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Happy New Year: 2015 Will Be Busy

I would like to wish everyone a bright and happy New Year.  I believe that I will be very busy in the New Year. My memoir, From Brooklyn to Benares and Back has just been released and I will go around the country promoting it.  If you would like me to give a book reading in your locality, please let me know.

I wrote new songs in the past year and this year I hope to record them properly.   I also have plans to do my podcast (at www.dharmacast.com ) on  a more frequent basis in the coming months.  All of this will keep me busy and I hope it will also provide you with good material for your reading and listening pleasure.

We are making gains in the Songs for Peace voting

About a month ago I entered my song “No More Blood, No More Tears” in the Songs for Peace contest sponsored by the Rotary Club of Vero Beach Florida.  My song was placed on their website www.songsforpeace.net  and people were able to listen and vote for it.  The contest will be decided by votes from Internet users as well as by a panel of judges. In the last 24 hours there has been a surge of support for my song and the song is now in second place, just a few votes behind the leader.  If you haven’t done so yet go to this link and listen to the song, and if you like it please vote for it.  It takes only a few seconds to vote (nothing complicated).  If you have already voted, Thank You!

Music With Children

This summer I was fortunate to be able to give music programs as part of a multi-cultural summer camp.  We sang songs together and some of the children demonstrated their abilities on piano, guitar and ukulele. One girl’s rendition of “Blackbird” on the guitar really impressed me. Here are some photos from the classes.

group photo

 

uke lesson

 

ukelele

“No More Blood, No More Tears” in Songs for Peace Contest

My song “No More Blood, No More Tears” has been accepted in the Songs for Peace Contest.  You can listen to it and vote for it at this link. (http://bit.ly/1tRP5Yx) The winner of the competition will be judged by a panel of experts, and the votes from listeners like you will also be counted.  So please listen to the song and I hope you will also vote for it.

Here are the lyrics of the song:

No More Blood, No More Tears

I’d like to make the bitter sweet
Trying to see the world complete
Sometimes I wonder when the job’ll be done
We’ll fix this globe for everyone.

(there’ll be)

No more blood, no more tears
An end to strife, an end to fears.
No more blood, no more tears
An end to strife, an end to fears.

Can’t you see we’ve missed the boat
We’re in the deep and must sink or float.
Some say that it’s always been like this
But, I don’t buy it and continue to wish
(for)

No more blood no more tears
An end to strife, an end to fears.
No more blood, no more tears
An end to strife, an end to fears.

The raging storm will one day end
The longtime foe will be our friend
In a bit of time we’ll see the light
Sort the mess, set everything right

(there’ll be)

no more blood, nor more tears
an end to strife,an end to fears.
No more blood, no more tears
An end to strife, an end to fears.

 

 

My Memoir is Coming Soon

For the past two years I have been working on a memoir of my life on the spiritual path.  It looks like we will be able to publish it by the end of this year.  The title of the book is Brooklyn to Benares and Back. Last week I made a trip to lovely Vermont, a place which ranks in natural  beauty right up there with Norway and Switzerland. But I didn’t go there to admire the green mountains, I was searching in the P.R. Sarkar Archives for photos which will add some color and information to the finished book.   I struck gold and found some rare photos from the time when I was editing spiritual newspapers in the 1970s.  The book will also feature more recent photos as well such as the one below, which shows me with my colleagues, Dada Gunaragananda and Dada Krishnasevananda standing in front of T.E Lawrence’s fortress in the Jordanian desert in 2006:

jordan fortress

 

As soon as the book is ready I will make plenty of announcements about it, so you are sure to hear about it.

Also, speaking of books, you can now buy the ebook version of The Wisdom of Yoga for only $3.50. You can order it on the book page  of this site

 

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