"Kundalini Rising" by Trash Juice (Jazz/Funk Rock Electronica Music Video)
One Media® presents "Kundalini Rising" by Trash Juice (Jazz/Funk Rock Electronica Music Video)
"Kundalini Rising"
intense Jazz/Funk Rock with lyrics in reference to spiritual awakening spontaneous or through tantric yoga, worth checking out if you get the chants...
One Media® humbly submits its Steemit Music League #smlchallenge season two week 11 entry ...
Since laws of Karma predate Newton's Third Law but generally predict it, as in, every action has an equal and opposite action, one may consider that perhaps the path to enlightenment doesn't necessarily imply, 'always kind' but perhaps, 'always reciprocating' as one may also infer from the very shape of the yin yang symbol ... thus we submit to you our not so ambient, not so ethereal music video depicting how spiritual enlightenment could come about for certain, if not most, individuals, such as through hardship and conflict.
we give you three chants to get you into the spirit ...
A 12-Zig (11 overdubs, dry, other than reverb) choir opens the tune chanting in the Tibetan monk throat singing technique, the Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mantra, itself a devotion to mystical tradition and growth by overcoming suffering as described in this Buddhist source.
The chanting subsides and then the lyrics in the sung portion of this 'devotional service' kick-in on top of a heavy, diminished bassline...
Kundalini Rising,
gonna kick some ass
Kundalini Rising,
gonna stay on task
Kundalini Rising,
you get no free pass
Kundalini Rising,
strip you of your mask
(break)
Kundalini Rising,
go beyond your caste
Kundalini Rising,
leave your ego fast
Kundalini Rising,
now amend your past
Kundalini Rising,
only one will last
(mantra to uptempo Latin beat)
in order, to get my life in order, to get my life...
(mantra to 6/8 beat)
desire to be free from desire to be free from...
These lyrics address a number of themes in Mystical Philosophy and Transpersonal Psychology , Spiritual Crisis , Positive Disintegration and The Hero's Journey while the visual stream itself deals with the Tantric Yoga concepts of Chakras and Kundalini energy.
Briefly, according to Wikipedia, The Transpersonal is a term used by different schools of philosophy and psychology in order to describe experiences and worldviews that extend beyond the personal level of the psyche, and beyond mundane worldly events. It has been defined as experiences "in which the sense of identity or self extends beyond (trans) the individual or personal to encompass wider aspects of humankind, life, psyche or cosmos". Transpersonal psychology is a sub-field or "school" of psychology that integrates the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology. It is also possible to define it as a "spiritual psychology". Spiritual crisis (also called "spiritual emergency") is a form of identity crisis where an individual experiences drastic changes to their meaning system (i.e., their unique purposes, goals, values, attitude and beliefs, identity, and focus) typically because of a spontaneous spiritual experience. The theory of positive disintegration (TPD) by Kazimierz Dąbrowski is a theory of personality development. Unlike mainstream psychology, Dąbrowski's theoretical framework views psychological tension and anxiety as necessary for growth. In narratology and comparative mythology, the monomyth, or the hero's journey, is the common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, and in a decisive crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed.
While casual readers of Jung, Abraham Maslow or Hicks or any 'New Age' doctrine may think of Self-Realization as mostly a matter of 'positive thinking' as a means of fulfilling existential needs and to achieve individuation, the authors in the above paragraph give a full appreciation of the resistance society historically tends to present to persons with such inclinations ... The oldest extant written reference could likely be the Bagavad Gita in the Prathama Adhyaya , 'The Distress of Arjuna' wherein Arjuna has requested Krishna to move his chariot between the two armies. His growing dejection is described as he fears losing friends and relatives as a consequence of war. In this tune the last line of the lyrics makes reference to the philosophical debate of Monism versus Dualism, hinting at the Brahman tradition, of Atma, the personal soul ultimately connecting all of 'other' to the ultimate 'Self', Brahman.
A famous Buddhist koan seems appropriate for closing this discussion on this theme of Spiritual Awakening as addressed in this tune... THE STORY: A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.
Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!
Technical note, everything was recorded in real time, no 'step time' or any sequencer whatsoever, using Audacity, approximately thirty tracks. The violin and the vocals were recorded using a Sennheiser MD421 microphone. The other instruments include a Korg T1, a PAiA Gnome analog synth, and Zig's very own SIDnth prototype.
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Happy listening!
Zig
nice music video.keep it on
Thank you my friend! your words of encouragement mean a lot to me!
oh my goodness i love this madness and hell magic crazy fun! your nuts and i love it!!!
Thank you!!! If what I have is contagious, and you catch it ... I hope you can enjoy it as much as I have, your comment really made my day!!!
this is next level sounddesign, better as the previews one for sure :P this I can dig
Well thank you very much my friend ... this means a lot to me ... In this reversal of general opinion, I must thank you for demanding the best from me ... I did indeed put close to twice the effort in 'tightening up' this one, mainly because of the sense of laying it on the line amongst those whose own efforts demand the respect and dignity of a firm commitment to excellence ...
I can trust you and @beatseb to provide 'no holds barred' honesty, the hallmark of quality friends ...
Wooow @onemedia, this is so rad, you crazy ( in a good way, love it ) man !!
I really have to thank you for taking the time to share your gathered knowledge with us. You made me go & read up on a few things, so thank you 🙏
Now to your song... asshhhh it is fab man!!! Reminds me a lil of Can meets Ween, totally loooove the trippiness, of both the song & the video!
Much respect to ya dear friend!! ✌️❤️✊️🎶
If you didn't exude absolute genius yourself, I'd think you're flattering me ;-) Seriously, I do appreciate your words. Indeed, Can has been an old favorite, I think that comparison was first made thirty some years ago (hate to admit how long ago!) and I've eaten up their repertoire ever since! Ween is new to me ... but I think I like them already ;-) ...btw someone somewhere else mentioned a monk who reputedly 'acted crazy' (not sure if the implication was intentional) ... as a self-proclaimed intuitive introvert yourself, takes one to know one ;-) you can likely relate ... I submit to accepting this 'crazy' as authentic ...
Awwweee, youu <3 I was only being objective my dear!! ;P
I already have my favs in this contest, one of them is yours! This season has already raised the bar, think about the judges, @beatseb, @chiefmappster, @danyelk and @derekmiller, in my eyes they are really the ones being challenged,all these great entries!
@onemedia, I LOOOOVE CAN too, I heard it right away & being self-proclaimed intuitive introvert, I get a sense of who I am dealing with here! I am very pleased to have met you, let me tell you that!
I would love to collaborate with you, if you are interested! Are you on discord or another chat app?
I also think our paths will cross in real life as well, just have that feeling, ;)
If you check out Ween, check out the Ween - Shinola, Vol. 1 Album, you will understand my comparison, hehe.
Do you know Morphine? One of my favorite bands as well.
Huggins <3
You've convinced me! I will immediately check out Ween Shinola Vol. 1 ... as soon as I take care of responding to such a warm reception I've received as I am yours here... OK maybe Morphine too ...
To answer your question ... I WAS HOPING you'd ask to collaborate !!! ... I guessed you were a person of 'quality' (oh gee, that's that 'J' in our MBTI class popping off again, but it's OK when as you say, objectively found TO BE TRUE!) ... our pal @beatseb generally is a person of discerning tastes when in comes to quality folks ... ;-) yes I'm in the discord server under onemedia on the SMA channel and of course you can Direct Message me in discord ...
I would love to do a music video, my part being the music visualization for one of your musical works just like I've done for @beatseb in the past and some other mutual friends of his and myself. I generally find about 15 to 20 images per minute of music, video-mixed-in with the computer generated synchronized music visualization ... I know you do digital art and photography, so I could definitely create a showcase for all the beautiful facets of D-VINE! ...
OK ... we can chat more on discord ...
You are really too kind @onemedia, I am so looking forward to our colllabo, I hope you liked the track!
I really loved what yours & @beatseb work! You guys are perfect together <3
I will get on sorting out some images now, talk to you later via discord! <3 Huggins <3
Oh yeah! here's that comment you were telling me about on discord ... ;-) ... (one I've pulled on my daughters so often it annoys them ... about your track ... ) I don't like it ... I LOVE IT!
A great day to you my dear, Hugz back @ you!
Hehe, yes it is, written in my so enthusiastic & honest, but horrendous grammatical way, eeeesshhh, I speak from my heart & the brain follows, so sorry about the weirdness in my writing ;P
Huggins right back at ya! Catch you on discord <3
aww, you're too modest! Your grammar is as good as it need be! ...
huh ... I was just thinking about the (one little) difference in our MBTI ... the 'F' feels first then thinks about it, apparently ... for me ... I need to get a complete 'road map' down to (almost) the very last detail, before I have any confidence! I think I need to practice a bit more sensing perceiving, otherwise I'm still doing 'five year plans' ... how many of those actually do work out ?!!!
Holy smokes @onemedia can you create a more epic and ideal example of an entry.
This post. The amount of information and knowledge you share is truly legendary. It takes some serious time, effort, and soul to create such an epic post, absolutely captivating and creative video, and the music you created let's get to that:
And this video they don't call you @onemedia for nothing holy smokes. One of the most surreal, life-bending videos I have seen. It is so professional and the edits and transitions are seemless in my opinion.
I cannot thank you enough for all the time, effort, and resources you put into creating this masterpiece of an entry and sharing it with the community.
Namaste
Thank you my dear friend!!! tbh, I did devote about twice the time and effort as usually in my comparatively 'loose' jams ... also the lyrics were percolating through my subconscious for over a year now ...
I just hope I can continue at this level if not break higher from here ...
I was a bit hesitant as to, should I 'shoot now' or wait until I'm 'more famous' to put some of what I had initially perceived, my best, out there ... of course there's that death bed regret of ' ... not what I did but what I didn't do' and to hold off putting one's 'best' out, is a 'limiting belief' ... i.e. 'one can't get any better' or that somehow creativity is limited ... a non-limiting belief would be to say, creativity is infinite in the Universe and in each little holographic speck thereof ... sentient individuals!!
Finally, I must thank you ... whether or not this plays into some 'delusion of grandeur' I may/may not suffer, when I saw this week's theme 'Spiritual Enlightenment' I thought of some analogy to slow-pitch softball ... heartfelt thanks for lobbing it right in the strike zone just to make the noob feel at home !!!
Ay you're very welcome love your words such a window into the Universe I love it.
And I am so glad you channeled those lyrics and shared it with the community. Started on such a high note and man does it establish what you can do o weeeeeeee.
And you're very welcome, a change-up is good for the soul every once in a while :)
Much love and respect.
Namaste
... thanks again ... yep can't let all those 'swing and a miss' episodes taint one's view of the path ahead ... (OK I think using this baseball analogy has reached the bottom of the ninth ... ;-)
Love and respect to you too my friend!!
Hahahahahhahahaah loveeeeee itttt :)
if in sumatera. such music is mystical. good music @onemedia
Thank you my friend ... Of course I very much appreciate your comment and love mystical music myself. I am very fascinated with Gamelan ...
Welcome to steemit, I just read your introduction post and commented. This is a great place on the internet and I'm sure we are headed for great times!
Wow @onemedia!!! That's one crazy track! Love it! :)
Thank you, my friend ... Of course you know I have the utmost respect for the high quality of your work ... I eagerly look forward to hearing and seeing more from you and the opportunity for artistic growth in this SML experience!
:))
Hello... It's me you're looking for.
Despite your click bait style comment/provocation here, I actually liked some of the humor you posted ... so glad you weren't sub-Tinder catfish T&A !