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THE BUDDHA A Spiritual Journey to the Promised Land of Non-Duality & BRUCE Foreword by Bruce Springsteen SPRINGSTEEN BRENDAN CALDWELL & THE GYPSY RADIO PROJECT For You The Buddha and Bruce Springsteen: A Spiritual Journey to The Promised Land of Non-Duality Brendan Caldwell & The Gypsy Radio Project Table of Contemplations Program Note: What the Hell is Consciousness? ...................................................... 3 Follow the Yellow Brick Road ................................................................................................ 8 In the Journey ............................................................................................................................... 9 The Blind Side ............................................................................................................................. 10 Transcending the Ego .............................................................................................................. 11 The Age of Integrity .................................................................................................................. 12 High Hopes: In Bruce’s Words ............................................................................................. 15 We’re Off to See the Wizard .................................................................................................. 16 Our Whole Life is Gypsy Radio ............................................................................................. 17 The Love / Fear Continuum ................................................................................................... 19 Editorial Note: Borrowing from The Boss ....................................................................... 21 Mr. Holland’s Magnum Opus ................................................................................................. 22 All the World’s a Stage ............................................................................................................ 23 Chapter I – Thunder Road: An Invitation into Non-Duality .................................. 31 Come, Take My Hand ........................................................................................................... 32 Thunder Road ........................................................................................................... 33 These Two Lanes ................................................................................................................... 35 I Ain’t No Hero, That’s Understood ................................................................................ 37 Cliffs Notes: Buddhism ........................................................................................................ 38 Central Premise ...................................................................................................................... 39 In Which Hand He Held His Fate ..................................................................................... 40 Cautious Man ............................................................................................................ 41 This Too Shall Pass ............................................................................................................... 42 The Rising ................................................................................................................... 43 Tonight, Tonight .................................................................................................................... 45 Chapter II – Devils and Dust: An Examination of Fear .......................................... 47 Ease On Down, Ease On Down The Road ................................................................................... 49 The Inner Code: Navigating The Love / Fear Continuum ...................................................... 50 Discernment Vs. Judgment ............................................................................................................... 52 Shame: Adam Raised the Cain ....................................................................................................... 54 The Birth of Awareness ..................................................................................................................... 56 Blinded by the Light ............................................................................................... 56 Fear’s a Powerful Thing, Bobby ..................................................................................................... 58 Devils and Dust ........................................................................................................ 60 The Hand That Turns The Key ....................................................................................................... 62 Jackson Cage ............................................................................................................. 65 If I Was Only Better ............................................................................................................................. 66 Summarizing Contemplations ........................................................................................................ 67 Chapter III – Tunnel of Love: An Examination of Personal Consciousness ..... 69 Guilt: A Brother Named Frankie .................................................................................... 71 Highway Patrolman .............................................................................................. 72 Turn Down That Goddamn Guitar ................................................................................. 74 My Father’s House .................................................................................................. 75 It Ain’t No Sin To Be Glad You’re Alive ......................................................................... 76 Badlands ..................................................................................................................... 77 Sadness: Down Bound Train ........................................................................................... 78 Too Many Phone Calls ......................................................................................................... 79 You’re Missing .......................................................................................................... 79 When You’re Alone, You Ain’t Nothing But Alone ................................................... 80 Down Bound Train ................................................................................................. 81 City of Brotherly Love .......................................................................................................... 82 Streets of Philadelphia .......................................................................................... 83 Oasis of Optimism ................................................................................................................. 85 Anger: Don’t Fall To Your Fears ..................................................................................... 86 Wrecking Ball ........................................................................................................... 88 Things Fall Apart ................................................................................................................... 90 Death To My Hometown ...................................................................................... 92 C’mon Rise Up ......................................................................................................................... 93 My City of Ruins ....................................................................................................... 94 Pride: The Man At The Top .............................................................................................. 96 Man At The Top ....................................................................................................... 97 Pride Goes Before The Fall ................................................................................................ 98 War: What Is It Good For? ................................................................................................. 99 Born in the USA ..................................................................................................... 101 This Land Is Your Land .................................................................................................... 102 We Take Care Of Our Own ............................................................................... 103 Summarizing Contemplations ...................................................................................... 104 Yeah, You Right .................................................................................................................... 105 Chapter IV – The Empathic Shift: Transcending the Illusion of Separateness ............................................................. 107 Went On To Organize ........................................................................................................ 110 Joe Hill ....................................................................................................................... 111 Born Again ............................................................................................................................. 112 We Are Alive ..........................................................................................................