COMPARED TO WHAT (PDF-1204)

One of my favorite jazz tunes is the incredible Eugene McDaniels song "Compared to

What?" sung by Les McCann, with Eddie Harris on sax. For those of you have the time,

here is the original tune recorded live at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival. Wait for the

lyrics please… especially the punch line:

"Tryin' to make it real – compared to what?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzvlivbptXk

That line is pure dharma to my ears because until we have some realization, we have

nothing to compare our experience to. I had planned to move on to some other topics

that I find interesting, but some of your questions suggest that I am not being clear

enough with my presentation. For that I apologize, and we will take this sidebar.

Someone asked a very fair question: "Do we not experience a realization?"