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are you loathsome tonight?

 The ordinary condition of the worldling is to fall for the delusion of romance, heartbreak, loss, depression, loneliness again and again, life after life, as expressed by the King of Rock'n roll  succinctly here.


original lyrics from famous Elvis Presley love song


Lyrics

Are you lonesome tonight

Do you miss me tonight?

Are you sorry we drifted apart?

Does your memory stray

To a brighter sunny day

When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?

Do the chairs in your parlor

Seem empty and bare?

Do you gaze at your doorstep

And picture me there?

Is your heart filled with pain

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear

Are you lonesome tonight?

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight

You know, someone said that the world's a stage

And each must play a part

Fate had me playing in love you as my sweetheart

Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance

You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue

Then came act two, you seemed to change, you acted strange

And why I'll never know

Honey, you lied when you said you loved me

And I had no cause to doubt you

But I'd rather go on hearing your lies

Than go on living without you

Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there

With emptiness all around

And if you won't come back to me

Then they can bring the curtain down

Is your heart filled with pain

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear

Are you lonesome tonight?

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Roy Turk / Lou Handman (e.presley/jordanaires Only- Manuf/released By Rca)

Are You Lonesome Tonight lyrics © Bourne Co., Peer International Corporation, Redwood Music Ltd




Now let's see what happens when you apply the 5abi ariya bhavita indriya 

such as in MN 152: https://lucid24.org/mn/mn152/index.html

And you replace ayoniso manasikara (unwise attention) to the subha nimitta (mark of beauty)

with yoniso manasi kara (wise attention) to the asubha nimitta (signs of non-beauty) and patikule (loathsomeness).

This is how you use the 5abi. When Māra (the devil) makes a full assault on your weakness, you transform the perceptions that are meant to delude and enchant you, into a skillful perception that flips the script to counter attack and defeat Māra. 

Here, I transform the word 'lonesome', which sounds like 'loathsome', and what was a song about romance, love, loneliness and heartache become a path out of suffering and rebirth, using asubha nimitta to defeat subha nimitta.

(and a few other words changed, but lyrics mostly intact, has totally different meaning and ends with arahantship)



Are you loathsome tonight?

Do you miss me tonight?

Are you sorry we drifted apart?

Does your memory stray

To a brighter sunny day

When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?

Do the chairs in your parlor

Seem empty and bare?

Do you gaze at your doorstep

And picture me there?

Is your heart filled with pain

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear

Are you loathsome tonight?

I wonder if you're loathsome tonight

You know, someone said that the world's a stage

And each must play a part

Fate had me playing in love you as my sweetheart

Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance

You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue

Then came act two, you seemed to change, you acted strange

And why I'll never know

Honey, you lied with your appearance of subha (beauty)

And I had every cause to doubt you

But I'm done hearing your lies

free from desire, living without you

Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there

With emptiness all around

Subha will never come back to me

And they can bring the curtain down


now my heart's filled with joy

I won't come back again.

Tell me, dear

Are you loathsome tonight?




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