Sunday, December 18, 2011

Beware of Maya

Music should never be listened to with the ears only. You have to feel it with your spirit and take it into your heart. Carlos Santana once said some songs are like tattoos. Once you hear them they're a part of you.

This is nice song. Nice music. Gentle and slow. The lyrics are good too. But do you know what they mean? That's the question.

Written by George Harrison. Also popularized by Leon Russell. Here's Clapton's version.



There's a line in the song "Beware of Maya"

Maya has multiple meanings and is believed by some to be good and necessary. By others Maya is believed to keep us bound to an illusion and to earth, keeping us from fully awakening to the universe. That it represents the purely physical and mental reality in which our conscious selves have become entangled.

Just some food for thought, if you're so inclined.