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("Deliberation" by Ronn Boef)

"Polygraph" is a portrait of human relations turning from sweet to sour, hinting at the necessity and difficulty of constant genuineness. The suite lasts about 10 minutes and is composed of the following four sections : Exposition, Confrontation, Deliberation, and Vindication.

"Confrontation" aims to depict the often difficult yet cathartic experience of having to stand one's ground and defend one's views when criticism or outright attack threatens one's balance and

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The Music Of Poligraf : Stonecutter


(“Quarryman” by Gustave Courbet)

"Stonecutter" is intended as an anthem to perseverance and is based on the following quote by Jacob August Riis :

When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

It's one of my favourite quotes and it has helped me on several occasions

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(Ashram by Nicholas Roerich)

An instrumental in 4 movements (The Ordinary, Running Out Of Breath, Dweller On The Threshold, Jambudvipa), the composition aims to evoke the progress of an individual getting fed up with their day to day life to the point of taking an extended time off for reflection and introspection.

In the cosmology of Buddhism, Jambudvipa is the name of the continent of the terrestrial world where ordinary human beings live. From Wikipedia :

It is in Jambudvipa that one may recei
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Act without expectation

Act without Expectation: It relaxes and rewardsIt's often believed that if people become spiritual and dispassionate about the outcome of their actions, they will stagnate; there will be no progress. In fact, the opposite is true. Creativity and enthusiasm can spring only when you are well rested; and you cannot rest if you are anxious about the outcome of your actions.When we perform every action with an eye on the end result, we get lost in the end and don't enjoy the means of getting to the e
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never let mind overpower u

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesYOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING -If you keep the body healthy, the body can adjust to any weather. You won't have to complain about the outside atmosphere. Many people complain about allergies. They are always saying, "I am allergic to this, allergic to that." Allergy is not something coming from outside; allergy comes from lack of health. If your body is strong enough, you don't have to be allergic to anything.Think of all the people who live in a tropic
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Don't worry in life

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesTHAT'S WHY HE CAN STOP YOUR ELEPHANTOnce upon a time there lived king who had a nice elephant. The attendant of the elephant used to take it to the river every day for a bath. One day as the attendant was bringing the elephant back to the palace, a little boy came walking up to the elephant. He took its trunk in his hands, saying, "Stop! Look at the way you are walking. The elephant stopped. "Walk gently, carefully," he told the elephant. He let go of the trunk, an
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Meditation

The mind settles down to its most silent restful state and so the body which is totally with the mind goes to the restful state as well, a state of rest, deeper than sleep...This self exploratory journey of self transformation through self-observation.....through self consciousness dissolves mental impurities bringing out a balanced Positive and compassionate mind.Tulasidalam.
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Choosing to Live Fully

This story I found at Help Others.org:Choosing to Live FullyJohn is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!' He was a natural motivator.If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked h
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To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life.-Bette DavisPeople around the world have been talking about a movie so powerful that it can change the course of your life. This movie, The Secret, was created by Australian Rhonda Byrne, and she says that if you follow its philosophy, you can create the life you want--whether that means getting out of debt, finding a more fulfilling job or even falling in love.Rhonda
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What is purity of heart

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesWhat is purity of heart? A heart full of tranquillity, full of peace. Having a steady mind, a balanced mind, is what you call purity of heart, Being well-balanced between the dualities: the ups and downs, the pleasure and pain, the profit and loss. If the mind is free from turbulence, then the seer can see its own nature. If your heart is pure and steady, you can see God reflected in that steady heart.OM Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi
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Do u want to communicate with God

The very first created sound is OM. In a way the unmanifested God first manifests as OM. So if you want to communicate with God, who is vibrating in this OM sound, you should be able to receive that vibration by tuning your heart radio to the same frequency. The radio should be tuned to the same frequency as the transmitting station. God is transmitting His energy, His beauty, His love, His grace, everything at this OM frequency. If you want to receive it, where should you tune your radio? To th
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Monthly News about Sri Anandamayi Ma

My Impressions of Anandamayi Ma(By Melita Mashmann, German author and long-time devotee of Ma)It is more than ten years since the day when I met Ma first, and up to now it has been the most important day in my life. I owed it only to my Guru’s grace and not to my own understanding that I recognized the importance at once.One day, after having been with Ma for about a month, I said to Her: “Ma, I did not come here to love you but to learn to love God better through you.” At that time I was so fas
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Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesQuestion: How should we pray? There seems to he a contradiction between totally trusting in God's Will and praying for someone or something.Sri Gurudev: It is the same thing. There is no contradiction at all. But you should understand the purpose of your prayer. You don't go and ask God, "Give me that". If you feel you must ask for something, then say, "Please give me understanding. Give me the constant remembrance that You are handling everything, that You will gi
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You are what you think

You are what you think. Remember that. If your thoughts are impure, then your body is sick, your mind is sick, your life is sick. You may have all kinds of medicine around your house, hundreds of doctors to take care of you; but they cannot help you if you are poisoning your system with wrong thoughts. As you think, so you become. Thoughts are very important.OM Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi
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Karmas

When someone blames you, what do you usually do? Blame them back or you put up resistance in yourself. When someone blames you, they actually take away some negative karma from you. If you understand this and don't be stiff instead feel happy about it, then the resistance drops. "Oh, good! That person is blaming me. Good! Something is going away." When you drop the resistance, your karma goes away!
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Peace is God

Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesIn the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says, "Think of Me always." When He says, "Think of Me," it should be taken as, "Think of God," because it is God who speaks in the name of Krishna. So "Think of God;" but how can you think of God without knowing what God is? We don't know what God is. All that we know about God is not really God. We only think in terms of what we have heard or read or assumed. In yogic understanding, what is God? Peace. Peace is God. So think of p
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Sri Swami Satchidananda's NotesIn essence we are one, but in nonsense we are many. We need essence and nonsense. Life is for fun; otherwise God could have just created everyone alike with the same thoughts. Everything is God's Will. Nothing happens without His Will. He allows this chaos. Why? He must have thought, "Only by this chaotic situation will they really thirst for peace. Then, if I give them peace, they will really relish it."That is why we are looking for peace. We have had enough of f
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