Word: shakti
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nameless doors at 3 Church Street, opposite Shakti Shoes in the Square, open at 7:30 every Friday and Saturday night. Music begins at 8 and lasts through seven-count-'em-seven sets until midnight or 1 am, no admission or cover charge. Musicians, mostly locals chosen by audition, are unpaid. Folk and blues styles predominate, but jazz and classical sometimes appear. Coffee, cider and soft drinks free! No booze...
...principles of Muktananda's teachings are traditionally Hindu: "Meditate on yourself. Honor and worship your own inner being. God dwells within you as you." But whereas most gurus lead their disciples through a slow evolutionary process, Muktananda transmits shakti-energy or elemental force-in one two-day ritual of teaching and meditation called an "intensive" (fee, plus modest room and board: $100). In the climactic moment, the guru places his fingers on the disciple's closed eyes and gently pushes the head back and forth. The disciple is then supposed to feel the power flowing into...
...invocation, for example, reads in part: "To Lord Narayana, to lotus-born Brahma, the Creator, to Vashishta, to Shakti, and to his son, Parashar, to Vyasa, to Shukadava . . . I bow down . . . At whose door the whole galaxy of gods pray for perfection day and night, adorned with immeasurable glory, preceptor of the whole world, having bowed down to him, we gain fulfillment...