progress/learn

Nat Rework (Den Sorte Skole)

Bertarido/Rodelinda

Io t'abbraccio,
e più che morte, aspro e forte,
è pel cor mio questo addio,
che il tuo sen dal mio divide.
 
Ah mia vita, ah mio tesoro,
se non moro,
è più tiranno quell'affanno,
che dà morte, e non uccide.


I believe the publication of this track fulfils the criteria of 'fair use', for discussion and study.

Christopher Lowrey and Anna Dennis sing "Io t'abbraccio" from Händel's "Rodelinda"

Bells Of Reflection

'Imaginational Anthem vol. 7' Available February 17, 2015

'Trees Return to Soil' by Simon Scott

Genetics describes DNA sequencing, but epigenetics sees that genes can be turned on and off and expressed differently through changes in environment and behavior. Rachel Yehuda is a pioneer in understanding how the effects of stress and trauma can transmit biologically, beyond cataclysmic events, to the next generation. She has studied the children of Holocaust survivors and of pregnant women who survived the 9/11 attacks. But her science is a form of power for flourishing beyond the traumas large and small that mark each of our lives and those of our families and communities.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/rachel-yehuda-how-trauma-and-resilience-cross-generations/7786

Rachel Yehuda — How to Approach Treating Trauma

Rachel Yehuda — The Power of "How Are You?"

"Staying Focused In A Hyper World" is the recent book by internationally acclaimed relationship expert, Dr. John Gray. You are in for a treat today because Dr. Gray joins us for an interview all about how to focus your mind. Dr. Gray discusses how focus is pivotal to all areas of your life, including your health, your relationships, and your overall joy in life. Every day this week you'll explore a meditation technique to focus your mind customized on one of the core principles Dr. Gray shares in his book, "Staying Focused In A Hyper World." One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it helps you focus your thoughts so you can live your life more fully. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Meditation Series For Focus, Episodes 457-463. You can find out more about Dr. John Gray and his book, as well as all the meditation techniques shared in this week's series at www.SipandOm.com. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#457 Staying Focused In A Hyper World Interview With Dr. John Gray  + Focus Meditation

A Valentine's Day special topic! What is love, really? This psychoanalyst of the Frankfurt school thinks that real love is not something one ""falls"" into, but is an art, an activity, and doing it well requires a disciplined openness and psychological health. Love is the answer to the deep human need to rid ourselves of isolation, but a mere sexual union won't provide real intimacy. To connect the center of your being with the center of another's being, you need to really know yourself and know the other, and this knowing requires an overall openness that amounts to a love of humanity, a feeling of oneness with nature, and an overall orientation toward the good, which is what he considers a mature take on ""love of God,"" which doesn't imply, e.g., a belief in a judging deity, which would be a mature imposition into nature of insecurities about the conditional love of one's father.

So yes, this is replete with psychoanalytic weirdness (and without any clinical basis presented), and very much reflects its time (prurient, sexist, homophobic), but Fromm also puts forward a Marxist social commentary that's very much in line with our New Work and Hannah Arendt episodes, i.e., we need to remake society into the kind of place where loving can be the rule and not the exception, as our current society steers us to treat others and ourselves like commodities to be used, and romantic love as likewise trying to score the best deal, find the best love object and make yourself the most desirable (attractive, successful), none of which adds up to intimacy. Oh, and also, stop watching so much TV!

This recording features the core four: Mark, Seth, Wes, and Dylan.

Recommended prerequisites: Ep. 26 on Freud's Civilization and its Discontents, Ep. 100 on Plato's Symposium. We've also discussed this issue of others' recognition of you on many episodes starting with Ep. 36 on Hegel, but perhaps the clearest statement, most relevant to this episode is Ep. 71 on Martin Buber.

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Erich Fromm on Love as an Art (Part One)

Background, context, and poem text: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/04/19/esperanza-spalding-william-blake-the-fly/

CONTEXT / POEM TEXT

Esperanza Spalding performs "The Fly" by William Blake

Cover of Paris Texas (Ry Cooder).

JEROME PIETRI Little Blues Story (album)

Des rives du Mississippi au Delta Blues, Jérôme Pietri parcours en musique la « petite » histoire du Blues au travers de ses instruments (Dobro, Weissenborn…) et de ses anecdotes. Des racines du Blues au Rock d’aujourd’hui et seul sur scène, ce guitariste émérite nous fait partager sa passion pour la musique du diable.

"You are dynamite!" said Calvin Russell himself, after a 
particularly awe-inspiring show.
Part bluesmen, part rockers, that's JEROME PIETRI


Paris Texas

Blue Condesa

From the archives. Headphones and loud volume recommended. :) I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

Restoration of the Dance

I did this in one take, recording on Audacity. My intention was to just record it and play with it to see what I could change, I ended up just making a few mistakes and I didn't know what to do to fix them.

I should really go to a recording studio and hire people that know what they are doing.

Bohemian Rhapsody - Classical Guitar

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

Rachel Yehuda — The Power of "How Are You?"

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