Van Morrison, spiritual rock starWritten by Alma De La Cruz
Here I am gazing on Web for extraordinary witnesses of enlightenment yet very popular in entertainment realm, so that at least everybody that read newagenotebook.com could say “hey, I've seen or heard that person!” As my research focuses randomly on any performer from our time, some pages choose to cite art of singer Van Morrison. His work is thoughtful, often spiritual in nature, and combines elements of jazz , R&B , Celtic traditions, and stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Van Morrison was born in Belfast , Northern Ireland , in 1935 and was named George Ivan Morrison. Better known as Celtic sorcerer, Morrison began playing different instruments and composing songs in an Irish band during his teen years. His musical heritage was inevitable since h e was exposed to music from an early age with his father collecting American jazz albums and his mother being a singer. Journalists have described Morrison as one of most serious singers with high moral values, something that lacks in music business. His lyrics and music are influenced on works of poet and New Age prophet William Blake, Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, J.D. Salinger, occult and spiritualist poet W.B. Yeats, Alice Bailey, and of many other religious visionaries. Those authors add mythic powers to Morrison's singular musical vision and his articulation of emotional truths. Astral Weeks was his first album after he moved to America . It gained good reviews from critics. Rolling Stone magazine once reported that a man claimed to see God while listening to this album under influence of nitrous oxide . If you listen to record you'll notice that artist uses a form of symbolism instead of current narrative. Very much like using spiritual images because they are stronger than words. And this work was released in late 1960s, when a New Age consciousness was spreading in U.S. His idiosyncratic and spiritual musical path has lead him to create more than 30 albums, among them are Moondance, Tupelo Honey, A Period of Transition, Beautiful Vision, No Guru- No Method- No teacher, Irish Heartbeat, Avalon Sunset, Enlightenment, Days Like This, and The Healing Games.
| | He Didn't Lie to You, You Just Weren't Paying AttentionWritten by Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach
How many times has this happened to you in a relationship? After it blows up, and you’re sitting there with your broken heart trying to figure out what went wrong, it pops right into your head -- he said he would never get married, he said he wasn’t ready, he said he was too afraid of getting hurt… He told you these things, perhaps more than once, and you didn’t hear it.If this is a pattern for you, you need to break it, so let’s take a look at this from Emotional Intelligence standpoint. First of all, many times when I use term “emotional intelligence” to men who aren’t familiar with it, they laugh and say there’s no such thing, or that it’s an oxymoron, i.e., two can never go together. I’ve never heard this from a woman! Right there is a key point. Men are not as easy with emotions. They tend to confuse pure sexual attraction with “love.” When they’re ‘on point’ as I call it (you know, like a bird dog who’s found treasure), he isn’t thinking. He’s likely to be what’s called “flooded.” Chemicals and hormones are rushing around that preclude thinking. If you’re in same state, who’s listening? So prepare yourself for dating scene. Know who you are and what you want. If a man comes along who gives you a real zing, stop and think. Take a look at who he is, and how he’s living his life at this time. Find out what you can about his history and do it early on. One thing you can count on, in early days of romance men are much freer about what they will tell you. The love chemicals kind of grease brain and they say lots of lovely things, but also will “blurt out” very informative things – things you need to hear, and to keep in mind. After her 13- month relationship with Tony broke up, my client Alison told me that early on, when they were off on a lovely vacation, Tony had told her something she should’ve paid attention to. They were dancing at a beach bar in Cancun, sun was shining, there was laughter and music and margaritas all over place, and a lot of beautiful woman (besides Alison), and he had laughed and said, “One woman would never be enough for me.” It took Alison 13 months to live this out and find it was true. When she was ready for a commitment, she got nothing but stalling. Eventually she caught him dating another woman, and at that point she couldn’t ignore reality any more. He had said one woman would never be enough for him, and yes, he had meant it. There are times when we all say things we don’t mean. In fact it comes up early in dating when we start to feel like getting serious and maybe are having a little case of nerves. Dating at midlife, we don’t get to approach a clean slate like we do in our 20s. We step into current of someone else’s life and there’s what we call “baggage.” But at same time, this “baggage” gives you opportunity to see what person’s history is. It’s best to keep in mind what you know will work for you, and what won’t, and to stick to it when emotions are running high.
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