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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Nov 28 2014 : 4:54:12 PM
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Did it ever strike you that some opera music has a lot of inner silence to it? This area sends me into a trance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkcEdTpbP9E
And the first two lines are perfect for whispering to my ishta
"For the glory of adoring you
I will love you..."
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Dogboy
USA
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Posted - Nov 28 2014 : 5:15:37 PM
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I'm not musically inclined, never have been, until the conductivity. Now it registers at times in my heart center. I closed my eyes, emptied my being, and listened to your selection. Certain notes he hit strummed my bliss; I should add "attend an opera" to my bucket list! Thanks for Giving BR!  |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 28 2014 : 5:32:46 PM
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I recommend listening to a selection of opera areas in the first stage.
When you've found out what voice range you resonate with and which composers you prefer, you will be in a position to choose an opera.
I think sitting though a whole opera is something for the seasoned opera fan  |
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kumar ul islam
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 28 2014 : 5:55:59 PM
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wonderful ,i have always loved lucianos voice, tenderness with strentgh and clarity never listened to much opera but i know when it hits the soul it goes deep .at the momment i am learning to play the bansuri with a nepali teacher and his love of music and the insights he gives me through his teaching relates so much to my practice ,what really hits my soul are the devotional raags ,they speak to me like the gita did and set me on the path to freedom.peace and love to you thankyou for sharing this part of your life |
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NewbieGG
Bulgaria
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Dogboy
USA
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Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 06:29:35 AM
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It is not just the opera , I suspect it is particular voice frequency that resonates with you
Absolutely, Newbie, thanks for the kirtan. My kundalini teacher often plays kirtan in class and the combination of chanting and poses often sends me to higher realms.
I recall once, as a child, weeping at a live gospel choir. |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 09:14:32 AM
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Originally posted by kumar ul islam
have always loved lucianos voice
Me too!
Just tried some bansuri music on youtube. The instrument makes a wonderful rich sound. Enjoy your lessons!
GG, thank you for the links. Beautiful!
You've got a point about voice frequency. There is also something about long notes and wide-breadth tunes that appeals to me. I find it frequently in opera.
Dogboy, you're a softie 
Love to you all |
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Ecdyonurus
Switzerland
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Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 10:48:39 AM
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Hi, thank you for opening this topic, it means a lot to me because music is the vehicle where I experienced spirituality (without even realizing it), long before beginning yoga. In fact, only after having spiritual experiences in yoga I understood that they were related to what I had been feeling when listening to music or by playing myself.
Music/sound is vibrating energy, and maybe this is why our nervous systems reacts to it easily.
I am very sensitive to some specific sounds. When a musician hits them, I just dive inside myself and experience bliss states similar to SBP and DM. It goes to a point that I must avoid to concentrate on such sounds when I am with other people, because I immediately switch to bliss state, often even cry because the feelings are so intense. This is beautiful when I am alone at home or in my car. Not so when I am on a bus or having dinner with friends...
Opera music is beautiful but it's not the kimd of music I tend to react with bliss to. It's more the blues, specially vocals and guitars. And baroque music too. Also, I noticed that I react to single notes played with full intent and attention, as if the intense vibration hits some inner string in me. |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 11:31:27 AM
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Magnanimous. Epic. Thank you for posting.  |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 12:50:36 PM
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Originally posted by Ecdyonurus
music is the vehicle where I experienced spirituality (without even realizing it), long before beginning yoga.
I completely relate to that.
When I was a teenager, my parents use to take me to the opera. After each show, I'd be left with a tune, which I'd repeat in my mind over and over again, while walking back home. And I'd get this floaty blissful feeling. That was mantra meditation, I am now sure of it.
Absolutely, music/sound is vibrating energy and the way you experience it is wonderful.  |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 1:00:10 PM
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Ah, Bodhi, Bodhi! Magnanimous? Epic? You can't just drop big words like that without qualifying them.
How can I explain this? It's like effusively complimenting a woman on her new dress when in fact you had not once lifted your nose out of the newspaper you were reading when she entered the room.  What was it you liked about her dress? What was it you liked about our posts?
Do you see what I mean? (And I’m only putting this icon in because I can't find a wagging finger) |
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Dogboy
USA
2198 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 1:06:01 PM
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Ha ha ha! |
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riptiz
United Kingdom
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Nov 29 2014 : 5:18:49 PM
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Originally posted by BlueRaincoat
Ah, Bodhi, Bodhi! Magnanimous? Epic? You can't just drop big words like that without qualifying them.
How can I explain this? It's like effusively complimenting a woman on her new dress when in fact you had not once lifted your nose out of the newspaper you were reading when she entered the room. What was it you liked about her dress? What was it you liked about our posts?
Do you see what I mean? (And I’m only putting this icon in because I can't find a wagging finger)
Well, well, well...let me articulate and give those adjectives some more weight!
His voice carries a magnanimous tone that is strongly masculine yet gentle. Though I don't understand the foreign language, the bravado in his enunciation nevertheless suggests an epic event is unfolding, and he clearly is embracing the majesty of the moment will full devotion and, dare I say, mastery.  |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2014 : 06:38:18 AM
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@riptiz
Hi Dave
Thank you for the link. Synchronizing the brain hemispheres... very interesting.
Is Dhyanyogi Omdasji your guru?
@Bodhi Tree
So you are making fun of my favourite music! I did wonder when you first posted the magnificent epithets. Now it's clear you have crossed the line  , I have to tell you I will not talk to you again, not until you produce a more suitable answer - that is appropriately sensitive, contrite and apologetic. And sincere. |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Nov 30 2014 : 10:17:52 AM
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I've got something better for you than my words. My words could never elevate you to the altitude you so desire. However, this one is soaring with ecstacy, and may succeed where I have failed:
Music of the Night - Michael Crawford: http://youtu.be/F-GXo10hfKI |
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riptiz
United Kingdom
741 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2014 : 1:07:36 PM
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Hi Blue Raincoat,
Yes Dhyanyogiomdasji is my sadguru. We are visiting the ashram in Ahmedabad again Dec 27th.We will be staying 2 weeks this time and will be carrying out an 11 day anustan once there.
L&L
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2014 : 2:15:20 PM
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@Bodhi Tree
Thank you Bodhi, that is a beautiful song and you are thoroughly forgiven
You did mean the magnanimous epithets after all, didn't you?
@riptiz
Have a great time on your trip to India! Hope it yields a lot of progress |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Dec 01 2014 : 4:39:14 PM
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Originally posted by BlueRaincoat
@Bodhi Tree
Thank you Bodhi, that is a beautiful song and you are thoroughly forgiven
You did mean the magnanimous epithets after all, didn't you?
Guilty as charged, and thank you.  |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Dec 01 2014 : 4:53:10 PM
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I was only pulling your leg (well, you gave me the opportunity  ).
I know you're a good soul. |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Dec 01 2014 : 5:18:32 PM
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1532 Posts |
Posted - Dec 02 2014 : 05:06:58 AM
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Pavarotti - I am a big fan as well.
Sey |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2014 : 06:17:05 AM
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Hello Sey
He's great, isn't he?! |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1730 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2015 : 09:19:30 AM
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Speaking of Pavarotti, I've just remembered this episode from his biography:
At the time when he had just about finished his operatic studies and was giving his first recitals, he developed a nodule on his vocal cords, which appeared to make a musical career impossible.
He had to give it all up - the years of training and his dreams of a musical career. After he relinquished it all, the nodule disappeared, and - in his own words - "Everything I had learned came together with my natural voice to make the sound I had been struggling so hard to achieve"
I wonder if this episode took the ego out of his career. It is possible that he saw every bit of singing he did after this to be a privilege.
I remembered this story because there has been a shift in my attitude to my yoga practice recently. After years of seeing it as mostly a discipline, these days I see it mostly as a privilege. Every sitting is a gift. If I make progress, it is because I am allowed to – not a result of something I do.
Don't know if I'm putting it very well. I hope it makes sense |
Edited by - BlueRaincoat on Jan 10 2015 09:44:09 AM |
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Dogboy
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2015 : 12:45:54 PM
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Anima
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Posted - Jan 10 2015 : 10:43:33 PM
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Originally posted by BlueRaincoat
I wonder if this episode took the ego out of his career. It is possible that he saw every bit of singing he did after this to be a privilege.
Wow, beautifully put. Yes, every bit a gift. Even our gratitude is a gift, just given. Thanks for sharing this.
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