Perhaps you, like me, like the song “You’re so Vain” by Carly Simon. When the song came out and was first popular, one of my best friends had a vague understanding of what the word meant and shared that with me, but until today, I never looked it up! an old French dance in moderately … Continue reading Meaning of “Gavotte”
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Celestial Music
As for personal mystical experiences, sometimes I think the Universe has given me one of each different type of experience so I can experience what is possible. One of my personal direct mystical experiences involved sound, or celestial music. Music touches something very deep within our core, within our very souls. It has power beyond … Continue reading Celestial Music
Weeping Guitar
https://youtu.be/ezd7fRvJgtc While My Guitar Gently WeepsI look at you all see the love there that's sleepingWhile my guitar gently weepsI look at the floor and I see it need sweepingStill my guitar gently weepsI don't know why nobody told youhow to unfold you loveI don't know how someone controlled youthey bought and sold youI look … Continue reading Weeping Guitar
Relaxing Music by Marconi Union
https://youtu.be/UfcAVejslrU?si=PQfxNsRfVMO1_7er In a UK neuroscientists study, “Weightless” by Marconi Union, which you can listen to below, induced a 65 percent reduction in overall anxiety of participants and a 35 percent reduction in their usual physiological resting rates. Let's call it sound therapy.
Franti’s “Hey World”
https://youtu.be/01FE9cPXE3M?si=8D65LntChERRaKHV Hey Worldtell me why the grass was greeneryear agoI swear it used to grow herebut no more heretell me whyon this hillall the birds they used to come to fly herecome to die hereand tell my why i need to knowsometimes i wish i didn't have to knowall you show mehey worldwhat you sayshould … Continue reading Franti’s “Hey World”
One Day. Day One.
...And then one day you find ten years have got behind youNo one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun...Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled linesHanging on in quiet desperation is the English wayThe time is … Continue reading One Day. Day One.
Maya, We are All Actors on a Stage
This is a spiritual truth. We are all actors upon a stage, each with our entrances and our exits. But we can change our parts and our stage sets, too. For this reason, writers and artists and actors have long depicted the jesters, the clowns, the wardrobe changes, the masks, and the backgrounds. The goal … Continue reading Maya, We are All Actors on a Stage
One Seeker's Story 