The Cosmic Dancer

This is an Indian hymm in the Tamil language which is dedicated to Lord Shiva, in his form as Lord Nataraja, the Cosmic Dancer.

Pechinal kittumo perimbam thaneda,
Peyarakku sonnal koopam varumeda,
Nasikku nere nadu nettikulleda,
Nathan thiru natanam aduraan pareda .

The English translation:

Pechinal kittumo perimbam thaneda,
-If you add (suffix) names like Ananda, Baba, Hamsa etc to the name will it get the perfection of its real meaning and its effects,

Peyarakku sonnal koopam varumeda,
- The mad guys (people who only know the literal meaning of practice of Pranayama) will get more upset if we say the same

Nasikku nere nadu nettikulleda,
-Exactly above the nose inside the forehead,

Nathan thiru natanam aduraan pareda
-Is where you find your Guru (Nathan), the one who is doing his cosmic dance!

Sometimes we travel far in search of a Guru - a spiritual teacher. Some don't believe or are aware that we need one. But in the end, a Guru will teach us that we should not follow his footsteps and memorise what he preaches. Because even Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One tells us to analyse and investigate before following and not to tail the path set by our forebears.

It is a transformation of mind and we shall see our Lord dancing in eternity; the substance of change.

Lord Buddha said, "Noble monks and sages, you should practise this teachings which can be likened to pure gold not because of your devotion to me but because you have examined it thoroughly."


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Hot 97 Program before airing Tsunami Song
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I Have A Dream - Martin Luther King Jr.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"