Tag: Contemplative blues

• Love Till Love’s the Only Sure

  

  An old physician rolls into town with medicine that promises to cure any illness forever. But there’s a warning: “Many will hate this cure with jealousy.” Why? This 14-minute spiritual blues odyssey answers that question through the marriage of Buddhist philosophy and American roots music. It’s about three healers whose identities are threatened by ultimate…

  William Altig

  October 15, 2025

  Chapter 10, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  432 Hz adjacent, 65 BPM, acceptance music, acoustic blues, acoustic gospel, activist music, agape, all is one, already free, americana blues, analog warmth, applied dharma, authentic blues, authentic recording, authentic self, awakening songs, beyond words, blues as dharma, blues philosophy, bodhisattva music, bodhisattva vow music, body wisdom, breath music, Buddha Nature, buddhist blues, Buddhist Christian dialogue, Buddhist meditation music, buddhist music, Buddhist Wisdom, call and response, centering music, church music, civil rights music, Compassion Meditation, compassion practice, confessional music, conscious blues, Conscious Music, consciousness music, Contemplative blues, contemplative music, contemporary spirituals, cosmic support, counterintuitive truth, crossroads blues, Deep Blues, Deep Listening, defended by love, delta blues, devotional blues, Dharma blues, Dharmapala music, direct pointing, ego death songs, Ekayana, embodied spirituality, emptiness and form, endurance music, enemy love, Engaged Buddhism, enlightenment music, esoteric blues, everyday awakening, existential blues, fearless compassion, flesh and spirit, folk gospel, forgiveness blues, four vows, freedom songs, frequency music, gospel blues, gospel soul, grounding songs, guardian songs, Hammond organ blues, harmonica blues, healing music, hidden teachings, hidden wholeness, highest teaching, holy blues, hope music, identity transformation, impossible love, indigenous wisdom, ineffable blues, Infinite Compassion, inherent enlightenment, interbeing music, interfaith music, intimate blues, Jack Kornfield vibes, Japanese aesthetics, juke joint gospel, karuna, letting go music, live feel, lo-fi blues, long suffering, Lotus Sutra music, love your enemies, Loving-kindness, ma music, Mahalia Jackson style, Mahayana music, medicine songs, meditation music, metta music, mindful listening, mindfulness music, MLK inspired, modern gospel, movement music, Music as Medicine, mystery songs, mystic traditions, mystical blues, narrative folk, natural tuning, neo-traditional blues, Nichiren Buddhism, non-dual awareness, nonviolent resistance, Odetta inspired, one take energy, one taste, One Vehicle, ordinary magic, original blessing, parable song, paradigm shift music, paradox music, patient love, Pauline Oliveros inspired, pause and presence, peace music, Pema Chodron style, perennial wisdom, perfectly imperfect, persecution and compassion, perseverance blues, philosophical blues, prophetic blues, protection music, protest blues, radical love, raw production, raw vocals, reconciliation songs, resilience songs, resistance music, revival blues, revolutionary spirituality, rootedness music, roots music, sacred blues, sacred mundane, sanctified blues, secret doctrine, secular sacred, Self-realization, serenity blues, Sharon Salzberg metta, silence and sound, slow ballad, slow blues ballad, socially engaged spirituality, somatic blues, Son House feel, soul blues, sound healing, space between notes, spiritual awakening, spiritual blues, spiritual folk, spiritual warrior, steel guitar blues, stones to doves, storytelling blues, street level enlightenment, suffering and redemption, supreme dharma, surrender songs, teacher of dharma, teaching songs, testimony songs, theological blues, Thich Nhat Hanh inspired, Tiantai Buddhism, traditional blues, transcendent music, transformation songs, transformative music, transmission music, true self music, truth telling, turn the other cheek, ultimate truth music, unconditional love, unconventional wisdom, unity consciousness, universal love, universal spirituality, unplugged blues, unpolished beauty, vibrational healing, vintage sound, votary songs, wabi-sabi music, we are one, wisdom tradition, witness music, woke blues, wrathful compassion, Zen and blues, zen blues

• The Patient Heart Blues

  

  “The Patient Heart Blues” – A Song About Standing Strong While Walking Away Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is knowing when to stay and when to go. This song came from studying an ancient Buddhist text about patience—but not the kind of patience where you just take whatever comes. Real patience, the kind…

  William Altig

  October 11, 2025

  Chapter 10, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  12-bar blues, acoustic blues, acoustic soul, acoustic storytelling, alternative blues, Americana, americana roots, authentic blues, Ballad, Blues, blues poetry, blues standard, boundaries, buddhist blues, Chicago blues, classic blues, Compassion, Conscious Lyrics, Contemplative blues, contemplative music, Contemporary Blues, crossover blues, deep lyrics, delta blues, Dharma music, elder wisdom, emotional intelligence, empowerment, Folk Blues, Folk Music, folk rock, Forgiveness, harmonica blues, healing music, honest lyrics, independent blues, inner strength, letting go, life lessons, mature themes, meaningful music, meditation music, mental health, Mindfulness, modern blues, narrative folk, non-violence, old soul, organic sound, original blues, Patience, peaceful resistance, philosophical blues, porch blues, protest blues, raw vocals, real talk, recovery music, resilience, resonator guitar, roots music, roots poetry, self-care, self-protection, shuffle blues, Slide Guitar, slow blues, social consciousness, spiritual blues, spiritual folk, spoken word blues, story song, Storytelling, substance over style, survivor song, teaching song, therapy music, timeless wisdom, traditional blues, unsigned artist, vintage blues, walking away, wisdom music

• Muddy Waters, Silent Mind

  

  “Muddy Waters, Silent Mind” is a reflective blues folk song that draws inspiration from Nichiren’s Shishin Gohon-Shō, where he speaks of muddy water catching the moon’s reflection and trees receiving rain without deliberation. With soulful male vocals and a melodic, earthy arrangement, this song explores the quiet wisdom found in nature’s flow—no striving, no resistance,…

  William Altig

  April 17, 2025

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  acceptance, acoustic blues, Acoustic Guitar, Blues Folk, Buddhist inspiration, Contemplative blues, folk storytelling, letting go, meditative music, Mindfulness, moon reflection, muddy water metaphor, nature wisdom, nature-inspired song, Nichiren Buddhism, peaceful songs, Poetic Lyrics, reflective blues, serene music, Shishin Gohon-Shō, silent mind, soulful male vocals, spiritual folk

• Choosing Rebirth

  https://www.iheart.com/artist/the-william-altig-choir-43636323/albums/choosing-rebirth-289593258/ “Choosing Rebirth” is a contemplative blues track that delves into the emotional weight of choosing a new life path. It explores themes of karma, fate, and the yearning for transformation. These themes are set against a backdrop of soulful acoustic slide guitar. They are also accompanied by deep saxophone melodies and the powerful harmonies…

  William Altig

  October 1, 2024

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  acoustic slide guitar, Contemplative blues, crossroads, deep saxophone, emotive male vocals, fate, gospel choir, karma, new life path, Soulful, spiritual longing, The William Altig Choir, Transformation