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September 21, 2007
What if . . .
Think of the things you complain about, dread and dislike in your life. Make a list.
Now, what if your happiness, your peace, your “spiritual enlightenment,” depended on having exactly those things in your life?
We have this idea that if we achieve these concepts of happiness, peace and spiritual enlightenment everything will be some kind of “All Bliss, All the Time.”
Well, check.
I was at the Gathering for the Work of Byron Katie, when someone said that she couldn’t follow her spiritual calling unless she had the freedom to move out of state, something she cannot do with her child, by divorce decree.
Steven looked at her and asked, “Nelson Mandela was in prison for how long?”
We all laughed.
“And the Christian saints and martyrs? They were free to move and travel about all the time, right?”
Er…
I added, “and Ghandi got around really well while he was fasting.”
No, he could barely lay on his pallet sometimes he was so weak from fasting from what I have heard.
For myself, incest in my childhood, the exciting and exhilarating journey from grief to gratitude, were all part of following my spiritual calling. The story is in this blog.
So, the next time you have a complaint or some stress you think is keeping you from . . . anything . . . check. It might be merely the next step in following your spiritual calling.
Love, Ann
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September 11, 2007
You will be entertained at the very least and enlightenment is an option.
http://advancedmeditation.com/cmd.php?Clk=2095310
Thursday, 9/13, there is a teleconference call where you can learn more about this. There will be sample meditations and a chance at a free gift worth $400.
http://advancedmeditation.com/cmd.php?Clk=2095310
Trust me. You want to try this. The IAM Meditations are the product of the fertile mind of Steven Sashen who is also responsible for much of the Shampoo Method we talk about here every day.
It’s completely safe. I’d trust this guy with my life.
This feeling, this is what we have all been looking for our whole lives. It’s like coming home.
Love, Ann
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August 4, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ZVV09vTU8
How about getting off of these antibiotics
How about stopping eating when I’m filled up
How about them transparent dangling carrots (!)
How about that ever elusive kudo
Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence
How about me not blaming you for everything
How about me enjoying the moment for once
How about how good it feels to finally forgive you
How about grieving it all one at a time
Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence
The moment I let go of it was
The moment I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it was
The moment I touched down
How about no longer being masochistic
How about remembering your divinity
How about unabashedly bawling your eyes out
How about not equating death with stopping
Thank you India
Thank you providence
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you nothingness
Thank you clarity
Thank you thank you silence
yeah yeah
ahh ohhh
ahhh ho oh
ahhh ho ohhhhhh
yeaahhhh yeahh
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April 1, 2007
Live kirtan in the US is jazz.
Go listen to anyone live and you’ll see what I mean: Krishna Das, Dave Stringer, Shim Shai, Tina Malia, Scott Medina, Deva Premal, Miten… if you have heard any one of them, you know what I am talking about. I’ve heard all of them live and I own recordings by all of them.
Yes, there’s repetition, which soothes my Priest Scholar soul, but there is also improvisation in live performance. Every time. It’s never the same twice.
Instead of saxophones and whatever, kirtan has a harmonium and tabla. Of course, there is definitely a trumpet player in our local kirtan group, and I’ve seen a pretty wide variety of instruments, including electric guitars, played for kirtan.
Sonofabiscuit-lover… kirtan as I learned it in the US is jazz, at least when it’s live.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhajan
Both articles mention that “While most Hindus and Sikhs devoutly sing Kirtan in its more traditional form, there are smaller groups that experiment with incorporation of non-Indian instruments like the guitar and interspersing Western themes like jazz into the fold.”
I get pretty blissed out on the stuff. I’m sure I look like I’m having sex as I sit cross-legged, swaying, my back arched, eyes closed and hands raised singing my heart out.
Hey, you’ve got your Jazz in my Kirtan! No, you’ve got my Kirtan in your Jazz!
Love, Ann
My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
The way he described it
He said Id be better dead than live
I didnt listen to his jive
I knew all along
That he was all wrong
And I knew that he thought
I was crazy but Im not
Oh no
My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
He said Id need treatment
But Im not that easily led
He said I was the type
That was most inclined
When out of his sight
To be out of my mind
And he thought I was nuts
No more ifs or ands or buts
They say as a child
I appeared a little bit wild
With all my crazy ideas
But I knew what was happening
I knew I was a genius…
Whats so strange when you know
That youre a wizard at three
I knew that this was meant to be
Now I heard little children
Were supposed to sleep tight
Thats why I got into the vodka one night
My parents got frantic
Didnt know what to do
But I saw some crazy scenes
Before I came to
Now do you think I was crazy
I may have been only three
But I was swinging
They all laugh at angry young men
They all laugh at edison
And also at einstein
So why should I feel sorry
If they just couldnt understand
The idiomatic logic
That went on in my head
I had a brain
It was insane
Oh they used to laugh at me
When I refused to ride
On all those double decker buses
All because there was no driver on the top
My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
But I said dear doctor
I think that its you instead
Because I have got a thing
Thats unique and new
To prove it Ill have
The last laugh on you
cause instead of one head
I got two
And you know two heads are better than one.
Performed by Joni Mitchell
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