Christa42 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 There had been a previous thread on this subject to be revised at a later date Chris Martin spoke with Eddie Stern at The Rubin Museum in NYC on Sept 24th , 2015 and one of our Moderator's Christa was there http://www.coldplaying.com/chris-martin-talks-about-yoga-karma-at-global-citizen-lecture/ Before Coldplay’s outstanding concert at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, their frontman attended a talk on a whole range of spiritual subjects, including yoga, karma & tranquility meditation. Chris explained how the latter influences his concentration at live concerts, while we know the singer has been practicing Yoga for a very long time. Christa, from our moderating team was in attendance at the New York talk and she gave us a summary of what happened: “Ok, so I am going to do this is parts, have to leave for work in 15 minutes and still computing it in my head. There were no cameras or videos or cell phones allowed and I go by the rules so sorry no pics or vids The lecture was part of a series run by the Rubin Museum Entitled Karma: Cause, Effect, and The Illusion of Fate and this segment had speakers Yoga teacher extraordinaire Eddie Stern, who is known by everyone in NY and in all the yoga circles in the world and then of course there was Chris Martin. We were in a theater that seated about 150 ppl and there was a stage with chairs where they sat. Chris and Eddie came on and they were so comfortable together, so charming and hysterically funny. You forget how tall Chris is. They tried to be serious for a while….. They played so well of each other. Eddie asking Chris questions about his interpretation of his meaning of Karma and Chris was like, you are the expert, am I answering this right? ha! Eddi was always saying yes! perfect! Eddie began speaking with the history and meaning of Karma, Cause and Effect and taking responsibility for your Karma. Eddie spoke of Dogma later. He also spoke of how there is Karma in Yoga. He asked Chris how/if he uses Yoga and meditation with concerts and Chris said he tries to calm himself before a show and center himself because with all the sound of the crowds you sometimes cannot hear yourself so you need to center yourself before and have quiet and one with yourself so you can be truly there for the audience and others. I am paraphrasing, I was writing in the dark on the back of pieces of paper i found in my handbag, forgot my notebook and I can hardly read my chicken scrawl ughhhh! Chris did say jokingly he does yoga in his underpants with Eddie, Eddie looked at him and said, “Chris I do Yoga in my shorts” Ok with that, I am off to work next segment up in a few hours!” < From The Huffington Post: The Karma of Coldplay: A head full of dreams, and a community of shared rhythms What have 96 four-year-olds from Germany got in common with the four 30-something members of Coldplay from the UK? Answer #1: music. Answer #2: co-operation. First hear what Chris Martin told Ashtanga yoga teacher Eddie Stern when he visited the Rubin Museum to talk about karma just before cooperating with Beyoncé, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, and Sting to produce the fourth annual Global Citizen concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City. "A group of like-minded people are all becoming something bigger than themselves," Chris Martin declared, with the implication that this bonding can create a momentum for change. "What happens when something becomes greater than the sum of its parts?" asked Eddie Stern. "For Global Citizen, it's to bring all of those people to the same place to try to work out some solution," replied Chris, adding, "It has to be listened to." Music as society's Elmer's A number of neuroscientists have identified this unique property of music to function as a societal binding agent. Psychologist Daniel Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain On Music, appeared on stage at the Rubin with songwriting legend Paul Simon in the annual Brainwave series in 2008. Levitin makes the case for music as a key component in our evolutionary development. The tribal unity that is forged through shared rhythms and cultural property lead, he claims, to social bonding, improved fitness, and a superior ability to survive. In other words, music forges karmic connections. 96 German children To support this idea, a 2010 study conducted by Sebastian Kirschner and Michael Tomasello at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig demonstrated that collective music-making fostered group cohesion in four-year-old children. Those children in the 96-strong study group who took part in simple group singing and rhythmic ritual showed an increased propensity towards collaborative behavior in subsequent problem solving. Music making and dancing are often a prescriptive part of group rites. In traditional cultures these might take the form of weddings and preparations for battle - with music fortunately helping to differentiate between the two. The Monkees aside, humans are still believed to be the only primates given to music making. When music making takes the form of joint singing and dancing, it works on our awareness of others. Audiovisual coordination is stimulated. An understanding of the collective intention is developed. A shared goal of vocalizing and moving together in time is realized. This seems to satisfy the basic human desire to share emotions, experiences and activities with others. Neuroscientist Jamshad Bharucha, who was last at the Rubin with cellist Maya Beiser, would take it further and say that music's main function is to forge a group consciousness, rather than just be a vehicle for emotional expression. In the flow Time and again when musicians are called upon to talk about music making and performing, they will refer to being in the 'flow'. And for Chris Martin, tapping into that consciousness when trooping into the recording studio is no exception. "You have to understand that you don't create magic," he said, with his customary modesty. "It's about channeling, receiving, and being aware of it." Going into the studio with an agenda to write a hit song is usually counterproductive. "When we let things flow as a band... that is when we feel the happiest. People who write songs know they are dealing with a higher thing that has nothing to do with them." In this conversation about karma and awareness of the connectivity alive in the world, he revealed that his new album A Head Full of Dreams would be inspired partly due to his reading of Coleman Barks' translation of Rumi's famous poem, which he promptly recited by heart: This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! The poem "had a huge impact on me," Martin acknowledged. "I never knew growing up that feeling this way or that way was ok." Poetry. Music. Impact. Karma has a beat. It just has to be listened to. Photo: Filip Wolak for the Rubin Museum 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diogo_sg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Christa, can you reveal the 'moment' now? [emoji16] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa42 Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Oh i said it in another thread and when tne forum shut down I had thought thus thread was lost, so sorry. Chris recited The Guest House Poem by heart , it was such a beautiful moment . He then said it would be on AHFOD. I thought it would be in song form or influence a song. I never thought the would actually have a spoken word on the album. It just never entered my mind. I would have never given away what the band would have on the album before it came out. It was not something I would do and I think everyone is so delighted and surprised by it. How could I ever give that away? The beauty and magic of it was hearing and seeing Chris recite this heartfelt poem. I will never forget it 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diogo_sg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Oh i said it in another thread and when tne forum shut down I had thought thus thread was lost, so sorry. Chris recited The Guest House Poem by heart , it was such a beautiful moment . He then said it would be on AHFOD. I thought it would be in song form or influence a song. I never thought the would actually have a spoken word on the album. It just never entered my mind. I would have never given away what the band would have on the album before it came out. It was not something I would do and I think everyone is so delighted and surprised by it. How could I ever give that away? The beauty and magic of it was hearing and seeing Chris recite this heartfelt poem. I will never forget it Oh, haha! I totally missed it. And yeah, I'm actually quite glad you didn't reveal anything, so that we would all be surprised by it. Thank you :). That moment does sound like it was very strong and beautiful; The Guest House really is an incredible poem, that Chris really seems to feel deeply. And I must say that this poem also touched me very deeply and I do face life differently now. It's amazing how such simple things can influence you so much [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Maybe you will like this audio of it: [MEDIA=tumblr]did=26f2dddb306264370c4e7b3f8ce6066373cd7283;id=129847719121;key=6NMeSrk3SvHKuuvpRcqFVQ;name=newscoldplay[/MEDIA] Mobile Link: http://newscoldplay.tumblr.com/post/129847719121/heres-a-short-audio-from-last-night-9242015 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diogo_sg Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Maybe you will like this audio of it: [MEDIA=tumblr]did=26f2dddb306264370c4e7b3f8ce6066373cd7283;id=129847719121;key=6NMeSrk3SvHKuuvpRcqFVQ;name=newscoldplay[/MEDIA] Mobile Link: http://newscoldplay.tumblr.com/post/129847719121/heres-a-short-audio-from-last-night-9242015 Thanks! I had already heard that, though [emoji5] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa42 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 It is lovely. I had seen it but I did not want to RT or share the information here before the band had released the album. I know that other ppl who were in attendance may have to decided to do so but it was not my story to tell. Did not want to ruin the surprise :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldiefan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - at last - 'the moment' is revealed. Thank you Christa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I had seen it but I did not want to RT Are you sure you didn't retweet it ? Because I am sure I found this page via your Twitter in the days following your attendance there. Hmmm but anyway if I see it correctly the page only mentions the poem recital, not that it's gonna be on the album so the surprise was still there ! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa42 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 I did not tweet about anything about the poem. One of the other team members may have RT'd something that someone in attendance had tweeted. We have a few ppl handling the Coldplaying Twitter acct. My personal twitter prob said I was going but I just reported what went on in my review but did not disclose that the poem would be on the album 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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