Bhakti's Closet: March 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

handicaps

the human being is so amazing & fascinating

& yet, all too often, we argue for our limitations

instead of honoring & celebrating our G L O R Y

DANCE of 1000 HANDS

There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guan Yin, which is making the rounds across the net. Considering the tight coordination required, their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf. Yes, you read correctly. All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes. Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring.

Its first major international debut was in Athens at the closing ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in the repertoire of the Chinese Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries.

Its lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute. The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival celebrations this year.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

action & inaction

Gurudevi says, the longer you know what to do (should do, need to do - to change something) and don’t do it, the harder it is to do (what you knew all along you needed to do).

Then theory solidifies, leading to lethargy & apathy. Nothing changes and where you are is where you stay. Of course evolution will ultimately happen as we are return to the Light.

But why take countless lifetimes and forever to move forward & be discerning? When you can be so as soon as you decide to do what needs to be done!