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Release Date: 12-12-2007
Label: Spirit Voyage Music
Catalog Number: CDS001206
Barcode: 80189803326
Musical Style: Mantra & Chants
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namo Namo [08:50]  | 5 | Guru Meray Sang [04:25] |
| 2 | Bisara Ga-ee [11:09] | 6 | Sat Nam Medley [06:41] |
| 3 | Mera Man Loche [10:29] | 7 | Simara Simara [08:48] |
| 4 | Akhan Jor [10:02] | 8 | Mu Laalan [12:29] |
Description:
This album is a collection of 6 Shabds or spiritual songs from Guru Nanak; the spiritual masters who elevated themselves and LIVED in mastery and liberation. There are 5 chants or mantra’s that are woven into the Shabds to give the listener a simple opportunity to sing along. These mantra’s are from the Yoga sutra’s of Patanjali. The arrangements are from the musical genius of Thomas Barquee who is truly a channel of the spiritual realm of music.
The music is based on Indian Raga’s. (A Raga is a powerful musical scale format that deepens the feeling and intention of the prayer). You will hear Eastern instruments: sitar, bansuri flute, tabla, tamboura, harmonium as well as Western intruments: piano, violin, guitar, bass, and percussive instruments. Then there are female and male voices blended to a unified experience of the oneness of creation. My Intention The time was 33 years ago that I was blessed with the technology of the Shabd Guru, as my spiritual master. My gratitude is to Yogi Bhajan who always said to me, every answer that you seek is in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib ( Shabd Guru). The recitation and singing of these songs has served to uplift me and has guided me through every challenge of my life.
Now my intention is to share the universal impact of SHABD GURU. I want to share the upliftment and inspiration with you. I would like you to be carried as I have been carried, above the darkness and confusion of these times to a place of internal steadiness and clarity.
Biography:
Life is a series of experiences, good, bad and indifferent. By some good fortune when we are given an experience that nurtures and supports the very essence of our being, we have a gift of the steady Truth. This is what I experienced 34 years ago at my first Kundalini Yoga class. Gradually I added more and more lifestyle practices (taught by Yogi Bhajan) into my daily routine. Over the years when weathering a life challenge became an issue or tricky blind turns presented themselves, I found the results of these life changes brought clarity and steadiness. Exploring inner space and slow down rather than outer space and the world of speed up; became the primary focus in my life.
While on a study trip to the Golden Temple in India in 1973, (with Mrs Yogi Bhajan) I started learning the transformational music of Shabd Kirtan with Kirtan masters called Ragi's. Prior to my first India trip, I had completed my Bachelor of Arts at Pennsylvania State University w/a BA in Psychology and a minor in Art and Music. The combined spiritual dimensions of a yogic lifestyle along with the elevated musical realm of the Shabd, gave my life a depth of fulfillment that I could only dream about.
For 20 years I had the good fortune to live in LA and study directly with Yogi Bhajan. During those years, along with being a wife and mom, Yogi Bhajan appointed me (1980) to teach about the Shabd Guru to our community and children. Teaching the language, music and caring for the Guru were all a part of this work. Singing and teaching has been taking me to India, England, Canada, Mexico and South Africa. This has given me the opportunity to study with Indian Classical masters that has enabled me to produce 4 musical albums of Shabd Kirtan. I have also been representing 3HO* at the United Nations to disseminate our mission of peace and service since my move to New York 11 years ago. Sharing the technology of this yogic way of life to uplift, enrich and bring harmony and peace to others is a gift that can only grow with sharing.
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