Ravi Shankar & Friends Experiencing His Music

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Ravi Shankar is great! So are you dear Mazie!

 

Sahajman! Sahajman!

 

 

--- Mazie Lane <sraddha54 wrote:

 

 

Dear Friends,

On May 10th in Chico, Ca., a few friends and myself

are partaking of the exquisite opportunity to go hear,

feel, imbibe, see, and experience Ravi Shankar in

concert. He'll be playing with his protegy daughter,

Anoushka, a master in her own right. We, we being Bob,

me, Eric (our dear, and beloved friend,) and our

beloved friend, Jim Rasa are attending and

experiencing this wonderful gift together, going to

the concert together, eating a pre-concert meal in

great gratitude and offering to the OneLove, together,

and ambling about the night streets filled with happy

people and bright, shining with happiness lights,

after the wonderful outting. There may be a place in

all this where we happen upon Perche No! and have a go

at an Italian gelato ... what a way to spend the day

in the life, eh? But seriously, we're very jazzed and

so 'pup with his mug out the window on a trip to --

anywhere,' eager and ready, ears flapping glad-madly

in the wind of this gift, nostrils schmoozing with the

wind of life and light, flared wide open and aware of

every nuance of the necatar of scentedness of

everything passing by so swiftly ... in unbelievable

slo-mo and flowing in a rapidity beyond belief, both,

simultaneously.

If anyone's interested in going to this concert and

experiencing this incomparable Master at the lip of

Love as music, here's a line-up of his concert dates

and places at his website:

http://www.ravishankar.org/

 

Here below are some wonderful quotes from Ravi

Shankar:

Divinity

"How far to heaven? Just open your eyes and look. You

are in heaven."

 

"You are Divine. You are part of me. I am part of

you."

 

"You have been given the highest blessing, the most

precious knowledge on this planet. You are the Divine

Self; you are part of the Self. Walk with that

confidence. It's not arrogance. It's, again, Love."

 

"Your mind is trying to find an escape and doesn't

want to rise to that level to which the master is

trying to raise you, trying to pull you up."

 

Fear and Desire

"Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have

you seen this? When you are very happy then there is

contentment. "Contentment" means "no want"."

 

"'"Want" is always hanging on to the "I." When the "I"

itself is dissolving, "want" also dissolves,

disappears."

 

"Behind everything is your ego: "I, I, I, I." But in

seva there is no "I," because it has to be done for

someone else. It is for the need of the time, or

surrounding people, that you do it."

 

"So what if somebody recognizes you: "Oh, you are a

wonderful person." So what? In that person's mind that

thought came and went. It is also finished. That mind

has gone. Maybe they keep an attraction for you for

some days, some months, so what? That also goes it

also goes."

 

"Much energy is wasted in trying to charm others. And

in wanting to charm - I tell you, the opposite

happens."

 

Self-Control

"By self-study, by observing, by being hollow and

empty, you become a channel - you become a part of the

Divine. You are able to feel the presence of the

Divinity. All the different angels and devas, all

these different forms of our consciousness, start

blossoming."

 

"Some feeling came into you, unpleasant feeling, and

you said, "Should not come, it should not come!" Doing

that, you are resisting it. When you resist, it

persists. Just observe. See, "Oh!" Go deep into it.

Dance; stand up on your feet and dance. Be

intoxicated; move intoxicated."

 

"Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a

ball in your hands to play with. Don't hold on to the

ball."

 

"Meditation is the comfort in Life."

 

~ Sri Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro

 

http://sify.com/news/artofliving/fullstory.php?id=13304921

 

 

 

Raviji sitting in front of a portrait of Guru Baba

Allauddin.

 

 

 

Love,

 

Mazie

 

 

 

 

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"Love itself is the actual form of God."

 

Sri Ramana

 

In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma

 

 

 

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Listening to him right now.. sitar violin duet...

We miss you on nondualnow Mazie..

Sam

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Sahaj Man

Saturday, April 09, 2005 9:05 PM

Re: Ravi Shankar & Friends Experiencing His Music

Ravi Shankar is great! So are you dear Mazie!Sahajman! Sahajman!---

Mazie Lane <sraddha54 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

wrote:Dear Friends,On May 10th in

Chico, Ca., a few friends and myselfare partaking of the exquisite

opportunity to go hear,feel, imbibe, see, and experience Ravi Shankar

inconcert. He'll be playing with his protegy daughter,Anoushka, a

master in her own right. We, we being Bob,me, Eric (our dear, and

beloved friend,) and ourbeloved friend, Jim Rasa are attending

andexperiencing this wonderful gift together, going tothe concert

together, eating a pre-concert meal ingreat gratitude and offering to

the OneLove, together,and ambling about the night streets filled with

happypeople and bright, shining with happiness lights,after the

wonderful outting. There may be a place inall this where we happen

upon Perche No! and have a goat an Italian gelato ... what a way to

spend the dayin the life, eh? But seriously, we're very jazzed andso

'pup with his mug out the window on a trip to --anywhere,' eager and

ready, ears flapping glad-madlyin the wind of this gift, nostrils

schmoozing with thewind of life and light, flared wide open and aware

ofevery nuance of the necatar of scentedness ofeverything passing by

so swiftly ... in unbelievableslo-mo and flowing in a rapidity beyond

belief, both,simultaneously.If anyone's interested in going to this

concert andexperiencing this incomparable Master at the lip ofLove as

music, here's a line-up of his concert datesand places at his

website:http://www.ravishankar.org/Here below are some wonderful

quotes from RaviShankar:Divinity "How far to heaven? Just open your

eyes and look. Youare in heaven.""You are Divine. You are part of me.

I am part ofyou.""You have been given the highest blessing, the

mostprecious knowledge on this planet. You are the DivineSelf; you

are part of the Self. Walk with thatconfidence. It's not arrogance.

It's, again, Love.""Your mind is trying to find an escape and

doesn'twant to rise to that level to which the master istrying to

raise you, trying to pull you up."Fear and Desire "Want, or desire,

arises when you are not happy. Haveyou seen this? When you are very

happy then there iscontentment. "Contentment" means "no

want".""'"Want" is always hanging on to the "I." When the "I"itself

is dissolving, "want" also dissolves,disappears.""Behind everything

is your ego: "I, I, I, I." But inseva there is no "I," because it has

to be done forsomeone else. It is for the need of the time,

orsurrounding people, that you do it.""So what if somebody recognizes

you: "Oh, you are awonderful person." So what? In that person's mind

thatthought came and went. It is also finished. That mindhas gone.

Maybe they keep an attraction for you forsome days, some months, so

what? That also goes italso goes.""Much energy is wasted in trying to

charm others. Andin wanting to charm - I tell you, the

oppositehappens."Self-Control "By self-study, by observing, by being

hollow andempty, you become a channel - you become a part of

theDivine. You are able to feel the presence of theDivinity. All the

different angels and devas, allthese different forms of our

consciousness, startblossoming.""Some feeling came into you,

unpleasant feeling, andyou said, "Should not come, it should not

come!" Doingthat, you are resisting it. When you resist, itpersists.

Just observe. See, "Oh!" Go deep into it.Dance; stand up on your feet

and dance. Beintoxicated; move intoxicated.""Life is nothing to be

very serious about. Life is aball in your hands to play with. Don't

hold on to theball.""Meditation is the comfort in Life."~ Sri Ravi

Shankar, Sitar Maestro

http://sify.com/news/artofliving/fullstory.php?id=13304921Raviji

sitting in front of a portrait of Guru BabaAllauddin.

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