Harvest · Track 08
The Kingdom Is Within
The kingdom is not a place to travel toward. The song stays with the teaching that what is sought far away may already be moving inside — not as escape from the world, but as a different way of standing in it.
Lyrics
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He said
They asked him
Where is the kingdom
He smiled
And said
Not in the distance
Not in the sky
Not far away
They asked him
Who can enter
He said
Look inside
Look inside
The kingdom is within
Oh yeah within
The kingdom is within
Look and see
They asked him
When will it come
He said
It is here
Not arriving
Not becoming
Already here
They asked him
How do we find it
He said
Be still
Be still
The kingdom is within
Oh yeah within
The kingdom is within
Look and see
Not a place
You have to reach
Not a word
You have to preach
When you quiet
What has been
You can feel it
From within
From within
I was searching
Everywhere
I was looking
Over there
Then I stopped
And turned around
And I felt it
Without a sound
The kingdom is within
Oh yeah within
The kingdom is within
Already here
Nothing missing
Nothing far
This is simply
What you are
Not outside
Not ahead
Living softly
Where you stand
He said
It is within