I was born a year after George Harrison, the Beatle. In the 1960’s in Britain, fans of the Beatles often asked each other “Who is your favourite Beatle?” My favourite Beatle was George – years before he went to India. George died from cancer on November 29, 2001. Here is a poem to George. …
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Religious Rock. 30 of the Best Religious Rock Songs, plus 1
I make a regular pilgrimage on my bike to the local Totnes gym in Devon, UK. I take with me my MP3 player.
For seven years, I have been a paid up member of the Church of Gymism, where I bow down to the barbell and lift some modest weights up to Heaven.
A few days ago, I looked at my Most Played List on the MP3. Lots of songs had lyrics with a certain religious/spiritual flavour.
The word ‘religious’ here makes no reference to a religion or religions. A religious/spiritual flavour carries a deep intimation, a sense of the transcendent, beyond the song and its lyrics. We can find such intimations in all the religions. We can experience spiritual sensitivities in music.
Music offers reminders and revelations of the profound nature of human experience and our capacity to respond to reality.
Let’s dance to that. Let’s move to that.
Rock on….
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Dharma Yatra (Pilgrimage) photos in France for 10 days in late July, 2017
Here are the links to around 450 photos of Dharma Yatra (pilgrimage) in late July 2017.
Around 150 adults and children participating in the annual Yatra started in 2001.
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What is Art? Art is a Meditation on Life and much more…
What is Art?
(Art expresses itself through music, words, spoken, sung and written, the paint, the stone, the wood, other materials, the cloth, dance, other movements of the body, aesthetic sensitivities, magic, instruments, the singular and the collective of people, as a manifestation of the creative). …
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Carrie Tree – a singer/songwriter shares her personal, spiritual and environmental concerns. A new album is flowering. Do support.
I received a lovely birthday present a couple of years ago from Dora in Brighton, England. She gave me a copy of a music CD, Home to the Invisible, of Carrie Tree from Sussex in southern England. …