I was listening to "Cause and Effect" awhile ago and it made me think of another song in which Prince mentioned "Cause and Effect" - the intro to One Song (which caused me to have to pull up the video and watch it, as well). Has anyone ever noticed how Prince's music seems to tie together? Sometimes I feel as though his music is a huge puzzle, in which all of the pieces fit together perfectly, but one must discover where each puzzle piece fits. Once one does, the greatest art piece ever created will appear. Strange, I know, but ...

In One Song, Prince states:

Returning the leadership back in2 God will allow mankind 2 achieve its original collective goal which is union with God. Ideas contrary 2 this goal should not b blamed or persecuted - just simply ignored. They originated when man first chose 2 ignore God's rule. Simply put - in the beginning, the Human was made perfect in God's image. They had no need 4 knowledge. They were also given freedom of choice. The Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life r reflections of this freedom. The human is now a reflection of their choice. They could have simply chose not 2 choose. God being centrifugal in nature, freedom was the CAUSE and choice was the EFFECT. In knowing their perfection made in God's image, there was no need 2 choose. In fact, their were NO NEEDS. There was only love in an all-knowing state b4 the fall. The worst thing u can do is give up ur God-given right 2 choose. 4 in it - u can choose not 2 choose. Therein is the final judgement. The illusion ceases and u awaken from ur dream. Now the healing begins...

In Cause and Effect, Prince sings:

Made in the image of cause and effect
I am what I am because & effect
Cause and effect, cause and effect yeah!

It also indicates to me there is a strong central core in Prince, that, contrary to popular opinion, remains constant. Unchanging.

Nice topic; that strong central core is again echoed in Same Page, Different Book. He certainly appears to have yet again moved towards the universal.

love,
Spirit

It's almost like ...the same person is writing all this stuff.

I jest.

LOL@KeithyT. I love the British sense of humour! Good one.

love,

Spirit

prittypriss said:

In Cause and Effect, Prince sings:

Made in the image of cause and effect.

No he doesn't!

Made in the image of god's intellect.

SpiritOtter said:

Nice topic; that strong central core is again echoed in Same Page, Different Book. He certainly appears to have yet again moved towards the universal. love, Spirit

That was the point I was trying to make. I don't think he ever moved away from the universal. Regardless of what religious path he follows or followed, there is that central core of him that is very universal and always has been. You see it woven throughout all of his music. And Same Page Different Book is what caused me to pull up Cause and Effect, and then One Song. I don't know why it made me think of C&E, but I just knew I needed to revisit that song after hearing Same Page...

KeithyT said:

It's almost like ...the same person is writing all this stuff. I jest.

LOL - no you don't (jest that is)! :p

I was just meaning that regardless of where Prince is in his life, in his musical journey, there is a belief (if you will) that he holds that seems to be unchanging, constant.

TheEnglishGent said:

prittypriss said:

In Cause and Effect, Prince sings:

No he doesn't!

Made in the image of god's intellect.

LOL - listen again! (Though I will admit the first time I heard it without headphones, that is what I thought he was singing. When I put on the headphones and really listened, it is "cause and effect".)

prittypriss said:

TheEnglishGent said:

No he doesn't!

Made in the image of god's intellect.

LOL - listen again! (Though I will admit the first time I heard it without headphones, that is what I thought he was singing. When I put on the headphones and really listened, it is "cause and effect".)

Don't know if winding me up or slightly deaf!

Maybe it's me but I've listened a few times now and it's definitely god's something. Sounds like intellect but it it could be the 'image of gods xxx'.

Also, sounds like he says If first, so 'If made in the image...'.

The first two times it's sung are clearly this to me, the third time is less decipherable because there's a lot more background vocals.

pretty sure its, made in the image of god and the lamb.

fms said:

pretty sure its, made in the image of god and the lamb.

That's what I tought when I very first heard it but not so sure now. It's definitely not the image of cause & effect though .

yea, it's "God's intellect." Prince is interested in and has mentioned before the idea of "Intelligent Design."

you can read about it here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ent_design