A bodhisattva, skin blue like the vast sky, cherishes the Lotus Sutra.
May all beings in all the worlds attain perfect peace and happiness.
CG: Yeah, I’m not sure. But, I’ve got to say, I didn’t even see anyone drinking a beer. Nobody drank alcohol. They had some pot, but not a lot. The pot in those days was mild, very mild. So, I think there was an attitude of just frolicsomeness. They didn’t feel as if they had to get anything done.
CC: Do you think that’s something we’ve lost as a society?
CG: Well, I don’t think we ever really had it. It’s not considered adult behavior for one thing. You know when you see someone at a show dancing until they drop and you’re a little worried about them. Well, they’re putting on a great show for everyone around them. They’re giving it all they’ve got. I think that comes from the same place. It comes from the excitement of human energy. Like a kitten. You can play like a kitten. If you can find that part of you inside of yourself that wants to play like a kitten, you can let yourself do that.
- Mountain Girl
I had to move, really had to move,
That’s why if you please, I am on my bendin’ knees,
Bertha don’t you come around here anymore.
Jung writes further: “archetypal content expresses itself, first and foremost, in metaphor…it…remains unknown and not to be fitted into formula”.
The lyrics of the Grateful Dead, both cryptic and richly endowed with metaphor, are another means by which this cultural phenomenon has influenced Deadheads over the years. The lyrics, beloved by Deadheads, conform to traditional “oral teachings”, and introduce the novice to spiritual values throughout the course of a Grateful Dead rite of passage.
