The whole choir
Is it possible that we have lived so long on this earth
that we have had thousands of years to think, see and write
that we have let millenniums pass
without learning how to love one another?
In spite of culture, religion, discoveries,
inventions and worldly wisdom
we continue on the surface of life
to scorn and despise, and to use
violence at every provocation!

Accusing chorus
Our anger is fresh and sharp
They are the apostles of
the same murderous god …
they massacre each other
with guns knives swords
they bludgeon each other to death!

Another chorus
Start with yourself
not with the others!
You must change!

Understand yourself
Then forget yourself
and work for the world around you

Megalomania!
Water is privatized
Nature is violated
Populations deplaced
Billions excluded
Technical hybris
Global poverty
Women abused
Children killed
animals wiped out
money rules our world!

Female voices
Where are you. Adam?
What are you doing?
Where do you stand?
Where are you in your world?
How far have you reached?
What is your position?

Accusing chorus
The age is a knife
Kings are butchers
They dispense justice
when their palms are filled
Decency and laws have vanished,
falsehood stakes abroad!

A chorus of ancients
To change oneself is to change the world
True insight is the only thing that awails
Strengthen the will, sharpen the intention
Love, wholeness, unity, action, not words.

THERE IS A HEART IN EVERYBODY –
IF WE TOUCH IT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND

An obstinate chorus
How can they worship a god
who permits genocide,
stoning, apartheid
torture, evildoing,
holocaust pogroms
subordination of women
cruelty to children
neglect of animals?

A religious chorus
We ourselves are responsible
We act out of our free will
The religions of the world
must be working together
for justice and human rights

HORIZONS ARE WIDER, DANGERS ARE GREATER!

The nuclear threat!
The climate change!
Our foe will be earth itself
forests will burn for days,
the wind will spread the flames,
carbon dioxide,
the ozon layer,
rivers will turn to poison

Nature is sacred,
We have dominated it
Harmony with nature
is the aim of all religion.
Science and knowledge
is part of the religious project.
We are guardians of the earth.
We must work together
to balance man and nature.

Enough of phrases, concerts and metaphors
I want burning, burning, burning

Be prepared to suffer for justice
and for the rights of others…
struggle against evil systems
that segregate and discriminate
encourage women to fight
for their sovereign partnership
encourage men to fight for
women's rights
but with love in our hearts!

The only prayer certain to be answered
Is that for others, also for enemies!

From the quicksand’s of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood

from the shame and tears of violation
to the strong bonds of sisterhood
and the flowering of women's talents,

From human bondage and slavery
from killings and genocide
let our concerted will save us

starting with our own slavery
to selfish lusts and greed’s

Fight for the freedom of others
we all thirst for freedom
all human beings are equal.

We must be keepers of each other's image
guardians of one another's right
we must feel hurt on other people's behalf
we must go beyond ourselves!

If we meet this challenge
we may create harmony between us
and develop true respect for one another
And there will be peace on earth!

BUT HOW ARE WE TO LOVE GOD?

The mystic voice
My heart is capable of every form
A convent for Christian monks
A temple for idols
The pilgrim's Kaaba
The tables of the Torah
The book of the Koran, the Bible,
Shastra, Bhagavad Gita, The Grant Sáhib,
Tao, Pachamama, Varalda ålmåj
I follow the religion of Love

We do not want our windows shut
We want the winds of all faiths
to be blown about our house
as freely as possible.

Let us draw God into the world!
He wants to be let in!
God lives where He is let in!
Let God into the world!

THERE IS A HEART IN EVERYBODY – IF WE TOUCH IT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND

NO FORCE IN RELIGION

Love is the force that moves the cosmos,
the sun, the moon and the other stars
The flame of love that fired me,
the wine of love inspired me
 
Listen, listen to the reed,
a memory of paradise

THE SEA OF LIFE IS HARD TO CROSS
HOW CAN WE SAFELY REACH THE OTHER SIDE?

And in the middle, with outspread wings
I saw a thousand angels making festival.
O light supreme so far exalted
give my tongue such power
that it may leave but a gleam of thy glory
to the people of the future.

Final chorus
Lead us from death to life,
from fear to trust
Lead us from hate to love,
from war to peace
let peace fill our hearts,
our world, our universe