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Anonymous:
I am creating a lesson on Transcendentalism... I need a music model.  Any ideas for a great song that is emblematic of transcendentalist philosophy? Lyrics about non-conformity, social justice, individualism or any other transcendental themes - something that screams out ideas posited by Henry David Thoreau or Ralph Waldo Emerson...

Sorry to bother you - I can't hear music well (near deaf) and need some help! Gracias!

SEKTO:
Hare Krsna.  PAMHO AGTSP.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxCCYBKXn44

A good place to begin would be with Q. Lazzarus' "Goodbye Horses."  Not just the Buffalo Bill theme, this is an awesome song about transcendence over a realization of the world that is merely finite and temporal.  The "horses" represent the five senses from sanatana-dharma philosophy (Bhagavad-Gita 6:34). In lifting one’s perception above physical limitations, beyond this Earthly perspective, one can thereby realize The Transcendence.  

http://www.asitis.com/gallery/plate23.html

The meaning: In an Eastern philosophy "horses" are symbolic/representative of the 5 senses - the things that keep us tied to the physical/material plane of existence. When you can transcend the limitations of these senses and achieve a higher level of consciousness, you are leaving the "horses" behind - "flying over them." The song is about someone who was so affected by (A loss? A breakup?) they decide to give up the things that keep them tied to this world by emotion.

http://www.psyche-hq.de/goodbye-horses/

Anonymous:
Return to Tunguska  
Shpongle W/ Alan Parsons - David Gilmour

starry-eyed pirate:
Bob Marley.  "The Mighty God is a Livin man".  That's pretty transcendental.

In the way I'm lookin, it seems like the whole rasta trip is biblical transcendentalism, or somethin...in a way.

Right On man.   :poison:  O0  :poison:

Anonymous:
I know a good lesson for you.  Jerk off to let the bodies hit the floor!

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