Eden Ahbez

eden ahbez

(April 15, 1908 - March 4, 1995) '', , and ; born Alexander Aberle

• There was a boy
  A very strange enchanted boy…
  • Nature Boy (1948)

• While we spoke of many things
  Fools and kings
  This he said to me:
  "The greatest thing you'll ever learn
  Is just to love and be loved in return."
  • Nature Boy (1948)

• " The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved."
  • Eden Ahbez declaring how his lyrics should be corrected, saying that "To be loved in return, is too much of a deal, and that has nothing to do with love."

• "Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters."
  • as told to Joe Romersa c. 1992

• "I am a being of Heaven and Earth,
  of thunder and lightning,
  of rain and wind,
  of the galaxies,
  of the suns and the stars
  and the void through which they travel.
  The essence of nature,
  eternal, divine that all men seek to know to hear,
  known as the great illusion time,
  and the all-prevailing atmosphere".
  And now you know my background.
  • Ahbez on tape recording declaring how he recited one of his poems in response to a question "What is your background?" (1992)

• "Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples,
  and older than the Scriptures,
  and whether we realize it or not,
  they hold more authority."
  • spoken on tape recording to Joe Romersa (1992)

• "What I mean by the Principle of Oneness is this:
  That we must learn to realize
  that there's nothing separate or apart.
  That everything is part of everything else.
  That there's nothing above us,
  or below us, or around us.
  All is inherent within us.
  Like Jesus said, "The Kingdom is Within."
  • spoken on tape recording to Joe Romersa (1992)

• "We're not earthly beings any more… were cosmic beings."
  • Ahbez on tape recording by Joe Romersa.

• The earth is my altar, the sky is my dome, mind is my garden, the heart is my home and I'm always at home- yea, I'm always at Om.
  • Ahbez on recording

External Links

• Joe Romersa's Tribute Site to Ahbez
• Review of Eden's Island
• Biographical info
• Full Lyrics of Nature Boy

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