From: Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Please Call Me By My True Names 

Don't say that I will depart tomorrow- 
even today I am still arriving. 
Look deeply: every second I am arriving 
to be a bud on a Spring branch, 
to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings, 
learning to sing in my new nest, 
to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower, 
to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone. 
I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, 
to fear and to hope. 
The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death 
of all that is alive. 
I am a mayfly metamorphosing 
on the surface of the river. 
And I am the bird 
that swoops down to swallow the mayfly. 
I am a frog swimming happily 
in the clear water of a pond. 
And I am the grass-snake 
that silently feeds itself on the frog. 
I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones, 
my legs as thin as bamboo sticks. 
And I am the arms merchant, 
selling deadly weapons to Uganda. 
I am the twelve-year-old girl, 
refugee on a small boat, 
who throws herself into the ocean 
after being raped by a sea pirate. 
And I am the pirate, 
my heart not yet capable 
of seeing and loving. 
My joy is like Spring, so warm 
it makes flowers bloom all over the Earth. 
My pain is like a river of tears, 
so vast it fills the four oceans. 
Please call me by my true names, 
so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once, 
so I can see that my joy and pain are one. 
Please call me by my true names, 
so I can wake up 
and the door of my heart 
could be left open, 
the door of compassion.

Original Lyrics:
My joy's like spring so warm
It makes flowers bloom all over the Earth.
My pain's like a river of tears,
So vast it fills the four oceans.
Please call me by my true names
So I can hear all my cries and laughter at once,
So I can hear that my joy and pain are one.
Please call me by my true names
So that I can wake up
And the door of my heart could be left open

please call me by my true name

www.uriatsur.com

Visionary, Producer, SInger-Songwriter, teacher, brother, father, lover and dreamer.

Creator and facilitator of the international Vocal Freedom workshops and the Voice Medicine Retreats
Producer of The Sacred Journey festival
Lead singer at Orotband
Founder of the School For Singing Circle Leaders.
 
Facilitator of workshops, ceremonies, and retreats  which all touch eht sme essence: The opening of the heart, expansion of consciousness and remembering of the global community that we all are. 

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An international, Israel-based DJ, playing mainly Globaltronica (Electronic Tribal World Music), Ecstatic Dance, and Templesque music.
Has been doing so for the past 20+ years in festivals, "burns", private events (such as weddings and funerals), clubs, and other venues.
On a lifelong, constant search for the primordial sound.

Life is a big sacred ceremony. From my profile you find music for ceremonies/circles.

Adionai is a Singer-Songwriter, Multi-Faceted Musician, Writer/Poet, DJ and Transformational Facilitator born in Jerusalem, Israel and living in the California Bay Area.

Between performing his unique flavor of Alternative Medicine Music, holding space at Ecstatic Dances, or guiding souls into embodiment through Meditative Movement Journeys- he weaves through festivals and events amidst the west coast’s rising conscious culture with palpable intentions for humanity's freedom into soul sovereignty and collective unification. 

While growing up feeling estranged and unable to truly express his spirit in this world, music was the only thing that truly made sense, as it soon started to channel through the veils of his soul suppression, hand-in-hand with the massive mystic openings that would reveal his purpose on earth being to guide listeners back to their hearts through this Music as a primary medium. 

Spiraling through everything from Rap, to Electronic, to Indie Rock, to Medicine Music, to Improvised Light Language; Adionai is a true voice for spirit, transmitting raw feeling from the depths of the collective soul via hypnotic melodies and authentically awake lyrics to weave dimensions and unveil bridges to an Earth wherein every part of us is and always has been held as a vital, sacred, and celebrated part of the greater love song of our shared human story.

please call me by my true name

Uria Tsur