PORTAL - 1995 DEMO LYRICS

ENDLESS ENDEAVORS

I'll plant a seed beneath my feet
someday
and breathe into it energy
someday
I'll firm its' soil with a dance
and pray the sky will shine its' lamp
I'll water it with heartfelt love and
someday, I'll awake...

I'll pack a bag beneath the stars
when someday comes
and grip it when the missiles charge
when someday comes
I'll tend to it with utmost care
and open it when I can share
a slavery to its' perfection
someday, I'll awake...

I'll cry because I have the faith
that man can change his ugly ways
I'll throwaway the bag and seed
for no one owns what we all need
I'll begin, without, within
searching, seeking, seeing
endless endeavors

CIRCLE

just when the circle's drawn
just then the circle's gone
the circle's gone

I am petals found in frail wayside flowers
you are wind blowing bare open
I am sunlight showering the rays of play
you are sand soft yet hard as stone

just when the circle's drawn
just then the circle's gone
the circle's gone

merging with the land now
with all things
and all the beings
knowing I am one now
with my vision
with all the feeling

I am Winter, you are Spring
I am petals, you are wind

faith fills my inner space
clears my circle's place
turns me inside out
moves away my doubt

just when the circle's drawn
just then the circle's gone
the circle's gone

just when the circle's drawn
just then the circle's gone
the circle's gone

solo: Aruna

COSMOS

chant away
the cosmos grace
born inside the lotus gold

to be at the feet of celestial artists
close to the brush of their cosmic strokes
churning whispers into melodies of psalm
in timeless rhythms, blessed tones

chant away
the cosmos grace
born inside the lotus gold

I can live this revelation
with magnified devotion
magnified devotion
magnified devotion...

"Divine mother
Free my mind from all obstacles of delusion
And lead me safely to thy shores of fulfillment
Awaken within me increasing strength, positive thinking, courage, faith
And above all fill my heart
With thine unconditional love
With thine unconditional joy"

{This is a prayer by Paramahansa Yogananda, taken from a Sri Daya Mata
lecture, president of the Self Realization Fellowship}

solo: Paul