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John L, modified 8 Months ago at 4/4/24 8:21 PM
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Busdriver - Imaginary Places. Legend says he hit the A&P right before stepping in the booth.
Björk - It's Not Up To You. This one was so spot-on that I had to check if she had a practice.
Sparks - Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is. For when you can't unsee that dukkha. 
Art Garfunkel - Waters of March. Garfunkel's pointing out instructions. The sacred and the propane.
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I find that some of these songs can induce piti:
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George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP9wms6oEMo

Pete Seeger - Turn, Turn, Turn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU

Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love in Your Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMj7UcjPZ0U

The Youngbloods - Get Together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGxQXmu7Os

Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLjbMBpGDA

Sara Groves - The Word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AznJ_WgzPmM

The next song seems to have been erased from the internet. I have it on a CD titled "Praise Songs" performed by The Celebration Gospel Band, written by Dean Krippaehne. 

Dean Krippaehne - Take me to the River
Lyrics:
Take me to the river
The river of joy
Walk me in the water
The water of love
...
Since at one time this song was popular and has now been disappeared, I assume the owner has chosen to enforce his copyright so I am not including the full lyrics.

I do not agree with all of Christian theology, but I believe they have the best music.


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shargrol, modified 8 Months ago at 4/5/24 6:32 AM
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I used to have a few songs on loops when I was retreating... two that I remember:

The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be (youtube.com)


Jane's Addiciton - Summertime Rolls (youtube.com)

Oh, and this one come up every so often:

Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide (1980) (youtube.com)

EDIT: this one is a bit of an aquired taste but it's saved me a few times:

​​​​​​​Word on a Wing (2016 Remaster) (youtube.com)

Rock on meditators! emoticon
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For the dukkha, anicca, and anatta, Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve is my anthem, particularly the truth of being a million different people
from one day to the next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74
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John L, modified 8 Months ago at 4/5/24 5:58 PM
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Awesome. 
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Where is my Mind by Pixies always gives me path related flashbacks! emoticon 

https://youtu.be/33ytJpODUUs?si=nfPYyQdTLpN8p_I3
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Supertramp • The Logical Song https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pP8iUyb9Gn8 
Ravi Shankar+Philip Glass • Prashanti https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwBB8U47JI 
Will G, modified 7 Months ago at 4/11/24 3:40 PM
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a few associations emoticon

mind and body:
stereolab - prisoner of mars
https://youtu.be/PsaPv0pnWGQ?si=sexKcAkJZFyvfbhM

arising and passing:
scott walker - patriot
https://youtu.be/dlQAzeP9L94?si=RVQ2rbqDlcw0mpVr

dukkas nanas:
lolina - w.i.l.
https://youtu.be/kgtqZIW0E8U?si=Ux_MYL6rU_kKfEJB

​​​​​​​equanimity:
air - universal traveler
https://youtu.be/Aeb_yd6PJsE?si=g8B7xUA7pi4uq0o3
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Cradle Of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DViO9f40K48
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https://youtu.be/tF6RA5RJiC4?si=vfiwT7d-bEE-ilFc
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Have you heard the DhO Band's songs? A few of us from DhO made several songs dhamma related. 

https://on.soundcloud.com/X2nZbEaLasreZ2246
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"The space between the bullets in our firefight Is where I'll be hiding, waiting for you"
-Dave Matthews
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https://youtu.be/j2zGJv3_LTQ?si=5DQi8sBntKKqf3Fr

here's one of mine. Written just before the calamity. 
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brian patrick
https://youtu.be/j2zGJv3_LTQ?si=5DQi8sBntKKqf3Fr

here's one of mine. Written just before the calamity. 


Very nice.

I make music too but nothing really related to dharma.
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J W, modified 7 Months ago at 4/26/24 3:20 PM
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Wow, sounds great. You have a really good voice!

Here's a couple of mine:

this one's kinda about the EQ fluttery/hypnogogic dreamy state: https://shorturl.at/tBMN9

And another one, 'Pathways': https://tinyurl.com/2zbxf2su
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Wow, sounds great. You have a really good voice!

Here's a couple of mine:

this one's kinda about the EQ fluttery/hypnogogic dreamy state: https://shorturl.at/tBMN9

And another one, 'Pathways': https://tinyurl.com/2zbxf2su

Really nice. I really like them both. Great songwriting and right up my alley, although I've got a pretty wide alley.
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brian patrick
https://youtu.be/j2zGJv3_LTQ?si=5DQi8sBntKKqf3Fr

here's one of mine. Written just before the calamity. 

I'd like to hear anyway. I'm a music super fan. 
Very nice.

I make music too but nothing really related to dharma.
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brian patrick
https://youtu.be/j2zGJv3_LTQ?si=5DQi8sBntKKqf3Fr

here's one of mine. Written just before the calamity. 

Very nice.

I make music too but nothing really related to dharma.
I'd like to hear anyway. I'm a music super fan. 


See PM!
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I haven been both a folk singer and a hip hop producer in my time. I've been working on learning to compose for strings to make something more spiritual but these days mostly I'm just making nasty drum and bass.
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Dear Prudence. For deconstructing perfectionism and guilt (operating under the guise of prudence), "open[ing] up your eyes," "look[ing] around," and realizing that "you are part of everything." The Beatles actually wrote it while with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. 
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https://soundcloud.com/daneilmingram/sadhu

Sadhu - by Daniel Ingram it seems to be related to the path somehow emoticon.
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A while back I made a cover of "At The Heart Of It All" by Aphex Twin, which i've loved for a long time. Always wanted it to be a little more orchestral, so I gave it a whirl. It's somewhat A&P'ish as I deliberately tried to give the feeling of a heartbeat building and then fading. Links to a google drive file:

https://tinyurl.com/55xfby9f
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https://youtu.be/P6I6yr7WDeg?si=9oXLYFan28PEWCA0
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 To me this is a great example of prescence.  
Caroline Polachek: NPR tiny desk concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnZHQNN5cc

As crappy as the world is right now, at least we have some really good music coming out!
(and some pretty god awful music as well emoticon )
 
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J W
 To me this is a great example of prescence.  
Caroline Polachek: NPR tiny desk concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnZHQNN5cc

As crappy as the world is right now, at least we have some really good music coming out!
(and some pretty god awful music as well emoticon )
 

​​​​​​​I'm a little late with this reply, but I totally agree. Last winter, I spent a week on a retreat in a beach community in Mexico. There was a lot of time spent seaside, alone, in the chilly air. And the first song from this video was often on my mind. It captures the voyage, the impossibility, the grandiose convergance. The end of the world and the birth of something new. The preciousness of being here, right now, on this journey that still seems so magical, so remarkable, like something that shouldn't exist but somehow does, like a fantasy universe that I was lucky enough to slip into. 
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Going Home, Leonard Cohen

​​​​​​​I love to speak with Leonard
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
He’s a lazy bastard
Living in a suit
But he does say what I tell him
Even though it isn’t welcome
He just doesn’t have the freedom
To refuse
​​​​​​​He will speak these words of wisdom
Like a sage, a man of vision
Though he knows he’s really nothing
But the brief elaboration of a tube
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Japanese Breakfast - The Body is a Blade

Try not to get so righteous
about what's fair for everyone
Find what's left in you
channel something good

Try your best to slowly withdraw
From the darkest impulses of your heart
Try your best to feel and receive
Your body is a blade that cuts a path from day to day
Calling it off, our hoax of trying

What's this place if you're not here?
Emptied the house and staged it for buying
Wave goodbye to all your things
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Try your best to slowly withdraw
Try your best to slowly withdraw
The body is a blade that moves while your brain is writhing
Knuckled under pain you mourn but your blood is flowing

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