Perhaps one of the more famous, or well known of chants but wow...it's always touched me so incredibly deeply:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjIWwLFdI94

...and had honestly forgotten how much I loved the songs and her voice...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OZ9F3NTvzY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNrrrCCTdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQ_1sXZJxI&feature=related

Grabbed from a friend's forum...Toni Silvano...I like this
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Over this next year I will be posting blogs more often...I know, I know, I say I will, then I don't then will,,,yada yada...well, this ought to be interesting (to me at least :) and my subject matter lends itself to a variety of "subsubjects" if you will...so what have I in mind? You guys know me, and understand well that I am a philosopher trapped in the body of a wildlife biologist...I awoke a bit ago with an idea that I would like to blog on the human condition, along the lines of a Greek dialogue. I will be taking on a number of subjects including joy, fear, truth, jealousy, hatred, beauty et al. I'm very excited as I believe this will provide an opportunity for personal healing as well as growth of my own spirit. I hope you enjoy reading my little expositories as much as I enjoy writing them, and as my title states, perhaps a book may come of it...

Lifted from a dear friend...

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A Wish

May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand.

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.

Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will always be there, even when you feel most alone.

May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of peace.

May a kind word, a reassuring touch, and a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them.

Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending.

Teach love to those who hate, and let that love embrace you as you go out into the world.

May the teachings of those you admire become part of you, so that you may call upon them.

Remember, those whose lives you have touched and whose have touched yours are always a part of you, even if the encounters were less than you would have wished. It is the content of the encounter that is more important than the form.

May you not become too concerned with material matters, but instead place immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart. Find time each day to see beauty and love in the world around you.

Realize that each person has limitless abilities, but each of us is different in our own way. What you feel you lack in the present may become one of your strengths in the future.

May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility. Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience.

May you find enough inner strength to determine your own worth by yourself, and not be dependent on another's judgment of your accomplishments. May you always feel loved.

-Unknown.

....when am I gonna get it thru my head I cannot control anything...that all is in motion, to some endpoint, and much as I may want to understand, and change situations around me...I cannot...for in doing so I violate at least one principal law of humanity...that of "free will"...read the Jack Kornfeld quote on my page for further exposition...I suppose we all do what we do, for reasons no other can truly understand, but when you have very strong emotional bonds with others...it can be downright painful at times can't it?

I must've been a real ratbastard in a former life to have wanted to accept this...

I'm off to bed y'all, love ya' n goodnight...

D out

So a New Year has begun...how do I feel? Wow man, that's surely a loaded question for in some regards I feel excited and optimistic, in other ways I feel depressed and troubled. There's far too much to go into here right now but suffice to say I'm just overwhelmed with conflicting feelings about it all. I had a truly enjoyable time over Christmas, getting to see and spend time with family and friends is surely a joy in my life. I missed a few friends that I dearly wanted to see, but there's "always next time"...

While I fancy myself to be a loner, I've come to realize that I really enjoy being with other people...I've really got to get a handle on this aspect of my life because at times I get myself so damned worked up it's ridiculous if you're looking at it from the outside but the feelings are real, very real indeed...

We'll see what happens, I wish you all the joy and happiness you want and need for this new year...

I'm out...

...yeah, and like I intend (note the particular choice of words there) to blog far more often...gotta keep true to my title eh? ;)

Aw yes, another year has passed (well, not really for if you believe as I and a number of others that time is actually an artificial construct of man, and that all time exists at once...but I digress) and now many of us reflect on the past year and often go about making a list of changes that we hope to make in our lives...

Sometimes they're big changes like quitting our job and riding a bike across Asia, others are smaller like finally getting that list of friends' names, phone numbers and addresses together...but either way, we make these changes in the hopes that our life is that much closer to what we truly want it to be...

So too it is with me...as to how it relates here? Well, I'll be doing a little "housekeeping", going through this sometimes unweildly list of friends I have and paring down a bit, reorganizing and the like...I'd imagine that if I delete your account from my friends, you likely won't even notice as we must not be as close as I'd hoped, or thought we might be; don't take it personally if you *should* notice, I wish you and yours well and perhaps our paths may meet again in the future...

I also won't be around here as much...I've found that while I truly appreciate trying to keep in contact here, it's often tiring and honestly, a bit frustrating on occasion...just pick up the phone and call me if/when you are thinking of me, we'd probably both rather prefer to hear one another's voice anyhow...

That's it for now, I'm sure there's more to come...

..."aha moments"? Remind me to tell you it sometime...wow...