tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post375530795369343340..comments2024-03-05T17:51:15.555-09:00Comments on flameinthesnow: Edvard Grieg's Ballade in G minor (Leif Ove Andsnes)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-39735329786946906942015-09-25T09:10:24.102-08:002015-09-25T09:10:24.102-08:00Such an honor to share this space with you - in wo...Such an honor to share this space with you - in words and silence, in music and the spaces between -- <br />Iulia Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962212081437398247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36102455.post-53098312511420751032015-09-24T13:50:26.106-08:002015-09-24T13:50:26.106-08:00I first encountered Chinmoy when some musicians I...I first encountered Chinmoy when some musicians I followed began to surplant their first (or – given names) with other titles – Mahavishnu – Narada. <br />The collaborative McLoughlin / Santana album - Love, Devotion & Surrender (dedicated to Chinmoy) highlighted debate of understanding concerning the 'surrender' word.<br /><br />“ Unfortunately, in the West surrender is misunderstood. We feel that if we surrender to someone, he will then lord it over us....But from the spiritual point of view...when the finite enters in the Infinite, it becomes the Infinite all at once. When a tiny drop enters into the ocean, we cannot trace the drop. It becomes the mighty ocean” ~ Chinmoy<br /><br />The Greig was part of my families modest vinyl record collection, often played and nested in the memory. Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143158401232798217noreply@blogger.com