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Musical Apology

Temporarily out of commission, sorry to miss your posts, I offer you beautiful Madhuri Dixit dancing for the equally beautiful Shahrukh Khan, a visual fantasia…

P.S. Disregard any note you may get about video not being available for public, just click on link.

November 2, 2014 | Categories: Indian Dance and Film, Videos | Tags: Bollywood, Indian dance, Indian film, Madhuri Dixit, Shahrukh Khan | 12 Comments

The Magic of Rhythm

Alpha brain waves cycle at 8-12 cycles per second

Alpha brain waves are present in most altered states of consciousness,

as in meditation, flow, creative states, religious experiences,

for example.

In altered states of consciousness we feel one with the earth.

The magnetic rhythms of the earth cycle at 10 cycles per second.

With alpha we plug into the rhythms of the earth,

hence a feeling of unity with our Mother.

Think

pleasure at moving to rhythms of music

as in the Indian dance video below.

Some humor is thrown in for lightness of being,

as Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir dress as women

and try to follow the gorgeous dancing diva, Madhuri Dixit, in Indian dance.

Enjoy

and ponder the importance of cycles and rhythm!

August 7, 2014 | Categories: Humor, Indian Dance and Film, Meditations, Music & Thoughts, Spirituality, Videos | Tags: Alpha Brain Waves, Bollywood dance, Brain wave rhythms, Cross dressing, Dance, Humor, Hypnosis, Indian dance, Madhuri Dixit, Magnetic rhythms of the earth, Meditation, Musical rhythm, Oneness, Ranbir, Religious experiences, Rhythms of the earth, Rhythms of the universe, Shah Rukh Khan, Unity | 7 Comments

Though I write about meditation, spirituality, animal rights, mental illness and nature on this blog, I would be remiss in not sharing my passion for Indian dance and Bollywood movies. Bollywood movies, like Western movies, are vessels of escapism, but Bollywood movies add morality, family values and frequently, religion, into the mix. The dance and music is uplifting and, yes, sensual, without resorting to the blatant obscenity of Western films.

In this excerpt from the film, “Khalnayak,” Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt star. Madhuri is the diva of Indian dance and, in fact, I am taking free online lessons with her just for the fun of it. And fun it is. Madhuri makes no bones about using one’s feminine wiles to beguile. If interested the lessons are available at http://dancewithmadhuri.com. Sanjay Dutt is the handsome, irresistibly vulnerable heartthrob of the Indian screen and he dances as well. Most Bollywood stars not only act but dance, too.

In this scene, Madhuri Dixit plays an undercover cop acting as a dancer to allure and apprehend the soft-hearted criminal, Sanjay Dutt. They have great chemistry and the dancing is definitely an earthly pleasure, a blatant manifestation of Maya, to which I am attached. But I think I must follow to see where it leads. Experiencing writer’s block and artist’s block at the moment, perhaps dance is good for my soul. Critics might say my interest arises from a Bipolar mania or an Asperger’s obsession. Perhaps. I don’t know. I am certainly not manic at the moment. All I know is that the allure of this form of Maya is powerful, and to deny its existence may lead to the necessity of pursuing this manifestation of it in another life. Paramahansa Yogananda says that all life is Maya, a picture show. Perhaps by indulging in Bollywood films, I may get a new perspective on so-called “reality” and see it as Yogananda did, as a film show of the earthly passions, a dream from which we will awaken one day.