Ep 688 – A Tribute to John Lennon

Infants on Thrones

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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John Lennon would have been 80 years old today.

If you are a Beatles fan and would like to hear more episodes like this one, here is the link to The Spiritual Dimension of the Beatles

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0:00.0	Well, he captured something in the writing, he captured a flavor, he brought us to some kind of experience to share with him. He let us in. Part of the spirit of the book and
0:18.8	part of the spirit of this
0:25.0	you know neutral and you know not engaging in just glorification or here worship
0:31.0	but just to be more scholarly about the realism of who these people are.
0:36.0	You know, all of us are initially flawed and unfinished and works in progress,
0:42.0	and that's true for everyone who's ever showed up on this planet in my view.
0:46.0	So Lenin is no exception.
0:48.0	He wasn't, you know, in any sense, quote,
0:52.0	some kind of God. He was very flawed and very human.
0:55.3	And the maturation of his chart is basically from war to peace. He's got
1:01.8	karma around conflict and violence and possibly war, which played out in his biography.
1:07.0	Really the work of the Beatles is a transmutation of emotional issues into creative expression
1:18.1	into something that can be enjoyed by many.
1:21.4	So turning a painful issue, grief and loss, but also in this example, something
1:26.9	more belligerent, taking ownership for that and transmuting that into joy and good cheer and entertainment and stuff that we can sing
1:35.0	along to and have fun to that is the spiritual work of the Beatles.
1:38.6	This is infants on Thrones, the philosophies of men mingled with humans.
1:47.0	We are the court. After your faith has let you down
1:59.0	Look for the good in everything
2:10.6	Look for the people who will set your soul free. It always seems impossible until it's done.
2:15.0	Look for the good and everyone.
2:20.0	Welcome back to Infants on Thrones. I'm Glenn Ostland and this is episode 688, a tribute to John Lennon.
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