In 1971 the rock band called Grand Funk Railroad issued a new album titled Survival.  One of the songs was called “I can feel him in the morning.”

The bands leader, Mark Farner, was a born again Christain.  This is a term dervived from the new testament which refers to a spritual rebirth.

An apt term for Mark Farner,  who to that point was a typical rock star engaging in sex, drugs and numerous forms of debauchery common to that profession.

Ask the Children

The band asked a group of children to have a dialogue about god and spritualism.  The comments were recorded, edited and are played before the song begins.

I was listening to the album the other day and once again the comment of child #9 resonated with me.  A very perceptive and engaging statement from a child.

“When you are good, you live forever and when you are bad you die  when you die. “. This was the last recorded comment before the music starts.

Great Insight

Children are like sponges in the sense they are absorbing everything in their environment.  From parents, teachers to friends, enemies and other acquaintances they gather data.

The data is intepreted with filters not yet fully corrupted by experiences and other environmental stimuli.  The results are often very insightful.

The comment by child #9 indicates good is rewarded, bad is not and a eternal life is something that is to be valued.  Not bad concepts.