A Clanging Bell

Vanilla Sky has always been one of my favorite films because of its ability to convey that dream like sense of situations, characters, and emotions. I have been intending to watch the original Spanish film "Open your eyes: Abre los ojos" that Vanilla Sky was remade from and finally took the time last night when I saw it was on Hulu.com.

There are certain foods that one most come to know how to prepare in one's lifetime. This is a fundamental secret to existence and a fundamental practice on the path of liberation. I have decided it would be wise to share these foods here in the blog so that others may free themselves from some karmic dead weight and enjoy the fruits of the gods on thier tables.

I have just started learning about Muhammad Yunus and can only say that this man is as brilliant as he is inspiring. In this video clip he tells the story of how he was inspired to create the micro-loan banking system for the poor, called the Grameen Bank, that has grown to global proportions and is redefining the banking systems and showing the world that financial systems can serve the many not just the few.

What a way to start the day.... Just got an email from a friend to find out a slice of one of the tracks off our CD was used in a story on Chicago Public Radio! The story was covering Baha'i elections process for the National Convention held in Wilmette, IL each year and elects the governing body for the US community. The track used was "World in Need" from our album Lotus in the Mudd: Visceral Melee. The track is used as the closing tag track in the end of the piece.