Set and Setting – Ep. 10 – Music, Laughter, and Altered States w/ Laraaji
April 14, 2022
In
this special anthology episode of the Mindrolling podcast, Raghu
explores the brimming intersection of science and spirituality with an
assortment of wise and...
MARGOT ADLER,journalist, born (d: 2014); American author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess, radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) Adler was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and grew up mostly in New York City. Her grandfather, Alfred Adler, is considered the father of individual psychology.
Adler wrote Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today, considered a watershed in American Neopagan circles. The book provided the first comprehensive look at the nature-based religions in the US, and became what was for many the first point of contact with the larger subculture. She was a speaker at the 1986 WinterStar Symposium, from which the Association for Consiousness Exploration produced her lecture tape From Witch to Witch-Doctor: Healers, Therapists and Shamans and the panel discussion The Magickal Movement: Present and Future (with Isaac Bonewits, Selena Fox, and Robert Anton Wilson).
Her second book, Heretic's Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and Revolution, was published by Beacon Press in 1997. Adler was a Wiccan priestess of the Gardnerian Wicca tradition and a Unitarian Universalist.
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| Andrea Miller on what Thich Nhat Hanh taught her, his inspiring and courageous life, and how — through us — his wisdom will continue. | ||
| In January, I got the email from a colleague: “Thich Nhat Hanh has died.”
On January 23, the casket ceremony was livestreamed with thousands of people from all over the world watching from their homes. I watched too, of course. At Tu Hieu, monastics were gathered, saffron shoulder to shoulder. As the crowds’ singing swelled and broke, a procession of monks carried Thay’s body from his hut to the Full Moon Meditation Hall. There he was lovingly placed in his coffin. Then the coffin was shut tight and festooned with chrysanthemums, his favorite flower. I had been right, back in 2013. I never would see Thay again in the same form—and now none of us will. But we will see Thay again. Even as the casket ceremony was unfolding, we were seeing him. |
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RIGHT EFFORT
Maintaining Arisen Healthy States |
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Effort
is more important than so-called success because effort is a real
thing. What we call “success” is just the manifestation of our mind’s
ability to categorize things. This is “success.” That is “failure.” Who
says? You says. That’s all. Reality is what it is, beyond all concepts
of success and failure.
Brad Warner, “Think Not Thinking”
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Lyrics:
Bhajelo-ji Hanuman (4x) Shree Guru charana saroja raja nija manu mukuru sudhari Baranaun Raghubara bimala jasu jo daayaku phala chaari Buddhi heena tanu jaanike sumiraun pawana kumaara Bala budhi vidyaa dehu mohin harahu kalesa bikaara Bhajelo-ji Hanuman (4x)
1. Jaya Hanumaan gyaana guna saagara, Jaya Kapeesha tihun loka ujaagara
2. Raama doota atulita bala dhaamaa, Anjani putra Pawanasuta naamaa
3. Mahaabeera bikrama bajarangee, Kumati niwaara sumati ke sangee
4. Kanchana barana biraaja subesaa, Kaanana kundala kunchita kesaa
5. Haata bajra aura dwajaa biraajai, Kaandhe moonja janeu saajai
6. Shankara suwana Kesaree nandana, Teja prataapa mahaa jaga bandana
7. Bidyaawaana gunee ati chaatura, Raama kaaja karibe ko aatura
8. Prabhu charitra sunibe ko rasiyaa, Raama Lakhana Seetaa mana basiyaa
9. Sookshma roopa dhari Siyahin dikhaawaa, Bikata roopa dhari Lankaa jaraawaa
10. Bheema roopa dhari asura sanghaare, Raamachandra ke kaaja sanvaare
11. Laaya sajeevana Lakhana jiyaaye, Shree Raghubeera harashi ura laaye
12. Raghupati keenhee bahuta baraaee, tuma mama priya Bharatahi sama bhaaee
13. Sahasa badana tumharo jasa gaawain, asa kahi Shreepati kanta lagaawain
14. Sanakaadika Brahmaadi muneesaa, Naarada Saarada sahita Aheesaa
15. Yama Kubera digapaala jahaante, kabi kobida kahi sake kahaante
16. Tuma upakaara Sugreevahin keenhaa, Raama milaaya raaja pada deenhaa
17. Tumharo mantra Bibheeshana maanaa, Lankeshwara bhaye saba jaga jaanaa
18. Yuga sahasra yojana para bhaanu, leelyo taahi madhura phala jaanu
19. Prabhu mudrikaa meli mukha maaheen, jaladhi laanghi gaye acharaja naaheen
20. Durgama kaaja jagata ke jete, sugama anugraha tumhare tete
21. Raama duaare tuma rakhawaare, hota na aagyaa binu paisaare
22. Saba sukha lahai tumhaaree sharanaa, tuma rakshaka kaahu ko dara naa
23. Aapana teja samhaaro aapai, teenon loka haanka ten kaanpai
24. Bhoota pisaacha nikata nahin aawai, Mahaabeera jaba naama sunaawai
25. Naasai roga hare saba peeraa, japata nirantara Hanumata beeraa
26. Sankata ten Hanumaana churaawai, mana krama bachana dhyaana jo laawai
27. Saba para Raama tapaswee raajaa, tina ke kaaja sakala tuma saajaa
28. Aura manorata jo koee laawai, soee amita jeewana phala paawai
29. Chaaron juga parataapa tumhaaraa, hai parasidha jagata ujiyaaraa
30. Saadhu santa ke tuma rakhawaare, asura nikandana Raama dulaare
31. Ashta siddhi nau nidhi ke daataa, asa bara deena Jaanakee Maataa
32. Raama rasaayana tumhare paasaa, sadaa raho Raghupati ke daasaa
33. Tumhare bhajana Raama ko paawai, janama janama ke dukha bisaraawai
34. Anta kaala Raghubara pura jaaee, jahaan janama Hari bhakta kahaaee
35. Aura devataa chitta na dharaee, Hanumata se-ee sarva sukha karaee
36. Sankata katai mite saba peeraa, jo sumire Hanumata bala beeraa
37. Jai jai jai Hanumaana Gosaaee, kripaa karahu gurudeva kee naaee
38. Jo sata baara paata kara koee, chootahi bandi mahaa sukha hoee
39. Jo yaha parai Hanumaana chaaleesaa, hoya siddhi saakhee Gaureesaa
40. Tulasee Daasa sadaa Hari cheraa, keejai naata hridaya mahaan deraa Pawanatanaya sankata harana mangala moorati roopa Raama Lakhana Seetaa sahita hridaya basahu sura bhoopa
Everybody
is looking for something that isn’t available. It’s worse than looking
for a needle in a haystack; at least the needle is there, even though it
is hard to find. But satisfaction and self are both delusions, so how
can they ever be found?
Ayya Khema, “No Satisfaction”
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At a time when Ukrainians are being killed and dying for their freedom, Austrian writer/director Sebastian Meise's exquisite film 'Great Freedom' couldn't have arrived in Bay Area theaters at a more opportune time.
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A
sense of ease and wellbeing with the breath can do a lot more for you
than any amount of status, material gain, praise, outside pleasures—any
of the ways of the world.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “Less is More”
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When
out of gratitude we use our candle to light other people’s candles, the
whole room gets brighter. This is why we transfer merit to others. This
kind of light is continuous and inexhaustible.
Master Sheng Yen, “Rich Generosity”
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