Magma vs Van der Graaf Generator

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 micky wrote:

 CosmicVibration wrote:

 YESESIS wrote:

 CosmicVibration wrote:

That link was compliments of Mr. Logan who originally posted
it.  I thank him as it expanded on what I
already knew about the band and I had fun reading it.  At least for me,  it solidified the feeling I got from just listening
to the music and not really knowing what they were singing about.  
Not sure how I would feel if Vander really was deceptively
dark and evil.  I would probably just be confused
on why his exquisite music conveys such beauty for me.  I would still continue to listen to it, perhaps
not as much though.  Anyway it’s not
about me, you have to do what feels right and is healthy for you.
You mentioned you meditate to music.  I don’t know what your goal or goals are and
there are thousands of meditation techniques.  
If it’s for spiritual development it’s wiser and faster to focus your
concentration on turning your senses inward versus outward.
However, with a razor sharp focus on anything, including
music, one can put himself in a meditative state.   Elite
athletes call this the “zone”  and when
questioned about it they all convey the same message.  It’s as if time stood still or slowed down and
there was no thought process involved.  Rather
than a thinker and a doer it just happens in a thoughtless state as a casual observer.
Here’s an excellent piece from Hoyry Kone that you may enjoy
to fully tune into.

You clearly know something about meditation, that's cool. 

I just use it to relax, and 'program myself.' They say that autosuggestions work best when the mind is in alpha state. So that's it really, I gave up trying to achieve "enlightenment" a while back. And thanks for the video, yeah it sounds more like what you'd normally think of to use for something like meditation. It's just I guess I'm trying to combine listening to these new prog artists with getting in my meditation lol. Like when else am I going to listen to Marillion, or Eloy, or whoever. 

Do you meditate at all? Your username might suggest that you do.  

I’ve been meditating for about 30
years now.  I started strictly for health,
stamina and martial art power. After the first 10 years my objective changed to
get closer to reality, to lift the veil of delusion, aka achieve enlightenment.
I did have a few breakthroughs and maybe in a couple hundred years I’ll attain
my objective.
They say that the hardest thing to
do in the world is to still the mind.  I
would concur…
“Be still and know that I am God”

heh...   that is pretty cool man.  Yeah I've been doing it close to 20 myself.  

I fully concur the hardest thing to do in the world is still the mind. Booze works pretty well as well but at the time I had started I had just gone through AA and I thought it would be pretty poor form to fall off the wagon so quickly so I took up meditation which fully fit my religious/spiritual inclinations anyhow. Of coursre my worse half, the reason I need either mass consumptions of booze/mediation really had a ball with that.  Supportive she was not.  The only person I've ever met that perhaps has less empathy and heart than our f**king President hahaha.   Good example, even tried going vegetarian once... oh she wasn't having any of that and said f**k you and that hippy bullsh*t.. and fed me nothing but canned veggies (no I can not cook, I burn pasta water) until I broke.   Hah...  it took 2 months. I didn't go down without a fight 

Booze
actually has the opposite effect; I know from experience.  Yea, it may slow down your thoughts so you’re
not as bombarded by them but it’s not about stopping your thoughts but
controlling your thoughts.  It’s all
about controlling the mind (mind control), and when you’re inebriated awareness
and cognizant ability degrades as do motor skills

Poll Question: Which do you choose?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Van der Graaf Generator	38	[62.30%]
Magma	23	[37.70%]
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