This is a song inspired by the melody of ‘Fukaki Umi No Kanata’ (Beyond the Deep Sea) by Yoshida Brothers. Feel free to read this song while listening to the melody or sing it… Hope this song inspires you to travel into the depths of your heart. Bon Voyage! All the best for your own internal searching.
Many seas I’ve crossed
Many ports I’ve reached
In my little
Imperfect boat
Of body and mind
Guided by the light of Heart
Oh a storm is coming
All is about to overturn
Perhaps I will finally realize that
From the sea
I rise
Into the sea
I fall
Like a little wave
In it dissolved
There is nowhere to go
For all is the Sea
Just let it Be
Wherever the currents lead me
I’ll go
Wherever the fishes call me
I’ll be
Back to the shore
I’ll return
Wave after wave
Oh the world is big
Yet so small
Oh time flows fast
Yet so slow
So I sing this song
From the sea
I rise
Into the sea
I fall
Like a little wave
In it dissolved
Sometimes my ego builds
My mind wanders
And I ask myself
Where shall I go next?
Is it New York, Lisbon or Rio?
Is it Gantou1, Paris or Tokyo?
Then I realize Being
And ego dissolves in itself
No more searching for the Sea
For I am already part of It
No ‘I’ to feed
No ‘mind’ to free
No fear
No worries
No attachments
No space
No time
Nothing at All
Yet Everything at the same time
So I sing this song
From the sea
I rise
Into the sea
I fall
Like a little wave
In it dissolved
Like a little wave
In it dissolved
Like a little wave
In it dissolved
- Gantou is my ancestral village (now a small town) in China where my grandparents and some relatives live. It is located on the margins of the Ou River, in the southeast part of the Zhejiang Province.