First is salvation is an ongoing process
The first time I was saved was, um, when I was eleven
Billy Graham
I don't know if you can appreciate now the charisma of Billy Graham
He just goes, um, "Come to me, come to me, come to me
Stand up and come to me"
Now, "Give me your money" was something
I didn't understand at that time
But that was really
This is my new telescope
It really only looks at, uh, New Jersey
It's supposed to look at the stars
So, I came forward and I was saved by Billy Graham
And I was very, very proud of that
Um, but I've tried to be, I've tried to
Be saved about ten other times in my life
And I, and I, I still have the illusion that there's a guru somewhere
So I keep looking
Here's the last one, well, here, I can leave you on
This picture was taken at, at, uh, St. John the Divine
Where I, uh, you have here, you have the bishop
He's invited the Dalai Lama to come to St. John the Divine
And, uh, and talk
But also there were other people talking too
I was supposed to give a speech
Which was one of the worst moments of my life
To give a speech while the Dalai Lama is in the audience
It's really, really intimidating
So, uh, especially if you think that this is, this is, um
A person who is, uh, capable of, like, kind of very pure love
So if there's anything about pride or anything about your ego
In what you're saying, it makes you feel very queasy
It makes you feel very queasy
So, that's, that's my salvation story
To me salvation is you, you know?
It's, uh, you don't need to look to the outside world
All these, all the, you know, religions
Are saying, "Salvation, salvation"
But there's no one, they're not doing anything to
Really try and change the mentality, you know?
Of the people that are in war or fighting or whatever, you know?
I mean, most major wars are fought
For religious or ideological reasons
From salvation of one group at the expense of another
And, um, these things probably need to change
I would say that salvation to me is an everyday action
Something that I
Salvation in the standard sense is very distant to me
Salvation in the Judeo-Christian sense
Is very distant and dream-like to me
And although it would be very nice if one day it came that way
I don't count on it and I don't act on it
I try to act what I believe should be salvation in my everyday life
In my normal relationships with all the people that I meet
Salvation
Salvation
When the little one came
A hole was blown open
A partial surrendering in the midst of knowing
And for an instance the constant heart shed its own tears
Wave upon wave carried me over
Beyond the peripheries of hope and fear
Deadening the voice of relentless biography
I stood at the center and danced at the extremities
Mapping the city as subtle as silence
Then on outwards into the darkness
When the crazy one came
She placed her finger on my forehead and pushed on through
I woke up, face on fire, spitting out diamonds
Thoroughly lost her logic, craving her madness
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