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Kirtanman
USA
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 Posted - Jan 30 2013 : 5:17:23 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by CarsonZi
Wow... surfboard kickflips and skidoo backflips. 
Here's my addition to the video: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...pe=2&theater 
AWE-SOME!!!
I'd say that qualifies!!
You should submit it for next year's edition .....  |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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maheswari
Lebanon
2520 Posts |
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maheswari
Lebanon
2520 Posts |
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kembolini
United Kingdom
50 Posts |
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Moola_Bandha
Australia
24 Posts |
Posted - Mar 27 2013 : 05:01:37 AM
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Here are some mystic music pieces for the soul from Persian Sufi/classical music:
Ever since I've learned about kundalini, my horizons on Persian Sufi Poetry (of Rumi, Hafez, Saadi, etc.) have expanded; I think in many cases when they talk about "aatash" (meaning "fire") they are actually referring to the fire within (kundalini).
Here is a Rumi poem, talking about the pain of separation from his lover, which can mean God or an ordinary lover (they never talk directly), but in the middle of the poem (at 10:38 of video) he talks about wearing “a clothing of fire” which makes him light up the world like a sun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHtyuI666MQ
Here is just one verse from Saadi (at 8:30 of video). Basically saying:
I've tried so hard to conceal the secret of love, though I couldn't help but boil over fire (couldn't hide the secret because of fire of love):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoN...bg&index=268
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chas
USA
209 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2013 : 12:52:46 PM
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A fan-made video of "Lateralus" by Tool: http://youtu.be/36dI2ILZtrs
"Lateralus" lyrics:
Black then white are all I see
In my infancy,
Red and yellow then came to be,
Reaching out to me,
Lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope.
Watch it bend.
Over thinking,
Over analyzing
Separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition,
Missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment
Drawing way outside the lines.
Black then white are all i see
In my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be,
Reaching out to me,
Lets me see.
There is so much more and
Beckons me to look through to these
Infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope.
Watch it bend.
Over thinking,
Over analyzing
Separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition,
Leaving opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment
Urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.
I embrace my
Desire to
I embrace my
Desire to
Feel the rhythm,
To feel connected
Enough to step aside
And weep like a widow
To feel inspired
To fathom the power
To witness the beauty
To bathe in the fountain,
To swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral
To...
Swing on the spiral of our divinity and
Still be a human.
With my feet upon the ground
I lose myself between the sounds
And open wide to suck it in
I feel it move across my skin
I'm reaching up and reaching out
I'm reaching for the random or
Whatever will bewildered me
Whatever will bewildered me
And following our will and wind
We may just go where no one's been
We'll ride the spiral to the end
And may just go where no one's been
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out
Keep going
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2013 : 12:08:47 PM
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Originally posted by chas
A fan-made video of "Lateralus" by Tool: http://youtu.be/36dI2ILZtrs
Thanks, Chas!!
Love it!!
The song, the lyrics, and the video = Awesome, Indeed.
Thanks very much for that!!
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maheswari
Lebanon
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cosmic
USA
821 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2013 : 12:21:35 AM
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Alive by P.O.D.
There is a cool story behind this (to me, anyways).
P.O.D. is a Christian band, and the song is quite obviously about God (just listen to the lyrics). It came out in the summer of 2001, and was very popular at the time and therefore getting a lot of radio play.
I was deeply depressed at that time, and this song was one of a few that gave me hope and comforted me. It inspired me and made me look to God, who I was not a big fan of at the time. But this song was inspiring and instrumental to my spiritual awakening that happened in November of 2001.
I was driving on a freeway overpass one morning in L.A., in November of 2001. This was only 2 months after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, which affected me deeply despite my cynical attitude. The night before, I was at a party where I consumed ecstasy and a lot of alcohol. I hadn't slept all night and was still feeling the effects of the intoxicants. Before the party, I was in a mood of feeling regret for the way I'd been treating my loved ones, and was rather depressed and hoping to make amends and change the way I was living my life.
On the overpass that morning, a song came on the radio that was very personally meaningful to me. It was a song I strongly related to and sang to comfort myself when I felt down. It wasn't this song, it was Under the Bridge by RHCP. This song comes on at very meaningful times in my life, and there is always a strong sense of synchronicity when I hear it.
Anyways, this song came on and I had a spiritual awakening. I can't possibly describe the experience, but my whole consciousness opened up and I felt loved, and that everything was perfect, and what I've described as feeling the presence of God for the first time in my adult life. I wept at the sheer beauty of what I felt, and this was the turning point that eventually put me on a real spiritual path and led me to AYP and yoga.
This was the defining moment of my life.
Anyways, I've liked the P.O.D. song ever since that period of my life, but I had never seen the video. Then, only about 2 years ago, I saw the video for the first time and got chills up my spine. I saw the overpass in the video and realized that it was the same exact overpass where I had my spiritual awakening. I did some research and confirmed that it was indeed the same freeway overpass where I had the awakening.
The End.
Namaste 
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maheswari
Lebanon
2520 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2013 : 04:31:30 AM
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| wow dear Cosmic...thx for sharing |
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HathaTeacher
Sweden
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2013 : 5:53:39 PM
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Hi All,
Last Saturday night at our (most-awesome-as-always ) Michigan Retreat, I was discussing conscious-spiritual music with Bodhi Tree, who had shared some of his compelling and highly-listenable original songs with us all, pre-Kirtan.
In doing so, I re-connected with my own appreciation for Trevor Hall, and found this gem ... inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
Brand New Day
By Trevor Hall
Don't fall asleep in the snow
Come up up up from below
Wipe the sleep from your eyes oh my my
Shake the dust off your hands and
Come run free on this land
If you want to survive ay ay
It's time to wake up and sing
It's time to wake up and sing ayyy
Put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king yeah
Live your life
Come rise up come give love
What you waiting for
It's a brand new day
All along here and now
What you waiting for
It's a brand new day
Now fallen soldiers arise
Raise your hands towards the sky
I tell ya Mama's alive
Lift up your love to the sky
The sky don't question why
the strength is of another kind
Don't look around
just look inside
Ain't no lie
it never dies so
Were gonna wake up and sing
Were gonna wake up and sing yeah ahh
[Chorus]
Put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king
Put the crown on the king yeah
Live your life
Come rise up come give love
What you waiting for
It's a brand new day
All along here and now
What you waiting for
It's a brand new day
Oh ah oh ah oh ah ohhh oh oh
Oh ah oh ah oh ah ohhh oh oh
Oh ah oh ah oh ah ohhh oh oh
Oh ah oh ah oh ah ohhh oh oh
Sun coming up and everyone knows
Holding on to a time it's time to let go
This aint for the money and not for the show
Like a river come down like a river come flow
I know you know we live we see
Were running to the rhythm and the rhythm don't sleep
Cook up the mixture tell all the listeners
This is the sound and we've come to listen
Come rise up come give love
What you waiting for
It's a brand new day
All along here and now
What you waiting for
It's a brand new day
Song/Video -- Brand New Day by Trevor Hall
Enjoy!
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2013 : 6:14:58 PM
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It's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking there's something to gain ... something to attain .... when it's all only about the letting go.
Live Like A Warrior by Matisyahu
"All healing is release from the past."
~A Course In Miracles
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ak33
Canada
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - May 28 2013 : 9:03:14 PM
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| Thank you for introducing me to Trevor Hall, Kirtanman! Great stuff. |
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2013 : 8:59:55 PM
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Originally posted by Bodhi Tree
Thank you for introducing me to Trevor Hall, Kirtanman! Great stuff.
You're most welcome!
Here's one Trevor Hall did with Krishna Das, called My Baba -- about Neem Karoli Baba -- Trevor Hall and Krishna Das are both devotees of Neem Karoli Baba.
My Baba
My baba wears a blanket
This love you'll never shake it
He's got his hands and eyes in oh so many many places
You could try to run but you could never hide
The whole world is his home
The earth, the fire, the sky
He taught me feed and serve and to remember God
Remember love is not outside, it's within your heart
He comes and feels grace, transcendental time and space
Love with the whole human race, come and get your taste
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (And so the story goes)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (Just as the river flows)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (And so the story goes)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (Just as the river flows)
My baba lets me know he loves me just the way I am
Made in God's hands, don't have to change a strand
Of my hair or my eye color
Nobody's other
All are sisters, brothers in this family
Family tree grows so tall that it scrapes the sky
Lost in its branches and I don't know why
Fixed both of my wings and taught me how to fly
A river of joyful tears flows from my eyes
Yes I decide this is the callin
No more of scowlin'
Reach and and grab the hand of the friend of the fallen
Queen's on the island, but we'll jump the ocean
Gonna build a bridge of love and set it in motion
Throw out your reason, this love's in season
Sings in the earth and the air that we're breathin'
This is the chapter, a symphony of laughter
That never dies, let it shine, love divine
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (And so the story goes)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (Just as the river flows)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (And so the story goes)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (Just as the river flows)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (And so the story goes)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (Just as the river flows)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (And so the story goes)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva (Just as the river flows)
Hara hara hara Mahadeva
Hara hara hara Mahadeva
Hara hara hara Mahadeva
Hara hara hara Mahadeva
My Baba - Song on YouTube
Hara hara hara Mahadeva is a Sanskrit mantra inviting the Great (Maha) God or Shining (Deva) in each and all of us to take us awake (no typo ) from the illusions of peace-preventing limitation.
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Namath
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Posted - Jun 04 2013 : 02:57:21 AM
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Here's a girl that shares my devotion.It's for my Allah! my guiding Light [img]icon_heart.gif[/img]
Love this part :
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyGu2-IZBlU
Even if you don't find it spiritual but the voice is beautifully classy!
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Kirtanman
USA
1651 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2013 : 5:32:04 PM
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A nice summary of where all this AYP stuff can take us.
Living in the Moment
by Jason Mraz
If this life is one act
Why do we lay all these traps?
We put them right in our path
When we just wanna be free
I will not waste my days
Making up all kinds of ways
To worry about all the things
That will not happen to me
So I just let go of what I know I don't know
And I know I'll only do this by
Living in the moment
Living our life
Easy and breezy
With peace in my mind
With peace in my heart
Peace in my soul
Wherever I'm going, I'm already home
Living in the moment
I'm letting myself off the hook for things I've done
I let my past go past
And now I'm having more fun
I'm letting go of the thoughts
That do not make me strong
And I believe this way can be the same for everyone
And if I fall asleep
I know you'll be the one who'll always remind me
To live in the moment
To live my life
Easy and breezy
With peace in my mind
With peace in my heart
Got peace in my soul
Wherever I'm going, I'm already home
I can't walk through life facing backwards
I have tried
I tried more than once to just make sure
And I was denied the future I'd been searching for
But I spun around and hurt no more
By living in the moment
Living my life
Easy and breezy
With peace in my mind
With peace in my heart
Got peace in my soul
Wherever I'm going, I'm already home
I'm living in the moment
I'm living my life
Just taking it easy
With peace in my mind
Got peace in my heart
Got peace in my soul
Oh, wherever I'm going, I'm already home
I'm living in the moment
I'm living my life
Oh, easy and breezy
With peace in my mind
Peace in my heart
Peace in my soul
Wherever I'm going, I'm already home
I'm living in the moment
Song/Video:
Living In The Moment |
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woosa
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jul 07 2013 : 9:37:54 PM
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I fell asleep in front of the TV and woke up to this guy singing like a goat. Amazing stuff...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGF2e5JFdRI
Family - In My Own Time
Lay down easy, stars in my eyes
Try not telling too many lies
Wake up feeling, not foolish or wise
And life goes with me, no matter what size
Now some seek Jesus, of flags they can wave
Won't touch nothing, unless it's been saved
But I say your neighbor deserves much more faith
And answer to yourself when you misbehave
You may think I'm wasting my time
Think what you think, you know I don't mind
But if you don't pick up what I choose to find
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
Mine is my freedom you take, I'll defy
Laugh till I'm tired, sing till I cry
Cause life is a moment you pass with a sigh
Never comes back sure as yesterday's by
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
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Really relevant song there - especially since my friends think I'm wasting my time doing yoga! Plus he's singing about his own timeline. |
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chas
USA
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LittleKid
USA
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trip1
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2013 : 9:28:49 PM
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Originally posted by chas
Schism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oy...gdata_player
YES!! One of my favs. \m/
edit: Was going to mention Lateralus but it looks like you beat me to it. 
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chas
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2013 : 1:10:40 PM
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