The sixteenth of the 26 songs is called "Turquoise and White". Scroll down below the following videos for the lyrics and a brief discussion of how this song ties into the project. A blog post which lists all 26 songs, including 1 video for each song can be found by clicking here.
A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89oKPEmMT_k
A direct link to the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4dkYKxP4aM
A direct link to the above karaoke version is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv71WUtI3lY
At first glance, this song appears to be about taking a holiday, not much more! Here are some blog entries that talk about the ideas behind the tenth dimension way of visualizing reality which tie into this song:
FAQ 10 - Is this about kabbalah, chakras, meditation, hallucinogens, etc.?
Boredom and Consciousness Part Three
Your Sixth-Dimensional Self
Information Equals Reality
Seeing Eye to Eye
There are a growing number of studies that show markedly different brainwave patterns in people who are meditating. As I write this entry in February 2008, another one was mentioned in a recent issue of New Scientist magazine, this time showing a correlation between meditation and increased activity in the brain's pineal gland. Here's two excerpts from what I say about meditation in my book:
chanting, drumbeats, meditation, exercise, and many other repetitive actions are often touted as a way for the seeker to find a different plane. Could that plane be outside of our limited fourth dimension?and...
Meditation is a particularly interesting example of how people can use the power of the mind to change their health and circumstances. Researchers analyzing the EEGs of persons in a meditative state have seen that the parietal lobe, which processes incoming data to give a person the sense of their location in time and space, becomes much less active during meditation. If the parietal lobe would be what anchors us in the first-through-fourth dimension (time and space), then, could suppressing that part of the brain be what opens the person who is meditating up to the healing paths available to them in higher dimensions? This leads us to our next chapter.
Why should meditation cause things to change about our physical reality? Why should ritualized physical activities like Tai Chi cause people to think more clearly, become more "centered"? Why should changing our physical stance, or breathing more deeply, or even just making a conscious effort to smile more be able to change so much about the mind? These ideas are all part of the larger concepts we've been exploring here: what does it mean to be a quantum observer, occupying a physical body, navigating through the information that is our reality? Thinking back to song 5, "Automatic", reminds us of the possibility that the more "integrated mind" (where our narrator voice is quieted and we exist within the moment) might be the more natural state for we living creatures to be in. This also leads to the idea that young children may naturally exist within that state as well, and that supernatural/metaphysical experiences could well be part of their world until our culture (i.e. negative feedback from adults) trains it out of them. Here's one of the paragraphs from my book that has been quoted several times by reviewers:
The beautiful blossoming potential we see in a newborn child is an immensely attractive thing. The angels of possibility that swirl around a toddler’s head can be breathtaking if we catch even a fleeting glimpse. And there is nothing as sad as the tragedy of a child who has been mistreated or abused, and whose life may never be the same because of it. Even from our limited window in the lower dimensions, it is easy for us to intuitively understand what is magical and wonderful about the promise of a child, a promise that is held within the sixth dimension.
We'll be thinking more about that "angels of possibility" concept when we get to song 18, "From the Corner of My Eye". Those "angels", despite their possible religious connotations, have another way they could be described: they could also be part of the patterns in the information that is our reality, the really-big-picture memes that we've been talking about since song one.
Finally, in my blog entry entitled "Everything", I sum up the song Turquoise and White like this:
Sometimes you just have to find a way to relax, because tension and fear and hatred are your enemies. Even a short five minute meditation once a day can help to tune you into your own internal voices, let them be heard or let them be quiet, and can help to move you to a better place in the ten dimensions. Turquoise and White is my song about getting away, even if it's only for a few minutes in your mind. Indirectly, it's also about physical stance and how something as simple as adopting a more alert or a more relaxed posture can change mental attitude, and changing your mental attitude can instantly put you on a trajectory to a better part of the multiverse, even though your location down here on our limited fourth dimensional line doesn't change one bit.
What is reality? All we are is a set of ideas across the dimensions. And that is a beautiful and wondrous thing.
TURQUOISE AND WHITE
Music and lyrics (c) by Rob Bryanton (SOCAN)
A dream of turquoise and white
Water and sand
A dream of fragrance and light
You take my hand
A dream of warmth and water
Suspended in the air
My tropic getaway
I’m there
A dream of laughter and sun
Swimming in blue
A dream so languid and soft
I turn to you
A gentle breeze, a whisper
A day without a care
My tropic getaway
I’m there
Turquoise and white, I close my eyes
And see it in my mind
Turquoise and white, a melody
A calm and peaceful time
A dream of turquoise and white
Water and sand
A dream of fragrance and light
You take my hand
A dream of warmth and water
Suspended in the air
Our tropic getaway
We’re there
We’re there
We’re there
Many of the videos for my songs are also available at YouTube, if you search for videos by 10thdim. You can audition and buy a high-quality mp3 of this song (and others by Rob Bryanton) at amiestreet.com. Included at amiestreet are 6 channel "stems" of this song and some of the others for remixing and mashups (and you can click here to play with a six-channel mixer that lets you audition and play with those stems). There is also an instrumental track of this song (and others) available from amiestreet for karaoke purposes. Finally, you can also download this song and other items from the tenthdimension digital store, and the items at that store are released under a Creative Commons license.
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