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My Father; was standing by the ocean,

just looking at the​ black Horizon

 

He stood there, alone for a long Time

I walked up and stood beside Him

I grabbed the fingers, of his Hand

Together, 

we watched the light, of the Rising Sun

He knelt down and looked into my eyes

and said, will you walk with me down the Beach?

 

Son, I have many things, 

I must tell you about this wonderful Life

I have traveled the great Oceans, to learn, 

the important Truths of Nature

 

As he walked, 

he looked down at the wet sand and said,

 

My Father told me, as a young Boy;

“that every Footstep, is really a poem of your Life

and each Poem, is your footprint in the Sands of Antiquity”

 

We stopped and turned, to look behind us,

at our footprints

but, 

I could only see, my little Footprints

 

As we walked, 

he just stared at the red sun, it was a beautiful new Day

He loved the waves, as they splashed against his Legs

 

Then, a big wave, knocked me Over

He picked me up and put me on top, 

of his Shoulders

 

I could see, as far, out to into the Ocean, 

as my Father . . . . .

 

Father said, can you hear the ancient voice of the Ocean

the silence of the Roar, is calling your. . . . . Name??

 

We will walk together, forever my Son

but, there is little time left, this Day

So, I leave You with my Poems, from a Life of joy, my Son

because, 

I must soon leave, and go away . . . . .

. . . . 

 

A young Student......Dylan  asked his Mentor, 

how can I, 

become a Wiseman

 

The Master replied, a Man’s signature, is his measure of Respect

Forgetfulness is the testimony of life, do you have a Plan

Corruption, is moral reasoning, without Regret

 

In a dungeon of time, we search for our own Completion

The sun shines through our eyes, where could you Hide

How can you transform a Man’s Destiny, without a Lifelong Mission?

The accumulation of experience, is the magnitude of your Pride

 

The “Book of Genesis,” examines, what really makes us Happy

Intelligence is the manifestation of a Man’s Wisdom, into his Spirit

Why do we look into the flames of creation and stare Blindly

As the reflection on your face shows your Skill and Merit

 

A Teacher, plants the seeds of curiosity, just like an ancient Farmer

The accumulation of knowledge, has unlocked many Mysteries

How long will it take you, to find, the Originality in your Honor

Your Genius, will astound the world, for many Centuries

 

“theTruthfulness” in your Voice,” is the history of your Journey

As you reach the end of your life, your circle has become Whole

With your smile and our love of music, you are no Phony

The work you leave behind, 

personifies 

“the Depth of your Soul”

                                 . . . . .                                    

Dylan, asked his mentor, how can I become a Wiseman

The Master replied, a Man’s signature, is his measure of Respect

The accumulation of experience, is the magnitude of our Pride

How long will it take you to realize, “theOriginality” in your Honor

Intelligence is the manifestation of a Man’s Wisdom, into his Spirit

  because

"Wisdom is the intuition of ancient Reason 

that focuses your life,

 for Survival

this is the psychic-inspiration 

from "theSoul"

that enriches

every Poem, Song, and Marriage 

with an eternal Beginning"

The Genius you create, will cultivate the world,

from Century to Century

“theTruthfulness” in your Voice,” is the history of your Journey

When you reach the end of your life, your circle has become Whole

as

The Truthfulness of your Heart and Life, 

personifies

“the Depth of your Soul”

You cannot be ahead of your Time

if you tell everyone, what they already,   Know !!

Written and Dedicated to: 

    the Ancient Poets of Human Enlightenment

To the Teachers,

Mentors, Politicians, and Priests of the World:

If you seek Honor and Perfection in the behavior of other Human Beings, 

do not Forget

to look in your own mirror 

and see

 if your preordained expectations, 

 

YOU whispered 

to "theWinds" of Time

Reflect YOUR..........Principles of Integrity 

with the Ethics of your; 

Soul and Spirit 

every day, of your LIFE . . . . .

Music:     The Honorable Missa Johnouchi 

Song:     on 5th album - "theContinuum" of Genius


Paintings, are the Hieroglyphics

on the Journey, to Your Consciousness

Music, is the Chariot of Romance

to this Enlightenment

Poetry, is the intrinsic Voice of “theWind


Where Paintings, Music & Poetry can Enrapture

your Perceptions of “theSelf” 

to charter your own Destiny of Life . . . . .


8 - 7 - 08                                                        Pay your Karmic Debts, ahead of Time or

                                                                   burden your Children with your Ineptness

 

9-12-07                                                 No MAN, knows "theDestiny" of the footprints, he leaves

in the Annals of Time, except the Man

who devotes his Life to "the Accomplishments" 

revealed to him

within his Soul of Ancestral Dreams!

 

8 - 9 - 07                                                          The Wisdom of “theSelf” is acquired by YOU

                                                                         it cannot ever be Given, only Reflected

 

2 - 22 - 06                                            When YOU sit in a room in silence with just a Candles Flame,

you live..... each breath of your LIFE

 


 

YOU can Never. . . discover 

YOUR;

 

Originality of Artistic-Perception 

around Others, 

YOU must . . . . .Learn 

to

'Love,  your Own Aloneness

 

to envision 

"thePath" of Your Genius !

 

“theEthics” to live a Humans Life

Creating “thePath” to an Honorable Behavior

On “theWay” 

to their Wisdom of Intelligence

therefore,

"theEthics" of Honorable Intelligence

 

9-24-05                                    The static-hum in the nothingness of Space,

                              is the “Eternity of Sound” within the musical harmony of Silence

 

3 - 21 - 05                           The contemplated perspective process of Writers, Musicians, and the Artist:

Artist, Writers, and Musicians live their lives within their dimension of unrealized Dreams, as their Reality.

 

Where everyone else, lives in today's Reality, with their lost Dreams, 

because you either drink from the undrinkable Well of Dreams or you do not.

 




10 - 23 - 09 

theQuintessence” of the archetype of Perfection

If YOU use Perfection; as your Model of Life,

“theTruth you discover is “theWisdom”

of knowing, where to truly Look

to observe “theReflection”

in your very own Soul

of “theSelF”

of YOU


       play the black pieces; while sitting behind white - checkmate


“I am a beautiful White Tiger, walking across

a Mountain ridge

with

“theWind” of Time,

blowing my majestic fur

to give my feet direction upon “thePath.”

YOU, 

are standing on a nearby Mountain,

watching through a Cosmic Telescope,

as I move,

so, very gracefully

from each rugged ledge to the TOP,

the summit of the Mountain, where I will roar,

my Destiny of “theTruth”

at “theWind” in boldness,

as

I find “theWay,”

Never, looking down at the distant Clouds and Mist below, 

which, are under my feet, but always knowing

in my eternal Soul, they wished,

they were I . . . . .




A beautiful White Tiger

Dylan Stephens; this book took 25-years’ of accumulated Epigramicisms, stories, poems, songs, and ancient dreams illuminated from Voyaging

into Human Philosophy

As 

dylan - "thePoetologist” of Life 


 I have spent

Lifetime drifting on "theWinds" of Time and writing about

my voyages beyond my Metaphysical Consciousness


Leave a comment or message at:

dylan@EthicsofTruth-23.com

9-25-09

Selflessness 

is when YOU, are so melodious 

in the meditative Quintessence 

of  “theSelf” 

YOU

 perceive “thePath” 

towards Quantuum Truths 

as cognitive Enlightenment”


When you Journey 

to

"theWindow" of ​Discovery

as 

You, quench your Eternal Thirst.

 . . . .

It Enlightens the  Curiosity 

of an ancient Dream,

  in your Enchanting. . . . .

Enrapture of "theSoul" 


5-CD Front Cover



 “theEthics” of Honorable Intelligence

  a Philosophy, Poetry, and International Songbook

 

The title of the book and the 5-Cd Anthology are called, theEthics” of Honorable Intelligence, a Philosophy, Poetry, and International Songbook, which is my 3rd book, but it was not the first book, I wanted to publish. Actually, it was 2nd in line, after the 4th book, “The Greedy Business of Life,” because I scripted this manuscript to be produced as a movie. I had to make a final decision, to wait and publish this poetry songbook in a couple of years, because I will write a lot more poetry and songs. 

 

The reason for publishing this book first is the book will attract an International audience

 just to find out:

what in the hell is going to happen to all these songs

 that no one has ever heard,

 a little intrigue for the future.

Years of research and writing in my books were dramatically changed in March and April of 2012; when I experienced and nurtured my unforgettable day-by-day international adventure to transcribe 36-original iridescent poems of songs to the music of these inexplicable musical artists. I was not surprised to learn later, that Missa Johnouchi, Shao Rong and Jia Peng Fang had played at Carnegie Hall.

 

The following are a few songs; I composed and demo-recorded to their own music:

 

9-songs to Missa Johnouchi –The Mind is a Sense, of Destiny - 35:23 min 50-verses or 200-lines   dedicated to Missa Johnouchi

8-songs to Jia Peng Fang –     The Quintessence of Wisdom -                                                              dedicated to Master Meng Tzu

5-Songs to Shao Rong –          The Woman in the Reflection -                                                               dedicated to Shao Rong

5-songs to Naoyuki Onda –     The Thief of Wisdom -                                                                             dedicated to Dr. Carl Sagan

                                                    Walking in Clouds -                                                                                dedicated to Dr. Michio Kaku

4-songs to Jiang Xiao-Qing -   The Depth of Your Soul -                                                                        dedicated to the Students & Children of the World

1-song to Jimi Hendrix -            Incredible Never Before Seen - 9:58 min 25-verses or 100-lines      dedicated and tribute to the Life of Jimi Hendrix

1-song to Carlos Santana –      The Hidden Art of Genius        - 15:34 min 37-verses or 148-lines    dedicated to: The Geniuses of Humanity - Carlos Santana

1-song to Robin Trower –         The Silence of Death - 7:41 min                                                            dedicated to:  the Ancient Poets of Human Enlightenment

1-song to Allman Brothers –     A Lonely Genius - 6:23 min                                                                  dedicated to the Genius in Your Son / Daughter

1-songs to Jean-Luc Ponty –    Unconditional Love -                                                                            dedicated to: Princess Diana Spencer of Wales

What I have stated is true, but it's the lyrical content within each song that entices, a closer look at "theTruth" of nature and Humanity.

 

So, I changed all my life plans, to publish this book now, because if I started writing my next book, the world would be waiting for an eternity. I wrote the 4th book in 2004 and I demo-produced the 5-Cd’s in 2012. Together, they have been lingering for 7-years in a timeless drawer with many other literary works. I meditated for years about this conundrum of artistic sharing and painfully contemplated selling Shao’s painting on eBay, but it did not matter how much money she would sell for, it would probably not be sold to Shao.

 

This is the reason why I put Shao’s painting on the book cover

as a final attempt to contact the Musicians

 

My only intent has been to share the songs with these artists if they decided they did not want to collaborate that would be absolutely fine because I have tons of work to keep me happy. There are many things in life, money cannot purchase and this was absolutely one of those Ethical Principles of Life. If you put Shao’s painting on eBay, how much would you sell her for?


So, I decided to publish my book and keep 

Shao Rong’s painting illuminating my living room.

 

Look into her eyes, they beckon you, 

close your eyes,

as she entices you into 

her world of eternal harmony

listen closely, can you hear 

Shao is playing her favorite song 

"True Love.”

How to find “theWay” of God

 

7 - 18 - 09

 The first step toward finding 

“thePath”

is to not LIE about 

Life and its Adventures

to Self or to Others.

 

This Self-confessing-Honesty

will clean your Human Mirror

and your own Self-Reflection

will Enlighten your Spirit

to “theWay”

of Primordial Change,

this will allow you to

Cultivate

 "theSelf-Godness" of your ethereal Soul for

Your Ancestral and Personal Spirit


Psyche' 4 


"theSilent" Force of "theWind" upon

"theLuminosity" of Psychic Energies


"theDiscovered" Enlightenment of the Heart


 

 

Note to the Reader:

I have written many songs for each artist below,

here are just 2 or 3 verses from a song

 

*** You will also discover; these verses are separated by many other verses in each song, 

this gives you; an accurate vision into my structural world of ancient poetic-Harmony

 

 

 “theDiscovered” Enlightenment of the Heart      Psyche'-4

 

The History of the 5-CD albums:

While sitting at my desk, I demo-recorded many of my Irridecesent Lyrical Songs composed to the music of Missa Johnouchi,  Shao Rong and the Liu Hua Ensemble I called the album, “theDiscovered” Enlightenment of the Heart. I had been listening to music and writing all through college, as well as every day of my life, but when I started creating to these new albums, their ambient music filled the air with a new passionate adventure for my life. The demo-5-Cd’s are a testament to the profound unity between the music and iridescent lyrics.

 

I listened to this album for 8-years, many, many times, as I continued to reinforce epigrams of behavioral modifications and to write my philosophy, poems, and songs.

 

It was during these years that songs like “The Mind is a Sense of Destiny” which, challenged my Heart and Mind to triangulate their syzygy with my Soul, enriching the power of my iridescent-literary focus.

 

When I finished, 

there were 50-verses or 200-lines, 

the challenge was so vast, 

there was never time to repeat 

a single line and with a title 

like this, how could I articulate

 “theTruth” to "theWinds" of Time

whispering

"The Mind is another Sense, of Destiny"