We go through phases. I am in another Beatles phase. This has been going on for several months now. I am reading a book that breaks down every song that they have written, even posting on Amazon things about the book like “The author doesn’t understand that there can be multiple meanings to songs, the author doesn’t understand John, etc.” I take it very personally. I know when things are out of balance when a hobby becomes a bit obsessive and I push against the Yogic ethics of Brahmacharya, wanting to own every single recording of The Beatles and every single solo Beatle (even Paul) in such a compulsive manner that I risk the practice of Asteya by asking my son to get the albums that I don’t have off of the file sharing site that he accesses. I have to realize that I cannot possess the Beatles, and I will become possessed by being so possessive. I won’t even end up listening to all of this crap. I will just attempt to fulfill that compulsive desire for more. John, George, Ringo, even Paul, belong to the world. Let it go. Let it be.
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