Name: Karma
Duration: P00H03M11S
Description: Written during a summer working on Hilton Head Island, SC...after "saving" different insects day after day, and one night contemplating how to explain the Buddhist principle of karma, this stream of consciousness was put to a riff that arose the next day.

Karma

from Metta Movement by Tim Krupar

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Written during a summer working on Hilton Head Island, SC...after "saving" different insects day after day, and one night contemplating how to explain the Buddhist principle of karma, this stream of consciousness was put to a riff that arose the next day.

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If invaded by a giant insect alien race
Beneath their feet would they turn me into a puddle of blood?
Or would I be forgiven for every insect that I've saved,
For each I set free instead of sending to their grave?
Would it make a difference?
Or would it not matter at all?
I lean toward the latter, for the latter's in line with the law
That karma is just tendency
It's certainly not a guarantee
That what I do unto others would be done unto me
So I save them to save them you see
I don't save them to save me
Done without any expectation of reciprocity
You might ask "why?"
Well I realize that all life strives to stay alive
So who am I to decide who I let live & let die?
But in exchange a subtle change arises in this mind state
A little less fear now & a little less hate
Which have been a plague
And whose stained blanket
Has left me reacting blindly
Living in the dark
As this shroud is lifted
And the light of wisdom is let in
I realize I'm more alive NOW
Than I've ever been
We cut the strings of the puppet
The marionette becomes aware
That these are all just tendencies
And can be replaced with loving care
We cut the strings of the puppet
The marionette becomes aware
That these were all just tendencies
Removed with loving care.

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from Metta Movement, released August 16, 2012
tim krupar played acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, singing bowl, and sang
rj dietrich engineered, produced, and played electric guitar
ty sobczak played accordion

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