I wanted to write about the speaker we had in satsang over the past few days. His name was Joe DIspenza and I guess he is kind of famous, he was in the documentary titled 'What the bleep to we know". His talks were on the subject of changing your mind to change yourself. When he introduced himself he told us about a horrific bicycle accident he had. He was told he had to get steel rods put in his back, and he decided to go against the doctor's advice and didn't get the surgery. Through meditation and targeted positive thinking he managed to heal himself. He now goes around the world running workshops on these sorts of practices and there are lots of people curing themselves from uncurable diseases with their minds. Basically, he said that we are not our bodies, in fact, our body is a reflection of the mind. I could go into more detail but its late so I wont. You can watch his ted x talk here
Tonight at satsang we had music again. A devotional singer by the name of Shimshai. He sounds like the lead singer from Dispatch, if you know them, if Dispatch sang in Sanscrit. He was amazing. It is incredible the way music can just take over and transport you to another place. Music of any kind. House music, bluegrass, jazz, classical... when you have a perfomer who has entirely captivated the crowd, and you feel like you are all working from the same mind... Thats union. Union with the divine if you want, aka yoga. Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion, is the easiest path to god, according to Swami Sivananda. The music tonight was particularly moving because I recognized two of the songs from classes I had taken with one of my teachers back home, so I could sing along. Listening to this song again as i fall asleep
Goodnight!!!
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