Tag: liberation music

• Cool and Refreshed

  

  “Cool and Refreshed” – A Spiritual Blues-Gospel Duet A powerful testimony of transformation told through male and female voices. “Cool and Refreshed” weaves Buddhist wisdom into the American blues-gospel tradition, exploring the journey from spiritual burden to liberation. Walking heavy with the weight of the past, two souls discover that their true nature is pure—not…

  William Altig

  October 24, 2025

  Chapter 6, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic gospel, Americana gospel, awakening music, blues ballad, blues gospel, blues soul, buddhist gospel, buddhist music, christian buddhist fusion, Conscious Music, contemporary gospel, delta blues, Dharma blues, enlightenment song, faith, faith music, folk gospel, freedom song, gospel duet, grace song, healing music, inspirational music, karmic healing, liberation music, male female duet, meditation music, mindful music, nectar song, neo soul gospel, prophecy song, pure nature, redemption song, revival gospel, roots music, sacred music, slow blues, soul ballad, soul music, southern gospel, spiritual awakening, spiritual blues, Spiritual Journey, Spiritual Music, spiritual testimony, teacher wisdom, testimony song, traditional blues, transformation music, uplifting gospel, worship music

• Empty the Ocean

  

  What do you do when the world’s suffering feels too vast to bear? When your two hands seem powerless against an ocean of problems? This song was born from an ancient Buddhist teaching about Avalokitesvara—the Bodhisattva who listens to the cries of the world—and a very modern question: How do we stay engaged with compassion…

  William Altig

  October 16, 2025

  Chapter 25, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic spiritual, activist music, Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva vow, buddhist folk, buddhist music, burnout recovery, climate anxiety, collective action, community organizing, compassion fatigue, compassion songs, Conscious Music, contemplative folk, contemporary dharma, Deep Listening, Dharma blues, dharma folk, Engaged Buddhism, environmental activism songs, fingerpicked blues, Folk Blues, gospel folk, Guanyin music, hopeful activism, interconnectedness, liberation music, meditation music, mindfulness music, non-dual wisdom, ocean metaphor, oceanic vow, protest spirituality, Skillful Means, social justice music, speaking truth to power, spiritual blues, spiritual folk music, sustainable activism, systemic change, wisdom tradition