A beautiful rendition of the Leonard Cohen song. Even though the song is about negotiating the minefield of interpersonal relationships and the pain that comes from acting unskillfully in those relationships, every time he sings the word "Hallelujah" it is like breathing in some relief that comes from abandoning ourselves to the healing grace that is always available but often seemingly remote because we grasp so tenaciously to our conditioned self.
Out Before Dawn
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Out before dawn on Solstice,
I enter the complete silence before the birds sing.
Not a branch, not a twig moves.
All is still but the filmy clouds p...
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