Sunday, September 4, 2011

Spirit Muse Sunday - CONTINUING ON THE PATH




Spirit Muse  
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Hanuman

Progress 

"If you wanna know if you're making, so called, progress
on your spiritual path, see if you are kinder to people.
See if you are a little easier on yourself,
if you're a little bit less obsessed with your self,
and all the stuff in your life.
See if you are happier during the day,
in a simple way, more content.
See if you're treating people more like you would like to be treated.
That means it's working."
NYC 2011

Hanuman Chalisa
September 2009 Krishna Das in India
 11 Minutes
Classic Hanuman Chalisa
Dedicated to Neem Karori Baba Maharaj Ji
considered an avatar of Hanuman,
Guru to Krishna Das, Bhagavan Das, and Ram Das,
Americans who went to India while the tumultuous
sixties and seventies rolled over America,
and reverberated round the world.


About Hanuman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman

About Ram Das

No beginning
No end





The correct word was chosen by
GRACE
Please contact me quick by email with your mailing address 
Mine is on the blog profile
  I'll go to the post Tuesday

An extra clue was in my answer to Nancy after her comment
"Nice words, but look carefully at the clues again -word- is in a certain typeface and that's the key. Try again."   Nancy said "story" or "silence" - Deanna chose "amygdala" - and, Jude said "witness".  All wonderful words, but, Grace is the winner with "longing"!  It's was in the Rumi Poem, and in the slanted typeface.
“This longing you express is the return message.” 

Thanks for participating, I had fun preparing the prize.




Saturday, September 3, 2011

EXTRA EXTRA Silent Saturday Muse - READY TO POST


Silent Muse
 

WE HAVE A WINNER
 See Sundays Post


EXTRA Silent Muse Saturday - "LISTEN'



"Silent Muse"
 







Silent Muse Saturday-IT BEGINS WITH LISTENING




"Silent Muse"

 
This one's for Jude, but I hope there's something for everyone.

World Listening Day
Monday, July18, 2011
Don't worry that you missed it, because practice makes perfect.
You can start any time. You might even do it once a week
until the next one rolls around. The World Listening Project
is a not-for-profit organization devoted to understanding the world,
and its natural environment, societies, and cultures,
through the duel practices of listening, and field recording.
Visit Here
WLP’s website


Some of our most profound experiences in life
are not seen - they are heard

Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 


What Silence Said - Susheela Raman

Return To innocence - Enigma

Autumn Sonata - Beethoven

 Letting go - Isaac Shepard




Friday, September 2, 2011

Feather Muse Friday SPECIAL AVIAN POWERS




"Feather Muse"

 Navigational Know How

If you were worried about our City birds, or any birds along the East Coast, during the recent Hurricane, be assured, besides their wings,
they are equipped with extra powers of survival.
 Tim Howard
Heads to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey for the story of a WWII hero
whose feats of navigation saved hundreds of lives.
The hero? A pigeon named G.I. Joe.

Museum Curator 
Mindy Rosewitz
fills in the details.

Professor Charles Walcott

Helps Tim delve into the mysteries of how pigeons pull off these seemingly impossible journeys.
flying home across hundreds of miles of unfamiliar terrain.

Dr. Lera Boroditsky

Tells us about a language in Australia in which a pigeon-like ability to orient yourself is so crucial.  You can't even say hello without knowing exactly which direction you're facing.

And finally, Jad and Robert talk to 
Karen Jacobsen
aka "the GPS girl," about her own navigational abilities.

Listen While You Work
http://www.radiolab.org/2011/jan/25/birds-eye-view/
The show is about an hour long


EXTRA Friday post - Eblogger HAS LOST MY FOLLOWERS!



#!?#***?!!
Aurgh!

I Miss You All

Send Them Back Soon Blogger

Feather Friday Muse Posts at 6AM

Reminder
Give Away
To Celebrate MY 300th POST
A magical gift to be mailed to anyone responding to this post
whose comment includes
The Magic Word

Clues
1. The word is contained in the blog
2. Pick your favorite word, and you are likely to be the winner
 
Winner will be announced
Sunday September 4th here
In case of multiple winners, the offering extends to three awards
Enter, or Re-enter-check the responses for an additional clue
Contest closes at 11PM September 3rd






Thursday, September 1, 2011

Dolphn Muse Thursday - RETURN TO THE SEA



Dolphin Muse

We came from the sea, and return to the sea eventually,
reintegrate, evaporate, or swim to that farther shore.

People
I found this 1980 article about Thomas Mann's daughter, Elisabeth Borgese, her relationship to marine life and attempts at aqua-culture (might offend vegetarians, but, is none the less, illuminating).
"Since 1963 Borgese has restricted her own diet to vegetables (one favorite snack is a kind of seaweed parmigiana) and, of course, fish. With the Atlantic at her doorstep, she sails, swims and snorkels—"I love it, but I always drink half the ocean."
here
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20077409,00.html

Escape
Dolphins escape attempt is, no doubt, not an isolated incident.  Nothing is content in captivity.  Even a domesticated cat will wander off,
wild reverted,  given certain circumstances.
here
http://www.examiner.com/spirituality-in-charleston/new-film-shows-dolphin-trying-to-escape-captivity
 
Rescue
If stranded, or beached, look to a dolphin for your help in need
(there is a brief, mostly inoffensive, commercial at the head of this short video about a dolphin rescuer)


Romance
The maker admits "I composed this video about a friendship between a dolphin and a dog with clips from the movies: "Zeus and Roxanne" 1992, mixed with some pieces of "Spinner Dolphins", and added Vangelis soundtrack.  Zeus, the pooch, and Roxanne, the dolphin, are able to communicate with one another. The dog is a Portuguese Podengo.
They traveled everywhere with the Portuguese, they even sailed on the ships of Christopher Columbus."

August
So Long, it's been hard to know ya!
 Thanks to Paul Krugman posting this