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...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Nope. I am not him. Good luck finding him! > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > dasara bullodu <dasarabull...@...> 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 <purev...@...> 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
