Amritzar – Thoughts

why do we expect so much . perhaps too much . from ourselves and others

beyond the petitioning and attempts to manifest stuff into our lives is devotion

early january 1st 2012, i went to the beach to join six friends to witness the first light of day as the sun rose over the Atlantic

sometimes my obsessive way of thinking measures things out too much and i lose the spontaneity and flow of life’s simple pleasures …

a person’s home is their castle or is it? back to blogging i once again have an expression tool and i ain’t afraid to use it!

Since today (September 22nd) is the first day of Autumn, it seems nice to have yet another new song to share. The song seems to unravel in waves … like…

Finally, after a few months of my adjusting to my new music gear, i am back to producing songs. Anyone who’s read my other blogs should not find the lyrics…

While out shopping yesterday i found a little lesson in what happened. I went to the first store, looked around a bit and picked up an item. When i went…

this is one of the better pieces i have ever created . it has a romantic meaning and also a spiritual meaning . you can decide for yourself how you…

Asian Times publication has published a 32 page collector’s edition full of information on spirituality from a global perspective as well as information about my mentors.

When i was young, there used to be an item referred to as a phonograph. You would purchase “records” to play on it thus also the equivalent name for the…

We have all probably heard the saying: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a…

Haven’t written a blog in some time. However, an interview (click here to view full interview) i saw last night on Tavis Smiley’s show has attracted my attention and thought…

Finally got around to re-recording this song: Mysterious Woman. Originally wrote and recorded it back in 1988 (June 2, 1988). See what you think of this new version. As for…

This past Thanksgiving (2008), i was traveling with my parents to my brother’s place for dinner. I was alone in the back seat as my dad drove the hour journey…

Late last night i was somehow pondering on the many analogies which use the Sun as a metaphor. Coming soon i have a new poetic soundscape which uses the Sun…

Wednesday morning i was listening to some of my older stuff and decided to play around a little with When I Awake. Originally written back in 1998 or so, it…

I thought i would try something different with combining my music/atmosphere with poetic speech. A sort of poetic soundscape. This is my first attempt at a full length piece with…

The Beloved Lord is always taking care of each and every detail of creation . we simply have to learn to Trust all is for the best …

This morning a dear sister, Aqua [on MySpace], left this passage from Rumi in a comment. It goes to the very core of it all when we shift our focus…

Below is from a transcribed portion of a chat my teacher, Beloved Kirpal, had one morning in India back in 1971. He recounted one of the many stories he used…

The mind is a wonderful tool. It helps one learn new things, from walking to driving a vehicle, from ABCs to writing and spelling, from eating food to cooking food,…

Working to control the mind, it fights back putting doubts and fears into the train of thought. You can fight it all day but it gets you at night as…

The real geniuses of life are saints, Prophets and Masters. As has been said a man’s ideal is his god, it would seem that the best one can do is…

I saw this report on CNN this morning based on statisics from pewforum.org. Going to the Pew Forum website they also break down the religious landscape in the United States….

Looked out my window yesterday and happened to see a couple of kids on a single bicycle making their way down the road. One was pedaling and steering and the…

Today, as with all week, i was running behind schedule with most everything: this morning i woke up late, became distracted on the computer and then it rained. My goal…

Here is a story from my own past that crossed my mind to write in a blog. There are parts of it i can relate that can come across as…

I wrote this song, Ghost Town, back in late 2004. After falling off a ladder and knocking my head this past Easter weekend, figured i better get around to recording…

somewhere between philosophy and spirituality there is this poem …

Sometimes i have a tendency to be quite a bit less humble than i should be. I begin to think that since i have some level of love for the…

Many times in my life i find as i lay down to sleep my world seems to finally be coming together and meeting my expectations. And the next day, i…

at times when we are trudging through the day something will happen to wake us up and remind us that everything is going to be okay …

“If there were no laughter, the Tao would not be what it is.” Lao Tzu – Tao Te Ching: 41 I am sure none of this stuff happens to anyone…

We come to this world as infants. Our eyes have yet to learn to focus. We have no concept of time. We have no control over our emotions. The only…

If you decide to include me in your circle of friends on MySpace [or anywhere else], I may at sometime drop a comment or message to you that begins or…

Service comes easy when our own life is bright and cheery. When all our ducks are lined up in a row. When we have plenty of time. When joined by…

Below are my latest two messages on being one’s True self. The text inside the images are provide below the images. One whose very essense is saturated with Divine Love…

Back in 1992, despite urging by my friends, I voted for Ross Perot [glad now he did not make it] because I was rather fed up with both main political…

The following is a short story of Moses told by Rumi and at times retold by my beloved teacher, Kirpal. After that are a few thoughts my own meager thoughts….

I was just reading an article by Andrew Sullivan for the Atlantic a couple people had re-posted in their blogs. The article was written back in December before the primaries…

In the sacred city of Benares, the great saint Kabir Sahib used to visit a man who liked to pass his day sitting in his garden. Kabir urged him to…

When we shut down the physical senses and the mind, what is left is the spirit to it self. It gravitates to God — the Source of All Love. The…

Today I have finally posted some brand new music onto my Amritzar – Lyrical page*. That — as compared to music I created 10 to 20 years ago. Takes some…