The Agony and the Ecstasy

Duration: 37:17Date: December, 2008 (exact date is unknown).Duration: 37:17This talk addresses two questions. The first one concerns the nature of music. Themes include: music, as all things, as a gift of the Divine; employing music in spiritual practice, including meditation; The Grateful Dead and moving energy through music; ecstatic music - music and ecstasy; music as a vehicle for transmission. The second question concerns being fully committed to the heart path. Themes include: we are chosen for the heart process - we don't choose it; once chosen, full commitment is the best option; unconditional love requires one to let go of everything in order to walk the path; the fierceness of the path; common misconceptions of the path; the way of consciousness vs. the heart path; the heart path requires an encounter with the world of form; Siva and Shakti; the Beloved; clinging, surrendering and letting go; Sri Aurobindo on the heart process; Sat-Chit-Ananda; seeing one's lower nature on the heart path; Rumi; being ground down on the heart path; death/re-birth; surrender as the only sadhana of the path; becoming a servant of love - bowing down to 'Thy will be done.