I recently found the TV Links site while searching around on the Floating World Web. TV Links has an extensive directory of freely downloadable movies, docos, TV shows and more. Last night I watched episode 1 of Supernatural : The Unseen Powers Of Animals - great stuff.
If you're looking for eclectic video, the Video pages of the Floating World Web are well worth checking out too.
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Saturday, 15 September 2007
Saturday, 18 August 2007
Balafon on Youtube
Balafon! Balafon! Balafon!
The YouTubes have the African balafon you need. Alya Dioubate. Coulibaly Samadou. Kanazoé. Epizo Bangoura. Koeta Hakiri. Bala. Man and child. Danse Moderne Balafon!
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Return to the Source: Philosophy and The Matrix
I had some time to fritter and Skyped Chris to ask for some Youtube recommendations.
He recommended Return to the Source: Philosophy and The Matrix, which he has playlisted on one of the many interesting pages of his Floating World Web.
In this doco, various philosophy professors and writers deconstruct The Matrix with reference to a wide range of Western and Eastern philosophies.
Some quotes which touched me:
Part 2:
"Gnosticism frames the fundamental human problem in terms of ignorance, the solution being enlightenment, whereas traditional Christianity tends to frame the problem in terms of sin and repentance... Gnosticism would hold that the fundamental human problem is that we are diamonds in the mud... and we need to get out because we are divine sparks and we don't belong here."
"When we become passive consumerists, we are surrendering our lifeforce."
Part 3:
"Kant's point was that the mind has structures, that impose structure on the world and create worlds in certain ways... the structures of the mind actually bring forth phenomena... the structures of the mind bring forth the world."
"The herd mentality can be thought of as The Matrix - everyone's having a collective hallucination, everyone's thinking the same thing, which is an absolute nightmare for someone who wants to wake up, which would be a nightmare for Nietzsche."
Part 5:
"There's a whole school of spirituality... called Tantra, which basically maintains that neither men nor women can get final enlightenment without each other."
Part 6:
"Western philosophy, in a way, is a big head-trip.... In Hinduism, it's regarded as a spiritual path to really feel that enlightenment of really feeling that you're in Brahmin. Every human being carries, in the very centre of their being, this spiritual reality...."
"In all the Tantric traditions, love is what holds nirvana and samsara together. The simplest interpretation of that is that love can conquer all."
He recommended Return to the Source: Philosophy and The Matrix, which he has playlisted on one of the many interesting pages of his Floating World Web.
In this doco, various philosophy professors and writers deconstruct The Matrix with reference to a wide range of Western and Eastern philosophies.
Some quotes which touched me:
Part 2:
"Gnosticism frames the fundamental human problem in terms of ignorance, the solution being enlightenment, whereas traditional Christianity tends to frame the problem in terms of sin and repentance... Gnosticism would hold that the fundamental human problem is that we are diamonds in the mud... and we need to get out because we are divine sparks and we don't belong here."
"When we become passive consumerists, we are surrendering our lifeforce."
Part 3:
"Kant's point was that the mind has structures, that impose structure on the world and create worlds in certain ways... the structures of the mind actually bring forth phenomena... the structures of the mind bring forth the world."
"The herd mentality can be thought of as The Matrix - everyone's having a collective hallucination, everyone's thinking the same thing, which is an absolute nightmare for someone who wants to wake up, which would be a nightmare for Nietzsche."
Part 5:
"There's a whole school of spirituality... called Tantra, which basically maintains that neither men nor women can get final enlightenment without each other."
Part 6:
"Western philosophy, in a way, is a big head-trip.... In Hinduism, it's regarded as a spiritual path to really feel that enlightenment of really feeling that you're in Brahmin. Every human being carries, in the very centre of their being, this spiritual reality...."
"In all the Tantric traditions, love is what holds nirvana and samsara together. The simplest interpretation of that is that love can conquer all."
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Graham Hancock: Supernatural
A longish (2 hour) radio interview with author Graham Hancock following the release of his book Supernatural, in which he discusses aliens, fairies, evolution of human consciousness, shamanic drumming and South American ayahuasca shamanism, Christianity, and "taking control again of our birthright... of direct contact with the spirit... of living conscious lives full of love and caring..."
Here's a nutshell-version with moving pictures - discussion of evolution of human consciousness and how it relates to mystical experience, how the development of organised religion quashed the acceptability of such experience and how we need to reclaim it.
Here's a nutshell-version with moving pictures - discussion of evolution of human consciousness and how it relates to mystical experience, how the development of organised religion quashed the acceptability of such experience and how we need to reclaim it.
Shakti playlist - 37 videos!
I've just discovered a 37 video playlist of Shakti on the Floating World Web. Check it out!
Thursday, 21 June 2007
IndiaLucia - Great blend of Flamenco and Indian music
IndiaLucia
Great blend of flamenco and Indian music. The sitar player has a luvverly smile! :-)
Site also has good info on Indian migration to Spain and influences on Spanish music - click on Introduction on the front page.
Site also has good info on Indian migration to Spain and influences on Spanish music - click on Introduction on the front page.
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