LIVITY — STEPHANIE JOSEPH

Sung by Stephanie Joseph on Mt. Dillon, Runnemede, Tobago, in April of 2021. It has many lessons to offer regarding health, sickness, and fear of Covid.

Here are some of the key lyrics:

"I give thanks for the knowledge of my pineal gland, oh yes
I did biology—you never did that part of my body...
I did geometry, yet they never taught me about the flower of life: the pattern of creation"

"See they never teach us these things in the schools, but the pineal gland which is also
known as the third eye, the all-seeing eye, exists within the minds of each and every single person in the entire world. Know yourself, know your body, live in reality"

"I never knew that my health was based on my thoughts
Not just any thoughts, but the ones that come from Love
That knows, that sees, that overstands..."

"Put down depending on the politicians
When Love is around no one is higher than none".

This song emphasizes the Rastafarian concept of Livity: righteous, everliving living. The realization that an energy, or life force, conferred by Jah (God), exists within, and flows through, all people and all living things. A primary goal in a Rasta's life is to expand their Livity. Livity has a strong focus on living a natural lifestyle that includes the consumption of natural foods and growth of natural hair. This expression of love for others is done in recognition of a central love energy within all people, a concept often referred to as "One Love".

"It's not so very hard for us to live as One
Just put down the things that cause separation...
Put down depending on the politicians.
When Love is around, no one is higher than none
No sufferation
Enough to go around
Sickness a go done"

vs.

SOCIAL DISTANCING
SEGREGATION BY MEDICAL STATUS
COMMAND AND CONTROL BY POLITICAL RULERS
INCREASED POVERTY, INEQUALITY
PREACHING PERMANENT SICKNESS TO PEOPLE

For sources see:
* https://ulyssespress.com/blog/pineal-gland-101/
* https://themindsjournal.com/the-third-eye/
* https://www.wellbeing.com.au/mind-spirit/spirituality/the-meaning-behind-the-flower-of-life.html
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livity_(spiritual_concept)