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Sometimes the river flows but nothing breathes
A train arrives but never leaves, it's a shame (Dukkha )
Oh, life like love that's walked out of the door (Dukkha )
Of being rich or being poor, such a shame (Dukkha )
But it's then, then that faith arrives ( In Buddha Dharma )
To make your feelings alive
And that's why, you should keep on aiming high (Dharma Practice )
Just seek yourself and you will shine (Meditation )
You've got to search for the hero inside yourself
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself Until you find the key to your life
In this life, long and hard though it may seem (Samsara )
Live it as you'd live a dream, aim so high ( See through the illusion)
Just keep the flame of truth burning bright (Hold the Dharma )
The missing treasure you must find
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Because you and only you alone
Can build a bridge across the stream
Weave your spell in life's rich tapestry (Practice the Dharma )
Your passport to a feeling supreme ( Enlightenment-Buddha Nature )
You've got to search for the hero inside yourself
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life
You've got to search, inside yourself
Deep, deep down inside yourself, yeah
You've got to search, inside yourself
You've got to search for the hero inside yourself (ooh)
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life Search for the hero inside yourself (oh yeah) Search for the secrets you hide (all of the secrets you hide) Search for the hero inside yourself (you'll find a hero) Until you find the key to your life You've got to search inside yourself
You've got to search (Meditation )
Just saw the Christmas tour of Manheim Steamroller. Very nice. Lights were great…music was awesome. Fog and snow included. The slide show playing in the background was very out dated… circa 1988, haha…overall…worth the ticket price.
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go, hm?
What does the wind know
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind in the warm June weather
Let's all run and play in the grass together
With the summer breeze<
How it loves to tickle and tease and fool us
But when we get hot there's his breath to cool us
Sighin' high above in the top of a rustlin' tree
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go
What does the wind know
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind now he's getting bolder
Now his voice is rough and his breath is colder
Cause it's wintertime
He whistles down the chimneys and nips our noses<
Crumples off our hats turns our cheeks to roses
Snappin' up our clothes as they flap on the laundry line
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go
What does the wind know
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go, hm?
What does the wind know?
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind blow, listen...
Lyrics:
If I had the blueprint or the brain
I would build an aeroplane
I’d fashion wings of balsa wood and glue
And I would fly to you
I’d carve a prop from old recycled would haves
All these relentless could have
These pointless might have beens
Oh the storms that I would gladly battle through
So I could fly to you
Had I the method or the means
I would build a time machine
I’d make it from the scraps you aways find
When someone leaves their broken dreams behind
And I’d fuel it with the beats that my heart misses
When you sign your name with kisses
Made of x’s when you text me
It’s so silly but
Any fuel and any fire will do
I will fly to you
And I’d carve a prop from old recycled would haves
All these relentless could haves
These pointless might have beens
Oh the storms that I would gladly battle through
So I could fly to you
Oh the storms that I would gladly battle through
So I could fly to you
Me too. It's accompanied me for a long time and involved in many fond memories. True love and mastery of crafts coming together.
I introduced my parents to Spirited Away back when it first won the Best Animated Film Oscar, and they ended up becoming bigger Hayao Miyazaki fans than me! They collected all the DVDs and still watch them regularly.
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
@Jeroen said:
I introduced my parents to Spirited Away back when it first won the Best Animated Film Oscar, and they ended up becoming bigger Hayao Miyazaki fans than me! They collected all the DVDs and still watch them regularly.
That's beautiful. Not much is better than introducing loved ones to loved interests and them seeing what you see.
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
edited June 12
@Bunks said:
How is this meditation? I am genuinely curious
It’s what they call an active meditation, one which moves the body. The instructions for this one are: 15 minutes of standing and shaking, letting everything go and becoming the shaking; 15 minutes of unrestrained dancing, letting the body move as it wills; 15 minutes of closing the eyes and being still, witnessing; and 15 minutes lieing down, becoming quiet. It is a sequence of things done with the body and mind, and thus could be called a meditation.
The whole idea is that body and mind are one, that one is not able to divide them, and therefore this type of meditation works on the body-mind complex to bring about catharsis, fluency, not-forcing. It was an invention of Osho’s, who said that modern man’s mind was so filled up with things that it needed radically new techniques to bring it to stillness. He created several varieties, including the Kundalini, the Dynamic and the Nataraj. They are typically an hour long.
@Bunks said:
How is this meditation? I am genuinely curious
It’s what they call an active meditation, one which moves the body. The instructions for this one are: 15 minutes of standing and shaking, letting everything go and becoming the shaking; 15 minutes of unrestrained dancing, letting the body move as it wills; 15 minutes of closing the eyes and being still, witnessing; and 15 minutes lieing down, becoming quiet. It is a sequence of things done with the body and mind, and thus could be called a meditation.
The whole idea is that body and mind are one, that one is not able to divide them, and therefore this type of meditation works on the body-mind complex to bring about catharsis, fluency, not-forcing. It was an invention of Osho’s, who said that modern man’s mind was so filled up with things that it needed radically new techniques to bring it to stillness. He created several varieties, including the Kundalini, the Dynamic and the Nataraj. They are typically an hour long.
Interesting. I’ve always found walking meditation more beneficial than sitting, probably for the exact reasons you mention above I.e. an over active mind.
@Jeroen - are there any actual meditations of his online that show how to do this?
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JeroenLuminous beings are we, not this crude matterNetherlandsVeteran
edited June 13
@Bunks said: @Jeroen - are there any actual meditations of his online that show how to do this?
It is a meditation that is set to music. The meditation music and the instructions go together, and that’s all you need. The youtube video I had above of the Kundalini does list the instructions, which are basic but sufficient: for example for the first stage it says,
Be loose and let your body shake, feeling the energies moving up from the feet. Let go everywhere and become the shaking. Your eyes may be open or closed.
So you just stand and shake, and focus the mind on becoming the shaking. The music is an aid, it provides cues for moving, and usually when the music changes dramatically thats the next stage being announced.
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Sometimes the river flows but nothing breathes
A train arrives but never leaves, it's a shame (Dukkha )
Oh, life like love that's walked out of the door (Dukkha )
Of being rich or being poor, such a shame (Dukkha )
But it's then, then that faith arrives ( In Buddha Dharma )
To make your feelings alive
And that's why, you should keep on aiming high (Dharma Practice )
Just seek yourself and you will shine (Meditation )
You've got to search for the hero inside yourself
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life
In this life, long and hard though it may seem (Samsara )
Live it as you'd live a dream, aim so high ( See through the illusion)
Just keep the flame of truth burning bright (Hold the Dharma )
The missing treasure you must find
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Because you and only you alone
Can build a bridge across the stream
Weave your spell in life's rich tapestry (Practice the Dharma )
Your passport to a feeling supreme ( Enlightenment-Buddha Nature )
You've got to search for the hero inside yourself
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life
You've got to search, inside yourself
Deep, deep down inside yourself, yeah
You've got to search, inside yourself
You've got to search for the hero inside yourself (ooh)
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life
Search for the hero inside yourself (oh yeah)
Search for the secrets you hide (all of the secrets you hide)
Search for the hero inside yourself (you'll find a hero)
Until you find the key to your life
You've got to search inside yourself
You've got to search (Meditation )
Passed my finals (final? was only one)
Sometimes when the mind feels constricted, I imagine wide open spaces.
Highway to Hell
And...
Whole lot of Love
There's A Natural Mystic Blowing Through The Air...
Just saw the Christmas tour of Manheim Steamroller. Very nice. Lights were great…music was awesome. Fog and snow included. The slide show playing in the background was very out dated… circa 1988, haha…overall…worth the ticket price.
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Concertos)
I was a little too hyped up on that last one of mine.
"TikTok" Sigma male music -_____- what I'm I doing with my life? So catchy..
Buffy Sainte-Marie "Listen to the wind blow "
Yaya-way-hey-heya-hey-hey-heya
Way-heyaway-heyway-heyawayo
Heya-wey-hey-heya-hey-hey-heya
Hey-heyaway-heyaway-ayaway-oh
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go, hm?
What does the wind know
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind in the warm June weather
Let's all run and play in the grass together
With the summer breeze<
How it loves to tickle and tease and fool us
But when we get hot there's his breath to cool us
Sighin' high above in the top of a rustlin' tree
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go
What does the wind know
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind now he's getting bolder
Now his voice is rough and his breath is colder
Cause it's wintertime
He whistles down the chimneys and nips our noses<
Crumples off our hats turns our cheeks to roses
Snappin' up our clothes as they flap on the laundry line
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go
What does the wind know
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind blow
Where does the wind go, hm?
What does the wind know?
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the wind blow, listen...
Rhiannon Giddens
Julie
Come love come
From the Australian tv series Upright
Tim Minchin The Aeroplane
Lyrics:
If I had the blueprint or the brain
I would build an aeroplane
I’d fashion wings of balsa wood and glue
And I would fly to you
I’d carve a prop from old recycled would haves
All these relentless could have
These pointless might have beens
Oh the storms that I would gladly battle through
So I could fly to you
Had I the method or the means
I would build a time machine
I’d make it from the scraps you aways find
When someone leaves their broken dreams behind
And I’d fuel it with the beats that my heart misses
When you sign your name with kisses
Made of x’s when you text me
It’s so silly but
Any fuel and any fire will do
I will fly to you
And I’d carve a prop from old recycled would haves
All these relentless could haves
These pointless might have beens
Oh the storms that I would gladly battle through
So I could fly to you
Oh the storms that I would gladly battle through
So I could fly to you
( I love the lyrics)
This social commentary is still relevant today…
An oldie but good food for thought to help overcome the judgemental mind...
Love has no labels
Good hummin' tune
Love Miyazaki’s work…
Me too. It's accompanied me for a long time and involved in many fond memories. True love and mastery of crafts coming together.
I introduced my parents to Spirited Away back when it first won the Best Animated Film Oscar, and they ended up becoming bigger Hayao Miyazaki fans than me! They collected all the DVDs and still watch them regularly.
That's beautiful. Not much is better than introducing loved ones to loved interests and them seeing what you see.
RIP Harry
Every now and then I forget how damn good the Beatles were…
How is this meditation? I am genuinely curious
It’s what they call an active meditation, one which moves the body. The instructions for this one are: 15 minutes of standing and shaking, letting everything go and becoming the shaking; 15 minutes of unrestrained dancing, letting the body move as it wills; 15 minutes of closing the eyes and being still, witnessing; and 15 minutes lieing down, becoming quiet. It is a sequence of things done with the body and mind, and thus could be called a meditation.
The whole idea is that body and mind are one, that one is not able to divide them, and therefore this type of meditation works on the body-mind complex to bring about catharsis, fluency, not-forcing. It was an invention of Osho’s, who said that modern man’s mind was so filled up with things that it needed radically new techniques to bring it to stillness. He created several varieties, including the Kundalini, the Dynamic and the Nataraj. They are typically an hour long.
Interesting. I’ve always found walking meditation more beneficial than sitting, probably for the exact reasons you mention above I.e. an over active mind.
@Jeroen - are there any actual meditations of his online that show how to do this?
It is a meditation that is set to music. The meditation music and the instructions go together, and that’s all you need. The youtube video I had above of the Kundalini does list the instructions, which are basic but sufficient: for example for the first stage it says,
Be loose and let your body shake, feeling the energies moving up from the feet. Let go everywhere and become the shaking. Your eyes may be open or closed.
So you just stand and shake, and focus the mind on becoming the shaking. The music is an aid, it provides cues for moving, and usually when the music changes dramatically thats the next stage being announced.
Bodhisattva Vow - The Beastie Boys
Have been pondering popular music that has a Buddhist slant and came across this.
RIP Keith Moon
Version of Beatles 'Blackbird'
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/22/blackbird-mikmaq-indigenous-language
This is exactly what I need for when I'm showing hip hop to the local youth.... !!!
BodhiCrew
Bodhissatva Life
The song that the Vatican banned
