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¡ FREEDOM !

THIS WHOLE 'SCROLL' ...

IS DUE ...

¡ TO A DREAM !

¡ IMAGINE THAT !

EVEN ... 'Web-Pages' ...

CAN ACTUALLY COME ...

¡ FROM DREAMS !

AND WHO CAN EVEN ...

--- EVER ---

--- TELL ---

JUST WHAT ELSE ...

MAY COME ...

¿ FROM DREAMS ?

And Although ...

I DID HAVE ...
This Dream ...
Some 40 Years Ago ...

And Although ...

IT DID TAKE ...
Some 40 Years ...
To 'Inspire' ...
THIS ...
'Web-Page'

Nonetheless ...

It IS ...

'Pretty Cool' ...

Just What DREAMS ...

¡ Can Do !

¿ ISN'T IT ?

[ OK, OK, ... So 'Maybe' ...
The 'Jury' ... Is STILL Out ...
On THIS ... Particular ... Page ...
But Just The Same ... ]

Anyways ...

I Decided To Call This Dream:

¡ FREEDOM LAND !

Mainly Because ...

I Couldn't Think of ...
A Better Name ...

( At The Time ... Nor Since )

But Also Because ...

It Is All About:

¡ FREEDOM !

¡ FREEDOM LAND !

I suddenly find myself in some kind of urban setting, staying with some friends, ALTHOUGH ... it's like I'm from 'Out of Town' or something, for their 'ways' and their lives are somewhat strange to me ... if not ... Downright ... ALIEN!

IN THIS LAND ...

THERE IS ...

¡ NO MONEY !

EVERYTHING ...

IS JUST ...

¡ FREE !

For Instance,

There might be a lot of Cars ...

Parked along the street ...

BUT NONE OF THEM ...

'BELONGS'

¡ TO ANYONE !

ALL OF THEM ...

'BELONG'

¡ TO EVERYONE !

Say, for example, that you have to go somewhere; you would just walk outside, look around, pick out a car, jump in, and drive off! And once you get to your destination, you just park it, get out, and go about your business.

BUT ... there is no guarantee that when you return, that particular car will still be there ... because someone else in need of a car may have hopped in and driven off.

¡ NOT A PROBLEM !

There are plenty of other cars around, and so you just pick out a different one.

Although ... sometimes you might put something you need or obtained in the trunk or in the back-seat and so you need that same car for your return trip.

¡ NOT A PROBLEM !

You either just leave a 'note' ... or you 'set' some kind of 'flag' ... (like the 'red flag' on a mailbox, indicating there is mail) ... and people will just choose a different car.

NO ONE ... WOULD EVEN DREAM ... of driving off in a 'flagged' car (or one with a note in it) Because: "Oh! Someone else, NEEDS this car. No problem! I'll just choose another!"

And also ... NO ONE WOULD EVER 'STEAL' ... whatever it was that you left in the trunk or on the back seat...

Because ... WHY?

Because they could always get that very same thing - if they really wanted or needed it - themselves - FOR FREE!

In Freedom Land ...

The Concept of 'Theft' ...

--- Or 'Stealing' ---

¡ DOES NOT EVEN EXIST !

CAN YOU EVEN ...

¿¿¿ IMAGINE ... THAT ???

¡ NO THEFT !

¡ NO CRIME !

[ SOUNDS Even WORSE ...
THAN 'SOCIALISM' ...
DOESN'T IT ? ]

Not only THAT ... but the WHOLE Creation and Production of 'Things' ... (like cars) ... IS TOTALLY ... DIFFERENT!

Cars are designed and made by people who just LOVE designing and engineering and making cars! They are ALL ... DEDICATED 'Craftsmen' ... WHO LOVE THEIR WORK ... and they just WANT Their Work to be as 'perfect' as possible and to be appreciated by those who will use their work, and they take great pains - and pride - to make sure that everything is - 'just so' - for the sake and for the benefit of all the people who will see and use and depend on...

¡ THEIR WORK !

You See ...

'Freedom Land' ...

Has A TOTALLY ...

DIFFERENT ...

¡ MIND-SET !

None of It ...
Is About ...
Merely ...
'Making Profit'

--- Or ---

Just 'Putting Food On The Table'

--- Or ---

Being 'Famous' ...
for something or other

It Is ALL About ...

--- DOING ---

¡ WHAT YOU LOVE !

--- AND ---

SERVING ...

OTHERS

--- BY ... DOING ---

¡ WHAT YOU LOVE !

¡ WOW !

Talk About:

¡ MIND BLOWN !

Now, I 'Imagine' ...

That 'Some' 'People' ...

--- IN THIS WORLD ---

'Might' Object ...

To EVEN The 'CONCEPT' of ...

'FREEDOM LAND'

[ Like 'Capitalists' ... and The '1%' ... mostly ]

And I 'Imagine' ...

That 'They' 'Might' Say ...

'But WHO ...
Will Take Out The Garbage?'

And So I Answer:

Who Takes Out The Garbage ...
In YOUR Family?

Hopefully ...
You All Work It Out ...
TOGETHER

And Maybe You Take Turns

Or Maybe ...
Some ONE in Your Family ...
Just LIKES ...
To Take It Out ...

(WHO Knows WHY?)

Maybe So That No One Else HAS To
(Because THAT'S ...
Just The Way They ARE)

Or Maybe Just Because ...
They Like An 'Excuse'
To Go Outside At Night
To Look at The Moonlight

¿ WHO KNOWS ?

BUT ...

1st of All ...

--- In Freedom Land ---

There Would Be MOUNTAINS ...

--- LESS ---

¡ GARBAGE !

Be-Cause ...

ALL People ...
Would Realize
That Excessive Trash
Is Not Only Wasteful
And Has To Be 'Disposed of ...
In 'Some' Way

And That Each 'Little' 'Bit'
Would Then Become A 'BURDEN'
On Someone Else
Who Has To Cart It Somewhere
And 'Dispose' of It

And It Would Also Create
A 'BURDEN'
On 'Mother Earth'
Whom Everyone LOVES
And So Would NOT WISH
Or Even DREAM OF
Further Burdening

And 2nd of All ...

Since EVERYTHING ...

¡ IS FREE !

There's No NEED ...
For 'Extraneous Packaging'
Protecting
An Item
From Theft

--- OR EVEN FOR ---

ADVERTISING ...

That Some Product's ...
'Virtues'
¿¿¿ 'ARE' ???
'Superior'
To 'Brand X'

Because ...
'Some'
'Products'
Have Been 'PERFECTED'

Like ...
--- Oh, I Don't Know ---
'Sewing Needles'

So There ARE ...
NO Competitors
NEEDED

( "Been There. Done That!" )

Now ...
I 'TOTALLY'
'Realize'
That
'FREEDOM LAND'
Is A Long
Long
Ways
From Arriving
On THIS Earth

[ Judging by Just HOW ... Earth-LIFE ...
--- SEEMS ---
To have been ... 'MAN-Handled' ...
Thus Far ]

--- BUT ---

Even Though ...
Right 'NOW'
FREEDOM LAND
Might SEEM Like ...
A 'Pie-in-the-Sky' ...
'Pipe Dream'

Wouldn't IT
BE
'Coolio'

--- IF ---

We Started
(At Least)

LONGING ...

¿ FOR FREEDOM LAND ?

MOVING ...
In The Direction OF ...

¿ FREEDOM LAND ?

Working Out
And 'Laying Down'
SOME
Of The Infrastructure
THAT

FREEDOM LAND

MIGHT

EVENTUALLY

¿ NEED ?

¿ Right HERE ?

¿ Right NOW ?

Just 'In Case' ...

IT ...

--- IS ---

ACTUALLY

¿ POSSIBLE ?

[ I Think
That 'Maybe'
¡ It IS ! ]

--- BUT ---

WE NEED

FIRST

To Break FREE

Of The Past

To Break FREE

Of OUR

HUMAN

PAST

Break FREE

Of Competition

Of One-Up-Manship

Break FREE

Of

'ME FIRST'

Break FREE

Of

'MY WAY

OR THE HIGHWAY'

Break FREE

Of BONDAGE

TO

RELIGIONS

RACES

NATIONS

'PARTIES'

IDEOLOGIES

CORPORATIONS

GREED

AND JUST GENERAL:

SELFISHNESS

BREAK FREE OF ...

¡ THE 'ME' !

The Following Psalms ...

May 'Appear' To Be

Almost

'Random'

AND

'All-Over-The-Map'

--- BUT ---

FREEDOM

--- IS ---

[ Almost By Defintion ]

--- BEING ---

ALL

'OVER'

¡ 'THE MAP' !

There Are Two 'Types' ...

Of People:

Those Who Would Be Free ...

And Those ...

Who Would Keep ...

Others ...

¡ BOUND !

WHICH 'Type' ...

¿ Are YOU ?

And What Kind of Psalm ...

Might Someone ...

Who Has Broken FREE ...

--- SING ---

To Those ...

¿ Who Have Bound Them ?

These Next Psalms ...

Are Dedicated To Those ...

¡ WHO WOULD BE FREE !

Free Hand

Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, & Ray Shulman

Gentle Giant

Gary Green
Kerry Minnear
Derek Shulman
Ray Shulman
John Weathers

wikipedia

Tithe: On Amazon On iTunes

[ or on your favorite source ]

¡ LISTEN !

Who Would Believe Me Now ...
¿ That My Hands Are Free ?
¿ That My Hands Are Free ?

I Never Thought It Would ...
Ever Come To Me
Ever Come To Me

Now That My Life's My Own ...
I Leave You Behind
Leaving You Behind

What Ever Made You Think ...
¿ That I'd Change My Mind ?
¿ That I'd Change My Mind ?

It Wasn't Hard To Run ...
Break Away From You
Break Away From You

After All You'd Done ...
¿ What Was I To Do ?
¿ What Was I To Do ?

Who's Gonna Take My Place ...
¿ In The Games You Play ?
¿ In The Games You PLAY ?

Nobody's Listening Now ...
To The Things You Say
¡ Everything You Say !

Now My Hands Are Free ...
From The Ties
From The Ties

Now I Look Forward To ...
The Future
Where It Lies

And With You ...
Feeling Low
Looking Black

Here, Now My Head Is Clear ...
¿ Why Should I Look Back ?

When It Was Over ...
¿ Did You Have Regrets ?
¿ Did You Have Regrets ?

Or Did You Really Think ...
¿ It Was Over Yet ?
¿ It Was Over Yet ?

Now That My Life's My Own ...
I Leave You Behind
Leaving You Behind

What Ever Made You Think ...
¿ That I'd Change My Mind ?
¿ That I'd Change My Mind ?

¿ That I'd Change My Mind ?

¿ That I'd Change My Mind ?

¿ That I'd Change My Mind ?

In Truth ...

NO ONE ...

BINDS YOU ...

¡ BUT YOU !

You Have Bound Yourself ...

¡ WITH YOUR OWN ROPE !

Throw OFF ...

Your Self-Imposed ...

Shackles

And FLY ...

¡ FREE !

¡ I'm FREE !

Pete Townshend

From the Rock Opera: Tommy

The Who

Roger Daltrey
John Entwistle
Keith Moon
Pete Townshend

wikipedia

Tithe: On Amazon On iTunes

[ or on your favorite source ]

¡ LISTEN !

¡ I'm Free !

¡ I AM FREE !

And FREEDOM ...

TASTES

¡ OF REALITY !

¡ I'm Free !

¡ I AM FREE !

And I'm Waiting ...

For YOU ...

To Follow ...

ME ...

If I Told You What It Takes
To Reach The Highest High

You'd Laugh and Say:
"Nothing's That Simple"

But You've Been Told
Many Times Before
Messiahs Pointed To The Door
And No One Had The Guts
To Leave The Temple!

¡ I'm Free !

¡ I AM FREE !

And FREEDOM ...

TASTES

¡ OF REALITY !

¡ I'm Free !

¡ I AM FREE !

And I'm Waiting ...

For YOU ...

To Follow ...

ME ...

How Can We Follow?

How Can We Folloooooow ...

ooooow

oooow

ooow

oow

ow

?

This Next Psalm ...

Was The One ...

That First Inspired Me ...

To Write ...

This Whole Scroll

On The Silent Wings
Of Freedom

Chris Squire & Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

wikipedia

Tithe: On Amazon On iTunes

[ or on your favorite source ]

¡ LISTEN !

On The Silent Wings of Freedom
Where We Offer Ourselves
Midst The Balancing of The Sun

On The Winds of Celestial Seasons
That Would Carry Me On
Midst The Balance of Being One

On The Dream of Our Love Eternal
That Will Eventually Bring
Our Living Once More With You

Where We Are Coming From
Or Where We Go
We Only Know
We Come With Sound

Where We Are Coming From
Or Where We Go
We Only Know
We Go Around and Around

On The Back of Your
Forty-Second Screamdown
Do You Choose To Be Lost
Midst The Challenge of Being One

On The Flight of
Regardless Feelings
As You Hurtle To Fear
Midst The Challenge of Everyone

On The Darkest Night So Painful
Do You Hunger For Love
Midst The Torture of Being One

On The Passing Light of Easing
Have You Seen You Inside
Midst The Being of Everyone

To The Common Goal of Freedom
Where We Offer Ourselves
Midst The Balancing of The Sun

Where We Are Coming From
Or Where We Go
We Only Know
We Come With Sound

Where We Are Coming From
Where We Are Coming From
Or Where We Go
We Only Know
We Go Around and Around

And Just WHO ...

Will SET ...

¿ US FREE ?

--- WE ---

WILL SET

US

¡ FREE !

Set Us Free

TRANSATLANTIC

Neal Morse
Mike Portnoy
Roine Stolt
Pete Trewavas

wikipedia

Tithe: On Amazon (CD)

[ or on your favorite source ]

¡ LISTEN !

Look At The People
Tossed In Turmoil In The Street

Satan Like Lightning
Falling Down

The Ungodly World
Is Like a Vicious Troubled Sea

It Feels Like Our Ship
Is Sinking Down

We Have Been Blinded
In Our Hearts
We Want To See

And Somewhere Inside We Know
It's Not Supposed To Be

Come Bring This Ship
Out of The Whirlwind
Set Us Free

¡ Free !

¡ Free !

¡ Free !

Look At The Person
Who Is Standing
To Your Right

See How He's Slowly
Going Mad

Watch How He Smiles
And Acts Like Everything's Alright

But If You Close Your Eyes
You'll Understand

We Have Been Blinded
In Our Hearts
We Want To See

And Somewhere Inside We Know
It's Not Supposed To Be

Come Bring This Ship
Out of The Whirlwind
Set Us Free

¡ Free !

¡ Free !

¡ Free !

¡ Set Us Free !

¡ Free !

¡ Free !

¡ Free !

¡ Oh, Look Out !

Are YOU
¿ FREE ?

¡ FREEDOM !

¡ FREEDOM LAND !

Free Hand

¡ I'm FREE !

On The Silent Wings Of Freedom

Set Us Free

On The Silent Wings
Of Freedom