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Board: Open Forum Title: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... Author: ShalMayan Date: 07/16/1998 | |||||||||||
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Did you hear it? On the show the other day? Ahh, absolutely wonderful... I have heard it on other occassions and I just thought I would share it with you... The first time was one Christmas, in one of the mission churches in California...it was a cold, cold night, we were all bundled up and huddled together to stay warm inside the old church, with it's tiled and cement floors, wooden pews and high ceilings...a friend had invited us to come and hear HER friend sing in a concert there... The group is called Chanticleer (named for the rooster in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales), they are 12 men who sing a cappella (no musical accompaniment) and when I heard them that night I experienced my "One Moment of Perfect Beauty" They first sang Gregorian chants holding candles in the darkened church, and sang with such pure voices, I've never heard anything like it before or since...the blending of their voices makes it sound like an orchestra is playing... I have 4 CD's of this group, and suggest you look for them if you like different types of music...My favorite is the Christmas one, "Our Heart's Joy" , but I also like the Gospel one and the one entitled, "I Have Had Singing"...my friend's friend sings a solo of "Shenandoah" on it and it is fantastic... ShalMayan, hoping you have experienced a moment or two of perfect beauty...:) | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) Jasmine - 07/19/1998 - 06:39:25 P | |||||||||||
| Ahh, thankyou for sharing, please don't stop :) ... (0 Replies) ShalMayan - 07/19/1998 - 11:54:57 A | |||||||||||
| My moment of perfect beauty. . . (0 Replies) Thoth - 07/18/1998 - 07:27:16 P | |||||||||||
| Guess I'll throw my hat into the ring... (2 Replies) Blind Man - 07/18/1998 - 07:23:21 A | |||||||||||
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Sunset with sliver of moon (0 Replies) tOM - 07/20/1998 - 09:54:28 A | |||||||||||
| Nitpicking with myself... (0 Replies) Blind Man - 07/18/1998 - 05:41:25 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:13:19 P | |||||||||||
| RE: Here are a couple that happen to me. (0 Replies) MinarviaI - 07/17/1998 - 09:39:29 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) The Old One - 07/17/1998 - 06:20:58 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:19:49 P | |||||||||||
| RE: My One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) unilady - 07/17/1998 - 05:17:29 P | |||||||||||
| RE: My One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 06:00:45 P | |||||||||||
| Yea.... (NT) (0 Replies) GKarJunior - 07/17/1998 - 04:26:35 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (2 Replies) NancyB - 07/17/1998 - 12:59:53 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:15:44 P | |||||||||||
| NancyB, you lucky woman.... (0 Replies) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 01:13:39 P | |||||||||||
| Crystal and velvet... (0 Replies) Razzle Dazzle - 07/17/1998 - 12:43:29 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) The Gardener - 07/17/1998 - 11:54:50 A | |||||||||||
| Not a nit-picking question.... (1 Reply) Lite - 07/17/1998 - 01:56:57 P | |||||||||||
| RE: Not a nit-picking question.... (2 Replies) Inquisitor - 07/17/1998 - 02:21:23 P | |||||||||||
| well said (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:17:16 P | |||||||||||
| RE: Not a nit-picking question.... (0 Replies) Lite - 07/17/1998 - 08:51:25 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 09:42:54 A | |||||||||||
| Ahh, mab..What a memory to keep... (0 Replies) ShalMayan - 07/17/1998 - 07:51:53 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) tOM - 07/17/1998 - 09:14:39 A | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) AprlDncr - 07/16/1998 - 07:58:12 P | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 09:44:43 A | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) MinarviaI - 07/16/1998 - 07:36:09 P ------------Top of Page------------ ========================================== | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) Jasmine - 07/19/1998 - 06:39:25 P I really had to think about this one. I have been so lucky in my life, and have felt the resonance of the universe in the marrow of my bones many times: the first time I held each of my two sons, the moment my husband and I were standing in the church and my father gave me to be married, the first time something I planted actually bloomed, standing in the backyard of our very first house the night we moved into it. It is impossible to choose which is most special, but I'm going to tell of one of the many. . . Jasmine >^..^< ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| Ahh, thankyou for sharing, please don't stop :) ... (0 Replies) ShalMayan - 07/19/1998 - 11:54:57 A Ahh, thankyou so much for sharing your special moments... Please don't stop :) I am enjoying them very much... They are *all* "Moments of Perfect Beauty" and reading them is another moment for me... I am glad that we are able to share with one another this way...very cool...:) That is why I have not commented on them, I started to comment and thought, "NO, I would be interrupting your special time, they stand on their own, and they certainly don't need MHO. They are wonderful just to contemplate..." Thankyou all for these wonderful memories... ShalMayan, listening to her special moment again in her heart and mind... There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ |
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| My moment of perfect beauty. . . (0 Replies) Thoth - 07/18/1998 - 07:27:16 P . . .would have to be when I was a freshman at the University of North Dakota, and living in Smith Hall. I spent an evening in the west stairwell contemplating my accomplishments while enjoying a sunset--there is nothing like a clear horizon to make sunrises and sunsets spectacular. It was a wonderful, life affirming moment and from time to time I find myself seeking such moments out. At your service, Thoth P.S. I finally got the _Messages from Earth_ CD and love every note. There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| Guess I'll throw my hat into the ring... (2 Replies) Blind Man - 07/18/1998 - 07:23:21 A
Mine would have to be about seven or eight years ago, on St. Patrick's Day. I'd heard about an interesting conjunction coming up, and stepped out behind the building where I worked to catch a few minutes of it. The sun had just set, and the western sky was this soft purple shade. The moon hung above the horizon, and was mostly in shadow, with only a tiny sliver at the bottom lit up. To the left of the moon, and slightly higher in the sky, hung Venus, shining brightly. Seeing them hanging there together like that, in that sky...I'd never had such a moment of clarity as to how much everything *here* is connected to what's out *there*. (It might sound corny, but there it is...) Of course, the moment was completely broken after a couple of minutes, when one of my co-workers joined me. He looked over the scene, as an airplane was buzzing along underneath the conjuction, and proclaimed, "Man, that airplane's flying pretty low..." Argh!!! :) Blind Man There are (2) replies to this article: ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
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Sunset with sliver of moon (0 Replies) tOM - 07/20/1998 - 09:54:28 A They used this same setup in the early scene in "2001". I just happened to stay up late enough last night to catch it. Very eerie looking. As an aside...my wife's grandfather spent some time in Rumania after WWII and picked up a few items. One of the was a hand painted map of Rumania circa 500AD. We ended up with it and proudly displayed it under glass. One day my older brother visited us. He looked at it and said, "What do you have that old thing up for? They have a great map of the US in National Geographic." Some people's taste is all in their mouth. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| Nitpicking with myself... (0 Replies) Blind Man - 07/18/1998 - 05:41:25P >>>To the left of the moon, and slightly higher in the sky, hung Venus, shining brightly. Venus wasn't actually higher, it was alongside the moon. D'oh! Brain...cells...eroding...Must...find...Ginkoba... :) Blind Man There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:13:19 P Our fourth of July fireworks, not just the fireworks which were spectacular ( some looked like the death star blowing up..others were hearts, flowers ,,thundering away..) but the whole night was special... lots of music , topped with a performance of our symphony.. lots of people ( about 100,000) along the riverbank.. moments of happiness and joy after a stressful spring. Even the weather cooperated.. our coolest and prettiest nights in weeks. Other moments.. the tibetan monks performing... watching a sand painting take shape over a period of days in the lobby of the building were I work, knowing soon it would be wiped and washed away..a lesson in impermanence. The advent concert at Scarritt... gazing at one of Monet's Water Lillies getting drawn in by the color.. There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: Here are a couple that happen to me. (0 Replies) MinarviaI - 07/17/1998 - 09:39:29 P I've noticed something: that most of these moment of perfect beauty have happened during the night, but mine happened during the day and not at the beginning of the day nor the end of the day. It was right in the middle of the day. I have many more that happen to me; yeah, it is amazing for me that I had three moments. I was camping at Lake Keen up in Penn., and I did a walk throught the campground to see what it is like and I stopped at a waterfull and that caught me. I stopped for a while looking at it; even if it was man made, it still had the same effect on me. Seeing the water fall onto the ground and hearing only that...... I was up in Canada and I saw Niagra Falls at night when they light up the falls with lights. Seeing all of the different colors plus the mist that was forming was great to see. It was white, the most natural color that they had in the color spectrum. During a winter day/night after a long, hard swim partice, we were on the bus heading back to school and during that we saw a weird cloud formation. It was a long cloud that went straight through the entire horizon and where the sun was setting it was dark and where it was not it was light. I have not even seen anything like that before. It is sad that I didn't have a camera to take a picture of that because that was so weird looking. And it 's something that I think will be with me for ever. Good bye, Minarvia There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) The Old One - 07/17/1998 - 06:20:58 P Yes - at a beach in North Carolina on the Outer Banks. Sitting in the waist-deep ocean water, letting small waves break over me, listening to the sounds of the waves and children's voices in the background. Peace.......... Babylon 5 - Gkar's epilogue following Z'ha'dum. Breathless. There is (1) reply to this article: ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:19:49 P On the fortress wall at Dauphin Island.. you think you are some place else.. some other time There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: My One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) unilady - 07/17/1998 - 05:17:29 P
The weekend of my 33rd birthday, visiting my parents and going out to dinner at a restaurant near their hometown, the Northern Lights, so thick and swirling they covered the sky. We hurried back to my parents and we all just stood outside for hours watching the changing patterns, the only other time I had seen them was 15 years previous when I was in college and living with my maternal grandparents. It made me remember my grandparents, who had died many years previous, less than three years after this, my mother died suddenly... It was and is perfect beauty, the Inuit believe the Northern Lights are the souls of the departed visiting those they left behind. Very mystical and religious, like Gregorian Chant. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: My One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 06:00:45 P Beautiful. Thanks for sharing that with us. mab ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| Yea.... (NT) (0 Replies) GKarJunior - 07/17/1998 - 04:26:35 P Sit. And absorb. Learn. Beauty. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (2 Replies) NancyB - 07/17/1998 - 12:59:53 P sometimes it lasts not a moment but for a lifetime.my husband has been taking classes in massage therapy.why? to give me better backrubs! perfect beauty happens every day.you just have to stop sometimes and just take it all in. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:15:44 P sunsets and sunrises are some of the most perfect beauty and they come free.. the flight of the falcons across the plaza outside my window.. I believe part of Kosh's lesson had to do with pausing.. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| NancyB, you lucky woman.... (0 Replies) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 01:13:39 P Yes...you are so right. Often we are so distracted by what we *think* is important that we miss those moments entirely. After reading your post, I tore myself away from the stack of work in front of me and looked out the window of my office -- a soft grey day outside, view of the harbor, the ripples in the water silver and black. A hazy bright spot in the sky, where the sun lies behind the clouds. It IS beautiful. Feeling happy with each breath, mab ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| Crystal and velvet... (0 Replies) Razzle Dazzle - 07/17/1998 - 12:43:29 P We live in Houston and our folks are in Arkansas. There're a lot of back roads in between. One winter, with a little snow on the ground, we were on one of those back roads and it was so dark. It was about two o'clock in the morning and everyone on the farms around was asleep. And we stopped. Right in the middle of the road, because there was no traffic -- at all. And looked up. I never saw so many stars. It was a moonless night. But, my Lord, the stars! We stood in the middle of the road awestruck for probably 20 minutes before we got too cold and got back in the car to continue on our way. Oh, yes. That perfect moment! Long life, prosperity and chocolate, RD There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
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RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) The Gardener - 07/17/1998 - 11:54:50 A It was beautiful. For those of you who want to hear more chant, there are CD's out there. One group (they supposedly no longer record) is "The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos". I have "Chant I" and "Chant II". Now for a nit-picking question. What was really going on down below? Was this Sheridan listening to his soul? Kosh was hearing the music, too. Was Kosh doing this? See answer to question one. Or what are those life forms that happen to sing Earth chant? Sorry,. This is the scientist in me. I REALLY would like to know. Gardener Get back to you on my moment of perfect beauty. There is (1) reply to this article: ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
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Not a nit-picking question.... (1 Reply) Lite - 07/17/1998 - 01:56:57 P >>>Now for a nit-picking question. What was really going on down below? Was this Sheridan listening to his soul? Kosh was hearing the music, too. Was Kosh doing this? See answer to question one. Or what are those life forms that happen to sing Earth chant? I also wondered if it was a real-life moment or a dream session invoked by Kosh. Whichever, it *was* a moment of pure beauty! The beautiful chanting also seemed to cause inflections of light. Or was that just my impression? Lightly finding "moments of pure beauty" in love! There is (1) reply to this article: ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
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RE: Not a nit-picking question.... (2 Replies) Inquisitor - 07/17/1998 - 02:21:23 P There was no reason to believe it was a dream sequence. Later in the episode, Sheridan is shown putting on another bar on his uniform to replace the one he had given away. The lesson here is that you can find moments of perfect beauty when and where you least expect them. There are (2) replies to this article: ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
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well said (0 Replies) pookha - 07/17/1998 - 10:17:16 P
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| RE: Not a nit-picking question.... (0 Replies) Lite - 07/17/1998 - 08:51:25 P
Thanks for the reminder about the status bar... I forgot all about that. But, even in a dream state, Sheridan could have laid down his pin. ??? Now, I'm being picky, I know... but it had such a dream-like quality and you never know about Kosh (or JMS). JMS's words, as written in Lurker's, state "Also in... dream analysis,*when you travel to your cellar in your dream, it's in part to confront something in your subconscious*, to learn something that may not be expressible in words." I understand the lesson. Kosh asks Sheridan "What is this place" to underline where they were, the dreariest part of the station. It's a beautiful lesson for all of us. Lite ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 09:42:54 A My grandparents used to own a sporting camp up in Maine -- all the buildings built in the 19th century, no electricity, very remote. One night my father and I took a canoe out on the lake. It was past midnight, all of the guests asleep in their cabins. It was almost like daylight the moon was so full and bright, turning the pines along the shore into jagged black shadows against the sky. And the stars! Whole handfuls of them like hard little jewels flung onto a blue velvet cloth... I remember just lying in the bow of the canoe, the drip drip sound of Dad paddling gently through the glassy water. The lonely cries of the loons that when I was very little I believed were wolves...the sound is eerily similar. Then my Dad said "Sit up, look at the lake". The water was so still as to be like mirrored glass. Everything -- the dark trees, the sky and the diamond stars were perfectly reflected from it, as though I were looking into some other universe just under the water's surface. One moment of perfect beauty. Thanks, ShalMayan, for spurring that memory. mab There is (1) reply to this article: ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| Ahh, mab..What a memory to keep... (0 Replies) ShalMayan - 07/17/1998 - 07:51:53 P You are very lucky to have such a beautifully, wonderful memory to keep in your heart, mab... Thank you for sharing it. I will keep it too.. Shal, thinking this is why I like being here with you all :) There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
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RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) tOM - 07/17/1998 - 09:14:39 A Sounds very, very nice. A good description. When I was young, in upstate New York, I woke up one winter's night. It was perfectly clear, about 30 below, a full moon, and it had snowed the previous evening. They whole world was lit up with crystal clarity under a pitch black sky. If you've seen something like it, you'll know. There are no replies to this article. ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (1 Reply) AprlDncr - 07/16/1998 - 07:58:12 P Thanks for your lovely description. It reminded me of seeing the Georgia O'Keefe exhibit that travelled around the country to celebrate (what would have been) her 100th birthday. Standing in front of her pastel painting of yellow irises, I could swear that I could feel the texture of that beautiful blossom on my lips. Ah yes, a moment of perfect beauty .... ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) Queen Mab - 07/17/1998 - 09:44:43 A Looking at her paintings you can almost smell the fragrance of those flowers. mab ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
| RE: One Moment of Perfect Beauty... (0 Replies) MinarviaI - 07/16/1998 - 07:36:09 P Yes, when you heard a chat it dose something like that to you. I tell you something that I felt a varbation, it was durring a Fourth of July of this year, the shells when out and your had to put hands on top of your ears so you could still heard. That was great celebration that I live through, the only problem about that is what will do next year. Good bye, Minarvia ------------Top of Page------------ | |||||||||||
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