sheila chandra
a bone crone drone
doing yoga on the balcony in the early morning
what is the nature of this thing we call life ?
sheila chandra (moon) begins with a drone
the drone of her own voice
the drone of an organ
the drone of a string
the drone is maintained throughout
it modulates slightly
it is sometimes thickened with other drones
sometimes it moves upon itself subtly
but it is the one thing
the thing that the other sounds rise and fall upon
part of it yet different
they must be in tune with it
they wait until their moment in the music arrives
and they rise up from the drone
they play their part
they sink back into the drone
the drone plays on nonetheless
the foundation
the given
the cornerstone
the basic principle
the inescapable bedrock of the music
and i think of us all
springing from the drone of god
playing a little part
subsuming back into the drone
maybe coming back again as a reprise
or a motif
or a played out cluster of lovely notes
and the instruments have yoked themselves to the drone
and as the world itself is a complex interactive interacting machine
so are we
system upon system upon system
every system affects every other system
the west only beginning to realize this
but long ago in india
some clever cats who came at things from different angles
not your obvious angles
everyone can see the obvious angles
but only a few people can really think outside the box
the box of puzzles
the box of dilemmas
the box of maya and illusion
these cats these rishis
they intuit yoga
there you go
they did not invent it
they intuited it
they apprehended it in a deep still part of themselves
a part every human has
but you need an angle to get in
you get locked outta your house
you need a new angle to get in, right?
a locksmith maybe
someone whos studied ways to get into locked doors
so these cats these rishis these early yogis
they figure it all out
thousands of years ago
when the west was still picking its nose in a cave
they sussed it
yoga
yoke yourself to the one thing
whatever the fuck that is
dont stand around arguing about its name
we do not have the language to describe the truth
whatever it is
nor do we have the minds to understand
because this game is deep and complex
whilst being simultaneously dead easy
just like fight hard fight easy
you have to take it easy to do something very hard
it is hard to take it easy
vishnu says
i am, i am not
the whole structure is built upon these paradoxes apparently
yoga resolves the paradoxes
there are many yogic paths
the path of devotion yes
the path of knowledge
the path of physical yoga
physical yoga tunes up your physical body
we are spirits operating a physical body via a mental interface
just like a driver maintains his vehicle
we must maintain our physical vehicle
it must be tuned up
it must be stretched and bent and kept flexible
all those pathways within us
the neural
the electrical
the chemical
the invisible spiritual currents
all must be able to flow
all our different systems must be in working order
if we can
we can add an additive
like putting some enhancing agent in your engine
and that is yoga
and that is chi gong
and that is martial arts
and that is incredible athletic gymnastic or musical feats
so you soup up n customize your common or garden chassis
man if you work this system
your slow old lemon
could still turn into a jaguar
your sloth could turn into a mangy panther
and you put the time in
you put the overtime in
you get your rewards
more time in
more rewards out
what rewards? burps some sweet couch potato
oh man
synching up with the uni-verse
hows that for your reward
just that alone...why only a fool would refuse....
you got to get your heart pumping
you got to get your blood moving
you got to get your muscles strong
you got to get your mind still
quieten the cacophony raging in your head
you got to find a discipline
you gotta find your ticket to universal synchronization
maybe not the others
maybe not the barbarians out there doing their thing
but you who read my blog
who like my music
who find something in me that draws you back
i know you would want this thing too
to be more than you were
to surprise yourself and others
to improve slowly but surely everyday
improve at life
improve at what you can do
wrestle more out of your life
get a membership to the universal subconscious
i got mine
and i'm raiding it for ideas all the time
and sometimes
for the briefest moment
i feel god residing in his little chamber
in my heart of hearts
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28 comments:
Nice work SK, as always you inspire me to try harder, to kick this old self of mine to the curb and live a more enlightened existence. It is so easy to get lost, but you are the best example that I have seen of someone who has figured it all out. Hard work and dedication certainly do pay off. You are a shining example of that, and I am so impressed by what you do. Love, NK
ever so lone lone lone lone lone lone ley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stevo .....yessterdays blog was bloody inspiring!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p--leeeeease let me play lead on one track on yer double?
you know i won't let ya down.
love to you and the family stevie baby!!!!!!!!!
peace,
keef fuller
i'm afraid that i've had a bit of a slack attack the past couple of weeks regarding my exercise....being away, holidays, hellishly hot weather etc etc etc......gonna get back on the wagon today, i am....miss those endorphins too much.....
love always.......
gawd,;/;D xo
SK (and others),
I bet you would like:
The Conference of Birds, by Farid Ud-din Attar, a 12th-century Persian sufi.
Not yogic per se, but plenty related and beautiful to boot. Available in English translation.
Here's a beautiful David Lynch clip
on ideas through meditation that you may like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPc1N7kf_AQ
New Age Drip,or ambiguous shit?
Awesome! These are the kina things one should recall when in a low spot. :-)
Well just got in from my first of 12 hour shifts this week and would dearly love the ability to be able to slow right down to this seemly euphoric pace, but alas I cannot. To sleep I have to read until my eyes are sore, but 4 – 5 hours later and that’s me done for rest. Within 5 minutes of getting out my bed my pc is on, the kettle is on and I’m breaking bread to feed the birds.
I do agree with you about many things though like looking after the ‘physical vehicle’. Just over 2 years ago I weighed a whopping 82.6kgs, which is not a pretty sight when you’re only 5’ 1” (155cm), but with healthy eating, most of the time, hardly any alcohol and keeping active, I’m now 62.6kgs and feel a hell of a lot better for it. So for me it really is hard to take it easy.
to be more than you were
to surprise yourself and others
to improve slowly but surely everyday
improve at life
improve at what you can do
This has been my aim throughout my life, so if I can just learn to stop automatically multi-tasking, maybe I might stand a chance of a little yoga.
superb...
"what rewards? burps some sweet couch potato"
That made me laugh. :)
maybe my distant,and now,more distant sister,knows your character,much better than she knows mine.she certainly spent more time with you,than she had with me,not that that is the issue.this is what she warned me of,about you.sad huh?ironic,huh?
You got me digging out Aidan Baker's 'The Sea Swells a Bit', a CD that I feel becomes a swimming morass of loops, harmonics, and 'bubbles' (t!). I've found it kinda trippy, kinda droney, and occasionally close on hypnotic
what happens when you become a Mangy Panther...>??
two ways to go, long and gray like jimmy page or dyed and fried like macca.
LF & Mr Kilbey:
Attar's "Conference of the Birds" has astounded me with its profundity... There's a public-domain, older translation (with copious introduction) available on the Inter-Webs at:
http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D02602030%26ct%3D0
Related note:
"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness." - Rumi
islands in the sun
that is what we are
karmic waves in the universe
damn song won't leave my brain
thank u mr kilbey
for ze lovely blogge
for ze inspiration
& lovely words from u on myspace
made me smile
& for ze damn song stuck in my head
another thank u!
lolz
A
:D
Lookin' forward to the new double album Steve :-)
Also can't wait to make my final payment on your painting "The Lonely City"! Can't wait for it to arrive in the mail and get it framed, matted, and hung on my wall with pride n jooooeeey :-) while listening to the track it goes with, among the others, thanks man!
Your age goes with your music, gets more majestic with time n space, fermentation, so drink and enjoooeeeey!
Cheers!
Kraig
LATER.......
aaaaaaaaarrrrrrhhhhhgggggoooohhhhyyeahhhhhhh!!!!
(translation: the endorphins hit)
Steve Kilbey's "Yoker" - Remix by PBK
chi is
a system
of currents
that lovely chandra
kept as notes
with subconscious additives
(like your maya rishi's game)
the complex moon begins an illusion
these all-west angles turn stretched to
everyone's other systems
sometimes the whole must be part outta tune
sometimes the mental turns years
into paradoxes
it's easy to do
be it wrestling or yoga
your drone or mine
(locksmith got raging on this one)
a common discipline is bent
yet the hearts do fight
sweet need to and from
is human
would heart pumping again
the jaguar yogic into life
improve this complex language?
universal as they are to others
moments of cacophony
were invisible to
the neural
the physical
and the apprehended
and there you be on the balcony residing
in need of more than yoga
moving into the path i realize
that time maintains this little chamber
within the blood of others
locked but maintained
a fall affects the foundation
and sinks back in on the system
when the wait is given refuse
to the universal system
every very studied body
within the muscle's house
is a devotion to the system
your principle is like
a puzzle
an interface
just a vehicle
that we customize
and reprise
thinking every part can and must improve
the physical time outside of motif
or slow world that see's different
could go on in the morning
to find truth
still quieted
your rewards put to god
this is india
some have little rishis
not flexible
all chassis
in synchronization
like doors strong
like god up operating
(but dead)
so the voice drones
you invented the spiritual box
of our physical self
are we systems into the obvious?
or only maintained selves that fight every day
as a panther
our own life's dilemmas
inescapable angles
in this uni-verse
alone...
we modulate this cornerstone
the part subsuming all ideas
we intuit to do with something you built
the body as our box
that we still put upon at every moment a yoke
Inspiring stuff for 2010. Most of us know deep down that all the bollocks we surround ourselves with is illusory.
I despise working for the man. The system gives us just enough to keep our noses to the grindstone, but it's never sufficient for us to break free. It's suffocating, but so hard to find a way out from.
I loathe but can't escape my wasp work ethic. I've had, I think, 4 days off sick in over 10 years and get to work at least an hour early every day. All this even though I know it's all a game!!
"to improve slowly but surely everyday"
that's the best that we can all do. sage advice, my friend. sage advice. :)
lotza love....
Wise words from the wise Wizard of Bondi, thank you:)))
"your slow old lemon
could still turn into a jaguar"
The term these days is Cougar LOL
xoxox
ps thanks for introducing me to Chandra moons ago, love her. Om Namaha Shiva is played in our classroom every day along with some soothing SK
RIP Kate McGarrigle
sk,
yeah, passed you on the street in virginia last tour. you were walking at an incredible pace. i was very impressed.
richardm.
Really great stuff sk - both the blog and the work you've done.
Re: "synching up with the uni-verse
hows that for your reward"
Your readers may be interested to know that this is a proven benefit of such physical practice. And I'm not talking about pseudo-science applications of "quantum physics" to a Newtonian world, but totally mainstream verifiable psychological studies on flow state and performance.
The world will open up for ya if you only have the patience and discipline to yoke yourself to a path.
that's very inspiring! i love walking and swimming and i've walked the ends of the earth but always end up in circles...anyway, i'm almost fearful to try yoga, feel a little resistant towards it...maybe one day..
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