HI TurquoiseB If you read the book, "Dreaming in real Time" it describes more fully how the girls got into Sanskrit. The mom was learning Ayurveda and later ran a facility in Sparks Nevada. She was not chanting and not playing any recordings of chants. The Ayurveda books were in English but showed the Sanskrit original. I am impressed by the fact that such arcane writings should fascinate anyone of that age. The older daughter and then the younger got involved. When the older daughter got into it, she did it secretly. It was like her special discovery she dare not tell anyone. Then her mom discovered under her bed all these papers with Sanskrit writings. She was constructing her own secret Sanskrit dictionary.
Mind you this is an incredibly complex language to master it without any training is phenomenal. And I do mean mastering the girls had to pass the test by chanting before skeptical and chauvinistic Indian Pundits. They not only proved that they had the pronunciation down pat, but that they understood what they were chanting. Try that as young teenagers without any adult guidance. Try barging into a world owned by Indian males for some 10,000 years. How dare these Western girls chant Sanskrit. My friends who are into reincarnation research are interested in interviewing them. Perhaps they will perform at their reincarnation conference coming up in October. This kind of thing skills from past life coming through to this life is not unheard of. In fact there is a special scientific name for it (which I can't remember of the top of my head). I met a man at the previous conference who spoke an American Indian language which he never studied and doesn't even understand. His wife has to translate for him. My investigator friends concluded that he is speaking as Grey Eagle, one of his previous incarnations. The girls don't like to talk about reincarnation. They just want to do Sanskrit music and leave more controversial subjects to late night postings like this. (Anyway you have got to hear Bed of Roses, the 9th song on East Meets South album. If you don't want to buy it before hearing it, ask them to play it at 21st century books.) Enjoy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Art. They're like the Osmond Family, > with the Mormon thing replaced by TM. > > And even though it's nothing I would ever want > to hear more than once, the samples I listened > to were very well produced. > > As for buying the "spontaneous Sanskrit" bit, > sorry, but I don't. They look like sweet kids > from a sweet family, a family that included a > Mom who sat around chanting Sanskrit. So one > day, after listening to this their whole lives, > the kids sing along, and that's a "miracle?" > > To some impressionable souls, perhaps, but I > prefer to look at it as a sales hook, one that > *isn't even necessary*, because the songs and > the production would have been able to stand > on their own, without the hype. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "artkonrad" <artkonrad@> wrote: > > > > Hey Fairfield Life: I was surprised to see that no one here has > > ever posted anything about the TM group Shanti Shanti, the world's > > only Sanskrit Rock band. > > > > The girls in this family, started reading and chanting Sanskrit > > spontaneously when they were 7 and 9 years old. NO Body trained > > them. The mother had some Ayurvedic Texts laying around and they > > just couldn't resist the Sanskrit quoted there. They started > > performing and were soon in demand, even appearing on the Tonight > > show. > > > > They are TM Meditators since very young and practicing Catholics as > > well. Both their parents are TM Sidhas. Most of their songs are in > > Sanskrit and they are famous for producing what people are calling > > the "Sanskrit Buzz" or an elevated feeling that can only come from > > the power of this, the original world language. > > > > Their sweet voices and superior music compositions create a world > > totally different from any Sanskrit chanting you may have heard in > > the past. At first it was deemed improper for Girls to chant > > Sanskrit, but the leaders of several Indian groups have given their > > blessings and stated that their work is necessary in the West and > > only they are suited to do it. > > > > The band consists of the two sisters, beautiful women now in their > > 20's and their "little" brother who now sings base and their father, > > a marvelous tenor who is the musical composing genius behind the > > group. The mother has written a book about their wonderful odyssey > > entitled: Dreaming in Real Time, the Shanti Shanti Story. There are > > many subtle, "quiet miracles" that have happened for this family. > > > > You can hear samples of their music at http://www.shantishanti.com/ > > be sure to click on the album entitled Walkin' with the Devas and > > listen to the first song: Ganesha Prayer and you will absolutely > > fall in love with them. This is not boring tendious chanting. It > > sounds like bells are ringing and angels singing. > > > > I understand you can get their CD's, their book and their DVD at 21st > > Century Books. > > Besides the Ganesha prayer, let me also mention Bed of Roses on the > > East Meets South album. It is absolutely the most beautiful song I > > have ever heard. It produces both a deeply reverent feeling along > > with an emerging celebrational feeling. I don't think I have ever > > experienced both those feelings at the same time in one song before. > > Furthermore, the lyrics sound ancient timeless - but were actually > > written by Andrea the older sister. The lyrics are about the subtler > > sweeter experiences we have in Meditation and perhaps very deep > > prayer. In other words it is not a song that celebrates God's > > worldly gifts to us, but rather the more precious and tender gifts > > that come from deep inner experience. An incredible song. > > > > You can see their video at myspace "Miracle Family" > > http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm? > > fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1905743290 > > > > Enjoy I mean you will really Enjoy them > > > > Art Konrad (Friend and Fan of Shanti Shanti) > > >
