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Sounds-day is for listening/viewing
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
On the 6th it will be Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. A song to inspire those who seek to take up an 'austerity'.
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Breath Sounds 5
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Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation
This month, the background for meditational practice will be the sound of the flute. Wind instruments, after the drum, are the most commonly found in every part of the globe. Drumming was the first sound and easily made, visceral and earthly. Once ways were found to use breath to create varying sounds, the spirit was lifted higher… contemplate these things and breath is such an integral part of the meditational process.
Breath Sounds 4
Hari Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation
This month, the background for meditational practice will be the sound of the flute. Wind instruments, after the drum, are the most commonly found in every part of the globe. Drumming was the first sound and easily made, visceral and earthly. Once ways were found to use breath to create varying sounds, the spirit was lifted higher… contemplate these things and breath is such an integral part of the meditational process.
St George
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Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
We saw yesterday, the fuller story of St Geroge the martyr. Finding music to celebrate St George, however, is rather tricky - it's as scarce as ... dragons teeth! A little fun for the day, then, with the more popular version for the English celebration of the saint...
Breath Sounds 3
Hari Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation
This month, the background for meditational practice will be the sound of the flute. Wind instruments, after the drum, are the most commonly found in every part of the globe. Drumming was the first sound and easily made, visceral and earthly. Once ways were found to use breath to create varying sounds, the spirit was lifted higher… contemplate these things and breath is such an integral part of the meditational process.
Breath Sounds 2
Hari
Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation
This
month, the background for meditational practice will be the sound of the flute.
Wind instruments, after the drum, are the most commonly found in every part of
the globe. Drumming was the first sound
and easily made, visceral and earthly. Once ways were found to use breath to
create varying sounds, the spirit was lifted higher… contemplate these things
and breath is such an integral part of the meditational process.
Breath Sounds 1
Hari
Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation
This
month, the background for meditational practice will be the sound of the flute.
Wind instruments, after the drum, are the most commonly found in every part of
the globe. Drumming was the first sound
and easily made, visceral and earthly. Once ways were found to use breath to
create varying sounds, the spirit was lifted higher… contemplate these things
and breath is such an integral part of the meditational process.
Easter
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Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
A simple and heartfelt song...
Advent Two
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Oh Come Lord, Emmanuel haste ye here...
Advent One
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Advent is upon us...
Soothering
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Surrender to sound...
Celebrate Harvest
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Harvest time tends also to bring music and dancing which expresses the joy and gratitude for the bounty... this short amateur video is full of the brightness and energy; let your smile reach right into your heart!
Immerse Yourself
Hari
Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation
For
the month of September we have been looking at music as a focus for meditation.
This one is pure focus and peace.
Shanti
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Some music for the heart and mind...
For Mary Madre
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Early music in honour of the virgin mother.
Musical Mystery
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Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation
Often music is used in order to render a level of peace and inner
focus. There can be no denying that music touches us where speech often cannot.
It must be said that if there is any sound at all with which we are engaged as
we sit in aasana for contemplation, then we are not meditating in the true
sense. However, it is a step towards and can definitely benefit the meditative
practitioner. The music used for this purpose ought to pull us into it, we must
become lost within it and travel upon its nuance and revel in its adventure.
Nothing else must enter us but the music. Then and only then can we be said to
have been 'transported'. It is not pure meditation but is a method of focus
practice worth using.
In India, there are musical styles from each region which are
considered devotional, but there are two specific Hindu styles into which fall
all others; Hindustani and Carnatica. The first is from the North and the other
from the South. Mughal/gazal music arises from the Muslim tradition, and is a
third option for contemplative focus. All have their intellectual context which
is why they are particularly useful in meditation practice.
This short video gives an excellent mini-intro to the Carnatica
style… you are encouraged to explore it more if it is a style you find
appealing. Note, as with Vedanta, it is not necessarily appreciated or
understood at first meeting! It takes persistence and a desire 'to know', to delve into the subtleties.
Om Gang-ganapataye NamaH
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Celebrate the remover of obstacles.
Sat Guruve NamaH
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
The most precious and sacred for any seeker is their Guru, and this is a tribute to the one that inspires this blog the most.
Love-centred
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
Another brief Rumi excerpt to mesmerise you...
Gentle Your Spirit
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OM
Sounds-day is for listening/viewing a variety of
devotional items from and for all ages and traditions.
A flute meditation to sooth and revive
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