Sleeping Awake

The song "Sleeping Awake" from P.O.D off the The Matrix Reloaded soundtrack popped into my head today. Ever heard that tune? I love it. I thought about it today. We go through life in a state of slumber. There's always so much going on around us that we aren't aware of. If we could really see the spiritual world, past the conscious, we would be alarmed at what we saw. Some people are so much more in tune with that part of their life than I am, that it amazes me what they what they know or have seen. Others, however, are sleeping, but not awake. They go through life content to pledge their lives to their jobs, and the pursuit of climbing the corporate ladder and the pay scale. Or, they fill up all of their down time with activities. This may shock you, but sometimes a break from family is important! Family time can be used to keep you busy, so that you don't ever get alone, and seek the deep in silence. I'm not advocating shutting yourself off from your family, but just getting alone once and a while. It's important stuff! TV viewership is up dramatically. How about some overtime? As if eight hours a day wasn't enough, now you can let work take up more of your valuable time, and to what end? What, of any lasting good, have you really accomplished? What can you take away from these things and say, "you know, that was really worth my time. The world is a better place forever, because I watched a lot of tv (worked overtime, kept my nose in a book, etc., etc.)" None of these things are bad in their proper doses, but we can't get into a spiritual rhythm in our lives if we're cluttering it up with an imbalance of activity. It's up to each of us to play our part to use our gifts to help join the physical and the spiritual; to make those worlds one; to become "sleeping awake"!

Sleeping Awake (P.O.D.)

Reveal to meThe mysteries
Can you tell me what it means?
Explain these motions and metaphors
Unlock these secrets in me
Describe the visions
The meaning is missing
Won't anybody listen?

Define the riddles of my mind
Nothing is really as it seems

Dreaming of Zion awake
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake

Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake

Can you see it?
The writing
Can you tell me what it means?
Translate the symbols; enigma
Expressions keep pushing me
The message slips and the meaning is missing
Won't anybody listen?

Prophecy; interpretate the signs
Nothing is really as it seems

Dreaming of Zion awake
Sleeping awake
Dreaming of Zion awake
Can't stop sleeping awake

Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Do you see what I see?
Can you hear what I hear?
Do you feel like I feel?
Can't stop sleeping awake