by Kitzie | Mar 3, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
Late last spring an Indian woman named Mother Meera came to our town and I went to see her. The experience changed my life. She’s coming again this month and I’ve signed up for her 2 PM darshan. To say I’m anticipating the event is putting it...
by Kitzie | Feb 24, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
“All my life, I had a choice of hate and love. I chose love, and I’m here.” A. R. Rahman had that to say when he won two Oscars for his music in Slumdog Millionaire. You can see and hear his award winning song “Jai Ho” here. Listen to the song,...
by Kitzie | Feb 17, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
I’m so excited to share the amazing music I’ve been finding for this podcast, the problem is there’s just not enough time to play it all. So I’m going to add one more track as a substitution for the time our satsang group spends with the Adyashanti readings. A free...
by Kitzie | Feb 13, 2009 | Mantra & Consciousness, New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
I was reading the liner notes from “Greatest Hits of the Kali Yuga” by Krishna Das, and I was struck by how eloquently Krishna Das describes why he sings kirtan. I’d like to share it with you all: “ . . . I don’t know how it all happened, but I just kept on...
by Kitzie | Feb 10, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
OK, I’ve decided to create an elevator speech for kirtan, because people don’t know what it is. And when I try to tell them what it is and how great it is I get all woo-woo with the explanation–which just doesn’t work. So here’s my elevator speech . . . it’s a...
by Kitzie | Feb 3, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
I’ve put David Newman’s “Radhe Suite” in the podcast this week. It’s the chant that has been following me around for several weeks, so now you get to have it follow you around! Also, David Newman will be playing in Vancouver, WA next month. Here’s the info: Kirtan...
