Great thoughts and sentiments and I agree! Thanks for sharing!
--- In [email protected], Shah Navas <shahnavas....@...> wrote: > > Chord, > Good thoughts. I may sound paranoid, but i believe the whole way we humans > have been evolving went terribly wrong somewhere - war and philanthropy > started to be romanticised. Both are evil, they shouldn't exist in an ideal > world. Financial, market and social institutions designed for equal rights > ended up serving the rich and against the poor. Now the world is slowly > staring to rethink its stand on wars and war is no more seen as an act of > pride or patriotism. Banks are starting lend money to the poor, who need > money, rather than always lending to the rich, who don't need it! World is > becoming more colorful with different people starting to live together. > Somehow we should devolve socially and reach back to those harmonious > living. > > We should hope to see peace now, rather in future. I think if we don't see > now, it will never happen in future. We, as fans of Rahman, should spread it > by living it. Music is one of the most powerful mediums to spread message. > We have seen and had such experiences. I definitely think Rahman will > become a force strong enough globally to bring many people together through > his music. It will be each of our responsibility (yes, i believe we cannot > be indifferent, if we don't do it then we are doomed, we just cannot > continue to deteriorate any further) to live the values we want to see. I > agree it's complex or has been made complex by many social structures and > few people who gain out of that. But as a matter of fact, it's so simple to > live peacefully as that's the very nature of us. > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Chord <purev...@...> wrote: > > > Nope. I am not him. Good luck finding him! > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > > dasara bullodu <dasarabullodu@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey chord, > > > > > > I have one question to you if you don't mind answering.. are you the same > > > person who used to post to our group as ajit_mundra ? your mails are very > > > similar to his > > > > > > babu > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Chord <purevibz@> wrote: > > > > > > > Evil deeds and hard times have always been around. However, they seem > > to > > > > be more salient recently with the bad economy, terrorist attacks and > > > > threats, recent murderous shooting rampages in the US and Germany, etc. > > etc. > > > > Life to me is full of dualities....light/dark, evil/good, hope/despair, > > > > night/day, etc. > > > > > > > > As I listen and re-explore the vast ecyclopedia of ARR's music, hearing > > the > > > > various world musical genres in fusion, co-existing and harmonizing > > > > peacefully within a single song or album, the symbolism of that fusion > > and > > > > peaceful and celebratory co-existence struck me as so important in a > > time > > > > when hatred, ignorance, poverty, and violence threaten our very well > > being > > > > and lives. Hearing ARR's music helps me to think about all the varied, > > > > colorful, beautiful world cultures that surround us and the importance > > of > > > > maintaining peace and harmony for our well being. As I've said before, > > his > > > > music represents the best of humanity....colorful, vibrant, tolerant, > > > > peaceful, going beyond artificial boundaries. > > > > > > > > There are only a few things in this life, in this world right now that > > are > > > > giving me hope for a better future for humanity. ARR's music is one of > > those > > > > things. At the risk of sounding ideal and naive, why can't we live > > > > peacefully? Why can't we raise our children with peace and tolerance, > > > > teaching them good valuea that promote peacful co-existence and > > tolerance > > > > with different people and cultures? I know it's complex and it's a > > problem > > > > that won't just go away by itself. > > > > > > > > ARR's music to me represents so much much more than just immediate > > > > entertainment and mood uplifting. The philosophy behind his music, his > > > > message has never been more important to embrace than now. > > > > > > > > God, save us from ourselves and may peace be our future. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
