Consciousness-Bliss Songbook (Section 2, practice recordings)

Consciousness-Bliss Songbook, Section 2 — practice recordings.
20 English songs based on “idioms” (aka “cute English expressions”).

“Idioms” are phrases with cultural meanings that go beyond what the words on their own suggest. Although Bengali was his mother-tongue, Sri Chinmoy enjoyed continuously expanding his long-established proficiency of the English language. Setting melodies to English vocabulary words, proverbs or —as in the songs below— idiomatic expressions, gave an opportunity to discover the language’s nuances.

Consciousness-Bliss Songbook by Sri Chinmoy

Section 1 of the Songbook (#1-55, see this page)
55 Bengali and English Songs.

Section 2 of the Songbook (see below)
20 English songs featuring idiomatic phrases (aka: ‘cute English expressions’)

Section 3 and 4 of the Songbook (#76-87)
“Vocabulary songs”. We do not have recordings of these; so we list them only as the words at the end of Section 1.

The recordings below are from a performance Paree’s international group from November 2004. The “idioms” are indicated after the song title in blue italic. An asterisk* indicates the idiom is also considered a proverb.

It should be noted, as with much of Sri Chinmoy’s poetry, prose and songs that the word “Master” is used in the traditional*, and deeply devotional sense as a term for God, the Supreme.

*Various religions and spiritual paths use the term, despite current sensitivities — it is intended to be deeply devotional, e.g. one of my favourites, the Prayer of St. Francis, begins a stanza with “O Divine Master”.

Consciousness-Bliss Songbook by Sri Chinmoy (Agni Press, 2024)
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*recordings*

56. If You Want to Become (cool as a cucumber)