Resolution - Kurt Elling

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The text explores themes of spirituality, enlightenment, and finding meaning or purpose. It uses metaphorical and symbolic language to convey these ideas in an abstract manner.

The overall theme seems to be a journey toward enlightenment, understanding, and finding meaning or purpose. The text references various religious and spiritual figures to represent different stages of this journey.

Metaphor, symbolism, and abstract language are used frequently throughout the text to convey complex ideas and experiences in a non-literal way. Words and phrases are often used metaphorically to represent deeper concepts.

Resolution

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God, king a bove all o ther gods,

lead us now, so we can walk where in the

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pro phets said that we would trod. Bu ddha, tell us su tra

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like a spell; teach us well, to an swer si lence with a

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ca lling of bells. A llah, bring us to a good a larm;

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sub ju gate our wills to ans wer you, like a mi ghty arm.

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E lo him is a pi llar of light in the dark, and lea ding all his

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peo ple to light (for He's the king of the fi re). He breathes the
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fi re in to eve ry thing that's li ving on earth, in the sun, in the stars.

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Take a spark of it, deep with in you; put it to the test; it will do

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the rest. I con fess, it 'll be like climb ing up Mount Ev er

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est. I can't ex press the view from there. But

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it's for you to foll ow through. La ma, show the Po wer's bright a rray;

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bless the climb, and se ttle peace u pon the

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u ni ver se's dark di splay. And Je sus, re mem ber e very

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pro mise made; pre sent your self, in the mid dle of the

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prayers that we make. Vi shnu, pre serve us all a long the way;

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Keep us clear of the fin al thun der bolt of the Judge ment day.

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Hear me, and hear what I, what I ask for to day, Fa thers.

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Way off at the far lef tern shelf of the world, up in a

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house right on the edge of ev ery thing Where the time

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is tum bl ing in a vor tex, the nex us of time tab le tides In

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the fi nal light house of shin ing earth's end ing At the spin

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ning of the fin ish ing of sweep ing time Dri

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ving si lence like a stam pe ding ca reen ing wash in charg ing ad vance

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Dig ging the sound of pas sing eve ry thing a way in to the sec ret of e

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tern i ty's piv ot dance Break ing down Crash ing door ways

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Bash ing through dream place Smash, un lash, ef face

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Ev ery thing goes to the o pen mouth of Ka li ma Where the vault of hea

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ven o pens A wit ness as lo nely as for got ten tears Keeps a full vi

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gil watch ing all, e ven light go out One wi tness one

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child dig ging the sla ving wheel of meat, Spit ting out, tak ing up

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e very thing by the roots, Pull ing out the

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love of what has passed in to the past like a dream.

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She knows what is gone, gone o ver: ev ery one that is done,

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and un be gun and star ting from the su per mi cro

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cos mic no bug all the way to su per huge ga lac tic suns And she

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knows the beg inn ing is co ming in the sweep at the end of all.

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Ev en gods have passed o ver aw ay Then one day the

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sha dow of a priest on the ho ri zon ap peared. He was n't tak en

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up in to the swir ling He walked with pur pose all the while dig ging his

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heels in to the bed rock like a man But as he came 3in to view, the wit ness

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saw, His eyes were cry ing Tears like blood fell to earth

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As he watched heav en Dis a ppear in the void

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Up the drain in to the par a bo loid Re al iz ing it

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all, ev er y thing, 3ev er y where in to his eyes Se eing that all

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he had be loved went out of it self and a way Here in this last ev er

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surge 3of a day Tear ing all mean ning a way And to the

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wit nes s's in diff erence he had this to say: "I know a bout birth.

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I know a bout death and how the light goes out of men;

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the life de part ing, po wer less, gi ving it up, but in the vast in

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diff erence I in vent a deep er mean ing.

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I'm the one who will say, use the will ev ery day, or go mad

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try ing. Go to war again st the im po tent side of liv ing. Use

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ev ery po wer you're gi ven to stand, and act like a man. And

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pray, ev ery day to ev ery god; strike

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the bowl of hea ven and the ring ing will be come a law. Build

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brid ges where you need to go; bring the fi re of en

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light en ment here to life be low. Speak mer cy to the

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things you meet lis ten up to hear the whisp er ing of the

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blood you bleed Stay a wake. No mis take.

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Dance the dream a wake. And a wake!"

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