Guest guest Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 I recently found a recording Meg Christian did under her spiritual name (Shambhavi Christian) called " Good Night Wish " -- a collection of lullabies for children. I ordered it, and just received it yesterday. About a dozen songs seem to alternate between rather treacley English language tunes addressed to " my little angel " and similar endearments, and Sanskrit chants that have been slowed down, apparently in an attempt to make listening children sleepy. Has Meg/Shambhavi adopted kids recently? Or perhaps become an Aunt or a god-parent? One of the tunes is " Kindle My Heart, " evidently a translation of " Jyoti ki Jyoti, " one of the regular Sanskrit chants in the SYDA Yoga canon; but I've never heard it because it is only available in Sanskrit on a recording of the chant by itself (a five minute cut) for way too much money. (And I have yet to hear it sung live at the few SYDA Yoga presentations I've attended. Some of the English language lullabies are so adorable you might be tempted to fwow up; one in particular tells the half-alsleep babe to remember " Baba [Muktananda] is wating to wrap you in a blanket of goo... " Well, that's how I heard it; I think on second listening it was actually " blanket of DEW " -- not very much of an improvement. Babies usually are uncomfortable sleeping surrounded by wetness. There's a decent version of " I sse the Moon/ and the Moon sees me... " but I don't think many children will take these lullabies to heart. The Sannskrit bhajans need to have the tempo speeded up, but they're passable. Not my favorite recording by Meg Christian, but an interesting experience. -- Len/ Black Lotus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Namaste, wow, Meg Christian, that brings back some memories. Good to hear that she's still around. I may have to check this out. How did you even find this? I think it's interesting how much Hinduism is deeply influencing U.S. culture. I hope it's for the good. I'm a little sick of seeing Krishna and Hanuman on plastic purses. It's just jarring. Plastic. Purses. I don't know. When I went to India the Gods and Goddesses where everywhere on everything, but somehow to my eyes there was a sense of Who they were and what they blessed. Here it's just kitsch. blessings, pr , Len Rosenberg <kalipadma108 wrote: > > > > I recently found a recording Meg Christian did under her spiritual name (Shambhavi Christian) called " Good Night Wish " -- > a collection of lullabies for children. I ordered it, and just received it yesterday. > > About a dozen songs seem to alternate between rather > treacley English language tunes addressed to " my little > angel " and similar endearments, and Sanskrit chants > that have been slowed down, apparently in an attempt to make > listening children sleepy. Has Meg/Shambhavi adopted kids > recently? Or perhaps become an Aunt or a god-parent? One > of the tunes is " Kindle My Heart, " evidently a > translation of " Jyoti ki Jyoti, " one of the > regular Sanskrit chants in the SYDA Yoga canon; but I've > never heard it because it is only available in Sanskrit on a > recording of the chant by itself (a five minute cut) for way > too much money. (And I have yet to hear it sung live at the > few SYDA Yoga presentations I've attended. > > Some of the English language lullabies are so adorable you > might be tempted to fwow up; one in particular tells the > half-alsleep babe to remember " Baba [Muktananda] is > wating to wrap you in a blanket of goo... " Well, > that's how I heard it; I think on second listening it > was actually " blanket of DEW " -- not very much of > an improvement. Babies usually are uncomfortable sleeping > surrounded by wetness. > > > There's a decent version of " I sse the Moon/ and > the Moon sees me... " but I don't think many > children will take these lullabies to heart. > > The Sannskrit bhajans need to have the tempo speeded up, > but they're passable. Not my favorite recording by Meg > Christian, but an interesting experience. > > > -- Len/ Black Lotus > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Paulie, you can get these CDs from Ladyslipper Music, they have a website. I loved Meg's album, " The Fire of My Love, " especially her translation of Amritanubhava, a poem by Jnaneshswar about the relationship between Shiva and Shakti. There's also a tune called " Oh My Gurumayi, " which attributes qualities of Ma Kali to the SYDA Yoga guru. I have sung it to friends, but changed the lyrics a bit to address goddess Kali directly. " Good Night Wish, " is mostly just silly. -- Len/ Kalipadma , " prainbow61 " <paulie-rainbow wrote: > > Namaste, > > wow, Meg Christian, that brings back some memories. Good to hear that she's still around. I may have to check this out. > > How did you even find this? > > I think it's interesting how much Hinduism is deeply influencing U.S. culture. I hope it's for the good. I'm a little sick of seeing Krishna and Hanuman on plastic purses. It's just jarring. Plastic. Purses. I don't know. > > When I went to India the Gods and Goddesses where everywhere on everything, but somehow to my eyes there was a sense of Who they were and what they blessed. > > Here it's just kitsch. > > blessings, > > pr > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.