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by In a world on fire ~ beauty wants to sing

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Welcome to Bardo Blues, a podcast where poetry, prose, and song meet at the crossroads of chaos and creation. For in a world on fire - something wants to sing. In this liminal space between worlds, we explore the unseen forces shaping our time, the aspirations stirring beneath the crumbling weight of modernity, and the aching heart of samsara. Each episode invites you to pause, listen, and feel the presence of a world longing to be born, even as another fades away. Listen by with the sonorous Jampa - a recovering rat racer and Rationalist who is now a Metamodern Milarepa wanna be. He is still a fool, but we are all in a time between worlds. A time between new stories and new games. A time between new hearts-minds and paradigms. And so we journey together through the Bardo — a space where uncertainty and beauty dance, and where something greater is always whispering. May this offering nourish your heart and open your being to the deeper truths of our shared experience. If you would like to support my work (or my 2 year solitary retreat) please consider donating below: Option #1 To the hermitage (CCR) where I am undertaking a long term solitary retreat. Just "write a comment" so they will lmk I have a new benefactor https://centerforcontemplativeresearch.org/donate/ Option #2 Substack Paid Member https://bardoblues.substack.com/ <br/><br/><a href="https://bardoblues.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">bardoblues.substack.com</a>

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September 5, 2025

☠️ When Aliveness Kills Devotion ~ When Dead Prayers Dance 🔥

<p>I have painfully stumbled into a paradox of sorts.</p><p>What if “follow what feels alive” is quietly killing the art of devotion?</p><p>Yeah, it has its wisdom—beautiful even. But what happens when your practice feels dry, hollow, or dead? Do you quit? Go find something sexier—an ecstatic dance, a kink fest, a new shiny path?</p><p>This episode of Bardo Blues plays in that paradox: the wisdom of following resonance and the shadow it can cast, turning the spiritual path into a comfort-first lifestyle.</p><p>I riff on this shadow of contemporary spirituality, then drop into the poem When Dead Prayers Dance —a love letter to the crucible of devotion.</p><p>Feel free to listen to this Bardo Blues with most Podcast Apps or paste this RSS feed into your Podcast Player: <a target="_blank" href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/242204.rss">https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/242204.rss</a></p><p></p><p>Dedication</p><p>May this nourish us all –somehow someway– to the non-dual heart.</p><p></p><p>Caked in ash, mud, and kettle-chips,</p><p>Jampa James Alfieri </p><p></p><p>For those that prefer reading poetry, the poem only (no intro) is below.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bardoblues.substack.com/p/when-dead-prayers-dance">https://bardoblues.substack.com/p/when-dead-prayers-dance</a></p><p></p><p>MUSIC CREDITS </p><p>Thanks to <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/thefealdoproject-4574887/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=12718">Peter Barbaix</a> via Pixabay. He’s a professional and I humbly remixed this sound track to fit my silly poem while caramelizing onions. Forgive any sloppiness. </p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Bardo Blues at <a href="https://bardoblues.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">bardoblues.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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June 11, 2025

🌞 Surya Sings to the Dark

<p>When the darkest nights burn, somehow faith can shine. In the void of voids, we sing along with the Hindu God Surya. In Hindu mythology the primordial mother of all mothers - the goddess Aditi has celestial children known as the Ādityas<strong>. </strong>Among them, Surya, the Sun God, is the most well-known. And so inspired by our degenerate times, we explore his cosmic struggle. Enjoy!Dedicated to the cosmic union of AR + LH 2025.</p><p>MUSIC CREDITS</p><p>Music by <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/samuelfjohanns-1207793/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=11533">Samuel F. Johanns</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=11533">Pixabay</a></p><p>Music by <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/guilhermebernardes-24203804/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=10377">Guilherme Bernardes William</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=10377">Pixabay</a></p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Bardo Blues at <a href="https://bardoblues.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">bardoblues.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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November 15, 2024

🎵 Sacred Songs of a Fool 💗

<p>Ever feel like you’re stuck, trapped in patterns you can’t break? Sacred Songs of a Fool is an invitation to explore that tender space between who we are and who we long to be. Here, the aspirational heart takes center stage, pulsing with the sounds of sirens and whales, echoing with mantras and primal calls. This episode dives into the mess and beauty of trying to be better, with sacred songs as our guide. Join us as we surrender pride, lean into the ache of growth, and let these timeless sounds carry us across the stream.</p><p>If you would like to support my work <strong>🙏💞</strong><strong> </strong> (or be apart of network of generosity and love supporting my solitary meditation retreat) please consider donating below. The spirit is not about money, but rather the living relationships that I long to foster. Or better yet — pray for me. For I will be singing for you. </p><p><strong>Option #1</strong> </p><p>This active Facebook campaign (don’t need FB to access). </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/15G1ntCtwG/">https://www.facebook.com/share/15G1ntCtwG/</a></p><p><strong>Option #2</strong></p><p>Directly to the hermitage (CCR) where I am undertaking a long term solitary retreat. Just "write a comment" so they will lmk I have a new benefactor. I actually have a list!</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://centerforcontemplativeresearch.org/donate/">https://centerforcontemplativeresearch.org/donate/  </a></p><p><strong>Option #3</strong></p><p>Substack Paid Member </p><p>But that’s the least efficient — and no write off lol. </p><p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p><p>1. “Hippiecrit” - I stole this from the infamous, controversial and darn right tasty Yellow Deli Franchise. Direct all questions of their awesomeness to Sydney Slavitt.  </p><p>2. Tibetan Prayer description from Ken Mecleod’s tricycle blogpost  “<a target="_blank" href="https://tricycle.org/article/ken-mcleod-prayer/">https://tricycle.org/article/ken-mcleod-prayer/</a></p><p>3. Eva Natanuya’s answers in this “Way of Shamatha” Q&A are quite amazing. Basically the metaphysics of Dzogchen and Prayer. <a target="_blank" href="https://tricycle.org/article/ken-mcleod-prayer/">https://youtu.be/Gpea8H3KlDI?si=PaM6LchvanPFKau1</a></p><p>4. My prayer at the end was inspired by wanting to write my own “Calling the Guru from Afar” as well as the 7 Limb prayer. I adapted my more intimate and personal prayer for the modern pallet in this podcast. Bodhisattva Tricksters will do their thing.  </p><p>Music Credits to these great artists:  </p><p>5. “Hare Krishna” Music by <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/soulmusic-21361679/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=114482">Akash Kumar</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=114482">Pixabay</a></p><p>6. “Lost” Music by <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/danydory-9903/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=3246">Daniel Hourtoulle</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=3246">Pixabay</a></p><p> 7. Radhe Radhe Govinda Mantra (Sanskrit translates to "love without expecting anything in return". Music by <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/shidenbeatsmusic-25676252/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=120558">Shiden Beats Music</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=120558">Pixabay</a></p><p>8. Sorrow Tribal Music by <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/zen_man-4257870/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=123141">Zen_Man</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=123141">Pixabay</a></p><p>9. Sirens Cal the Whale Music by <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/users/rldenney-38200903/?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=160892">rldenney</a> from <a target="_blank" href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_campaign=music&#38;utm_content=160892">Pixabay</a></p><p></p><p>May all of this benefit all beings awakening to total and complete enlightenment for all beings.</p><p>In aspirational Bodhicitta,</p><p>Jampa</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Bardo Blues at <a href="https://bardoblues.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">bardoblues.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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What is Bardo Blues?

Welcome to Bardo Blues, a podcast where poetry, prose, and song meet at the crossroads of chaos and creation. For in a world on fire - something wants to sing. In this liminal space between worlds, we explore the unseen forces shaping our time, the aspirations stirring beneath the crumbling weight of modernity, and the aching heart of samsara. Each episode invites you to pause, listen, and feel the presence of a world longing to be born, even as another fades away. Listen by with the sonorous Jampa - a recovering rat racer and Rationalist who is now a Metamodern Milarepa wanna be. He is still a fool, but we are all in a time between worlds. A time between new stories and new games. A time between new hearts-minds and paradigms. And so we journey together through the Bardo — a space where uncertainty and beauty dance, and where something greater is always whispering. May this offering nourish your heart and open your being to the deeper truths of our shared experience.

If you would like to support my work (or my 2 year solitary retreat) please consider donating below:

Option #1 To the hermitage (CCR) where I am undertaking a long term solitary retreat. Just "write a comment" so they will lmk I have a new benefactor https://centerforcontemplativeresearch.org/donate/

Option #2 Substack Paid Member https://bardoblues.substack.com/ <br/><br/><a href="https://bardoblues.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">bardoblues.substack.com</a>

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