dharma blues

Context

But first, the words of imetthewalrus (link):

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 39 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message.

The animation adds a whole new dimension to the genius of John Lennon. In retrospect, this simple conversation held some 39 years ago becomes a real piece of history.

Awesome!

On War and Peace

Today, we can only realize that the words of Lennon have not aged a bit. However, political tensions, wars and atrocities have just become footnotes and sidebar entries in our newspapers —virtual or not. What’s more, images of those atrocities —now in full HD— grasp people’s attention like a passing fly.

If everybody does his share in a rightful manner, then that big obscure machine embodied by the military-industrial complex of all nations will vanish as snow in the sun.

Someday, that dream will come true. That’s for real!

On his mother’s soul…

His speech and composure make him authentic. But on reincarnation, my feelings are mixed. Do we enter this endless trip or are we transported to a different and unknown universe?

You will note that my interrogation implies that something goes on, for I do believe life cannot stop here. The universe is too mysterious to forsake a grander scheme.

Ram Dass is not the last to come in this game of seft-help development. To that effect, the section called “About Ram Dass” on his website will testify eloquently of his endeavors or adventures.

A 1971 television recording with Alan Watts walking in the mountains and talking about the limitations of technology and the problem of trying to keep track of an infinite universe with a single tracked mind. Video posted by Alan’s son and courtesy of alanwatts.com.

If not already done, you should see the first part before —also for additional information and context.

A 1971 television recording with Alan Watts walking in the mountains and talking about the limitations of technology and the problem of trying to keep track of an infinite universe with a single tracked mind.

This video has been posted by Alan’s son and courtesy of alanwatts.com.

Apart from a book called “Yoga” from Ernest Wood, the writings of Alan Watts were the ones that really helped me understand what was then for me the curious universe of spirituality.

Alan Watts had the peculiar talent of explaining with simple words the obscure and indecipherable intricacies of the place we live in. Just viewing and listening to the above video track should testify of this talent.

I owe a great deal to him. Without all those hours of past reading, acquainting myself with that vision of the universe he so eloquently describes, I’m not sure whether the me of today would be the same!

The first book that ignited my enthusiasm was The Book - On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are”. To convince you that this is a great book, please read this comment found on Amazon.com!

If you liked that video, you may want seeing the follow-up (part 2).