Burn One Down

From Ben Harper:

Let us burn one, from end to end.
And pass is over to me my friend.
Burn it long, but burn it slow,
to light me up before I go.

If you don't like my fire, then don't come around.
Cause I'm gonna burn one down.
Yes I'm gonna burn one down

My choice is what i chose to do;
and if I'm causin no harm,
it shouldn't bother you.
Your choice is who you chose to be;
and if your causin to harm, then your alright with me.

If you don't like my fire, then don't come around, cause I'm gonna burn one down.
Yes i'm gonna burn one, down.

Herb the gift, from the Earth,
and what's from the earth is of the greatest worth.
So before u knock it, try it first.
and you'll see it's a blessing and it's not a curse.
If you don't like my fire, then don't come around,
cause i'm gonna burn one down.
Yes i'm gonna burn one.

oh yeah


From a good friend on FaceBook about Moses:

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner speaks to this obedience of the spirit in his chapter Paying Attention regarding Moses and the burning bush.

"People usually explain that God used the burning bush to attract Moses's attention. But suppose you were God and could do anything--split the Red Sea, make the sun stand still, set up a pillar of fire...Perhaps the burning bush wasn't a miracle but a test. God wanted to find out if Moses could see mystery in something as ordinary as a bush on fire. In order to see it as a miracle, Moses had to watch the flames long enough to realize that the branches were not being consumed and that something awesome was happening.

Once God saw that Moses could pay attention, God spoke to him."


From the current Pope, Benedict XVI, about Jesus:

The Book of Deuteronomy contains a promise that is completely different from the messianic hope expressed in other books of the Old Testament, yet it is decisive importance for understanding the figure of Jesus. The object of this promise is not a king of Israel and king of the world--a new David, in other words--but a new Moses. . ."And there was has not risen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face" (Deut 34:10). . ."No one has ever seen God; it is the only Son, who is nearest to the Father's heart, who as made him known" (Jn 1:18). It is in Jesus that the promise of the new prophet is fulfilled. What was true of Moses only in fragmentary form has now been fully realized in the person of Jesus: He lives before the face of God, not just as a friend, but as a Son; he lives in the most intimate unity with the Father. (Jesus of Nazareth. Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI.)


if i am burns one
am i face to face with him
focus, watch the bush