One Small Complaint

jerry · Post by **jerry** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:17 pm

My one small complaint about DH is that so many of the same lyrics are repeated over and over. At times taking what would have been a very short song and doubling or tripleling the songs lenght.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:28 pm

It may help [from my perspective] if you consider that Leonard spent six years in a monastery meditating and chanting. The results have proven benefits for the mind, body, and spirit.

linmag · Post by **linmag** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:51 pm

Listen for the nuances, Jerry. Each time Leonard repeats the lyrics, particularly on Vilanelle for Our Time, he puts a slightly different emphasis on them.

Dylan · Post by **Dylan** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:32 pm

I like the way he repeats. I find it is very mediattional and contemplative.

The more I hear it, the more I understand it.

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:01 am

lizzytysh wrote:It may help [from my perspective] if you consider that Leonard spent six years in a monastery meditating and chanting. The results have proven benefits for the mind, body, and spirit.

Those words sound just so right. And also yours linmag and Dylan. In a zen monastery, yes, and he also did a few trips in India after these years. There is a tradition in yoga to repeat mantras (we discussed this earlier today

) and there is a way to repeat them using different tones which will give different results.