A musical evening with the legendary singer - Haimanti Shukla ( of Kahaan Se aaye badra fame)

If practicing an art-form is a pleasure, meeting the legendary inspirations behind the practice is joy beyond description for an amateur.  Such luck has been tasted by yours truly in the past with Kadri Gopalnath, Violin Kanyakumari,  Aruna Sariram, Bombay Jayashree, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Yesudas, Ilaiyaraja and Susheela.  Off them, SPB and IR are my idols and Susheelamma is the most special.  Notably they are all connected to Tamil music and it may be considered natural to interact with.

Pseudo-Scientists and Pseudo-Intellectuals

Pseudo-Scientists and Pseudo-Intellectuals

I keep finding people who use complex jargon which sounds deep and insightful, but conveys nothing.  These come from all walks of life : Spiritual leaders, social-networkers, interpreters of ancients texts etc.  Here are some of the quotes I have found from such 'famous' and not-so famous people.

1. My perennial purpose: rekindle quantum advances in cognition with cognition awakening questions.  methodology :i) no-nonsense on the primacy of will and objectiveness ii) insightful valuation of premium human capital iii) Halls without walls  Source : http://www.ryze.com/go/bala - In my opinion this is the epitome of social-network jargon.  No line can be understood.
2. BIO MEMORY - NAADI – probability that it can be changed is half.   what is absorbed into neuro biology expresses in bio memory.  Society factor interferes with the quality of grasping. So possibility in your hands is halved.  Whenever a master transmits the experience which has become part of his bio-memory into another body to become his bio-memory the process is called initiation. It may be physiological mutation or psychological mutation or just conscious ecstasy or a simple awareness experience or the deep restful awareness.  Source : http://nithyananda.net/profiles/blogs/law-governing-our-existence
3. The study proves that the Kundalini process, the initiation, has increased the mitochondria cell energy levels of the participants up to 1300%  (Mitochondria is a cell ? hmm).  En Kriya focuses on balancing the five life breath movements happening in your system (pancha pranas). The Pancha Pranas are - Inhaling, holding, the prana which was held that spreading inside your system, exhaling and cleansing. The net result is the awakening of the Kundalini energy within you. Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQUpjZbnbE
4. You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.  In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. Source : http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/138207.Deepak_Chopra
5. Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever. Source :  http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/256518
6. The total kinetic energy generated by the movement of galaxies acts as an umbrella and balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence it was named as the Pranavah-OM (body of energy). This is equal to 1/2 mv2 (Mass of galaxies x velocity) Source : http://www.bnaiyer.com/Hindu-Special-Articles/d-pranava.html
7. Charles Darwin went to an island by the name Kelotropist and investigated how by pecking the niches (??) the size and beak length of birds changed.  Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcS4xl3H7rY&feature=player_detailpage#t=27s
8. There were four ‘Homonites’. Science tells us today that there were four ‘Homonites’ - first is ‘Lucy’ along with its guy ‘Dosnopytichest’, which died about 3 and a 1/2 million years - the Ice Age. Then next came the ‘Homosepians’, who died about 5 hundred thousand years ago. Then came the ‘Neanderthal Man’, who died hundred to forty thousand years ago. Then came the fourth stage, ‘the Cromagnon’. ‘There is no link at all between these stages’ : Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bcS4xl3H7rY#t=179s
9. Clairvoyance is the ability to see energy clearly. It is a human ability, and is available to anyone who wants to have it for him or herself.i) in order to accurately see the energy of anyone or anything, you must learn to look "Without Judgment". Also known as neutrality, non-judgment is critical in being able to see clearly. If you judge someone or something as good or bad before you really look, you will miss seeing what’s actually there.ii) If you want to see anything, "you have to want to see it". Some things are just too difficult to look at, because there is so much charged energy attached, including all kinds of pain.iii) The greatest clairvoyant ability is the ability to see yourself.Clairvoyance can unite humanity in a positive way. If human beings learn to see each other as spiritual beings, we can also work to create a completely different kind of life on earth, a much more fun, creative, and inspiring kind of life. We don’t have to all agree with each other on everything, just agree to not judge each other’s choices. Source : http://psychiceveryday.com/2010/06/a-psychic-spills-the-beans-about-the-power-of-clairvoyance/

Quoting Richard Dawkins:


Reason has built the modern world.  It is a precious but also a fragile thing which can be corroded by apparently harmless irrationality.  We must favor verifiable evidence over private feelings otherwise we leave ourselves vulnerable to those who would obscure the truth.  Even in the 21st century, despite all that science has revealed about the indifferent vastness of the universe, the human mind remains a wanton story-teller creating intention in the randomness of reality.  - Richard Dawkins

Isainaadiye - இசை நாடியே - Teaser of a Semi-Classical in Rag Hindolam / Maalkauns

Song : Isainaadiye - இசை நாடியே 

Singers : Pradip Somasundaran

Lyrics : Udhaya KulandaivElu

Composed By : Murali Venkatraman

Orchestration and Mixing : Sibu Sukumaran





An upcoming composition of mine in the voice of Pradip Somasundaran in raagam Hindolam / Malkauns.  Please watch this space for the full release.