...om namo bhaguvate vasudevaya... sung by krsna das... ram das speaks of his process... of being a young person lost and seeking... and finding lsd and timothy leary and going to india to meet his guru... and quotes from dao and sufism and tich nah hahn and nasiruddin... and tells stories to illuminate the importance of nothingness... of embracing this... of the letting go... of going inward instead of focusing too much externally... in the context of One-ness... ALLAH...
...if we see someone who is doing wrong and is irritating us in the subway it's ourselves we are getting upset at... and our desire to knock them out comes from our lack of compassion to ourselves... it comes from self hate... if we loved ourselves we may seek to Connect with them as the elder in the subway does... asking the belligerent drunk on the train questions to Connect... until the guy spills his story of being left by his wife and feeling so alone and is sobbing in the train...
...Compassion is the most repeated name of ALLAH - Al Rahman... of course this is more than just an outward showing... more than knowing a name of ALLAH and more than an external subject object relation - this is you and You... this is about self and Self... Connection is the Way in... and then...
...serve... Service... to whoever whatever is within your region... as per the laws of permaculture - to not just be shepherds of the earth but t recognize that we are the earth... our body earth, our blood the water, our breath air... that as without so within so howl... don't just witness the best minds of your generation but support do something... get in the game... play... you don't have to be a perfect musician or even be a musician as the teacher from brooklyn music factory tells us... that music is essential to connection and that connection means getting out fo your head and perfection and just playing... get in the game...
...winter solstice 2020... we are in it... the eve of... intention to fast... to make a pine bird-feeder and ornaments for an evergreen as offerings to the seen and unseen life... to be part of a fire... to light candles... to reflect - things i'm grateful for things i wish i could've done differently... to put forth intentions for the new year that centralize the earth and nature and community... not just individual self-help goals... to share... yoga... Love... food... meditation... words from another.... to be in community...
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