song for theme #15: The Collective Cognitive Imperative

“Come My Way” by Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of “Let It Be” by John Lennon & Paul McCartney / The Beatles

In the world of too much thinking

If you find yourself confused today

There’s a simple answer

Come my way¹

These people all around you here

They hang on every word I say

You can be one of them

Come and stay

Come my way

Come and stay

Don’t delay

Or nay say

Trust in me my wisdom

Come my way

Lost lamb your good shepherd²

Won’t let you go astray

Here in greener pastures

Children play

In a world of false messiahs³

Rejoice, you’ve found the way

The Chosen One leads you

Let us pray

Children play

Please obey

Don’t delay

Or nay say

Trust in me my wisdom

Let us pray

We’ll protect you and love you

Be there for you come what may

Honor God the Father

Dues to pay

If my words live inside you⁴

Then darkness will go away

Your faith greets the morning

A new day

Come my way

Please obey

Dues to pay

A new day

Trust in me my wisdom

Come my way

SONG—NOTES / COMMENTS

1—Highly suggestible people have been likened to dumb herd animals like sheep.

2—The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. This metaphor is used by Jesus and is in the Bible’s 23^rd Psalm.

3—False messiahs or false prophets are pretenders to being leaders chosen by God.  The term, used by Jesus himself in warning

      his disciples, has a different meaning to Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

4—The internalizing of parental voices or commands of authority figures has an interesting history if one takes Julian Jaynes’

      ideas seriously. He believed that before modern consciousness was fully developed there was a different mentality based on

      auditory hallucinations called the bicameral mind. See Part If of this book.

 Comment: This theme potentially offers an escape from what may be the painful, failed running of your life. With that escape seemingly comes ceding personal responsibility and positioning yourself so that you can no longer be hurt by those looking to assign blame. In that sense you have new emotional armor.