Neither Heads nor Tails

from Observer Participant by Rick Wilson

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NEITHER HEADS NOR TAILS
The spiritual life needs a belch with a beer
To balance the living a life that’s austere
The sensual life you can demystify
With a hard bed, rough blanket and a cold night sky
Holy, holy. Holy, it’s not all chant and pray
Or elevating thoughts towards a judgment day
It’s tempered by the gritty spoils that form in lands of waste
And when the dealer shuffles you a hand not to your taste
The spiritual life needs a belch with a beer
So, order a drink for both hermit and seer
This physical life is illusion we know
But we’ll still raise a toast to above and below
We’ll swim in cold water and we’ll sing in the rain
We’ll balance our behaviour, we’ll indulge, we’ll abstain
We’ll shift the weight of being as we lie across the scales
Not one side or the other, not either heads or tails
But rather centred upright with arms as counterweights
And open to such movements as the moment generates.

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from Observer Participant, released October 20, 2023

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Rick Wilson UK

Born and educated in London, Rick started messing around with drums in his mid teens.
He embarked on a career with rock bands including The Work before diversifying his experiences with musicians from other traditions, linking music with story and other art forms. Rick not only performs and teaches but composes, designs soundscapes and installations and
runs music sessions as psychiatric therapy. ... more

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