Across the Universe
The Beatles Written by John Lennon credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney
this is one of those songs that I have been singing the wrong lyrics to ever since i first heard it (which is an embarrassingly long time to not look up something that doesn't make sense)
The actual refrain is "Jai guru deva" followed by Om
After some reading on the internet I chose this interpretation out of many similar ones:
"An Offer of Gratitude
Jai = “joy, hail, glory to”
Guru = “remover of darkness”
Jai = “joy, hail, glory to”
Guru = “remover of darkness”
Deva = “a shining one”, source of English word “divine”.
Thus, the meaning of “Jai Guru Deva” is literally “Glory to the shining remover of darkness.” Who is “Guru Deva” to the individual user of the phrase, is almost beside the point.
The phrase, “Jai Guru Deva,” has become a universal salutation, blessing, greeting, and opening and closing phrase used by Vedic meditators for millennia.
“Jai Guru Deva” is a way of reminding oneself regularly and acknowledging with others the truth that the knowledge we enjoy so freely came from a source other than one’s small self and offers gratitude to that source."
from: https://thomknoles.com/what-does-jai-guru-deva-mean/
What I have been singing for all this time is "Like a ru-ude neighbour" OMG how ridiculous
Words are flowing out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly
as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my opened ears
inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
And calls me on and on across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly
as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my opened ears
inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
And calls me on and on across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Cheers
Jeanne
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