#-----> Alice Coltrane, Devotional Music - spotify playlist
In 1976, Alice renounced secular life and donned the orange robes of a Hindu spiritual teacher and leader. She was known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda. Bypassing the traditional ordainment lineage, Alice felt her calling came directly from the Lord. She had a vision that the color orange flowed into her white dress:
> “The colors of orange were poured into the cloth of the dress I was wearing. And I just watched it happen. I just watched everything go into that beautiful saffron color. And my name was given, of course, and the whole outline of the duty, the work and mission were also revealed. One of the directives given to me was to start the Ashram.”
She established the Vedantic Center in 1972 and the Sai Anantam Ashram in 1983 in Woodland Hills, California. In the late 1980s, they became affiliated with Sathya Sai Baba. They studied not only Hinduism but also Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. She taught that enlightenment could be attained on Earth, and that God was not owned by any one religion.
Berkman writes, “She claimed to be able to see into the future, hear people’s thoughts, visit souls who had passed away, detect ailments in animals, levitate and travel in her astral body…” She claimed that 500,000 years ago she received knowledge directly from Lord Krishna.
Alice wrote 4 books of devotional teachings.
From 1979-2004, she did not release any jazz albums, and she played exclusively for her ashram. During this time she recorded 4 cassettes of holy music -- Hindu bhajans, devotional hymns -- which were not distributed widely:
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Turiya Sings (1982) -- solo album with Alice chanting by herself
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Infinite Chants (1990)
This music was extremely hard to come by until the 2017 release of World Spirituality Classics: Volume I: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda on David Byrne’s label.
I highly recommend this free mp3 download of a 45min Dublab mix of Alice’s devotional music,
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Watched most of it last night and loved it! The first half that focused on the gospel specifically was so great and energizing; it was almost a bummer to listen about prosperity preachers for the rest of the doc.
It was well made and showed some good personal testimonies; however, the editing is the doc's weak spot. It moved so quickly from sound bite to sound bite that at times I felt like I was watching a 2 hour trailer. Overall though, I could definitely watch it multiple times. Highly recommend
I somehow got on the AFA's mailing list, but I read them anyway for morbid curiosity. I guess after praying for this generation, they came up with a plan to engage Millennials to "think biblically and getting them Engaged in the critical issues of our time." This plan is totally going to work.
Below is the text from today's mail:
>Wednesday, September 5, 2018
>Dear Friend,
>In America we have more churches, more Christian movies, and more Christian attractions than any time in history. And yet, the Christian Worldview among Millennials is on the decline! We are losing the generation born between 1980 and 2000. I am speaking about the largest generation of our time - The Millennials.
>These are our future leaders. And I believe that unless we reach out in a very strategic way, the Christian Worldview among the Millennials will continue to be silenced.
>I'm deeply concerned about that generation. To use the words of Scripture from Ephesians 4:14, they are being "tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes."
>That's why AFA is committed to doing all we can to convince the Millennial generation that God’s Word and God Himself are sufficient for every aspect of life.
>Three years ago my 29-year-old son, Wesley, and I had a long conversation about how he and other Millennials on the AFA staff had already been gathering to pray regularly for their generation. Out of those prayerful concerns, AFA birthed a new division we are called Engage.
>Engage exists to provide perspective on culture through the eyes of a Biblical worldview, showing how that worldview intersects with culture and engages it.
>Since the launch of Engage on August 2015 the young platform has challenged and encouraged Millennials toward a Biblical Worldview with:
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Fresh weekly content at engagemagazine.net. -
A weekly radio program on the American Family Radio network (185 stations). -
Their signature orange letter campaign giving you a tangible way to encourage the persecuted church around the world. -
An annual print magazine featuring some of the website’s best articles. -
Regular social media content including its newest addition, Engage YouTube videos.
>I hope what I've just shared with you is an encouragement that while AFA is standing for biblical values every day, part of our efforts are aimed at disciplining the next generation of Chri
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The "Silent Messenger"
Before embarking to the West in 1919, He made no mention of planting the church while in the U.S. isn't that strange? No urgency to save people (non-filipinos) from the burning pits of hell?
If you still believe in Felix Manalo then this may persuade you to re-think your position about him. Think for a moment if Manalo was in-fact a messenger sent by God then this is without a doubt one of the most tragic events in the history of America. I’m referring to the the time Felix Y. Manalo, God’s so-called Last Messenger denied the “gospel” of salvation to about 104,514,000 people living in America in 1919. The church has no answer for this. Nor will it ever have a biblical basis for why their “sugo” kept to himself the key to man’s salvation from millions of people.
- Why did he remain silent while in the U.S. (Wasn't his mission to preach to all mankind)?
- Why did he deny his INK Gospel to millions living in the U.S. in 1919?
- Why did he not mention nor preach he was God's Last Messenger from the East while living in the West?
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In the inauguration of Donald Trump, he had two preachers speak who were both prominent advocates of prosperity theology, which is the notion that faith and virtuousness in the faith will lead to material wealth. This then coincides with the notion that if one has amassed material wealth one must be virtuous, and conversely those that are in poverty must not be virtuous. This seems like it must be a fringe movement, but according to a 2006 poll 17% of American Christians identify with the movement.
On reflection, however, I think this idea doesn't really differ all that much from mainstream values regarding poverty and work. We have this notion that's surely not solely American, but seems particularly prominent, that if one works hard they can become wealthy. Conversely, of course, this leads to the notion that if one is in poverty they surely must not have worked hard. Given within even mainstream Protestantism that the notion of hard work is virtuous, this leads even the mainstream Protestant to the notion that those in poverty are not virtuous.
This strikes me as an obviously poisonous situation in the United States, that prevents us from adopting more progressive positions. This ideology of the virtuousness of work, even overrides sound fiscal policy. Take for example that simply giving free housing to chronically homeless is cheaper than not providing them housing. This should be a sound fiscal position, but the push back against it is ideological, not logical. They shouldn't get "something for nothing".
Now this notion has obviously seeped into secular areas as well, Randianism being a prime example, but I argue that it has its modern day origins in Protestantism. This might be at least a somewhat compelling argument for anti-theism, in that this religious ideology, is potentially preventing us from adopting from widely considered beneficial practices of other industrialized nations (such as national healthcare, dismantling of large estates, strong safety net for unemployment, etc.)
*Edited for clarity
I thought genuine prophecies are fulfilled without intention to fulfill them or awareness of the details of the prophecy?
I recently watched this documentary and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm new to learning scripture, though. I'm curious to know what more progressive folks think about what the people interviewed on the documentary had to say about the bible and the gospel.
I want to share this because you guys pulled up a topic my Bible study covered only a week or so ago. Recognizing that there's a very broad and diverse set of viewpoints represented here and not wanting to start a fight for my first post, I'll be short and let people decide if they want to engage with the piece.
We're Reformed and so is the films production team so you'll be hearing from Mike Horton and crew but it's also got interviews from relatives of the last "Biggest Pastor Ever". It's simultaneously a culture analysis of the phenomenon and a polemic against it. I enjoyed it in the way that one enjoys a polemic, so I thought I'd share.
IMBD Link rather than a video clip or a purchase link: https://imdb.com/title/tt5258388/
