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Quantum Revolution Counseling
Posted 4 years ago

Whether he intended it that way or not, Jim Morrison crafted a spiritual classic with the Doors and their magical, mystical song, “Light My Fire.” Oh sure, perhaps Mr. Mojo Risin’ was singing about a brief, torrid affair with a woman, but from a “higher” perspective, this tune is most certainly about this Truth: when the masculine head and the feminine heart are united inside each of our souls, The Fire is lit!

Listen to the song again, but instead of thinking about a man and a woman, consider the possibility that there is a greater love out there than earthly connections. Indeed, Morrison sings, “You know that it would be untrue … if I was to say to you … Girl, we couldn’t get much higher.”

Of course, we can ALL get much higher! In the Parable of the Wedding Feast (Luke 14:7-11), Jesus tells of waiting patiently until the “host” (your true self) invites you and says, “Friend, move up higher.” In Colossians 3:2, Apostle Paul teaches, “Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things.” Above = Higher. And the Buddhist concept of Nirvana can certainly be described as the “highest level of consciousness,” which leads to an experience of divine love. Believe with the head and you will receive in the heart.

So what does “light my fire” really mean? We are all born with the potential to light the flame of the Holy Spirit in the womb of our hearts, which is where the “Girl” gives birth to our inner Christ. "Come on baby” is a plea for our own hearts to do precisely that -- reveal The Light within. And it would be a lie to suggest that we could not do that!

Paul tells us in Colossians 1:27 that the “mystery” is “Christ in you.” And of course Jesus promises in Matthew 7:7 to “seek and you will find.”

Find what? Love of the most high!

Don’t “hesitate,” as Morrison sings, seek it now! The “mire” is the ultimately unsatisfying realm of “lower” attachment love (the First and Second Noble Truths of Buddhism), whereas experiencing higher love will yield the Nirvana of Ego Death … when you “lose” the false self and Divine Love then places the ego on a funeral pyre.

“The night” that Morrison references is darkness, the ego’s world. In John 11:9-10, Jesus says, “If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

“Set the night on fire” … so that we may see! It’s the ultimate romance between higher consciousness and divinity.

(Also, it’s a love song for people, too. Happy Valentine’s Day!)

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You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire

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