Merle,
Sad?
I am a bopper, and Thelonious is my man. And his tenor, Charlie Rouse.
"Soul" makes for acceptable poetry, perhaps, and I think you mean it as a
metaphor of some kind, when you speak about Jazz, for example.
But it is not an experience.
Thus, it is not a part of my practice, religious or otherwise. I left such
mere inculcated cultural beliefs, or faiths, when I became a little serious,
and felt invested and intent on actually living.
If I had a clear sense of, or belief in, a soul, I'd be a Christian or Muslim
(prob. a Sufi), or something other than a religious Buddhist of the Ch'an sect,
or even a non-religious Ch'an practitioner. But soul is not experienced. It
is taken as an item of faith, and then the idea of it is inflated by emotion
(that's what all the singing is about in Pentacostal and Evangelical churches,
and the raised voices of the preachers). It's a long-standing cultural fiction
I have personally failed to accept as serious or important. It's not my way.
But enough about me.
Is there anything you wanted to say about a soul? Tell me something I haven't
heard, please, and only that. Or, we can just let this go, now.
Take heart! That great music does not come from soul. It's Human.
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe..that's a bit sad ..you have work to do: find your soul..don't you like
> jazz..?..usa has some fine jazz... music for the soul..merle
>
> Merle,
>
> I know of no soul.
>
> But, I was faithful. Until age 11. Good practice!
>
> --Joe
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