Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Day - a Festival in Bucharest

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Day is celebrated in Bucharest, Romania with public programs, the most important thing being the Self Realization experiment by awakening of Kundalini energy and the speech of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (video).  In this way, the seekers of truth have the information directly from the source.

The festival in 2016 included:

-         15th of March: Promo and mini recital Indian music of Anne Marie Ene and Avadhut Kasinadhuni at Orfeu TV

-         17th of March – during the weekly sahaj program from Metropolitan Library Bucharest, video projection of  Immaculata documentary, as a tribute for Shri Mataji

-          21st of March, public program at Metropolitan Library Bucharest, which included power-point presentation of Shri Mataji’s life and work (made by Paul Petrut), video projection of a Speech of Shri Mataji, Self Realization experiment and recital of soprano Cleopatra David and pianist Ieronim Buga (guest)

-         22nd of March – invitation of soprano Cleopatra David and pianist Ieronim Buga at Orfeu TV with interview about the public program and recital 

Music Is For The Spirit, Not For The Legs!

My idea about music education (can be expanded to art education or...just education) came to results. My sister and her husband usually listen to pop-rock music. Something to remind them of youth. Well, being in vacation with them, I let the Mezzo channel play from time to time. For those who don't know, Mezzo is a classical music channel. What was the result? Not only that my sister and her husband remembered this kind of music exists and started to play also this channel, especially to protect themselves against the bad and vulgar music from the neighborhood, but my niece asked questions about instruments and...she took the violin and asked me to teach her!!! Also, my brother-in-law remarked that Händel's Messiah it is a lot "better" than the walzes of Strauss.

So music it is not about like- not like a certain genre, but about being aware that something deep, beautiful, divine exists. Just like in spirituality. So, expose yourself and your children to classical music (European or Indian, or both, doesn't matter). THIS one is for the spirit, not for the legs!

Some resist through culture, some resist to culture. Saying that art is for specialists is like believing that doctors should only treat doctors and the food is only for the cook

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

W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)