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We get to have a rare glimpse of the Great Master Huzur Baba Sawan Singh through the eyes of Harbans Singh Bedi, an initiate of Hazur who attended joyful satsang gatherings presided over by Sawan back during the 1940's. Other glimpses of Sawan come from his letters, foreign correspondence with spiritual seekers and initiate-disciples in the West. Spiritual guidance from the Master included discussion about the power of unwavering attention at the Third Eye Center during meditation practice, guidance about Simran, Dhyan and Bhajan practices, the value of corresponding and consulting with someone more advanced on the Path, also about the need for everyone interested in the Path of the Masters & Inner Light and Sound Meditation (Surat Shabd Yoga), East and West, to adopt a vegetarian diet: "Meats, eggs and alcoholic drinks are prohibited... The real Sant Mat, or the teachings of the Saints, and the system of Yoga which they follow is distinct and individual, and it consists of a definite method of going inside of the Kingdom of Heaven and taking possession of that Kingdom. And this is a Universal Science. It is adaptable to all peoples and all lands, and has absolutely nothing to do with climate or particular condition of any country or people. This much I would strongly emphasize... If one understands where and how to find the protein bearing foods, among vegetables and grains and fruits, he will never have any need whatsoever for meats or eggs." Also: "Meats, eggs and alcoholic drinks have to be given up by the practitioner. These articles of diet dull the soul." Huzur Baba Sawan Singh Ji also provided some introductory meditation instructions for new spiritual seekers to give them a convenient method, a short, daily Jyoti (inner Light) Interim Meditation to help prepare them for the eventual initiation into the full practice given at the time of initiation. The Great Master said that the ultimate or true peace will never be fully realized in this turbulent ocean of samsara, the outer world of constant change, but is to be found on the Inner Planes accessed during meditation from the inside, in the world of within: "The Way to Peace lies within. Within us lies the Royal Word, the Sound Current, which mystics have called by various names but which means the same thing. Everybody has to go within himself to attain that peace." And: "The soul must seek Other Planes to find peace. To find peace is the business of the individual. Everybody has to seek it within himself." (Huzur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj) In Divine Love, Light, and Sound, At the Feet of the Masters, James Bean Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts Spiritual Awakening Radio https://www.SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com
Episode 19 Maximum Turntablism, Part 2 Modern Experimental Turntablism and CD Glitch Music Playlist: Pierre Henry, Concerto Des Ambiguïtés parts 1,2,3,and 5(1950) from Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul / Concerto Des Ambiguïtés (1972, Philips). Premiered on August 7, 1950. Christian Marclay, “Smoker,” (1981) from the album Records (1997). Christian Marclay, turntables and processing. Recorded on a cassette deck at home. DJ Shadow ... And The Groove Robbers, “Hindsight,” from In/Flux/ Hindsight (1993) Institut Fuer Feinmotorik, “A1” from Wenig Information: Kein Titel (1998). Recorded live between April and June 1998 in Cloister Bad Säckingen, Germany. For turntables, mixer, compressor, various processed records, paper, cardboard, scotch tape, household rubber, wire, various other odds and ends. Peter Cusack & Nicolas Collins, “Hazlitt” from A Host, Of Golden Daffodils (1999). Recorded live in concert at STEIM (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) June 1996 and at Museum für Gegenwart, Hamburger Bahnhof, (Berlin, Germany), November 1996. Electronic processes, CD, radio sources, trombone-propelled electronics, Nicolas Collins; guitar, bouzouki, whistling, electronics, sampler triggers, Peter Cusack. Gen Ken Montgomery, “Droneskipclickloop”(excerpt, 1998) from Pondfloorsample (2002). Using four CD players and curated sounds in the categories Drone, Skip, Click, and Loop. Mixed in real time at a performance at Experimental Intermedia Foundation (NY) on March 17, 1998. Crawling with Tarts, “Trecher Track” from Turntable Solos (1999). By Michael Gendreau and Suzanne Dycus-Gendreau. Yasunao Tone, “Part 1”(excerpt 1999) from Solo for Wounded CD (1999). All sounds used were from scratched CD's. Philip Jeck, “Untitled 2,” from Soaked (2002). Turntables, Philip Jeck, electronics, Jacob Kirkegaard. Recorded live at the Electronic Lounge, Moers Festival, Germany. Maria Chavez, “Jebus” from Tour Sampler (2004), recorded in Houston, Texas. Turntables and electronics by Maria Chavez. Marina Rosenfeld, “Three” from Joy of Fear (2005). Piano, turntables, dubplates, electronics, sound processing], vocals, Marina Rosenfeld. She said, “This record couldn't exist without the small collection of one-off ‘acetate records' (dub plates) that I've been making since 1997, when I first encountered Richard Simpson and his disc-cutting lathe in Los Angeles.” Luc Ferrari and Otomo Yoshihide, Slow Landing” from Les Archives Sauvées Des Eaux (2008). Composed by Luc Ferrari and Turntables, Electronics, prepared phono cartridges by Otomo Yoshihide. Christian Marclay, from Record Without a Cover (excerpt, 1999). Marked with instructions, "Do not store in a protective package," my copy is a reissue of the disc first released in 1985, done by Japanese label Locus Solus. The naked record will naturally become increasingly damaged from shipping, storing, and playing the record, all becoming part of the work. In essence, the owner is implored to progressively destroy the release, allowing it to become scratched and bruised from accumulating damage that make each copy unique. My copy actually skips a lot. In the passage I am playing I often had to press the needle down a little bit to get through a skip. There is faintly recorded jazz music found on some of the disc, while other parts are pretty much composed only of surface noise. The Archive Mix in which I play two additional tracks at the same time to see what happens. Here are two more tracks of modern experimental turntablism: Tsunoda Tsuguto, “Air Pocket” (1997) from Turntable Solos (1999). Merzbow, “Batztoutai—The Nightengale's Song” (1985) from Turntable Solos (1999). The incidental music heard while I'm speaking is from a damaged and skipping CD that I have of Sun Ra. The track is “Sound Spectra/ Spec Sket” from the album Other Planes of There (1964). For more information about the history of turntablism, read my book: Electronic and Experimental Music (sixth edition), by Thom Holmes (Routledge 2020). Notes for this episode can be found on my blog: Noise and Notations.
We're in our second week of mailbag questions after War of the Spark, and it's another episode filled with laughs, knowledge, wants, desires, and a little crime. Also Magic's potential visit to Sick, Crying Baby World. It'll (almost) make sense; just listen. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:04 – The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler: Coming June! Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/magic-gathering-newsletter/ 01:47 – Chandra: Trials of Alara: Sequel Comic from IDW Link: https://www.newsarama.com/45280-magic-the-gathering-summoned-back-to-comic-books-with-trials-of-alara.html 02:10 – Our Modern Horizons Preview is Thursday, May 30th! 02:38 – Listener Question: How Did Alara's Shards Reunite? 05:57 – Listener Question: How Does New Phyrexia Know of Other Planes? 10:25 – Listener Question: Continuity Error During Sorin/Nahiri Fight? 12:17 – Listener Question: Which Legendary Creature Would You Update? 18:57 – Listener Question: Which Uncarded Legend Would You Print? 22:35 – Listener Question: Metaphysics of Rathi Overlay? 25:06 – Listener Question: What's the Deal with Cosmic Larva? 26:53 – Listener Question: Why Does Every Character Hate Urza? 28:58 – Listener Question: What Fast Food Would Your Favorite Planeswalker Eat? 31:20 – Listener Question: Planeswalker with Shortest In-Story Lifespan? 32:06 – Listener Question: What Did Argentum Look Like? Where's the Mirari? 33:24 – Listener Question: Why Do Izzet Cyclopses Have Tiny Heads? 33:33 – Listener Question: Would Rat (Araithia) and Rat (Ratepe) get along? 33:47 – Listener Question: Is There an Ur-Cat Responsible for All These Cat Cards? 34:58 – Listener Question: Which Character Would You Like a Short Story for? 37:12 – Listener Question: Where Does Ravnica Grow Food? Who Farms the Multiverse? 38:38 – Listener Question: For What Genre/Mythology Would You Want to See a Top-Down Set? 43:09 – Final Thoughts
Reporting live from Emerald City ComiCon 2016, Other Planes talks with black cosplayers about identity, race, and gender in cosplay, comix, and action films, speaking with incarnations of the Black Panther, Future Static Shock, Green Lantern, Trunks, Sardonyx, a Vodou Joker and a Ghostbuster.
Reporting live from Emerald City ComiCon 2016, Other Planes talks with black cosplayers about identity, race, and gender in cosplay, comix, and action films, speaking with incarnations of the Black Panther, Future Static Shock, Green Lantern, Trunks, Sardonyx, a Vodou Joker and a Ghostbuster.
For our second podcast, Other Planes speaks with John Jennings, an award-winning graphic novelist, curator, cartoonist, and Associate Professor of Art. John is currently illustrating the first graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s seminal black science fiction work on slavery and time travel, Kindred.
The first Other Planes podcast features Chicago-based author, filmmaker and innovator Ytasha Womack, author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy, and director of the black science fiction film Bar Star City.
The first Other Planes podcast features Chicago-based author, filmmaker and innovator Ytasha Womack, author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy, and director of the black science fiction film Bar Star City.