Minimalism... (with Arvo Part)

Spiegel im Spiegel for Cello and Piano (Arvo Part)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZe3mXlnfNc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2SYzxHR5QaxtJ-kU4RLd17yg_TpUHpEyBhHdH9N3PG175nyfZzTe7gqJ4


"You cannot direct the wind -- but you can adjust your sail." ~ Arvo Pärt

"Simplicity is the final achievement."-Fryderyk Chopin.

After twenty five years of acquaintance with the mature fruits of this stylistic reduction we take Pärt’s music almost for granted; but we should not forget the vale of tears through which he had to walk before he resolved to apply the principles of tintinnabulation. This is how Pärt words his new creed: I have discovered that it is enough to beautifully play this one and only tone. It is not a mere declaration but a strong expression of radicalism and determination. Interpreters of his music find this radical simplicity everything but facilitating. Here, to play “beautifully” means to play perfectly — disarmingly simple notation becomes a source of irritation rather than help (remember the image of the desert). Hence the natural reaction of musicians who, on seeing a score like this, often expect they will be able to play the composition straight from the notes. The usual result of such an approach is a painful awakening (my own attempts to use the piece Für Alina for beginners’ piano classes were a complete failure…). (Excerpt from below...) Arvo Part...Radiating from silence (tintinnabulation)
https://www.arvopart.ee/en/arvo-part/article/radiating-from-silence/

NYT..on Minimalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/arts/music/10mini.html

Branka Parlic plays Philip Glass 06 Madrush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA5CEeFBn3M

Philip Glass: American Four Seasons with Robert McDuffie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LcasnqryU4

Where we come from..?

Where do we come from..?

A question often heard
Which reflects our conditioning
In assuming we come from
Some..place..
So..when we Realize where 
We come from..we have also
Realized that the question lies 
In ashes from the fire of the
Abundant Source...








Let your heart be at peace.
Watch the turmoil of beings
but contemplate their return.
If you don't realize the source,
you stumble in confusion and sorrow.
When you realize where you come from,
you naturally become tolerant,
disinterested, amused,
kindhearted as a grandmother,
dignified as a king.
Immersed in the wonder of the Tao
you can deal with whatever life brings you,
and when death comes, you are ready.
Chuang Tzu

Self knowing

Self knowing

We speak 
Of the small self
And the large Self..
With attention to the 
Capitalization of Self..

However..the Truth
For our grasping is:
There is only one Self
Capitalized or not..

We refer to our Self when
We use our most
Intimate name: 
Which is "I"..

Small self is "I" which
Seems clouded with the
Transitory and colorful
Things of our day..

Also this: ..each entity
Of creation..deer..frogs
Trees..share in identifying
As this Wondrous Self...!!



Rupert Spira:  "I Am" is Awareness's Knowledge of Itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcc7N_Vfh_k

Resurrection is Now

Resurrection is Now

There is only Now..
In searching for Now
We are looking for
That which we 
Already Are.. 
Which is hidden by 
The search itself..
Ending the search is
Resurrection...






Make peace with the universe.
Take joy in it.
It will turn to Gold.
Resurrection will be Now.
Every moment, a new beauty.
~ Rumi

In Each Note

In Each Note

The Fruitful experience in life
Is when attention is confined
To an immediate movement
In what seems our time and space..

This is the coloration of Now
The focal experience as
Our minds attempt to attract 
Attention elsewhere..

Each note of the symphony
Contains the possibility of
Joy in our recognition of
That which is Eternal...







Thought for the day....... "Spirituality is seeded, germinates, spouts and blossoms in the mundane. It is to be found and nurtured in the smallest of daily activities." Thomas Moore

The Daily Quote from Rupert Spira, 28th January 2020
At the heart of experience, there is a fire that burns all we know. Offer everything to that fire. What remains – the ashes of love – is that for which we have longed all our life.

Suffering

Suffering

Conditioning histories
Our illusory small self:
These histories reflect
Beliefs of separation 
Settled..unquestioned..

Our histories record
Resistance to arisings in
Our assumed world..
Yet~~
Resistance is suffering
And a wake-up call:
Please look elsewhere for
Your Already Identity...

Risk

Risk 

Our small self
The illusory one
Finds risk in what
Threatens as demise..
Demise from glimpses
Of a Self not confined
As most life stories 
Insist we must be..
Fearing to grasp
What glimpses reveal
Keeps things stable
Until the next glimpse
Enters our view..


Thought for the day....... "Paths and movements cannot transport you into Reality, because their function is to enmesh you within the dimensions of knowledge, while the Reality prevails prior to it." Nisargadatta Maharaj