*sitting in silence, whispers in the dark fading to nothingness, ringing gently in my ears
* treading the spiritual path, collecting understanding with each step, unflappable faith in the Divinity that pervades all the universe, the power of the Sound from which all beings formed from the formless.. AUM
* music and its ability to heal without selfishness, without the seeing eye visualising its threads weaving softly into swirls of DNA, the beauty of creation and the realisation that 'there's nothing you can sing that can't be sung'
* monsoon rains dressing trees in drops of heaven, the smell of hot sweat evaporating from green leaves, the sound of heavy droplets pounding on manmade surfaces, lulling me to sleep with the whirr of a fan and chirping of invisible crickets
* the love that pulsates in every being, sharing that Inner Light with the world, though at times it dims and flickers, this love is what holds all together, and brings realisation to even the hardest of hearts * with each person that crosses our paths, let us learn, let us understand more about the world and ourselves, and know that even what our eyes and minds see as negative, it has happened for a reason.. let us be strengthened by that resolve and not plunge into depths of depression and self- pity
*LOVE
I'd like to meet:
i'd like to be one with all the universe and all the beings in it. so i guess i'd like to meet my maker and understand what it really means to merge with Divine Consciousness.
eh hem.. heavy stuff :P Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Babaji: Kriya Yoga
Sri Parahamsa Yogananda
Music:
oh no, don't get me started.....
this will be a random stream of consciousness in no particular order...
local musicians/ friends (australia):
bianca chen
the sparrows
the suns
the basics
gotye
bob evans
sophie koh
jamie chura
simon phillips
jessica and the paige boys
dili all stars
ben lee
sarah blasko
sleepy jackson
the raylenes
bic runga
the fauves
lior
silverchair
the dissociatives
natalie imbruglia
bright red
missy Higgins
evermore
the vines
the waifs
the little stevies
crowded house
neil and tim finn
brooke fraser
george
fruit
butterfly boucher
jen pitch
scribe
carus and the true believers
john butler trio
the church
katie michaelson
ben kweller
bob evans
simon imrei
the sparrows: real rockers... respect!
the suns light up the world! ROCK IT!
talent abundant- bianca chen
international acts (america/ canada:
ben folds
ben folds five
sarah mclachlan
rufus wainwright
martha wainwright
lucinda williams
elvis costello
ryan adams
the raconteurs
devendra banhart
joanna newsom
cocorosie
sufjan stevens
guster
the shins
postal service
raul midon
the killers
the unicorns
frou frou
imogen heap
terra naomi
rachel yamagata
jason mraz
toca rivera
jenny choi
annie lin
india.arie
gregory page
martin sexton
m ward
mieka pauley
weezer
wilco
fiona apple
daniel Johnston
jeff buckley
prince
steve poltz
hanson
tim buckley
handsome boy modeling school
death cab for cutie
rilo kiley
bright eyes
conor oberst
Jurassic 5
the roots
maroon 5
michelle branch
Jessica harp
the wreckers
nellie mckay
nelly furtado
gwen stefani
jonny lang
kenny wayne shepard
john mayer
lisa loeb
sheryl crow
dave matthews band
the white stripes
michael frantic and spearhead
bleu
nick drake
tori amos
michael Jackson
vanessa carlton
gavin degraw
tristan prettyman
james katz
the ashes
hawksley workman
feist
broken social scene
g. love and special sauce
rebekah Jordan
sananda matrieya
gillian welch
jmraz version sunburn
rufus.. if only!
imagine imogen live.. can't wait
.. .. yeah it's hanson, bite me..!
international acts (UK/ europe):
the frames
oasis
coldplay
travis
the verve
damien rice
kaiser chiefs
Jamie cullum
Katie melua
u2
keane
emiliana torrini
jose gonzalez
blur
gorillaz
MIA
turin brakes
jonathan rice
jarmiroquai
david gray (earlier stuff)
british sea power
norah jones
anoushka shankar
scissor sisters
the jeevas
kula shaker
george Harrison
the black keys
bjork
athlete
antony and the johnsons
elton john
old skool 50’s, 60’s, 70’s:
beatles
rolling stones
humble pie
david boiwe
nina simone
queen
the kinks
eric clapton
the band
small faces
the who
ike and tina turner
aretha franklin
ravi shankar
simon and garfunkel
joni mitchell
joan baez
jimi hendrix
bob dylan
bob marley
laura nyro
the eagles
the beach boys
the mamas and papas
jackson browne
james taylor
sam cooke
marvin gaye
old skool jazz + new school!:
ella Fitzgerald
sarah Vaughn
billie holliday
miles davies
thelonious monk
1920’s shanghai jazz
coltrane
allan browne
Katie noonan/ paul grabowsky
etta james
nat king cole
Natalie cole
others:
devotional indian music (bhajans)
indian music in general
gospel esp. tonex
musicals e.g. anything by andrew lloyd weber, rent, songs for a new world etc.. long live the beatles
bob dylan spreading the love
jimi
the stones at altamont speedway, by robert altman, 6/12/69
Movies:
in no particular order...
arthouse/ foreign films:
time for drunken horses (iran)
colour of paradise (iran)
life is beautiful (italy)
shaolin soccer (hk)
kung fu hustle (hk)
raise the red lantern (china)
to live (china)
kal ho naa ho (india)
rain (nz)
cult:
donnie darko
ferris bueller’s day off
the princess bride
empire records
breakfast on pluto
the goonies
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
i heart huckabees
blockbusters:
hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy
the others
sixth sense
schindler’s list
shawshank redemption
animation:
the last unicorn
anything by studio ghibli e.g. cat returns, fireflies, spirited away, princess mononoke, howl’s moving castle
music/ docos:
the last waltz
wonderwall
this is spinal tap (in fact all christopher guest’s stuff… waiting for guffman, best in show, a mighty wind)
concert for george
concert for bangladesh
rocknroll circus
imagine
jason mraz live
TTMON
beatles anthology
help!
the life and times of guy terrifico
can’t think of any more right now! but there are others…. :P
MUST SEE!
Television:
don't watch much telly anymore :)
Books:
ction:
the alchemist- paulo coelho
the devil and miss prym- paulo coelho
the outsider- albert camus
life of pi- yann martel
harry potter series... eh hem
his dark materials trilogy- philip pullman---- pure genius!
lots of others… hehe
non fiction:
any books by or about Sathya Sai Baba
shantaram- david gregory Roberts
autobiography of a yogi- paramahansa yogananda
dark horse- george harrison's biography
john- cynthia lennon
the lives of john lennon- albert goldman (controversial..)
the story of my experiments with truth- mahatma gandhi
spirit and the mind- samuel sandweiss
mind body medicine- deepak chopra
the rolling stones biography (can’t remember which one I read)
mojo records you must own
bhaghavad gita
ramayana
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Heroes:
God
My parents
Music
