Lyrics of Flowers of the Rain:

He walked into the room so silently

And looked at him straight into the eyes.
He said, “I don’t fear your hate or anger,
And neither do I fear your earthly might!”
And we heard the sound of steel clashing,
And the blood of a saint dripping from the sword.
Those who wait to be re-born,
in the glory of the Name,
They’re like flowers in the rain,
Waiting for the sun,
‘Til their souls shall be re-born,
In the body of a saint,
Who shall live forever
In the hearts of those who know love.
He stood on Baisakhi Day,
With steel in his hand,
Asking for the head
Of a brave young one.
Many did they run away,
And many did they hide,
But for those who gave their lives to him,
Their souls were glorified.
And blood dripping from the Master’s sword.
Those who wait to be re-born,
In the glory of the Name,
They’re like flowers in the rain,
Waiting for the sun,
‘Til their souls shall be re-born,
In the body of a saint,
Who shall live forever
In the hearts of those who know love.
He raised us from the dirt and mud,
And made each one a man.
He taught us how to live as saints,
And to always be as one.
He told us of the days ahead,
And to learn to sacrifice,
For it’s not to die that matters,
It’s the courage in your life.
For to die for truth is to live forever,
Though for some, the cycle of fear shall never end.
Just like flowers in the rain
Waiting for the sun
‘Til their souls shall be reborn,
In the body of a saint,
Who shall live forever,
In the hearts of those who Love God.
In the hearts of those who Love God.
In the hearts of those who love God.
Lyrics for Walking Up the Mountain

In the Jemez Ponderosa where the pinion meets the sky,

And the hardest granite mountain meets the rain clouds, flying high.
As you and I look out and see the world spread out below,
With different eyes and hearts and all the different things we know.
There are cars down on the highway ten miles to the east,
See the gilt of distant sunlight in the rat tat dancing heat.
But to you, you see their faces and the failing lives they lead.
Then you wink at me and reckon there’s a way I might succeed.

Walking up the mountain,

And I’ve got you by my side.
I’ve got thunder in the valley,
And this bone-dry mountain high.
Walking up the mountain, climbing side by side,
Walking up the mountain, with you.
With you I’m never certain just exactly where I stand.

You scare me when you do the things I just can’t understand.

If I slow down, you tell me that I am moving up to fast.
If I speed up, you tell me slow down kid, you’ll never last.
When I ask you how to live my life, you laugh and ask me why.
You tell me I’d be better off to ask you how to die.
Come with me, we’ll climb up the sandstone to the sky.
Oh Yogi, son of Guru, come see with your own eyes.

Walking up the mountain,

And I’ve got you by my side.
I’ve got thunder in the valley,
And this bone-dry mountain high.
Walking up the mountain, climbing side by side,
Walking up the mountain, with you.

As the rain fell on the mountain, I saw every human life

As the value of a raindrop, falling from the sky.
It don’t matter to the heavens, just who lives and just who dies.
It don’t matter to the rain cloud, when the raindrop falls from the sky.
As the clouds blew off, I saw the stars shining in the night.
In the trillion points of light I saw that each one had a life.
Then if nothing seems to matter, tell me what’s the life to do?
You said the only thing that matters is the memory of you.

Walking up the mountain,

And I’ve got you by my side.
I’ve got thunder in the valley,
And this bone-dry mountain high.
Walking up the mountain, climbing side by side,
Walking up the mountain, with you.
And I felt like I was falling through the channels dark at night,
Saw the in and out was fast and hard as death and life,
Saw the baggage that I carried and the chambers of my mind,
insignificant as rain; a total waste of time.
Well I saw you standing smiling, I cried, ‘What right have you got?’
You said, ‘Listen son of Guru, I’m the best thing you have got’.
I’m the kindness and the comfort and the sorrow and the pain
I’ve got nothing left to lose and nothing left to gain.

Walking up the mountain,

And I’ve got you by my side.
I’ve got thunder in the valley,
And this bone-dry mountain high.
Walking up the mountain, climbing side by side,
Walking up the mountain, with you.

I don’t know where we’re going, won’t you help me find the way?
You say it doesn’t matter, cause we don’t know anyway.
We’ll walk back down the mountain, there beneath the setting sun
See the time of evolution, as only just begun.
We’ve got thunder on the mountain and the sunlight on the plains.
We’re always moving forward, never pass this way again.
With a smile and with a wink, you turn and walk away.
Oh Yogi, son of Guru, there’s still a chance, you say.

Walking up the mountain,

And I’ve got you by my side.
I’ve got thunder in the valley,
And this bone-dry mountain high.
Walking up the mountain, climbing side by side,
Walking up the mountain, with you.
 Narayan Shabd
The Narayan Shabd is practiced for restoration, vitality, and renewal. Narayan is one of the
many different names for the Divine. It relates to the quality of water. As a plant needs water
for its flowers to blossom, in the same way chanting Narayan nurtures the Divine Identity
within you so that your soul can bloom into its full beauty and grace. Narayan is the quality
that restores vitality. It allows life to become fresh, lush and green again. Chanting this Shabd
restores what has been lost. It brings forth abundance and life. It protects against the power of
death.

Mantra
naam niranjan neer naraa-in.
rasnaa simrat paap bilaa-in. ||1||
naaraa-in sabh maahi nivaas.
naaraa-in ghat ghat pargaas.
naaraa-in kahtay narak na jaahi.
naaraa-in sayv sagal fal paahi. ||1||
naaraa-in man maahi aDhaar.
naaraa-in bohith sansaar.
naaraa-in kahat jam bhaag palaa-in.
naaraa-in dant bhaanay daa-in. ||2||
naaraa-in sad sad bakhsind.
naaraa-in keenay sookh anand.
naaraa-in pargat keeno partaap.
naaraa-in sant ko maa-ee baap. ||3||
naaraa-in saaDhsang naraa-in.
baaraN baar naraa-in gaa-in.
basat agochar gur mil lahee.
naaraa-in ot naanak daas gahee.

Meaning
The Name of the Immaculate Lord is the Ambrosial Water.
Chanting it with the tongue, sins are washed away.
||1||Pause|| The Lord abides in everyone.
The Lord illumines each and every heart.
Chanting the Lord’s Name, one does not fall into hell.
Serving the Lord, all fruitful rewards are obtained. ||1||
Within my mind is the Support of the Lord.
The Lord is the boat to cross over the world-ocean.
Chant the Lord’s Name, and the Messenger of Death will run away.
The Lord breaks the teeth of Maya, the witch. ||2||
The Lord is forever and ever the Forgiver.
The Lord blesses us with peace and bliss.
The Lord has revealed His glory.
The Lord is the mother and father of His Saint. ||3||
The Lord, the Lord, is in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
Time and time again, I sing the Lord’s Praises.
Meeting with the Guru, I have attained the
incomprehensible object Slave Nanak has grasped.