Music Review: Music as Medicine by James Bean Copyright October 2005 Music as Medicine Genres: Tibetan Music, Native American Music, World Music Artists: Nawang Khechog and R. Carlos Nakai Label: Sound True – http://www.soundstrue.com The soothing sounds of the flute have always been part of traditional world music, consoling hearts for countless generations. The flute…

Music Review: Donna De Lory – The Lover and the Beloved by James Bean Copyright January 2006 The Lover and the Beloved Genres: World Music, Krishna Consciousness, Indian Chant Artist: Donna De Lory Label: Ajna Music – http://www.ajnamusic.com Sample Songs: http://www.myspace.com/donnadelory Donna De Lory: “I learned my first chant, Gananpati Om, six years ago at…

Music Review: Global Fusion – The Best of Emam and Friends by James Bean Copyright October 2005 Global Fusion – The Best of Emam and Friends Genres: East-West Fusion, India, World Peace Through World Music Artists: Emam, Matthew Montfort (of Ancient Future), and dozens more musicians from the Eternal Music label Label: Eternal Music –…

Movie Review: What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole by James Bean Copyright March 2006 Recently I had the privilege of watching an early review DVD copy of the sequel to: What the Bleep Do We Know!?, the new movie called: What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole. I also had a phone conversation with…

Meditation: God Resides Inside – Look, Listen for Him There Inner Sound and Light Meditation Practice Note by James Bean     “My soul, 0 most Splendid One…where have you gone? Return again. Awake, soul of splendor, from the slumber of drunkenness into which you have fallen…follow me to the place of the Exalted World where you existed…

Many Millions are the Skies and Solar Systems – Skies Above Skies  Click on the picture to see the site they originally were. Many Millions are the Skies and Solar Systems – Skies Above Skies Millions are the Galaxies, Millions are the Worlds The Edge of the Known Universe Hercules and NASA Hubble Deep Field:…

The Lover Meets the Beloved: The Path of Love Mysticism by James Bean Copyright July 2004     Bhakti according to the Dictionary of Mysticism is “the yoga of love, the quest of union with the Divine Spirit through Bhakti-marga (the path of love and devotion).” (Frank Gaynor, Philosophical Library) Bhakti is a Sanskrit word for love and devotion, and…

Lost Books of the Bible By James Bean Copyright March 1997     “The god of time (illusion) has put a cover over the teachings of Saints and thus concealed them from humanity.” (Swami Ji Maharaj, Agra, India) “There is nothing hidden that won’t become exposed, and nothing buried that won’t be raised.” (Jesus, Saying 5, Greek Gospel…

The Light Motif in Gnostic and Other Western Sacred Texts by James Bean Copyright July 2005     There is a strong light motif in Thomas, the other Nag Hammadi books, Dead Sea Scrolls, Mandaean texts….most all the mystical texts. It gets metaphored to death here in the Protestant West, but these people had the goal of seeing…

Leaving the Matrix, Religion vs. Mysticism by James Bean Copyright July 2005 “In the Loka (realm) of Kabir he saw the forms of many Kabirs, but looking again he saw that it was but one form multiplied.” (Amar Mul of Sant Dharam Dass and Guru Kabir) That sentence reminds me somewhat of Neo in the…