Buffy Saint-Marie - No No Keshagesh, taken from the album "Running For The Drum" Out now on Cooking Vinyl Records, http://cookingvinyl.com/
"With a thundering beat and stark words, Buffy tells it like it is!
da lyrics:
I never saw so many business suits.
Never knew a dollar sign that looked so cute.
Never knew a junkie with a money Jones:
He's singing, "Who's selling Park Place. Who's buying Boardwalk"?
These old men they make their dirty deals.
Go in the back room and see what they can steal.
Talk about your beautiful and spacious skies.
It's about uranium; it's about the water rights.
Put Mother Nature on a luncheon plate.
They cut her up and call it real estate.
Want all the resources and all of the land.
They make a war over it: Blow things up for it.
The reservation now is poverty row.
There's something cooking and the lights are low.
Somebody's trying to save our mother earth.
I'm gonna help them to save it,
To sing it and bring it
Singing: No no Keshagesh:
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)
No, no, no, no Keshagesh
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)
No, no, no, no Keshagesh
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)
No, no, no, no Keshagesh
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)
Ole Columbus he was looking good,
When he got lost in our neighborhood.
Garden of Eden right before his eyes.
Now it's all spy ware: now it's all income tax.
Ole' brother Midas looking hungry today.
What he can't buy he'll get some other way.
Send in the troopers if the natives resist.
Old, old story boys, that's how you do it boys.
Look at these people; ah they're on a roll.
Gonna have it all, gonna have complete control.
Want all the resources and all of the land.
They'll break the law for it: Blow things up for it.
When all our champions are off in the war,
Their final rip off here and is always on.
Mr. greed I think your time has come.
We're gonna sing it and pray it and live it then say it.
Singing: No no Keshagesh:
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)
No, no, no, no Keshagesh
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)
No, no, no, no Keshagesh
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)
No, no, no, no Keshagesh
You can't do that no more, (no more, no more no more)"
I am teacher of the blind and I find myself in such a place where I can't pay for basics even. I always a broken car away from losing my job. I look at the wanted ads online and they all seem to want me to move into selling widgets no one needs. I get excited at first that my talents match what they are looking for but then I just can't push send.
Helping others is a kind of sickness in the world of work these days. There has to be a better way? that allows us to survive and still serve others. The reverse is true of how the political will is going. The Libertarian would say to serve others, you must serve yourself first. The wealthy have served themselves to the busting gut status and still they want more. Should I give in to corporatism or just get out of the system completely?
Financial desperation is close to forcing me to quit teaching and just sell widgets. I can't say I am not tempted. I think my children are embarrassed of me because they want me to be successful. I am too old to be struggling just to make it. The world is changing in two directions... We know the corporations are killing the world but that is the only game in town that pays. I am holding on to the dream of helping others... and still... I looked again today at the wanted ads and looked again at the widget sales jobs...
I am so sorry you are having such financial difficulties!
Personally, I believe that the helping professions—teaching, nursing, social work, childcare, eldercare, are some of the most valuable to our society, yet the most underrated in terms of recognition and certainly in pay.
Of course you have to take care of your own financial needs. If you leave teaching to sell widgets, it does not mean you have to stop helping others. You can still be a volunteer, maybe at the same place you are teaching now. You might even be able to help out community organizations or individuals in financial need once you are more financially stable yourself.
Regarding what your children think of you: A wise man once said, “What others think of us is none of our damn business”, including our own family members. What’s more important is what we think of ourselves.
Regarding your decision about your work: Spirit has told me many times that in this lifetime, what we are DOING is not so important as what we are BEING.
Are we BEING kind, compassionate, patient, understanding, and loving? Are we BEING forgiving of ourselves and others when we fall short? Are we BEING in honor of the Earth? Are we BEING in connection with Spirit, seeing Spirit in ourselves and in others?
Whatever your decision is, whether to continue to teach or leave to sell widgets, you will still BE the same kind, compassionate person that you are, Rudi.
"...the reason you are here, old soul. Right now, especially now, the reason you are here is to hold light in dark places... The vibration of the planet is the issue. It can only be changed with a consciousness that is pure... It is in the BEING and not the DOING. It is being light, for as you walk around with illumination, you change that which is dark."
"'Kryon, I'm not a healer, nor an author. I'm not a channeller either. I just go to work, come home, do errands, make the beds, then go to work again. What kind of a life is this?' I'll tell you, dear one, it's a Match Bearer's life! Your lineage asked for you to come and for you to walk on the planet and strike the match, go to work, make the beds, do the errands, and come back home again. That's why you're here! I don't want you to diminish that for a moment, since everywhere you go there is more light because of you."
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