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When certain events take place
like this festival of Hidden City or different things like that.
I don�t know if you�re part of Occupy
but it tends to bring people out of the woodwork
and put them in a certain space
where they can share their talents and creativity.
And my experience with these types of things is that
it lends itself to a tremendous new and refreshing hope for mankind,
for the state of affairs in the world.
Because the tendency is to think we are all alone in our own head
and even if we do come up with some positive ideas on what to do
we feel pretty helpless because you know what can I do by myself.
[Ananda plays the harmonium]
When different things happen and people come together,
we stand to get a tremendous new inspiration.
And actually, �I can do something, I do count and
there�s other people that think the same as I do.�
If we put our talents and our efforts together
we can really make a difference, make some difference.
[Ananda plays the harmonium]
I�m a yoga instructor. I teach yoga meditation
and music is a big part of what I do.
Because music and something that�s called Kirtan, sankirtan
which means the congregation and glorification
of the supreme joy of life.
So basically, just like your drumming circle, same type of principal.
People come together and they selflessly express themselves
in such a way that the overall effect is that
everyone feels a tremendous upliftment
the environment becomes uplifted the community, neighborhood, like that.
Just imagine if we could have this on a worldwide scale
every day then the whole planet, the whole karmic pattern
of the whole planet earth will be changed,
will be uplifted. It is possible.
We don�t have to just simply go down
into the muck of gross materialism.�
[Ananda plays the harmonium]