Loading ...It seems a strange time to start a year. In the middle of March. Not so strange, though – until the mid 18th century new years day in England, Ireland, the American colonies and many other countries was 25th March.
A new year beginning on the first day of spring - 21st March – encapsulates the Baha’i vision – of renewal, of new beginnings and dawnings, of hope for a better future, of the first stirrings of a growing mystic transformation.
Similar resonances abound in the fact that the new year falls on the (northern) vernal equinox – a moment of balance between the two halves of life, the moment when light finally overpowers dark.
It’s as though nature itself reflects the something new.
So by way of a little neocratic new year’s gift we thought it would be in-keeping with all this newness to share with you a track to download (for one month only – historians reading this post in future will have to reimagine the song) by Merz, an artist who has long dwelt in the links on the right hand side of this page and who you need to listen to. The track is called Mystic Transformation, and for the aurally challenged (and for those future historians out there reading this – namaste!) these are some of its lyrics.
Happy New Year!
“teacher teacher do us a favour
not sure we are getting any cleverer
the kind of knowledge taught to us at school
be the death of me and the death of you
take a look at what is happening to
the children of us just look at what they do
we need a mystic transformation
to spread over our nation
are these picked-bare bones of a civilisation, worth going to war for?
The only thing good in this world is change and change is coming for sure
New ways to determine wrong from right
Learn to look at each other in a different light with love
need a mystic transformation
to spread over our nation
I don’t have to spell things out in black and white
its not a jam jar storage kind of life
and for those who say I’ve got mine:
there’s something out there its moving
its leaving you behind�
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Good Morning Neocrats, and good afternoon and good evening, all around the world.
Namaste and Happy Naw Ruz, Happy New Day.
Let me be the first to thank you for the Merz download.I was also wondering, if it is not too much trouble, if you could perhaps change this very small font of the ‘Crats back to Georgian?Just a suggestion.Itmay even influence us, to think more lofty thoughts!At the very least it will delay the need for me to get spectacles.I know that day will come when i will be myopic, but NOT TODAY, and not reading the Neocrats :)
On the other hand, with larger text, you will more easily notice sloppy typos etc.