Ideas realized
Bardo of Becoming: Now when the bardo of becoming dawns upon me, I will concentrate my mind one- pointedly, And strive to prolong the results of good karma, Close the womb-entrance and think of resistance; This is the time when perseverance and pure thought are needed, Abandon jealousy and meditate on the Guru with his consort. -Bardo Thodol
Bardo of dharmatā Now when the bardo of dharmatā draws upon me I will abandon all thoughts of fear and terror, I will recognize whatever appears as my projection And know it to be vision of the bardo; Now that I have reached this crucial point, I will not fear the peaceful and wrathful ones, My own projections. -Bardo Thodol
Bardo of the moment before death: Now when the bardo of the moment before death draws upon me, I will abandon all grasping, yearning and attachment, Enter undistracted into clear awareness of the teaching, And eject my consciousness into the space of unborn mind; As I leave this compound body of flesh and blood I will know it to be transitory illusion. -Bardo Thodol
BarDo of Dreams Now when the bardo of dreams is drawing upon me, I will abandon the corpse-like sleep of careless ignorance, and let my thoughts enter their natural state without distraction; Controlling and transforming dreams in luminosity. I will not sleep like an animal But unify completely sleep and practice. -Bardo Thodol
Cross dimensions four I steered my faithful ship. With sea of time both aft and fore, O’er space my hull did skip, Toward sands of unknown distant shore. For ever east, where west is west Whilst on a circumferential plane. Chart tangential of the axial twain To plow through spatial trough and crest Of a boundless celestial ancestral plain, Where perhaps we shall meet again.
“Blue” by The Seatbelts from “Cowboy Bebop Blue” album Lesus messiah ut, me decantus Lesus messiah ut, me decantus Lesus messiah ut, me decantus Lesus messiah ut, me decantus Never seen a bluer sky Yeah, I can feel it reaching out And moving closer There's something about blue Asked myself what it's all for You know, the funny thing about it I couldn't answer No, I couldn't answer Things have turned a deeper shade of blue And images that might be real Maybe illusion Keep flashing off and on Free Wanna be free Gonna be free And move among the stars You know, they really aren't so far Feels so free Gotta know free Please Don't wake me from the dream It's really everything it seemed I'm so free No black and white in the blue Everything is clearer now Life is just a dream, you know That's never-ending I'm ascending
“Episode 2 of Voices from the Crossroads” keeps it close to heart for the interviewer/author. Unlike Episode 1 which was a one-on-one conversation, this time around the subjects participated in a conversational round-robin. Thank you, Sophia, Ian, Charlie and Tyler.
As all perceived things also exist in transcendence, you can learn more of the transcendental versions of our conversation by reading: Tales of The Crossroads, Introducing the Band
Introduction to the show: As our intent is to broadcast out simultaneously to all realities the many before, the many after, and the many that both exist and do not exist and finding the word “podcast” to be an infinitely narrow conceptualization we prefer to use Multiverscast or just Multicast.
The intent behind the name and reason for “Voices from the Crossroads“ is to emphasize a belief we have that it takes very little time and effort to truly get to know someone and in that time we hope to have made a friend in a fellow sentient being.
All conceptual sentient beings are always at a crossing, what changes is their awareness of conditioning. Any given encounter occurs at the crossing of past, present and future. We look forward to meeting you there. Until then, may all beings find shelter and the path to happiness. May you be happy. Namo.
Episode 1: Eli
The present author (also the voice of the interviewer in the audio) is identified by most as Gibran a.k.a Old Guy,. The subject is his son Elishah. The pretext of the interview was to help Gibran test and refine a set of core questions for the show.
Gibran was delighted to learn a few things about Eli. He was just as surprised to hear Eli’s assessment into his likelihood of assassination. Realizing that one of El’s personas is currently in a witness protection program, the last minute of the show has been edited out.
As all perceived things also exist in transcendence, you can learn more of the transcendental versions of our conversation by reading Tales of the Crossroads: Joyful Buddy Buddha