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Fungus Mungus
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Posted : Aug 6, 2002 23:51
"Is Electronic Music and Dance Culture Spiritual?"

The electronic music and dance scene has long flirted with the idea of spiritual connections. Names of events such as "Spiritual Signals," record companies such as "Conscious Records," and spiritual imagery like buddhas and mandalas are often in flyers for and in graphics at events. Underground as well as so-called massive events often have meditation areas and a shrine or altar. And let's face it, many of us have had deeper religious experiences at a full moon rave or a good night at Spundae than we ever had in church.

What is this is all about? Is the dance scene a spiritual scene? And what does that mean to us as the members of the community? Do we care, or would we rather just dance?


The word "spiritual" has been abused and overused by religion, cults, and New Agers, and many of our generation are turned off by the word. Many of us have turned away from religion for its insistence on old and mythical ways of interpreting the world that often ignore scientific progress and common sense. And many of us have turned away from any sense of the sacred in our own lives, often leaving us with materialistic desolation and post-modern meaninglessness. This is not the kind of spirituality I'm talking about here, though.

I speak of Spirit in terms of a Creative Energy that pervades all of reality. In fact, you could say it is the Suchness of reality, for the Energy I refer to spun itself from itself into the myriad of forms of creation we have. This Suchness exists in different forms at all levels: matter, body, mind, soul. It is the pure expression of that Energy -- Spirit in itself -- that is realized through the consciousness of human awareness. One could call that God, Allah, Yaweh or the Tao; it doesn't matter, because the idea is the same -- there is something going on besides our individual preoccupations of the day and our small selves, and waking up to what that is is simply the quest of the spiritual path.

To answer the original question, "Is electronic music and dance culture spiritual?" It is and it isn't. On the one hand, we can say a cautious and qualified yes. There are genuine spiritual elements in the scene, and this whole movement has enormous potential to be a greater expression of Spirit than any movement since a generation of young people woke up to break a lot of outdated ways of being in the 60's. Social action and raving? We're not quite there yet, but it's on its way.


http://www.sflnc.com/commentary/syd/dancultspirit2.html

for the rest , no its not a plug just sharing the essay with you all. I liked it.
that alot of copy and paste.


[ This Message was edited by: Fungus Mungus on 2002-08-06 23:52 ]          -=Keep it Spiritual=-

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Jason (LyTe)
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Aug 6, 2002 23:55
hehe
funny article.. is it compartive? i don't think so. it's too subjective - each to his own feelings.           "We Do Not Allways See Things As They Are. We See Things As We Are" -Ancient Chinese Proverb

LyTe Email:TechnoLyte@gmail.com
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