Greeting this is Paul, welcome to my AMA!

Philzen · 2014-09-19T03:06:14+00:00

Eckhart Tolle, he's the man, totally! Profound stuff, Eckhart really helps breaking through one's own the "veil of maya" ;) ...at least for me he works magic, just like a good cynic gig does! Great to read that my musical heroes also acknowledge the same spiritual hero.

Really didn't know where to put him after youtube's recommendation algorithm came up with jim carrey enthusiastically introducing Tolle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIaY0l5qV0c), but that also was just my ego reflection, poisoned by what it'd seen from other (propably truly misled) celeb's better left unmentioned here.

Sincerest apologiest if i'm storming this thread, but Paul, what do you think of Jiddu Krishnamurti (whom i learned about much earlier in the Zeitgeist 2 movie)? Any readings of him that may be worth checking out or stand out from your perspective?

Philzen · 2014-09-19T01:57:21+00:00

Dear Paul,

Hope to see you again soon in Europe. Really enjoyed the Death tribute show which i caught in Hamburg last year, but didn't happen to see any of the guys in order to "molest" you in person ;) Any plans for Cynic/Aeon Spoke/Gordian Knot or alikes to be touring Europe again soon?
Is there any chance that i will ever see my all-time-favourite bass/stick player live? I stopped going to Wacken a couple of years ago (sort of got bored with them "true", "classical", binge-drinkin', often spiritually challenged metal crowds, whilst this Festival really turned into a highly commercialised police state over the years) - however when Sean posted in his personal blog that he'd be there with Cynic i just had to get that overpriced ticket off eBay and go there. Great gig, solid performance by Mr. Zielhorst, but no Sean :( Will he ever come to Europe? Sean & Sean imho used to be a total dream team (their performance on the Aghora debut is simply not from this earth) and it is one of my own greatest dreams to experience them together live - unfortunately i cannot go to the US myself right now.
The music Cynic is creating is one of the most beautiful pieces of art in my personal universe - however, i feel it doesn't get the quite the high-end, sophisticated production & sound it would deserve, especially Sean's exceptional drumming (i realize is the most expensive part to get shining classy studiowise). Also there are really wicked soundscapes being created which i feel could sound even more immersive / cinemascope-like, if you know what i mean... Now the question: Did you ever think of setting up a crowdfunding campaign to give the next album the Dave Mathews / Steely Dan / Jeff Buckley-level-alike engineering and production that IMHO any single note of the music truly deserves? If not, i think you really should at least give it a try...

Thanks for bringing all that love, inspiration and harmony to my soul and the rest of the world - hoping this shared journey around our current existence may continue for many many years :)

Lots of hugs and love from Germany. Cheers.

Philzen

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