Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?

Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?

For Octaman the answer is hard to see. Some may ask why other musicians won't play with me. It's not because I'm some sort of evil taskmaster. Most of them would say I was the most professional, dedicated, hard working musician they've ever played with, with a very positive attitude and quiet, pleasant demeanor. Why then would they not want to work with me?

Because! I'm like Ted Nugent, without the real estate. I have a simple standard for those who want to play with me, and if they can't meet that standard they fall away. It's not even written down or anything, well until now maybe. Just as Ted Nugent would say: any drugs and sex and you can forget it. Keep that stuff away from me. I'm here to play music and have fun. If you have to have that in your life, keep it away from the band and the stage and the public and from me. I don't want to see it, or know about it. All of that interferes with the groups chance of success.

That's all. That's why I'm not in a group, I AM the group!

I also can't be around people who cheat on their spouse or girlfriend, or who father kids with multiple women that they don't marry. My music is on a higher level, as I sing about things that are sacred. And I don't have to say one word to them. I just sing; "Read the Word and live upright!" and they scatter like roaches under the light...

The one thing I request - stated up front - please! keep your religious messages off the stage as far as signs, banners and t-shirts are concerned. Of course a Jew could wear a yamika, or a hindu could have a dotted forehead, etc. But bringing your devil t-shirt or your rasta banner so you can decorate your little corner of the stage is contradictory to the spirit of the act I'm presenting.

It's an affront to me to run an opposing advertisement to the Bible message that I convey. After treating them with love and respect and giving them an opportunity to play music, they are disrespectful and confrontational toward me. If you can't abide by these simple guidelines, you won't play music with me for long.

That's why I'm Octaman. Because there are no musicians who I've met who can tolerate the standard! Again, it's not even written down or openly stated. I have an Israelite vibe that repels babylonians like a reverse magnet. I don't even require godly standards! Just basic human decency, which is often too much for them to handle.

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Speaking of the family boycott against me for no reason at all...

there are some Bob Marley lyrics that come to mind that fit the situation and also apply to the many musicians who have come and gone. After hearing enough of people lying to me and lying to themselves about situations that I see clearly, but they clearly don't see at all, I now understand why Bob wrote "could you be loved":

"Don't let them fool ya,
Or even try to school ya! Oh, no!
We've got a mind of our own,
So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!

In other words, spare me the lecture when I see clearly what the situation is. Your mind is clouded with nonsense. I live in love and they live in fear. I won't be persuaded to see it your way when it's obviously wrong.

"(The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,
So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you)
Love your brotherman!
(Could you be - could you be - could you be loved?...

Don't let them change ya, oh! -
Or even rearrange ya! Oh, no!"

There's always pressure on an Israelite to conform to the ways of the babylonians. I'm always dealing with people who are judging and pointing fingers at me who want to change and re-arrange me in their image. They have no love for me, but still wouldn't if they could change me!

"You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry;
No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied.
Say something!
Say something!
Say something!"

I've always treated friends and family with love and respect. Yet no matter how nice I am, they are always dissatisfied with me. I have no clue why except for my Israelite vibrations. They are not able to say why. Will they discuss it? Will they talk to me about it? Can they communicate? No! They can't even say something. They can't say anything. They simply react emotionally and then run and hide from any reasoning I may attempt to engage in.

They accuse me yet are unwilling to face me. They assassinate my character without cause, and they don't even know me at all, nor understand why they do it. In this manner they are worse than the Romans of old!

Act 25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

"Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool
To deny me for simplicity.
Yes, you have gone for so long
With your love for vanity now.
Yes, you have got the wrong interpretation
Mixed up with vain imagination.

So take Jah Sun, and Jah Moon,
And Jah Rain, and Jah Stars,
And forever, yes, erase your fantasy, yea-eah!"

Bob Marley, "Stiff-Necked Fools"

I've had dearest loved ones, musical comrades and Bible study partners boycott me to go on a whisper campaign, saying the nastiest things about me to anyone within earshot - and for no reason that they can even articulate. It is always in response to standing up for what is right. They will be angry with you for taking a stand, even if you have the face and voice of an angel.

They stoned Stephen and he had the face of an angel, and spoke the Truth to his brethren. Just read Acts chapter 6. They falsely accused him of saying things he did not say. They killed him for doing good. He was only trying to help them, but they would not hear him.

This is the life of an Israelite living inside Babylon. If you are like me, your very presence is an abomination to the worshippers of "Ishtar"! Even if you are trying to cultivate love.

True love is from above. Real love is a higher "agape" love from God. To give and receive it you must respect that God first. The love of the Babylonians is the love of ease and expediency, of money and status. The very thought of putting those things aside to consider God will is unthinkable to them.

I GIVE THANKS that God will bless them all in the Kingdom, with clarity of mind and love of the highest degree!

Oc