The Force Awakens

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - 100 Years

Today, the 9th of December, the musical world celebrates the 100 birthday of the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, the one about whom Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi had said she was a genius.

Here are some samples of her art

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Schwarzkopf

Happy National Day, Romania!

On the 1st of December 1918, Romania got back the last missing part, Transilvania, after World War I. This became our National Day after the falling of the communist regime in 1990.

This was Romania in 1918

And here are samples of our musical culture

Codex Caioni, Romanian Early Music (Western)

Peshrev by Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanian early music (Eastern, otoman)

Doina, Romanian traditional music (raga)

George Enescu's Romanian Poem, with the Royal Anthem at the end

Tiberiu Olah, symphonic suite for movie Mihai Viteazul. Mihai Viteazul (Mihai the Brave) was the first Romanian Prince who reunited the Romanian regions (ancient Dacia)

Shri William Blake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake

HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi on the auspicious occasion of Shri William Blake's Birthday 

"It is such a pleasure today and great fortune that here where William Blake lived and he sang those songs of greatness, of the greatness of this country, the future that it has to be.  The dreams he saw have now come to shape, that we are here to celebrate his anniversary.  Things go beyond words and you can not express yourself.  Many people do not understand him, because he wrote it according to them in abstract language, or in language that he understood. But I am happy that Sahaja Yogis understand him so well, and the prophesies that he made about England. People use to ridicule him. Ridicule it.  Even today they can't believe that Jerusalem can be built in England." (HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Hampstead, London England - Nov 28th 1981)

"I knew who he was, what he is doing, why he was here. We do not know about him much, because from the books you can't understand who he could have been. He was an incarnation of Bhairavanath, that is whom you call Saint Michael, or Saint George who is as you know the Saint Angel of England. That is why he had to incarnate and for him this was his role to talk about Divine in an open fearless manner.  He had to use symbolic language. He had to use. It is not difficult to understand him at all if you're a realized soul. You'll read through it sometimes laughing, sometimes weeping, enjoying the whole drama what he is trying to express. When I read him I am amazed at his sense of humor, how he openly comes out with such remarks. I feel he is like Markandaya in India, or Kabirdas in India who slashed the whole society, with their sword all the time to see that they are brought to the proper shape. Without fear, but so gentle."  (HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Hammersmith, West London - Nov 28th 1985)

JERUSALEM

AND did those feet in ancient time

Walk upon England’s mountains green?

And was the Holy Lamb of God

On England’s pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here

Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!

Bring me my arrows of desire!

Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!

Bring me my chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,

Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,

Till we have built Jerusalem

In England’s green and pleasant land.

The poem was inspired by the legend that young Jesus, accompanied by His uncle Joseph of Arimathea, who was a maritime trader, traveled to the area that is now England and visited Glastonbury.An English sahaja yogini refererred that Shri Mataji told the meaning: ‘Those feet” are referred to the Holy Feet of Jesus Christ, and also the expression ‘Holy Lamb of God’ is referred to Jesus, because Shri Mataji had said that Jesus went to England and walked through the whole country.

Paintings of William Blake

http://www.philipcoppens.com/blake.html

Newton

The Great Red Dragon

Whirlwind of Lovers

Shri Mataji about Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture

"So the wisdom of these people really was very striking to me. Now, another third thing, which I discovered, is even much more deeper than this. When I went to Ukraine, I saw some very nice paintings done with a very aboriginal sort of colours. So they said “Mother, this we had before the Christians came here”. They showed me a magazine in which there was a photograph of the Primordial Mother and they called it “Aditi”, that’s Sanskrit, we too call it “Aditi”. Can you imagine ? Then they said, “this culture existed before the Christian aggression came in”, and there were paintings there of Mooladhara Chakra in different ways, and also of Agnya Chakra, and the way they were talking about all this, even in the magazine, I was really surprised. They said that “all this was published, we have books on this, but because of the church it was all said it’s all nonsense, there’s nothing like this. But the best part I saw was, the picture of the “Aditi” and there was a Kundalini in her stomach, or stomach (ulopa?) and was shown going upward like that. I said “look at this culture these people had”.

Then they said, “We had relations with India, and they were Arians and we were also Arians and we used to meet them”. So I thought, Machindranath and all these people had gone to the north of India, they might have come to this Ukraine. And they said that, I mean the whole thing was traced to, Ukraine name came from “kuru” and all kinds of things were traced in Sanskrit, all this, I was amazed. What a culture they had, in what culture they lived. It’s something you know, unbelievable. While in India, there are many people who don’t know what is Kundalini, if you tell them Kundalini, they think Kundalini is horoscope, especially in the north, they have no idea of Kundalini. But here are the people who have really had lived in a culture for thousands of years and they said this was before Christ, 3000 years, can you imagine, before Christ 3000. So, we too had civilizations in India like, (Harappan) and all that of that time. But they said that India is the source of spirituality. That magazine, I was amazed at it and the way it was done, and the Mooladhara and the Agnya Chakra and all that, so well. Maybe they must have seen it, they might not have got realization but they talked about realization and also achieving selfhood, this was so many years back. But then they said the Christian religion came and they told us it’s all nonsense, have nothing to do with it. As they told me also in Greece, that they had Athena, and the Primordial Mother and all that, but they said no Mother, nothing, better stop it. So it was all cancelled and nobody looked at it. But can you imagine, that so many years back it existed in that Ukraine, such a beautiful culture of spirituality.

The first time I went to Ukraine, we had people there, there was the Chernobyl, you know that there was a big explosion and they were all – like somebody had his fingers cut out or they were attached to each other, or somebody had boils all over the body, somebody’s nose was turned like that – horrible looking – like lepers they were, all of them, those who came to the program. But then this time, more than this were the people there in Ukraine, I must tell you, much more than here, the whole hall was full, the three tiers were full, the passages were full, and still the people outside were standing. They said, we were the ones who suffered from this, and now look at us, we are completely cured. You won’t believe I never touched anyone, I was there only once, they came to my program and they got cured. So this sensitivity that they had. I used to wonder why these Russians and Ukrainians are so sensitive to spirituality.

Then I realized that these people who have got spirituality is ancient, from ancient times they were practising this. Now we had Machindranath, Guraknath, all these people, but nobody practiced Kundalini awakening to this extent that it was in every village they used to make the paintings about Mooladhara about this Agnya Chakra very clearly. And in the Agnya Chakra was Yin and Yang of the Chinese, can you imagine. After discovering that, I really felt that in the world there must be lots of people like that. Now, in Colombia I have seen also they have the same Kundalini and the Kumba and everything, I think that’s even more than 3 or 4,000 years back before Christ."

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Navaratri Puja. Cabella Ligure (Italy), 1 October 1995.

Details about Cucuteni-Trypillian Culture: here

About the Harappan Civilisation: here

Many thanks to Ms. Ana Maria Trandafir (Romania) and Mrs. Mihaela Kumar (Romania/India), for disclosing this information

Aramaic music

Aramaic is the language spoken by Lord Jesus Christ and his disciples. Syriac church is one of the first Christian religions and the teachings of Lord Jesus were taught in communities where people were speaking the Aramaic language (Jewish communities): in Middle East and India. 
And this is a sample of the music of Syriac Aramaic culture. The devotion for God takes various forms all over the world, from mantras to oratorios, all joy giving

Shri Mataji in Romania

http://sahaj-az.blogspot.ro/2015/10/shri-mataji-in-romania.html

Arun Apte. Shlokas for all chakras

Vision of C. S. Lewis in "The Great Divorce"

"THE REASON why I asked if there were another river was this. All down one long aisle of the forest the under-sides of the leafy branches had begun to tremble with dancing light; and on earth I knew nothing so likely to produce this appearance as the reflected lights cast upward by moving water. A few moments later I realised my mistake. Some kind of procession was approaching us, and the light came from the persons who composed it. First came bright Spirits, not the Spirits of men, who danced and scattered flowers-soundlessly falling, lightly drifting flowers, though by the standards of the ghost-world each petal would have weighed a hundred-weight and their fall would have been like the crashing of boulders. Then, on the left and right, at each side of the forest avenue, came youthful shapes, boys upon one hand, and girls upon the other. If I could remember their singing and write down the notes, no man who read that score would ever grow sick or old. Between them went musicians: and after these a lady in whose honour all this was being done. I cannot now remember whether she was naked or clothed. If she were naked, then it must have been the almost visible penumbra of her courtesy and joy which produces in my memory the illusion of a great and shining train that followed her across the happy grass. If she were clothed, then the illusion of nakedness is doubtless due to the clarity with which her inmost spirit shone through the clothes. For clothes in that country are not a disguise: the spiritual body lives along each thread and turns them into living organs. A robe or a crown is there as much one of the wearer's features as a lip or an eye. But I have forgotten. And only partly do I remember the unbearable beauty of her face. "Is it? ... is it?" I whispered to my guide. "Not at all," said he. "It's someone ye'll never have heard of. Her name on earth was Sarah Smith and she lived at Golders Green." "She seems to be ... well, a person of particular importance?" "Aye. She is one of the great ones. Ye have heard that fame in this country and fame on Earth are two quite different things." "And who are these gigantic people . . . look! They're like emeralds . . . who are dancing and throwing flowers before her?" "Haven't ye read your Milton? A thousand livened angels lackey her," "And who are all these young men and women on each side?" "They are her sons and daughters." "She must have had a very large family, Sir." "Every young man or boy that met her became her son-even if it was only the boy that brought the meat to her back door. Every girl that met her was her daughter."

"Isn't that a bit hard on their own parents?" "No. There are those that steal other people's children. But her motherhood was of a different kind. Those on whom it fell went back to their natural parents loving them more”

"And how ... but hullo! What are all these animals? A cat-two cats-dozens of cats. And all those dogs . . . why, I can't count them. And the birds. And the horses." "They are her beasts." "Did she keep a sort of zoo? I mean, this is a bit too much." "Every beast and bird that came near her had its place in her love. In her they became themselves. And now the abundance of life she has in Christ from the Father flows over into them." I looked at my Teacher in amazement. "Yes," he said. "It is like when you throw a stone into a pool, and the concentric waves spread out further and further. Who knows where it will end? Redeemed humanity is still young, it has hardly come to its full strength. But already there is joy enough in the little finger of a great saint such as yonder lady to waken all the dead things of the universe into life."

The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis MACMILLAN PUBLISHING CO., INC. NEW YORK COPYRIGHT (c) 1946, BY MACMILLAN PUBLISHING CO., INC.
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Why You Should Visit Romania

Veni, Creator Spiritus!: Gustav Mahler's Hymn to the Holy Ghost

Gustav Mahler, the Austrian composer born in a Jewish family, converted to Catholicism out of professional reasons, was an idealist and a freethinker. His spiritual seek and becoming are reflected in his Symphonies.

The monumental work of his maturity period, Symphony No. 8 in E flat is dedicated to the Holy Ghost, The creator Spirit of the Universe. Written in 2 parts, the symphony known as the Symphony of a Thousand needs a huge orchestra, 8 soloists, 2 mixed choirs and a children choir. It is the first continuously choral and orchestral symphony ever composed. The symphony is a  massive statement of human aspirations and a cry for illumination, expressed in 2 ways:  religious and philosophical.

 The first part is a setting of the medieval Catholic Pentecost hymn “Veni Creator Spiritus”, while the second uses the  text of  the closing scene of J.W. von Goethe’s Faust drama (the scene of Faust’s redemption). The same Holy Ghost is described by Goethe as the Eternal Feminine , The Holy Virgin Mother, The Goddess. A very inspired juxtaposition of these two poems in Mahler's work.

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-Mahler

This work was performed on the 2nd of September 2015 in Bucharest by the Radio 2 Orchestras, and 2 Choirs, Philharmonic Choir, soloists Erika Sunnergardh, Cellia Costea, Aurelia Florian, Michaela Selinger, Liliana Ciuca, Stefan Vinke, Serban Vasile and Sorin Coliban and conductor was Cornelius Meister. Both in the the orchestras and choir were performing sahaja yogis and some other artists who got Self Realization.

You can see here the translation:

Veni, creator spiritus,                                     Come, creator Spirit,

mentes tuorum visita;                                       let your spirit enter us;

imple superna gratia,                                        fill with grace from above

quae tu creasti pectora.                                   those whom you have created.

Qui Paraclitus diceris,                                     You are known as the Comforter,

donum Dei altissimi,                                        a gift from God on high,

fons vivus, ignis, caritas,                                   living spring, fire, love,

et spiritalis unctio.                                            and unction of the spirit.

Infirma nostri corporis                                     Endow our weak bodies,

virtute firmans perpeti;                                    with eternal strength;

accende lumen sensibus,                                 inflame our senses with light,

infunde amorem cordibus.                               pour love into our hearts.

Hostem repellas longius,                                 Drive the enemy far away,

pacemque dones protinus;                              grant us lasting peace;

ductore sic te praevio                                     so that, under your guidance,

vitemus omne pessimum.                                we might avoid all evil.

Tu septiformis munere,                                  You, with sevenfold gifts,

dexterae paternae digitus;                              the finger of God's right hand;

[tu rite promissum Patris,                               [you, true promise of the Father,

sermone ditans guttura.]                                 have endowed our tongues with speech]

Per te sciamus da Patrem,                            through you may we know the Father

noscamus [atque] Filium,                              [and also] the Son,

[te utriusque] spiritum                                   [and you, emanating from both], O Spirit

credamus omni tempore.                              let us believe forever.

Da gaudiorum praemia,                                Give us joy,

da gratiarum munera;                                    grant us your grace;

dissolve litis vincula,                                      dissolve the chains that bind us

adstringe pacis foedera.                                and join us in bonds of peace.

Gloria Patri Domino,                                   Glory be to God the Father,

Deo sit gloria et Filio                                   and glory also to his Son

natoque, qui a mortuis                                 begotten, and from the dead

surrexit, ac Paraclito                                   arisen, and also our Comforter

in saeculorum saecula.                                 forever and ever.

Part II - Closing scene from Faust, Act II

Mountain gorges, forest, cliff, solitude.  Holy Anchorites are sheltering in rocky clefts.

 HOLY ANCHORITES (choir and echo)

Waldung, sie schwankt heran,                      Forests sway,

Felsen, sie lasten dran,                                 rocks bear down heavily,

Wurzeln, sie klammern an,                            roots grip.

Stamm dicht an Stamm hinan.                       tree-trunk crowds close to tree-trunk,

Woge nach Woge spritzt,                             wave breaks upon wave, foaming,

Höhle, die tiefste, schützt.                             the deepest cave provides shelter.

Löwen, sie schleichen stumm,                       Lions, who walk quietly about

freundlich um uns herum,                              are friendly towards us,

ehren geweihten Ort,                                    honoring the sacred place,

heiligen Liebeshort.                                       holy sanctuary of love.

 PATER ECSTATICUS (soaring up and down)

Ewiger Wonnebrand                                     Eternal fire of bliss,

glühendes Liebeband,                                   glowing bonds of love,

siedender Schmerz der Brust,                       seething pain in the breast,

schäumende Gotteslust!                                raging desire for God!

Pfeile, durchdringet mich,                             Arrows, pierce me;

Lanzen, bezwinget mich,                               lances, subdue me;

Keulen, zerschmettert mich,                          clubs, batter me;

Blitze, durchwettert mich!                             lightning, pierce me through!

Daß ja das Nichtige                                     So that vain things

alles verflüchtige,                                         might all vanish,

glänze der Dauerstern,                                 that the eternal star may shine forth,

ewiger Liebe Kern!                                     eternal nucleus of love!

 PATER PROFUNDUS (from the nether region)

Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen                       As the rocky abyss at my feet

auf tiefem Abgrund lastend ruht,                         rests upon a deeper abyss,

wie tausend Bäche strahlend fließen                   as a thousand sparkling streams flow,

zum grausen Sturz des Schaums der Flut            to the awful cataract of foaming flood,

wie strack, mit eig'nem kräft'gen Triebe,             as, straight upwards by its own power

der Stamm sich in die Lüfte trägt;                       the tree-trunk thrusts itself into the air;

so ist es die allmächt'ge Liebe,                           so it is almighty love

die alies bildet, alles hegt.                                  that forms and cherishes all.

Ist um mich her ein wildes Brausen,                   When wild tumult roars around me,

als wogte Wald und Felsengrund,                      as the forest and rocks quiver,

und doch stürzt, liebevoll im Sausen,                 and yet, loving in its bluster,

die Wasserfülle sich zum Schlund,                     the mass of water, hurls itself into the gorge

berufen gleich das Tal zu wässern:                     eventually summoned to water the valley:

der Blitz, der flammend niederschlug,                 the lightning, flaming downward,

die Atmosphäre zu verbessern,                         to purify the atmosphere,

die Gift und Dunst im Busen trug,                      which carries in its bosom poison and fumes;

sind Liebesboten, sie verkünden,                       there are the harbingers of love, proclaiming

was ewig schaffend uns umwallt.                       that which forever seethes, creating, around us.

Mein Inn'res mög' es auch entzünden,               Might it kindle my innermost being,

wo sich der Geist, verworren, kalt,                   where my soul, confused and cold,

verquält in stumpfer Sinne Schranken,              suffers in a dull stupor,

scharf angeschloss'nem Kettenschmerz.            locked fast in chains of pain.

O Gott! beschwichtige die Gedanken,             Oh God!  Soothe my thoughts

erleuchte mein bedürftig Herz!                          lighten my needy heart!

 CHORUS OF ANGELS (soaring in the upper atmosphere, bearing Faust's immortal essence)

Gerettet ist das edle Glied                              Saved is the immortal essence

der Geisterwelt vom Bösen:                           of the spirit world from evil:

wer immer strebend sich bemüht,                   whoever struggles and strives,

den können wir erlösen;                                 we can rescue;

und hat an ihm die Liebe gar                          and if on him love coming

von oben teilgenommen,                                 from on high has taken its part,

begegnet ihm die sel'ge Schar                         the Heavenly Host will greet him,

mit herzlichem Willkommen.                           with a heartfelt welcome.

 CHOIR OF BLESSED BOYS (circling the highest peaks)

Hände verschlinget euch                                Let's join hands

freudig zum Ringverein,                                  joyfully, together in a ring

regt euch und singe                                        let's rise up and sing

heil'ge Gefühle drein!                                     with holy emotion!

Göttlich belehret,                                           Instructed by God,

dürft ihr vertrauen;                                         you may rest assured;

den ihr verehret,                                            that he, whom you worship,

werdet ihr schauen.                                       you will behold.

 YOUNGER ANGELS

Jene Rosen, aus den Händen                          Those roses, from the hands

liebend-heiliger Büßerinnen,                            of love-sanctified women penitents

halten uns den Sieg gewinnen                          help us to achieve victory

und das hohe Werk vollenden,                        and fulfill the noble work

diesen Seelenschatz erbeuten.                         of capturing the prize of this soul.

Böse wichen, als wir streuten,                         Evil fled as we scattered them,

teufel flohen, als wir trafen.                             demons retreated as we advanced.

Statt gewohnter Höllenstrafen                         Instead of the usual punishments of Hell,

fühlten Liebesqual die Geister,                        spirits felt the pangs of love.

Selbst der alte Satans-Meister                        Even Satan, the old master himself,

war von spitzer Pein durchdrungen.                 was pieced by sharp pain.

Jauchzet auf! Es ist gelungen.                          Rejoice!  It is fulfilled.

 MORE PERFECT ANGELS

Uns bieibt ein Erdenrest                             An earthly residue remains with us,

zu tragen peinlich,                                      painful to bear,

und wär' er von Asbest                              and though it were made of asbestos,

er ist nicht reinlich.                                     it is not clean.

Wenn starke Geisteskraft                          When the strong powers of the spirit

die Elemente an sich herangerafft,               bind the elements to itself,

kein Engel trennte                                      no angel could divide

geeinte Zwienatur                                       the united double nature

der innigen beiden;                                     of the firmly united pair:

die ewige Liebe nur                                    only eternal love

vermag's zu scheiden.                                  is capable of dividing them.

 YOUNGER ANGELS

Ich spür' soeben,                                    I see at this moment,

nebelnd um Felsenhöh',                           misty around the rocky heights,

ein Geisterleben.                                     a gathering of spirits.

Regend sich in der Näh'                          Moving nearby, I see

seliger Knaben,                                      holy children,

seh' ich bewegte Schar                           a multitude

los von der Erde Druck,                         freed of earthly burdens,

im Kreis gesellt,                                      joined in a circle,

die sich erlaben                                      delighting themselves

am neuen Lenz und Schmuck                 in the new springtime and in the embellishment

Der obern Welt.                                    of the world above.

 DOCTOR MARIANUS (in the highest, purest cell of all)

Hier ist die Aussicht frei,                            Here the view is unobstructed,

der Geist erhoben.                                     the spirit uplifted.

 YOUNGER ANGELS

Sei er zum Anbeginn,                                Let him start out with them,

steigendem Vollgewinn                             until, ever rising, he attains

diesen gesellt!                                           the highest gain!

  CHOIR OF BLESSED BOYS

Freudig empfangen wir                     Joyfully do we receive

diesen im Puppenstand;                    this one in chrysalis;

also erlangen wir                              thus do we receive

englisches Unterpfand.                     an angelic pledge.

Löset die Flocken los,                     Take away the wrappings

die ihn umgeben!                              that surround him!

Schon ist er schön und groß             Already he is beautiful and tall

von heiligem Leben.                          through the holy life.

 DOCTOR MARIANUS

Dort ziehen Frauen vorbei,                  Women pass by there,

schwebend nach oben,                        soaring towards the heights,

die Herrliche mitterin                           the Glorious One in their midst

im Sternenkranze,                                crowned with stars,

die Himmelskönignen,                          the Queen of Heaven.

Ich seh's am Glanze,                            I perceive by her splendor

höchste Herrscherin der Welt!              the most exalted mistress of the world!

Lasse mich im blauen,                          Let me, in the blue

ausgespannten Himmelszelt                 outspread vault of Heaven

dein Geheimnis schauen!                      behold your mystery!

Bill'ge, was des Mannes Brust              Accept that, which in the breast of man

ernst und zart beweget                         moves earnestly and tenderly,

und mit heil'ger Liebeslust                    and which he, with holy joy,

dir entgegen träget!                             offers up to you!

Unbezwinglich unser Mut,                   Our courage is in undaunted,

wenn du hehr gebietest;                       when you sublimely command;

plötzlich mildert sich die Glut,              passions suddenly subside,

wenn du uns befriedest.                       when you pacify us.

 DOCTOR MARIANUS AND CHORUS

Jungfrau, rein im schönsten Sinn,          Virgin, pure in the loveliest sense,

Mutter, Ehren würdig,                          mother, worthy of honor,

uns erwählte Königin,                          our chosen Queen,

Göttern ebenbürtig.                              peer of gods.

 CHORUS

Dir, der Unberührbaren,                   It is not denied

ist es nicht benommen,                      to you, O stainless one,

daß die leicht Verführbaren               that those who are easily led astray

traulich zu dir kommen.                     might confidently approach

In die Schwachheit hingerafft,            Deeply entangles in weakness,

sind sie schwer zu retten;                   they are difficult to save;

wer zerreißt aus eig'ner Kraft            who, though his own power alone

der Gelüste Ketten?                          can tear away the chains of desire?

Wie entgleitet schnell der Fuß            How quickly the foot slips

schiefem, glattem Boden!                  on sloping, smooth ground!

 (The Mater Gloriosa appears, hovering.)

 PENITENT WOMEN AND UNA POENTENTIUM

Du schwebst zu Höhen                      You soar up to the heights

der ewigen Reiche,                            of the eternal kingdom,

vernimmt das Flehen,                         hear our supplication,

du Gnadenreiche!                              O Fount of Mercy!

Du Ohnegleiche!                                O Peerless One!

 MAGNA PECCATRIX (Luke 7)

Bei der Liebe, die den Füßen              By the love that bathed the feet

deines gottverklärten Sohnes              of your God-announced Son

Tränen ließ zum Balsam fließen,           with tears that flowed like balsam,

trotz des Pharisäer-Hohnes:                 despite the scorn of the Pharisees:

beim Gefäße, das so reichlich              by the vessel which so richly

tropfte Wohlgeruch hernieder:             dropped sweet fragrance:

bei den Locken, die so weichlich          by the hair that so softly

rrockneten die heil'gen Glieder.           dried his holy limbs.

 MULIER SAMARITANA (John 4)

Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland        By the well, to which already long ago.

Abram ließ die Herde führen:                      Abraham led his flocks:

bei dem Eimer, der dem Heiland                 by the jar, which was raised

kühl die Lippe durft' berühren:                    to cool the Savior's lips:

bei der reinen, reichen Quelle,                    by the pure, rich spring.

die nun dorther sich ergießet,                      which welled up ever afterwards

überflüssig, ewig helle,                               overflowing, ever pure, flowing

rings durch alle Welten fließet.                    around and through the whole world

 MARIA AEGYPTIACA (Acta Sanctorum)

Bei dem hochgeweihten Orte,                By that most holy place,

wo den Herrn man niederließ:                 where they laid our Lord:

bei dem Arm, der von der Pforte,           by the arms, that thrust me back

Warnend mich zurücke stieß,                  in warning from the entrance:

bei der vierzigjähr'gen Buße,                   by the forty-year penance

der ich treu in Wüsten blieb:                    I faithfully endured in the desert:

bei dem sel'gen Scheidegruße,                 by the sacred farewell,

den im Sand ich niederschrieb.                I wrote in the sand.

 MAGNA PECCATRIX, MULIER SAMARITANA, MARIA AEGYPTIACA

Die du großen Sünderinnen                  You, who does not deny you presence

deine Nähe nicht verweigerst,                to women who have sinned greatly,

und ein büßendes Gewinnen                  and raise them up, through their

in die Ewigkeiten steigerst:                     penitence, to eternity:

gönn' auch dieser guten Seele,               grant also to this good soul,

die sich einmal nur vergessen,                who forgot herself just once,

die nicht ahnte, daß sie fehle                  not suspecting that she erred,

dein Verzeihen angemessen!                 your just pardon!

 UNA POENITENTIUM (once known as Gretchen, clinging to the Virgin)

Neige, neige,                                        Incline, incline,

du Ohnegleiche,                                   O Peerless One,

du Strahlenreiche,                                O Shining One,

dein Antlitz gnadig meinem Glück!         your countenance graciously to my joy!

Der früh Geliebte,                                 The one I once loved,

nicht mehr Getrübte,                             troubled no more ,

er kommt zurück.                                  has come back to me.

 CHOIR OF BLESSED BOYS (circling near)

Er überwächst uns schon                    He surpasses us already

an mächt'gen Gliedern,                       on powerful limbs,

wird treuer Pflege Lohn                      he will richly repay

Reichlich erwidern.                             the reward of faithful care.

Wir wurden früh entfernt                    We were taken prematurely

von Lebechören;                                from the choir of the living:

doch dieser hat gelernt,                      but this man has learned,

er wird uns lehren.                             and he will teach us

  UNA POENITENTIUM

Vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben,             Surround by the noble choir of spirits, the

wird sich der Neue kaum gewahr,             new arrival is scarcely conscious,

er ahnet kaum das frische Leben,              barely aware of his new existence,

So gleicht er schon der heil'gen Schar        he already resembles the Heavenly Host.

Sieh, wie er jedem Erdenbande                 See how he throws off all the earthly bonds

der alten Hülle sich entrafft,                       of his former shell,

und aus ätherischem Gewande and,           in ethereal garments,

hervortritt erste Jugendkraft!                     steps out in the flush of youth!

Vergönne mir, ihn zu belehren,                   Allow me to be his guide,

noch blendet ihn der neue Tag!                  for the new day still dazzles him!

 MATER GLORIOSA AND CHORUS

Komm!                                                  Come!

Hebe dich zu höhern Sphären!                Raise yourself to the highest spheres!

Wenn er dich ahnet, folgt er nach.          When he perceives you, he will follow.

 CHORUS

Komm!  Komm!                               Come! Come!

 DOCTOR MARIANUS AND CHORUS

Blicket aut zum Retterblick,                 Look up to the redeeming gaze,

alle reuig Zarten,                                 all people contrite and tender,

euch zu sel'gem Glück                         that you might be translated

dankend umzuarten!                            in blessed fortune!

Werde jeder bess're Sinn                    May every better impulse

dir zum Dienst erbötig;                        be readily at your service:

Jungfrau, Mutter, Königin,                   Virgin, Mother, Queen,

Göttin, bleibe gnädig!                          Goddess,  remain ever gracious!

 CHORUS MYSTICUS:

Alles Vergängliche                          All that is ephemeral

ist nur ein Gleichnis;                         is but a symbol;

das Unzulängliche,                           the incomplete

hier wird's Ereignis;                          is here fulfilled;

das Unbeschreibliche,                      the indescribable

hier ist's getan;                                 is here accomplished;

das Ewig-Weibliche                         the Eternal Feminine

zieht uns hinan.                                draws us ever upwards.

https://teddyli.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/mahler-symphony-no-8-text-and-translation/

New Work of Romanian Sculptor Șerban Vrăbiescu

Handicrafts Made by Romanian Sahaja Yogis in Braila and Galati

Sahaja Yoga Presentation on Local Television - Ploiesti, Romania

Dr. Aparna Păun and Dr. Ovidiu Păun are Romanian doctors and sahaja yogis working at Noida Health Center in India, a hospital and medical research center using Sahaja Yoga method and treatments in curing all kind of diseases.

They were invited to a local TV show at WyllTV in Ploieşti, Romania, to make a presentation of Sahaja Yoga method. The experiment of Self Realization was also explained and lead by them and performed by the reporter.

This invitation came after a sahaj health camp was held in Cluj, Romania where the two Romanian- Indian doctors have been working.

Here is the recording of their presentation (in Romanian language)

 

Happy World Music Day!

21st of June is also the World Music Day. Here you have Indian Classical Music, Hindustani style, with Anne Marie Ene and Avadhut Kasinadhuni

Romanian Early Music with |Anton Pann Ensemble:

Persian music:

Romanian Traditional Music: