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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Jalaluddeen Rumi
Rumi had
a more loving, gentle approach to Islam compared to the fanatical
extremist approach that many people in the Middle East share today. He seems
more SPIRITUAL rather than FANATICAL RELIGIOUS. He is esoteric and nonliteral
in his poetry and seems to believe that God's love is so infinite .. He says
things like "the ego is a veil between man and God' and "What you seek
is seeking you" and "women is the light of the Divine"
which is very beautiful compared to the typical misogynist attitude many men
have towards women have today. Like Jesus peace be on him he says: "Knock
and the door will be open." Like Siddhartha Gotham AKA Buddha, he says
"Look within for peace" and look- today's Guru, Deepak Chopra says
the same thing. He does not seem religious although he does believe in God. I
wonder if he is actually a Muslim and if this is really HIS quote since a lot
of his work has been forged and played around with: "I belong to no
religious. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple" and "I
looked in temples, churches, and mosques, but I found the Divine in my
heart" Or maybe he is religious but believes that not everything in Islam
is meant to be taken literally and that the way to follow God is just through
love, not by strict set of rules. It's almost as if he says, (the way to follow
Religion in general is NOT to follow religion at all, ironically. You can
follow it if you want, but God loves you regardless) <
When
I die...RUMI
Doing your best
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regardless of the outcome.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
El Condor Pasa
The
Best Ever - El Condor Pasa - Natural Version by Alexandro Querevalú
Gigliola
Cinquetti - Il Condor (El condor pasa)
Marc
Anthony -- El Cóndor Pasa
Simon
and Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa
"El Condor Pasa" as written by Jorge Milchberg, Daniel
Alomia Robles and Paul Simon....
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
"El
Condor Pasa" as written by Daniel Alomia Robles Jorge Milchberg
Lyrics ©
CARLIN AMERICA INC
El Cóndor Pasa (song)
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"El
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El Cóndor Pasa (pronounced: [el ˈkondoɾ ˈpasa], Spanish for "The Condor Passes") is an orchestral musical piece from
the zarzuela El Cóndor Pasa by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles, written in 1913 and based on
traditionalAndean folk tunes. Since then, it has been
estimated that around the world, more than 4000 versions of the melody have
been produced, along with 300 sets of lyrics. In 2004, Peru declared this song
as part of the national cultural heritage.[1] This song is now considered the second
national anthem of Peru[citation needed], with
which Peruvians worldwide identify.
It is possibly the best-known
Peruvian song due to a cover version by Simon & Garfunkel in 1970 on their Bridge over Troubled Water album. This cover version is called "El
Condor Pasa (If I Could)".
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