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This day, I will sail across the water
This day, I will sail across the sea
This day, I will reach the far horizon
Where the sun gives all its colors to the sky

This day, I will sing a song a freedom
This day, I will dance my destiny
This day, I will live each precious moment
In the Pure Land of the Buddha

I turn to face a thousand suns
There’s nowhere else for me to run
So much joy and happiness I’m coming home

From the album “Lotus Paradise” (click ‘Celebration’)

Musicians:

Amlas (bass)
Gustaf (lap steel guitar)
Isa (drums)
Milarepa (guitar, vocals)
Neera (vocals)
Sidhamo (piano)
Vedam (flute)

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This day
I offer up my song of gratitude
Blessings upon blessings
Here Now
Love dwells in Eternity
Osho, Master of Masters

I made this video in the early 1990’s after Osho left-the-body.
I had an idea to create a music video with a simple script
about Man’s search, his spiritual journey.

Parallel to the storyline, I wanted to have Sufi whirling.
I selected a track discourse music titled called
“Spiritual Heart” that I thought would fit the concept.
Bhikkhu and Waduda used it on their New Earth Record’s
Garden of the Beloved compilation.

I found a location for the shoot in the middle of nowhere,
in the dry, barren hills outside Pune City.
It had a mysterious ring of stones which I have no idea
how they came to be placed there.

Zahira, known for her whirling groups, was in Pune at the time.
She’s a beautiful whirler, very aesthetic.
I asked her if she would participate and also bring some of her
people for the filming and she said ‘yes’.
My Australian friend, Darpan, was also in town and agreed to
act as “the seeker” while friends, Mutribo, Ashvagosha,
Mark, and Vimal helped with the filming and production.

We got up way before sunrise, had buckets of chai, and drove
out to the hills as an entourage.
The idea was to finish the whole shoot in before it got too hot.
It was hot season in India, if you know what I mean.

It was a fun project, one of which I lost track of it over the years.
Bhikkhu recently discovered it sitting on his hard drive.
It has been so nice seeing it again.
After thirty some years!