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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

 



“Instead of saying ‘let it go,’ we should probably say ‘let it be.’ This recognizes that the mind won’t let go and the problem may not go away, and it allows you to form a healthier relationship with what’s bothering you.”  - Jon Kabat-Zinn


“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot” - Michael Altshuler



It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ~ Aristotle


“Do you know what you do when you can't take it anymore? We change. "

 Alberto Moravia - The indifferent ones



Monday, September 20, 2021

Memorize this:

 You’re smart.

You’re amazing. You’re talented. You’re beautiful. You’re not alone. You matter.

Sunday, September 19, 2021


It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor, so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion. - Aristotle



Faith is the bird that feels the Light and sings when the dawn is still dark.  - Tagore


Paying attention to our lives is key to growth   We cannot change or fix what we don't see. 


Saturday, September 18, 2021

Christopher Wheeldon's "This Bitter Earth"





  

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Wynton and Kathleen Battle Baroque Duet





  


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Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson - Dunque io son 02 / 16




  

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The story of Isaac Newton discovering the laws of gravity by watching apples falling from a tree is probably just a myth. He did do his work on gravity while at a farm, but that is about as much as can be proven.














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Brahms Piano and Violin

 

  






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Nataraja Pathu - Tamil hymns on Nataraja with English translation - Srid...



 

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Nataraja Pathu - Tamil hymns on Nataraja with English translation - Sridevi Nrithyalaya








Sridevi Nrithyalaya


This hymn is a dialogue that the devotee engages in with the Lord. Where all is fair in this inexplicable relationship of the Lord and the devotee, the latter sometimes cries, sometimes chides, at times introspects and at other times, even commands, seeking answers to the questionable transciences and striving to become one with the Lord who is ever in Trance.


In the first stanza, the devotee addresses Nataraja as the omniscient one and intellectually internalises His formless omnipresence. The second stanza is an interesting contradiction as well as a reiteration to the first, where the devotee describes His form and His dance, and also affirms that the movement of the Universe, is but His dance. In the third stanza, the devotee begins the inward journey, introspecting and questioning the Lord about the ephemeral happenings in the world. The next stanza is proof of the devotee's progress in the journey, for it is a clear account of all that s/he doesn't desire or seek. The following fifth stanza witnesses a devotee who takes liberty to mock the Lord of His indifference. In the sixth stanza, the devotee goes one step closer to the Lord and holds Him responsible for all the misdeeds of the former. In the process of this journey, the following stanza sees maturity in the devotee who seems to have realised the pain of the endless cycle of births and deaths. To be relieved of the incessant circle of life, in the eighth stanza, the devotee pleads the Lord to forgive her/him for all the wrong doings, however grave or silly it may be. The ninth stanza is the voice of a devotee who gradually gathers strength and develops a detachment towards relationships, wealth, fame and power. The Lord chooses the devotee and He alone lays down the path for the devotee unto Him. In that very path, there could be phases of introspection, doubtfulness, realisation, conviction and certainly, hopelessness. The last stanza is an open cry to the Lord from a devotee who feels hopeless, helpless and cheated by the Lord's indifference. Having known that He is the one who pervades the Universe as the five elements, the devotee now truly realises and experiences His omnipresence, which is metaphorically depicted as the five forms of the Lord (in His Panchabhootha Kshetras) as Ekambreshwara (Earth), Jambukeshwara (Water), Arunchaleswara (Fire), Srikālahasthiswara (Wind) and Nataraja (Ether). Now, what other way does the devotee have, but to surrender? It is when the devotee completely surrenders, that the Lord appears.


We have interpreted this hymn as an inward journey of the Self: a journey unto Him


This hymn is a dialogue that the devotee engages in with the Lord. Where all is fair in this inexplicable relationship of the Lord and the devotee, the latter sometimes cries, sometimes chides, at times introspects and at other times, even commands, seeking answers to the questionable transciences and striving to become one with the Lord who is ever in Trance. In the first stanza, the devotee addresses Nataraja as the omniscient one and intellectually internalises His formless omnipresence. The second stanza is an interesting contradiction as well as a reiteration to the first, where the devotee describes His form and His dance, and also affirms that the movement of the Universe, is but His dance. In the third stanza, the devotee begins the inward journey, introspecting and questioning the Lord about the ephemeral happenings in the world. The next stanza is proof of the devotee's progress in the journey, for it is a clear account of all that s/he doesn't desire or seek. The following fifth stanza witnesses a devotee who takes liberty to mock the Lord of His indifference. In the sixth stanza, the devotee goes one step closer to the Lord and holds Him responsible for all the misdeeds of the former. In the process of this journey, the following stanza sees maturity in the devotee who seems to have realised the pain of the endless cycle of births and deaths. To be relieved of the incessant circle of life, in the eighth stanza, the devotee pleads the Lord to forgive her/him for all the wrong doings, however grave or silly it may be. The ninth stanza is the voice of a devotee who gradually gathers strength and develops a detachment towards relationships, wealth, fame and power. The Lord chooses the devotee and He alone lays down the path for the devotee unto Him. In that very path, there could be phases of introspection, doubtfulness, realisation, conviction and certainly, hopelessness. The last stanza is an open cry to the Lord from a devotee who feels hopeless, helpless and cheated by the Lord's indifference. Having known that He is the one who pervades the Universe as the five elements, the devotee now truly realises and experiences His omnipresence, which is metaphorically depicted as the five forms of the Lord (in His Panchabhootha Kshetras) as Ekambreshwara (Earth), Jambukeshwara (Water), Arunchaleswara (Fire), Srikālahasthiswara (Wind) and Nataraja (Ether). Now, what other way does the devotee have, but to surrender? It is when the devotee completely surrenders, that the Lord appears. We have interpreted this hymn as an inward journey of the Self: a journey unto Him. Dancers: Sanjena Ramesh Rajadarshini Saravanan Kameshweri Ganesan Mridula Sivakumar Mrinalini Sivakumar Bhairavi Venkatesan Harinie Jeevitha Nishkala Ranjeev Vishwashree Sai Smriti Suresh Meghna Unnikrishnan Lakshita Madhan Krithika Krishna Kamaladevi Nattuvangam - Dr. Sheela unnikrishnan Music & Vocal - Sri Srikanth Gopalakrishnan Mridangam - Dr. Guru Bharadwaaj Veenai - Kumari Anjani Srinivas Lights - Sri Murugan, Kumar Stage Videography - Dop Sri Lakshmananjai Assistants - Sri Kaadhar & Kumari Karishma Music recorded @ Aarabhi Studios Special thanks to




Ali Ali Dam I Mee Raqsam I Sufi Song with Bharatnatyam




 


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Madeleine Peyroux - Live in Switzerland 2012




 

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Madeleine Peyroux Best Songs - Madeleine Peyroux Greatest Hits Full Album





  


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Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw



"To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour." 

        ~ William Blake

HUMAN's Musics - A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Composed by Armand Amar




 

HUMAN's Musics - A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Composed by Armand Amar


HUMAN's Musics - A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Composed by Armand Amar

The idea with HUMAN was to create songs that would reflect the same emotion generated by the interviews. I wanted things to open up, to open up one’s heart, to let the sadness be without any restraint. HUMAN has been one of these rare moments in my life as a film composer during which I could express all these different cultures at the same time : either working on minimalist songs or meeting with these singers and musicians coming from all around the world. Which note did I first produce ? I had more like a global vision in mind, an atmosphere that would merge into the film and that would bring people together, this was my starting point. The part I created for the Mongolian sequence might be the best summary of the atmosphere I wanted the film to have. Yann has given me a particular role as a film composer that is very diffrent from the one other directors usually give me. There is a strong friendship between us, an intimate relationship. He’s generous. You follow him because of his fantastic instinct, I can advise on the artistic process being in a way the first audience." Armand Amard, composer of the HUMAN music.


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Monday, September 13, 2021

While on Twitter Be CIVIL





I made also made a pic, of 's #TwitterSpaces rules! I called it #TwitterSpacesEtiquette #13Rules to follow. Is there another rule that I need to add? Comment below so I can edit it. Smiling face with 3 hearts
 




Sunday, September 12, 2021

Natalia Osipova - Top 3 Variations




 

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Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Jeff Beck and Beth Hart - "Sweet Home Chica...




 

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Bonnie Rait and Tracy Chapman, Jeff Beck and Beth Hart perform "Sweet Home Chicago" in honor of Buddy Guy at the 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors (2012) More about the event here http://www.about-tracy-chapman.net/tr...


Music




Discernment



Discernment:

Is about purpose. A person who is foggy on their purpose has little discernment.

Isn’t about ease. The right choice may be more painful than the wrong.

Brings the future to bear on the present. Discernment applies a long-term lens to immediate decisions.

Thinks about endings. Beginnings are seductive and blinding.

Concerns “what you want,” more than what you don’t want.


Definition of discernment

1: the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure : skill in discerning

2: an act of perceiving or discerning something


Synonyms

insight,
perception,
perceptiveness,
perceptivity,
sagaciousness,
sagacity,
sageness,
sapience,
wisdom





Saturday, September 11, 2021

Evgenia Obraztsova & Kimin Kim - Don Quixote PDD Variations & Coda 2018





  

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Bolshoi Ballerina Evgeina Obraztsova & Mariinsky Principal Dancer Kimin Kim perform Don Quixote Act 3 pas de deux, variations & coda at a Gala in Hungary, 2018. Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBunduBall... Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebundubal... Subscribe @TheBunduBallerina








Evgenia Obraztsova & Kimin Kim - Don Quixote PDD Variations & Coda 2018













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Revealing the Mind: The Promise of Psychedelics

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Nearly every culture throughout history has used chemicals that alter consciousness for spiritual exploration. In the 20th century these drugs caught the attention of scientists. Psychedelics, as they were named, proved effective at treating intractable illnesses like depression and addiction. And they became a tool for studying the mind, opening “the doors of perception,” as Aldous Huxley wrote. But those doors slammed shut when President Nixon declared psychedelics dangerous and medically useless. Join scientists and “psychonauts” who are now picking up where research left off 50 years ago, experimenting with LSD, psilocybin, DMT and other psychedelics to heal—and reveal—the mind. The Big Ideas Series is supported in part by the John Templeton Foundation. PARTICIPANTS: Alison Gopnik, Eduardo Kohn, Stephen Ross, Anil Seth MODERATOR: Emily Senay MORE INFO ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND PARTICIPANTS: https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/... TOPICS 0:00 - Introduction 6:05 - Panelist introductions 7:27 - What are psychedelics? 11:00 - Phenomenological effects of psychedelics 14:31 - Brain development and plasticity 17:15 - Psychedelic usage in the Amazon 19:43 - Amazonian ayahuasca ceremony 20:51 - Dissolution of the ego 22:46 - Default mode network 25:17 - Psilocybin testing on religious professionals 27:59 - The shaman’s message from the rain-forest 31:04 - Rain-forest soundscape 33:03 - Mind altering experiences without drugs 37:03 - Philosophical questions about psychedelics 42:37 - Can psychedelics restore brain plasticity? 45:16 - Measuring randomness of brain activity 51:58 - Psychedelic drugs as medicine 58:38 - Psilocybin cancer study participants film and Q&A 1:04:43 - Treating psychiatric disorders with psychedelics 1:09:23 - Micro-dosing and “freelancing” psychedelics 1:13:50 - Medical complications and medication interactions 1:18:14 - The future of psychedelics in science PROGRAM CREDITS - Produced by Nils Kongshaug - Associate Produced by Emmalina Glinskis - Short films produced / edited by Vin Liota - Music provided by APM - Additional images and footage provided by: Getty Images, Shutterstock, Videoblocks - Recorded at NYU Skirball Center This program is part of the BIG IDEAS SERIES, made possible with support from the JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION. - SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel and "ring the bell" for all the latest videos from WSF 

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9 Genuine Signs of Intelligence That People Can’t Fake.






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Friday, September 10, 2021

Psychology Study links too much free time to lower sense of wellbeing

 



Psychology

Study links too much free time to lower sense of wellbeing

Research shows there is a ‘sweet spot’ and subjective wellbeing drops off after about five hours



The lesson of Goldilocks, that one can have too much of a good thing, even when it comes to the size of a chair, has applied in fields from astrobiology to economics. Now, it seems it may even govern our free time.

Researchers have found that while levels of subjective well being initially rise as free time increases, the trend does not necessarily hold for very high levels of leisure.

“The sweet spot is a moderate amount of free time,” said Dr Marissa Sharif, a co-author of the study from the University of Pennsylvania. “We found that having too much time was associated with lower subjective wellbeing due to a lacking sense of productivity and purpose.”

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Writing in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Sharif and colleagues reported how they analysed results from two large-scale surveys, involving a combined total of more than 35,000 participants.

One was the American Time Use Survey, which was carried out between 2012 and 2013 and asked participants what they had done in the past 24 hours.

After crowdsourcing opinions on which activities would be equated with leisure time and then calculating this time for participants, the team found that while subjective wellbeing rose with the amount of free time up to about two hours, it began to drop once it exceeded five hours.

Meanwhile data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce, carried out between 1992 and 2008, revealed that beyond a certain point, having more free time was no longer linked to greater subjective wellbeing, but it did not dip – possibly because few of the participants reported having more than five hours of free time a day.

The team said the American Time Use Survey suggested the way people spent their leisure time mattered.

“Although an abundance of discretionary time spent on solo and nonproductive activities did produce a negative effect on subjective well being, discretionary time spent on activities that were social or productive did not,” they wrote.

The team then carried out two online experiments, with data from 2,565 American participants in one and 4,046 in the other, in an attempt to ensure the findings were not simply down to, for example, a scenario in which people living with depression might find themselves with large amounts of free time.

In both experiments, participants were asked to imagine a defined amount of free time a day and what they would do with it, with one experiment looking specifically at whether it was spent on meaningful and productive activities, or “wasted”.

The team found more free time was not necessarily better when considered against imagined feelings of wellbeing, stress or productivity. More specifically, imagined wellbeing plateaued as hypothetical productive free time rose from moderate to high amounts, but was 0.4 points lower on a seven-point scale compared with moderate amounts of non-productive free time.

The team said the size of the effects was small and the optimal amounts of free time inexact.

Nonetheless, they said the work suggested people who feel they have too little free time should not quit all of their obligations, but instead try to find a couple of leisure hours a day. Meanwhile those with empty days should try spending their time with purpose, be it connecting with others or doing something productive.

Andrew Oswald, a professor of economics and behavioural science at the University of Warwick who was not involved in the study, welcomed the research.

“This is a valuable study because it provides all sorts of statistical evidence for a very intuitive idea: human beings like having spare ‘discretionary’ time – for leisure, home chores, hobbies, etc – in their day but not too much of it,” he said. “It’s a Goldilocks result – on time.” 






Roosevelt Holts- Presenting The Country Blues (full album)





  


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Jimmy Rogers - Sloppy drunk (full album)





  

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1 Sloppy Drunk
2 I Can't Sleep For Worrying
3 Mistreated Baby
4 Slick Chick
5 Pretty Baby
6 Left Me With A Broken Heart
7 I Lost The Good Woman
8 You're So Sweet
9 The Last Time
10 Shelby County
11 Tricky Woman
12 Sloppy Drunk II
13 Gold Tailed Bird
14 Walkin' By Myself
15 That's Alright
16 Ludella







Blow Wind Blow





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Jimmy Rogers ft. Eric Clapton - That's All Right





  

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Friday, September 3, 2021

Time Management




Young people tell you what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools what they wish to do. -French



“Many argue; not many converse.” ~ Louisa May Alcott



A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~ Yiddish Proverb


“Sometimes the best way to “manage” a relationship is to end it. Too few get this.” ~ Fateh Singh


 Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. - Horace



Time is basic. Unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed ~ Peter Drucker #TimeManagement



“There are seven days in a week and someday isn’t one of them.”  


Maintaining a complicated life is a great way to avoid changing it. ~ Elaine St James


"You don't learn how strong you are until you are pushed beyond what you thought you could handle and you emerge on the other side with more bravery, grace, and determination than you realized you even had." ~Rachel Marie Martin



The property a man has in his own industry, is violated, whenever he is forbidden the free exercise of his faculties or talents, except insomuch as they would interfere with the rights of third parties. - Jean-Baptiste Say



To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way beyond. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj



You may delay, but time will not. ~ Ben Franklin




Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea. Humility is necessary for growth.