--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Ahem. The BBC's contention just might have something to > do with the fact that the words to this song were lifted > verbatim from "The Psychedelic Experience," by Leary, > Metzger, and Alpert. :-)
Well, the first line is, more or less. The original reads: "Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, float downstream." The rest of the words are Lennon's. http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/psychedelic_experience/psychedelic_experience.shtml http://tinyurl.com/2fapf > That book was a loose reworking of the Tibetan Book of > the Dead, and was pretty much the User's Manual for LSD. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Beautiful! This is also one of my favorate songs. I think it > < was even forbidden at a time and not played by the BBC out > > of the accusation that it was glorifying LSD > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5d4wWGK4Ig > > which is of course rubbish, as the Beatles explained. John > > lennon wanted his voice obviously to sound like the Dalai > > Lama from a hilltop. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > > > > > or put another way ;-) : > > > > > > > > Turn off your mind, relax > > > > and float down stream > > > > It is not dying > > > > It is not dying > > > > > > > > Lay down all thought > > > > Surrender to the void > > > > It is shining > > > > It is shining > > > > > > > > That you may see > > > > The meaning of within > > > > It is being > > > > It is being > > > > > > > > That love is all > > > > And love is everyone > > > > It is knowing > > > > It is knowing > > > > > > > > That ignorance and hate > > > > May mourn the dead > > > > It is believing > > > > It is believing > > > > > > > > But listen to the > > > > color of your dreams > > > > It is not living > > > > It is not living > > > > > > > > Or play the game of > > > > existence to the end > > > > Of the beginning > > > > Of the beginning > > > > Of the beginning > > > > Of the beginning > > > > Of the beginning > > > > Of the beginning >
