Ann, the Brits karma according to Deida, was to continue being puritanical about sexuality with all the misery that such an attitude causes.
Ann wrote: Yes? What karma did they incur exactly? Tell us more specifically what things occurred to the Brits karmically that were the result of their "repression of all that was natural and healthy in the Indian culture." I am truly interested despite my doubts that anyone can clearly state a cause and effect between events other than if you jump off a diving board you are bound to hit the ground sooner or later. PS Earlier I replied twice from Message View but neither reply showed up anywhere! ________________________________ From: Share Long <sharelon...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise Thank you, Seraphita for supplying the specific context of the dance. Adds a layer of poignancy to the scene. One of my favorite tantric teachers, David Deida spoke about the karma the puritanical Brits incurred by their repression of all that was natural and healthy in the Indian culture. We have a traditionally trained Kathak performer in Fairfield, Wendy Stegall. She also leads a troupe of Bollywood dancers who perform at various events. I LOVE the colorful, graceful costumes! ________________________________ From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com" <s3raph...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 10:42 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise It's traditional Kathak dancing. Saswati Sen is the dancer. She was trained in that Indian classical dance form, which is still performed in India today. The director wanted an authentic scene that would have matched the historical period in Lucknow - and wow did she deliver the goods. By the way, the worried glances of the emissary in that clip are because he had just learned that the (puritanical) British were about to annex the principality and bring that colourful, long-established culture to a close. Criminal. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote: Exquisite. I couldn't take my eyes off her hands. Those movements are all choreographed, traditional, right? There's no improvisation? >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > >The film The Chess Players, directed by Satyajit Ray, includes a dance >sequence - an authentic Kathak dance (Hindi: à ¤Âà ¤¥à ¤Â) one of the >eight forms of Indian classical dance. One of my favourite dance scenes. I >hope you enjoy. > > >http://tinyurl.com/maypvuy >
