in the moment doesn't mean to not care about the past, but rather to not allow the past to keep us from appreciating the moment at hand. 

To live in the moment doesn't mean to not look forward to the future, but rather to not allow the future to outshine the moment that longs to be noticed. 

To live in the moment is to see everything that comes your way not as obstacles, but as opportunities for reciprocal growth and understanding of Self.

Non-attachment is to always allow for change, for change is the only constant thing in life. 

Non-attachment is to unselfishly give of yourself without expecting anything in return. 

Non-attachment is to always be in love with the moment and what it has in store for us as a new moment unfolds. 

Our attachment to our Ego — that which keeps our minds stuck in either the past or the future so as to prevent our hearts from experiencing the present moment — is the cause of all suffering. 

To truly experience love, we must let go and realize that loss is but an Illusion that prevents us from finding our Selves.

There is no such thing as the past. 

There is no such thing as the future. 

There is only the present.

There is only this moment, and there will never again be a moment quite like the moment you and I are sharing right now. [source]

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Brian Sanchez hopes to reinstate the All Is One Society website and organization, and invites spiritually like-minded individuals interested in being a part of this venture to E-mail him.

The Sun's Love

If we can only love each other, the same way that the sun loves the earth.

Always shining light and never asking for anything in return.

I play poker with tarot cards trying to figure out if this is my destiny or if my reflection is bluffing.

If you have a staring contest with a mirror, there will always be a tie ending.

Trying to figure out if you are who you think you are, or just a reflection looking back.

So when you see the mirror, do you see yourself?

Or do you see what others see underneath your flesh?

Do you feel what others see is real?

Queen Of California

Goodbye cold, goodbye rain

Goodbye sorrow, goodbye shame

I'm headed out west with my headphones on

Boarded a flight with a song in the back of my soul

And no one knows

I just found out her ghost left town

The Queen of California is stepping down, down

Hello beauty, hello strange

Hello wonder, what's your name?

Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung

After the gold rush of 1971

I just found out her ghost left town

The Queen of California is stepping down, down

If you see her say, "Hello"

Just don't tell me, "I told you so"

Joni wrote Blue in her house by the sea

I gotta believe there’s another color waiting on me

To set me free

I just found out her ghost left town

The Queen of California is stepping down, down

I Am A Champion

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath

Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly
Agreed politely

I guess that I forgot I had a choice

I let you push me past the breaking point

I stood for nothing
so I fell for everything

You held me down

But I got up

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice
You hear that sound

Like thunder
Gonna shake the ground

You held me down