Asha ~ I did what I came to do

Asha sings 'I did what I came to do' from "Music & Morality."

I regard this as a Christian mystical song, about feeling guided by a higher, loving power all through life.
I have come to believe for sure that there IS a God; that we are loved, and that we all have a unique purpose. The point is often made: "How can there be a loving God when there is so much suffering in the world?" Well, suffering is the consequence of false beliefs; fake news; false inner images; greed; temptation; vengeance; manipulation; lies and so on. These are vices not found within God, but within disconnected humanity
The suffering that results allows an opportunity to reflect on our actions. If we go down the 'blame & victim' route, the suffering worsens and can spread to innocent souls. But if we overcome our pride, self-awareness can be the fruit of suffering
But still, how, then, can God allow innocent souls to suffer? Well, the problem with that is that if God intervenes, then we are controlled and have no free will, and that's not the solution. And yet occasional miraculous interventions occur as enlightenment portals. WE have to take responsibility.
From ancient Greece came a concept, which the philosopher Nietzsche called 'Amor fati'; love of one's fate. This is absolutely a pre-Christian, Christian message in essence! To love one's fate is to accept what IS in good grace, with an open, loving, trusting heart (not, of course, with a fatalistic or cynical shrug of resignation).
And this, in turn, implies trusting the higher will over our own will, not with doubt, but neither blindly; jst quietly and calmly.

Over the years I've come to realise that my task has been to try to bring higher love to earth through the power of song, freely.
At one point I wanted to be a footballer; and to score goals of great beauty!
Later, I wanted to be a rock-star, to sing something beautiful that really touched something deep in the soul, the way I had been touched by music that I loved.
Getting a record contract ,aged 33, I thought I needed to market myself in order to earn a living, but little by little I realised that this wasnt my life task. I didn't become commercial, I just wanted to share beautiful things that made the soul fly.
And over the last decade I see that if someone buys an album or a song, it's an honour, not a necessity. Over 90% of my songs are given away for free, just for beauty, truth and goodness; love and art.
And the purer the intent, the more help is received. There can be an alignment with a higher
world in which there can be complete trust.
I don't create lyrics! They arent neccesarily biographical in any literal sense. Sometimes I'm woken up at night with a song half-written in my sleep, in a style I could never conjure up with my own will. It's all given to me, my joy is just to focus and manifest. I go into the studio with no plan or script, just the song.And it's the same with shooting and editing a film, like this one. There's no script, I just try to find a good location, remember the words that came, and follow my inner guidance. Only when I come to edit it, do I see that there WAS actually a script, a story, but not one known to me! A form emerges from the process!
This song is a song of thanksgiving for my life task. It's been such a lot of fun, and I've experienced joys and losses, been very very blessed, and theres been mystery..and so I enjoy the mystery. This song plays on the notion of mystery, too,as the little ego perceives it.
And it is the 'crack' that first let the light in, as Leonard Cohen famously sang "There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
I've had transcendent experiences, that have helped guide me along the way. When i was 5, I had a vision of Jesus, and I gave my heart to him.
That moment has defined my life task. He said: "Come with me!" And I did. A commitment to walking with Christ and helping Him to carry His cross. So it gets hardcore.I don't go to church. My church is my heart.
And the thing that's helped the most many times is to not just to love people, but to also 'love my fate.'